Ambrose Akinmusire - Owl Song
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Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath - Procession: Toulouse May 1977
The experience just as overwhelming as whenever I go back to those 70s recordings. Africa got in there first with those metric asymmetries, way before Stravinsky! Evan Parker dose a blistering tenor solo on the opener, Sunrise On the Sun; likewise others from the Austrian trombonist Radu Malfatti, and also on the same number, Harry Beckett. Regrettably I never saw those line-ups.
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Many thanks, S_A.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Have just ordered ‘Procession’ which had a good review by John Fordham in 2013:
Here’s the BoB on French TV, 1973:
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You're more than welcome, JR. I remember that French footage from quite a while back - tremendous; almost makes up for having never seen them!Originally posted by Jazzrook View Post
Many thanks, S_A.
Have just ordered ‘Procession’ which had a good review by John Fordham in 2013:
Here’s the BoB on French TV, 1973:
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Not now, it's just finished...
...but Nikki Iles and Norma Winstone together with the Printmakers quintet at Yewfield, Derek Hook's place in the Lake District. Lovely intimate venue, fantastic musicians - so special.
- this helped too
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Originally posted by Quarky View Post
Are you enjoying this disc ? It has had some terrificn reviews. (Akinmusire / Frisell / Riley.)Comment
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Well, if you're looking for a Hoot, this album is not for you. Somebody said "quietly joyous".
I was immediately struck by Ambroses's extreme control, even when playing so quietly it was barely audible - and holding those long notes. The trio coalesced perfectly.Comment
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QuarkyOriginally posted by Quarky View Post
I am a big fan of Ambrose Akinmusire ever since I first heard him perform at Vienne with one of Michel Portal's groups. I understand your comments about the control of his playing but I would go one further and say that he is a really un-trumpet like player. There is non of the bravaro about his playing that you get with so many trumpet players and i gave always wondered just how much Kenny Dorham has influenced his playing. I find them bit very similar. Ambrose Akinmusire is a really original musician.
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I think that the likes of Elmo, Jazzrook and Bluesnik might be interested to learn that there is a new album that has been released by pianist Paul Giallorenzo . From recollection I think he had previously worked with Roscoe Mitchell but his own piano playing with his trio falls very much into the Herbie Nichols / Elmo Hope kind of feel. From recollection I think bth Elmo and Jazzrook has been fans of the trio album called "Flow" but the augmented "Git-go" line up with Jeb Bishop and Mars William called "Force majeure" is extremely impressive too.
It is good to see PG back n Delmark as the label has seemed to concentrate on blues since Bob Koester sold the label to the new owners. Many of the roster of more "outside" players like Josh Berman, Keefe Jackson and Adam Adaseiwizc have not featured on this label for years. The latter musician used to be ubiquitous but I have not seen his name mentioned for quite a while now. I used to love the jazz output on Delmark which struck me as picking up from mid 60's Blue Note records by the likes of Bobby Hutcherson and Andrew Hill as if what has happened since in the world of jazz had never happened but recasting the music with a very "Chicago" identity. Some of these albums are amongs the best jazz recorded in the 2010 but I have not bought anything from this label since the AA / Keefe Jackson duo on "Rows and Rows" and bass clarinetist Jason Stein's Tristano-eqsue "Lucille" which also featured KJ on tenor and an extremely ugly contra-bass clarinet trying to negotiate around "Dexterity". The Stein album was one of the few Delmark's I was slightly under-whelmed by. Previously Delmark was a label you could take a punt on without knowing anything about an artist as was the case with PG.
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Borah Bergman & Roscoe Mitchell playing ‘At Any Given Moment’ live in Bolzano, Italy, 1995:
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Just read Ian's mention of Keefe Jackson so I have put Rows and Rows (Delmark, 2016) on - with vibes player Jason Adasiewicz, another name new to me.all words are trains for moving past what really has no nameComment
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BruceOriginally posted by Tenor Freak View Post
I played that last night after you mentioned it. The album strolls along from the opening track which does indeed sound like music for horses to dance to as the title suggests. However, the best track is the last one "Thunder Cooker" which I had once thought about reqesting on JRR. There cannot be too many duos between vibes and tenor / bass clarinet.
I do not know what has prompted the change in output at Delmark. The label specialised in blues, traditional jazz and the avant garde but in the 2000s was actively tapping into the Chicago scene which had followed on in the wake of Ken Vandermark. I know that some of the prominent musicians in the scene have moved elsewhere. Flautist Nicole Mitchell is now based in California and drummer Frank Rosaly has been based in Holland for a long time now. Rosaly was , like Jason Adasiewicz, a constant on many of these recordings. In my opinion, the best two albums of this nature on Delmark feature larger ensembles. Cornetist Josh Berman and his gang (his name is always being compared to Boby Bradford whenever you read a review) made an album called "There now" which consisted of a few originals but was largely a re-working of material associated with Eddie Condon refashioned in a post-Dolphy style. It is not at all ironic and I love the way this music is turned inside out. The names will all be familiar if you start listening to this label - Jeb Bishop, Jason Stein, Keefe Jackson , Jason Adasiewicz, Joshua Abrams and Frank Rosaly. They all tend to crop up on each other's records and in different combinations. There is another, stripped down trio session by Josh Berman called "A hop and a dance" with Rosaly and bassist Jason Roebke which I like but which is much freer but very much jazz as opposed to Improv.
The other truly great album is Jason Robke's "High Red Center" which has an almost identical line up to the larger Berman ensemble but with under-rated drmmer Mike Reed and a very young Greg Ward on alto. This disc takes it's cues from Duke Ellington and is really rewarding. Musicians like Adasiewizc, Bishop, Jackson and Berman seem to have totally disappeared these days. The former's website seems inactive and none of them seem to have appeared on recent releases when they had been ubiquitous in the 2000s /2010's.
I would think that you would enjoy these records and I believe that Jazzrook would endulge on them too as they are right up his street. I would say the same for Elmo, SA and Bluesnik.
Other Delmark records I have really enjoyed that you might appreciate are:-
1. Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Roms - "From the region." (vibes led trio.)
2. Nicole Mitchell - "Awakening" - Jeff Parker, criminally under-rated bassist Harrison Bankhead and Avreeayl Ra. This is a brilliant disc.
3. Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystals - "Aqarius" quartet with Adaseiwcz, Abrams and Rosaly
4. Frank Rosaly - "Cicada music" - JA and KJ are in this band too. I think this is a more contemporary feel as the music was written for a documentary film.
5. Dave McDonnell Group - "The time inside a year" This is more straight ahead but the compositions are really great including a tribute to Fletcher Henderson which segues into more freer territory.
6. Kahil El;Zabar - "What it is!" - Terrific version of "Central Park West." This album is really good fun.
7. Ari Brown - "Groove Awakening" Another Chicago veteran saxophonist who deserves more attention.
Outside of Delmark, Keefe Jackson's debut quartet album with Jeb Bishop is woth checking out. I cannot remember it's name. Cuneiform also issued an early Jason Adasiewicz record by his "Roll Down" group. The album is called "Varmint"and has a great cover. This band includes Berman, Aram Shelton, Roebke and Rosaly and takes inspiration from Eric Dolphy's "Out to lunch."
I hope I can manage to convert you to these musicians !
Going to get ready to go out bird-watching. Not had much chance this year since I was in the PH.
Cheers
Ian
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Dizzy Reeve, "The Rake" from 1959 with Hank Mobley on tenor (Bluenote). Just bought the box set of Dizzy R and it's very good. Mingus reviewed this in a blind test and thought Hank was "weird, trying to play like Sonny Rollins!". I, on the other hand, think it's a great solo.
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Sarah Hanahan summoning the spirit of Jackie Mac on this energetic performance of Mr McLean's "Little Melonae"
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New name to me, so thanks!
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