John Taylor JL 12.v.11

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

the distinguished Mr Taylor at Cheltenham with AS with the odd track from Azimuth and Large & Small Ensembles ...

[Serial_Apologist]

Trific JL - great to hear "Premonition", the John Warren number off of the Surman album "How Many Clouds Can You See?", and to know it's out on CD, where it sounds a good deal better than on the original LP by the way. An essential part of my collection, that record. John told me this was his first time on vinyl, and he was extremely nervous on the date - not that one would know; as he said in the interview, the tension just bursts out from that track.

Once again, many thanks, Alyn

S-A

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

yep ....

i saw the Music for Large and Small in Leicester when the whole caboodle miraculously toured ... memories of it still live and it was an utterly breathtaking gig ...

i regret paying too little attention to Azimuth now i must pursue their work ...

already a keen fan of Mr T in trio format ... any Bill Evans nut would really like Mr T ...

Alyn, a great programme - the conversation had a real presence and warmth ... not many can do that ...

[grippie]

I listened with some trepidation but really enjoyed the conversation and 80% of the music

cheeeeeeeers

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

GOOD STUFF/FINE PROGRAMME...surprised by how "Tynerish" he sounded on the early stuff, much of which was new to me. I had him down as an Evansista.

Tho' I saw him play with Johnny Griffin at Chelenham a few years back in the '90s and he was in bluesey Wynton O'Kelly land. Griff was in two bottle land but also very entertaining.

Herr Griff is coming up next? ..his Riverside stuff is mostly wonderful. Far more subtle than his top gun rep would indicate. "Way Out" is superb avec a "dark" Kenny Drew, Wilber Ware and Philly Joe and the "Folk Song" album is one of my late nite favs. It works when it shouldn't.

Listen up.

BN.

[Tenor Freak]

EXCELLENT PROGRAMME.

I've long admired the Azimuth albums (I have two of them on vinyl). The first one in particular has some absolute gems on it - my favourites being "O" and "Jacob" which I think are both JT compositions. Although they were very much a chamber group, they do not stray into ECM snooze-mode. In fact I had given my copy of "The Touchstone" a spin earlier in the day of broadcast, and enjoyed all of "See". I enjoy JT's style on the organ, which is very much based on drones and long tones, and he gets some super tonalities from an instrument which he doesn't specialise on.

You will enjoy this if you dig Azimuth:

http://youtu.be/F5ZjcLkaTmg

NP: Duke Pearson "Teh Right Touch"

[Tenor Freak]

Customers who liked that also liked this:

http://youtu.be/uhvDtbLdkF8

[Tenor Freak]

Kit hounds would be interested to learn that JT used one of these as a synth:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMS_Synthi_AKS

And probably a Lowrey organ (which is what Alan Haven used in the 60s) on that track "See".

[Tenor Freak]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowrey_organ

[rubbernecker]

EXCELLENT PROGRAMME.

I've long admired the Azimuth albums (I have two of them on vinyl). The first one in particular has some absolute gems on it - my favourites being "O" and "Jacob" which I think are both JT compositions. Although they were very much a chamber group, they do not stray into ECM snooze-mode. In fact I had given my copy of "The Touchstone" a spin earlier in the day of broadcast, and enjoyed all of "See". I enjoy JT's style on the organ, which is very much based on drones and long tones, and he gets some super tonalities from an instrument which he doesn't specialise on.

You will enjoy this if you dig Azimuth:

http://youtu.be/F5ZjcLkaTmg

Thanks for the link, TF.

I bought the first Azimuth album when it first appeared on vinyl in 1977, after hearing The Tunnel on the radio. I've since bought the CD box set of the three, but that first album is still one of my all-time faves. I love O and Jacob, too (and I love that ECM sleeve). I generally prefer his piano/synth work to the organ.
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I have already booked my tickets to see JT at Brecon this August, performing with his new Meadow outfit :cool2: