‘Elder Don’ – Don Wilkerson
with John Acea, Grant Green, Lloyd Trotman & Willie Bobo
Blue Note (1962)
with John Acea, Grant Green, Lloyd Trotman & Willie Bobo
Blue Note (1962)
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‘The Sidewinder’ – Lee Morgan
with Joe Henderson, Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw & Billy Higgins
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Jeremy Steig with Denny Zeitlin, Ben Tucker & Ben Riley playing Sonny Rollins' 'Blue Seven' from his 1963 debut album 'Flute Fever':
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‘Blue & Sentimental – Ike Quebec
with Grant Green, Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones
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I picked up a copy of "Sonny meets Hawk" this week as this is a record I had read alot about, albeit largely for the remarkable solo by Paul Bley on "All the things you are." I cannot recall hearing this record previously but I once had a conversation about the Bley solo with an acquaintance at Vienne who had sung the record's praises albeit he had never listened to anything Bley had made under his own name.
I have to be quite honest as say that I am staggered that this record enjoys such a great reputation. To my ears, it is one of the worst records I have heard from that era. Bley is almost absent as a soloist and in every case Hawkins' work is imperious. My issue is with Rollins' lack of empathy with the older player and the almost non-musical reponses to the elder player's work. I believe that many of the musicians are alleged to have dropped acid before this session yet even this cannot explain the courseness of Rollins' otherwise fabulous tone. I have never heard Rollins so out of kilter before and have been massively shocked that he could have had this kind ofperformance within himself. Usually I love his work and the stream of consciousness inhis solos make his playing totally compelling. On this record, Rollins just seems totally obvlvious to what Hawkins was doing to the extent that he is almost disrespetful.
The reviews I have read tend to favour Hawkins' playing whilst stating that this disc features Rollins' most "outside" playing on record. I find the whole recrd reall ydifficult to listen to. I understand that Hawkins' apporach to improvisation is very harmonic whereas Rollins' tend to favour motifs and rhythms. You would not expect it to be similar to the Webster / Hawkins encounter yet I had anticipated that it would have been interesting. Unfortunately, the creativity was not working during the dates f the recording sessions and I think it is not so much a mismatch but an abortion. The record is only worthwhile for the Bley solo and the ever-excellent Hawkins. I have never heard Rollins quite so out of sorts.
Wondered if anyone else had felt the same? The reviews on line are favourable.Comment
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Charles Mingus with Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan, Jaki Byard & Dannie Richmond playing 'Peggy's Blue Skylight' in Stuttgart 1964:
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‘Makin' Out’ – John Wright
with Eddie ‘Cat-Eye’ Williams, Wendell Marshall & Roy Brooks
Prestige (1961)Comment
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Two new names to me - here's the title track from that 1961 Prestige album:Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post
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‘Preach Brother!’- Don Wilkerson
with Sonny Clark, Grant Green, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins & Jual Curtis
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Just now, an old 'Dixieland' favourite, with impeccable recording history and also played by every band in Ireland in my youth. I think this July 2021 version stands up well in competition with the best and leaves most of the others in the shade. No apologies for banging the same old drum - and note, this band has no drummer.
Tuba Skinny, At the Jazz Band Ball.
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‘True Blue’ - Tina Brooks
Tina Brooks with Freddie Hubbard, Duke Jordan & Art Taylor
Blue Note (1960)Comment
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‘On the Spur of the Moment’ - Horace Parlan
with Tommy Turrentine, Stanley Turrentine, George Tucker & Al Harewood
Blue Note (1961)Comment
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John Coltrane with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison & Elvin Jones playing 'A Love Supreme' live at Antibes J.F., July 26, 1965:
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‘Soul Stream’ – George Braith
with Billy Gardner, Grant Green & Hugh Walker
Blue Note (1963)Comment
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‘The Kicker’ - Bobby Hutcherson
with Joe Henderson, Grant Green, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw & Al Harewood
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