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Ian - This link gives you the complete Arabesque catalogue and loads of others as well
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‘Undercurrent’ – Kenny Drew
with Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley, Kenny Drew, Sam Jones & Louis Hayes
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Chico Hamilton Quintet with Eric Dolphy(alto), John Pisano(guitar); Nate Gershman(cello) & Hal Gaylor(bass) playing 'I'm Beginning To See The Light' from 'The Original Ellington Suite: recorded in 1958:
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I've posted this before but once again because it is such a wonderful track, and not my usual bop-postski fare.
Buck Clayton with a great little French group from 1954 on French Decca (I think). "Bon Voyage Buck" from the Jazz in Paris series. The upward sweep & control of Buck's second chorus is majestic.
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There is a link between Hoopoes and jazz insofar that Dave Holland's album "Conference of the birds" title track is taken from the Sufi poem by Attar. As far as I understnad it, Holland chose the title hving een inspired by the gathering of birds outside his London flat. (Which makes me think they were probably starlings of mayve pied wagtails.) In the poem, the birds are led by the hoopoe to discover the king of the birds.Originally posted by BLUESNIK'S REVOX View Post
It did make me wonder just how many jazz musicians are also birdwatchers. The only one I am familiar with is Maria Schneider whose music often reflects this interest but I am curious if there ae any other jazz musicians who also have an interest in ornithology?Comment
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Always amazed by how much excellence Bluenote had stockpiled in its heyday.
Hank Mobley sext, from the 1957 "Poppin'" session..."East of Brooklyn"
From the fine London Jazz Collector site:
"More m…m..m..Mobley! Between November 1956 and April 1958 Mobley recorded TEN SOLO albums and played on twelve others. This 1957 session Poppin‘ never made to wax at the time, but it’s a beautiful session, with Art Farmer’s liquid gold offsetting Hank’s malted chocolate tenor, Pepper Adams grinding chainsaw baritone spicing up the brass line-up, while Sonny Clark bounces boisterously up and down on the piano. Philly Joe and Paul Chambers simply lay it down straight. LJCComment
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Dug this album out today-'Mike Gibbs 12 plays Gil Evans' some of the tracks are Gil's arrangements and some are Mike's impresssion of how gil might have approached tunes he never actually recorded. Here is Mike plays Gil plays Ornette!!
Some of it works better than others - I like this version of 'Ramblin'
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Larry Kart's perceptive comments on Hank's solo on East of Brooklyn - full review on Jazz Profiles WebsiteOriginally posted by BLUESNIK'S REVOX View PostAlways amazed by how much excellence Bluenote had stockpiled in its heyday.
Hank Mobley sext, from the 1957 "Poppin'" session..."East of Brooklyn"
From the fine London Jazz Collector site:
"More m…m..m..Mobley! Between November 1956 and April 1958 Mobley recorded TEN SOLO albums and played on twelve others. This 1957 session Poppin‘ never made to wax at the time, but it’s a beautiful session, with Art Farmer’s liquid gold offsetting Hank’s malted chocolate tenor, Pepper Adams grinding chainsaw baritone spicing up the brass line-up, while Sonny Clark bounces boisterously up and down on the piano. Philly Joe and Paul Chambers simply lay it down straight. LJC
On "East of Brooklyn" Mobley gives us one of his macrocosms, a masterpiece of lyrical construction that stands alongside the solo he played on "Nica's Dream" with the Jazz Messengers in 1956. "East of Brooklyn" is a Latin-tinged variant on "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise," supported by Clark's "Night in Tunisia" vamp. Mobley's solo is a single, sweeping gesture, with each chorus linked surely to the next as though, with his final goal in view, he can proceed toward it in large, steady strides. And yet even here, as Mobley moves into a realm of freedom any musician would envy, one can feel the pressure of fate at his heels, the pathos of solved problems, and the force that compels him to abandon this newly cleared ground.
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Here's Miles Davis's 'Tune Up' from Hank Mobley's great 1957 sextet session 'Poppin'', inexplicably not issued until 1980 and currently very hard to find:Originally posted by BLUESNIK'S REVOX View PostAlways amazed by how much excellence Bluenote had stockpiled in its heyday.
Hank Mobley sext, from the 1957 "Poppin'" session..."East of Brooklyn"
From the fine London Jazz Collector site:
"More m…m..m..Mobley! Between November 1956 and April 1958 Mobley recorded TEN SOLO albums and played on twelve others. This 1957 session Poppin‘ never made to wax at the time, but it’s a beautiful session, with Art Farmer’s liquid gold offsetting Hank’s malted chocolate tenor, Pepper Adams grinding chainsaw baritone spicing up the brass line-up, while Sonny Clark bounces boisterously up and down on the piano. Philly Joe and Paul Chambers simply lay it down straight. LJC
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Charles Mingus - Sue's Changes, 1974 original studio recording.
I've just seen that Sue Mingus has died. RIP
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Sad news about Sue Mingus.Originally posted by BLUESNIK'S REVOX View Post
She did much to keep Charles Mingus's music alive.
Her memoir 'Tonight At Noon' is worth reading if you can find a copy.
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‘Down with It!’ - Blue Mitchell
with Junior Cook, Chick Corea, Gene Taylor & Al Foster
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This is exceptionally wonderful, from the first side of Jackie's Bag, the Bluenote session with Jackie, Donald Byrd, Sonny Clark and Paul C and Philly Joe. The "swagger" of that rhythm section is incredible, it's arrogance and joy! And Jackie & Byrd over the top. The entire first side is a revelation, but here's "Blues Inn".
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Sonny Clark with Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers & Art Blakey playing 'My Conception' in 1959:
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Tina Brooks with Lee Morgan, Sonny Clark, Doug Watkins & Art Blakey playing 'Everything Happens To Me' in 1958 from the BLUE NOTE album 'Minor Move'(not issued until 1980):
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