What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Jazzrook]

Gene Ammons with John Coltrane(alto sax), Mal Waldron, George Joyner(aka Jamil Nasser) & Art Taylor playing 'It Might As Well Be Spring' in 1958:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=k3drm-bt-vw

JR

[Joseph K]

[elmo]

The problem I think is lack of context, as MrGG always used to remind us. We get subjective afterthoughts on tracks played from Corey on groups and individuals we are told little or nothing about, often not even their nationality - they all seem to be picked out of some hat - which in all, to be frank, doesn't add much to appreciating the whys and wherefores of the music played, or in general. Free improv has been around at least half a century - not all that much longer than Hip-hop, about which there are and have over the years been numerous radio and TV programmes, explaining the genre's origins, ideologies, etiology and relationship to experimental Rock music, Rap, Reggae, Dub, or Electronica, not forgetting multifarious House genres. Surely there are experts aplenty around who have managed to keep up? It needs someone with a broad but informed overview. Musicians aren't always or necessarily the best advocates for this, in my opinion, important area of music making. My guessing is that today's recruiters at the Beeb are themselves no longer sufficiently specialised or qualified to ascertain suitable presenters; someone probably just said, "Psst, there's this guy Corey Mwamba who we're told from within their circles is an improvising musician; from the look of his name he'd probably be the right person".

SA - Yes very good point, Sky Arts, BBC 4 etc devote hours to all forms of popular music and mostly tonal classical music but I have never seen a programme devoted to Improv. A programme about the likes of Derek Bailey, Trevor Watts, Eddie Prevost presented by someone like Richard Williams would be great lead on into the music that Corey presents.

elmo

[Serial_Apologist]

SA - Yes very good point, Sky Arts, BBC 4 etc devote hours to all forms of popular music and mostly tonal classical music but I have never seen a programme devoted to Improv. A programme about the likes of Derek Bailey, Trevor Watts, Eddie Prevost presented by someone like Richard Williams would be great lead on into the music that Corey presents.

elmo

It certainly would, elmo.

[Stanfordian]

‘The Honeydripper’ – ‘Brother’ Jack McDuff
with Jimmy Forrest, Grant Green & Ben Dixon
Prestige (1961)

[Joseph K]

Once again the neighbour's pop music needs to be drowned out, this time with this well-named, ecstatic piece -

[Serial_Apologist]

Part of a concert held at the Hotel de la Ville, Paris, November 1 1980, I see.

[elmo]

Just spotted this CD and ordered it up Horace Silver Quintet 'Jazz goes to college' on the Fat Alberts Bag label its the audio from the 1966 BBC 2 TV series. The band consisted Woody Shaw, Tyrone Washington, Horace, Larry Ridley and Roger Humphries playing
Nutville, Pretty Eyes, Song for my father, Senor Blues, Cape Verdean Blues, Aurelia Blue, Filthy Mc Nasty.

The excerpts that I have listened to were very good; this band is especially interesting because of tenorist Tyrone Washington - not much of his work available other than his Blue Note album and Silvers 'The Jody Grind'. Apparently, Horace did not keep Tyrone in the band for long because of his Avante Garde sensibilites. I like his work though - looking forward to this.

[Jazzrook]

Just spotted this CD and ordered it up Horace Silver Quintet 'Jazz goes to college' on the Fat Alberts Bag label its the audio from the 1966 BBC 2 TV series. The band consisted Woody Shaw, Tyrone Washington, Horace, Larry Ridley and Roger Humphries playing
Nutville, Pretty Eyes, Song for my father, Senor Blues, Cape Verdean Blues, Aurelia Blue, Filthy Mc Nasty.

The excerpts that I have listened to were very good; this band is especially interesting because of tenorist Tyrone Washington - not much of his work available other than his Blue Note album and Silvers 'The Jody Grind'. Apparently, Horace did not keep Tyrone in the band for long because of his Avante Garde sensibilites. I like his work though - looking forward to this.

Many thanks, elmo - will have to order that CD.
There were quite a few BBC 2 'Jazz Goes to College' programmes which no longer exist including Albert Ayler from 1966(never shown).
Glad the Horace Silver one managed to survive.

JR

[Stanfordian]

‘Back to the Tracks’ – Tina Brooks
with Blue Mitchell, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers & Art Taylor
Blue Note (1960)

[Jazzrook]

'Jazz Goes to College' with Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Ronnie Mathews & Jymie Merritt at University of Reading, November 6, 1966:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=B6mjjtC2jiI

JR

[Stanfordian]

‘The Tokyo Blues’ – Horace Silver
with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor & Joe Harris (credited as John Harris, Jr.)
Blue Note (1962)

[Jazzrook]

Sonny Rollins is 92 today.
Here's a 16-minute version of 'Now's The Time' with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Roy McCurdy in 1964:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=LiuqMw80tbo

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

Sonny Rollins is 92 today.
Here's a 16-minute version of 'Now's The Time' with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Roy McCurdy in 1964:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=LiuqMw80tbo

JR

Happy birthday Sonny!

Some great links on this thread recently - thanks!

[Joseph K]

John Coltrane 'Transition' from Transition.

I love the theme and the whole thing is incredible, so intense; a great deal of turmoil and struggle but by the end one feels spiritually replenished. I love it when Trane breaks out into spirals of sextuplets, it's really colourful. Like any great music it is tricky to try to express the feelings and thoughts it evokes, but here (as in much music I love) there is a tendency towards the mystical and philosophical - it seems to transcend any rationality or logic that language is bound by.

I reckon my favourite Trane years are 1965 and 1967.