Sonny Rollins with Ray Bryant, George Morrow & Max Roach playing 'There Are Such Things' in 1955 from the wonderful album 'Worktime':
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This popped up on you tube. I had to listen. I can't recognise a tune, but it's my personal elixer -never fails to rejuvenate.
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‘Clubhouse’ – Dexter Gordon
with Freddie Hubbard, Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw & Billy Higgins
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Cecil Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, Archie Shepp, Henry Grimes & Sunny Murray playing the beautifully structured 'Pots' in 1961:
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Allan Holdsworth - Hard Hat Area
This is a sublime album.
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Annoyingly listening to and commenting on radio 3...Comment
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Tribal Tech - Face First
Very enjoyable this. Think Herbie's Headhunters with some raunchy guitar (Scott Henderson).
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Downloaded this on Apple music. I’m taking your recommendation seriously.Originally posted by Joseph K View PostAllan Holdsworth - Hard Hat Area
This is a sublime album.
Meanwhile, I’m still open to recommendations for Buddy Rich Albums please folks.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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Thank you, sainty! Honestly, the song 'Low Levels, High Stakes' is so sublime, with stunningly beautiful harmonies, Holdsworth's solo has definite vibes of unbridled ecstasy about it, and he achieves such an intensity of tone and phrasing, unlike almost any other guitarist except perhaps McLaughlin, who achieves similar things with different means.Originally posted by teamsaint View PostDownloaded this on Apple music. I’m taking your recommendation seriously.Comment
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Happy 70th, Mike Stern!
I am currently listening to his album Time In Place, a classic. Later I'll give Trip a spin.Comment
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Goodness me!!! When I spoke to him, at the 1986 Bracknell Festival, he was just a typical friendly, ruddy-faced regular American guy!Originally posted by Joseph K View PostComment
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It does seem odd to think Stern is now 70! I grew up seeing him in guitar magazines ... almost 20 years ago now.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
I'm currently listening to Time In Place, specifically the tune 'After All' which as the title suggests, is a bit cheesy. Some of the tunes on this album are good, others are a bit cheesy, still others combine elements that are good with those that are cheesy or corny - these latter aspects sound more pop to my ears. Now 'Four Shades' is on which is better, with its varying harmonic rhythm, some chords hang around enough to be deemed modal, while others are cadential (the II-V-I) it makes for more interesting listening.Comment
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I like Stern's playing on Miles' "The man with the horn." I had not heard this record for years until a friend gave me an LP copy. It was Miles' comeback album in the early 1980s but was quickly written off in favour of the albums that followed in it's wake. With the passage of time, I think it was probably fair to say that the trumpeter was trading on a lot of credit in the 1980s and the music has not really stood up to the test of time. "TMWTH" does have a lousy vocal on it yet, in my opinion, it was probably the last album he made where he was really jamming. Most of the appeal comes from Stern in my opinion. I feel that it is probably quite under-rated and maybe has more jazz content than what followed. It doesn't rank with the groups of the 50s and 60s but worthy of more praise,perhaps ?
Got to say that Mike Stern is another of those musicians I feel who are too closely associated with "fusion." I quite like some of his records but I would echo some of Joseph's reservations, especially as I think there have been more interesting guitar players in the 40-odd years he has been active. Was wondering if maybe my memory was playing up but I thought Stern was edgier back in the 1980s. The recent stuff I have heard if what I would call "FM friendly" and the kind of jazz that is usually off my radar.Comment
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Now Spinning: Stern's Trip. Enjoying the first track quite a lot.
edit - the third track is based on rhythm changes for our more straight-ahead-orientated forumistas -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYywJO3xxWY
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Art Pepper with Hampton Hawes, Charlie Haden & Shelly Manne playing 'Here's That Rainy Day' in 1975:
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