Just uploaded last night: a 1988 session for RAI with Enrico Rava, Joe Henderson, John Taylor, Furio Di Castri and Paul Motian (!). Some great loose playing here.
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Here’s Ivo Perelman with Matthew Shipp & William Parker playing the title track from their 1996 album ‘Cama de Terra’:Originally posted by Ian Thumwood View Post
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From an old interview with Steve Swallow about the recording of "Basra" the great Bluenote Laroca album with Joe Henderson etc.
“The rest of his drums were tuned very musically and in the low-mid register: resonant and singing, with an 18-inch bass drum and a certain beater to give a very specific attack. He had such a beautiful groove. Pete said that he was playing as on top of the beat as reasonable, but I did not hear it that way. To my ears he was putting it in the perfect place, neither on top nor below, exactly where I wanted. When we put our quarter notes together it was a marriage made in heaven.
“Alfred Lion [Blue Note Records founder] clashed with Pete. They were both willful people. Pete could have done much more for Alfred as a leader, but he thought Alfred was too controlling. He would not negotiate with Alfred, and in the end they fell out. But there was one Blue Note Pete La Roca album, Basra.
“Steve Kuhn [the pianist on Basra] is a wonderful pianist who played with Pete in John Coltrane’s tremendous band with Steve Davis on bass. I saw that quartet often at the Jazz Gallery. Eventually Steve, Pete and I played a lot together and made a few records. Three Waves was Kuhn’s trio date, while Art Farmer’s Sing Me Softly of the Blues has a wonderful rendition of the Carla Bley title track. But the record most people know today is Basra.
“Pete [also] wanted Alfred to hire a shadowy legend of jazz, Rocky Boyd. Rocky was a wonderful tenor player but at that point he was close to being homeless. Alfred was unwilling to go for Rocky and brought in his latest protégé, Joe Henderson. Pete had been on Joe’s first album, Page One, but Kuhn and I barely knew of him. Of course, Joe was utterly remarkable and aced the recording"
He goes on to say that he and Laroca were the jazz pioneers in dropping acid. At that session they were fascinated (high) by Rudy Van's toilet that had those blue water tablets in it! Kids, don't do drugs!
Malaguena from Basra...
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And I thought I always used Toilet Duck!!!Originally posted by BLUESNIK'S REVOX View PostFrom an old interview with Steve Swallow about the recording of "Basra" the great Bluenote Laroca album with Joe Henderson etc.
“The rest of his drums were tuned very musically and in the low-mid register: resonant and singing, with an 18-inch bass drum and a certain beater to give a very specific attack. He had such a beautiful groove. Pete said that he was playing as on top of the beat as reasonable, but I did not hear it that way. To my ears he was putting it in the perfect place, neither on top nor below, exactly where I wanted. When we put our quarter notes together it was a marriage made in heaven.
“Alfred Lion [Blue Note Records founder] clashed with Pete. They were both willful people. Pete could have done much more for Alfred as a leader, but he thought Alfred was too controlling. He would not negotiate with Alfred, and in the end they fell out. But there was one Blue Note Pete La Roca album, Basra.
“Steve Kuhn [the pianist on Basra] is a wonderful pianist who played with Pete in John Coltrane’s tremendous band with Steve Davis on bass. I saw that quartet often at the Jazz Gallery. Eventually Steve, Pete and I played a lot together and made a few records. Three Waves was Kuhn’s trio date, while Art Farmer’s Sing Me Softly of the Blues has a wonderful rendition of the Carla Bley title track. But the record most people know today is Basra.
“Pete [also] wanted Alfred to hire a shadowy legend of jazz, Rocky Boyd. Rocky was a wonderful tenor player but at that point he was close to being homeless. Alfred was unwilling to go for Rocky and brought in his latest protégé, Joe Henderson. Pete had been on Joe’s first album, Page One, but Kuhn and I barely knew of him. Of course, Joe was utterly remarkable and aced the recording"
He goes on to say that he and Laroca were the jazz pioneers in dropping acid. At that session they were fascinated (high) by Rudy Van's toilet that had those blue water tablets in it! Kids, don't do drugs!
Malaguena from Basra...
Tremendous Steve Swallow write-up that, Bluesnik. I met Steve once - thoroughly nice bloke. If anyone else here knows him please don't say I've always preferred his acoustic bass playing to the electric, even though it seemed to suit Carla's needs. Just listening to his work as a 20-year old on George Russell's Ezzthetic (the 1961 studio album with that Eric Dolphy classic on Round Midnight) makes me think of him in terms of being the next LaFaro; I like also his nimble early acoustic bass with the Gary Burton Quartet before he went electric in '69.Comment
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