Carr? he took the biscuits, but we have Wrights

[Serial_Apologist]

Sat 26 May
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton plays requests from across a broad spectrum, including recordingts by Jazz-rock fusion band Nucleus, led by Scottish trumpeter, author and broadcaster Ian Carr (1933-2009). The track celebrates the 45th anniversary of the album Labyrinth.

In case there's any confusion here, I don't think Ian will be reincarnated for this performance?

http://www.alynshipton.co.uk/blog

5pm - J to Z
Julian Joseph presents vibraphonist Lewis Wright and pianist Kit Downes, playing music from Wright's new Duets album. And bassist Linda May Han Oh shares some musical moments important to her.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b48dgm

12midnight - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith celebrates the revolutionary partnership between the Count Basie band and its great tenor saxophonist Lester Young.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b48h6p

Mon 28 May
11pm - Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch introduces a concert by Quintet Moderne at Club W71 in Welkersheim, Germany. Plus more new music from BBC Introducing.

I happen to know one of the participants, so you'd all better be listening in and writing reports, or I'm going away and won't play with you any more.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b48rnb

Tues 29 May
Radio 2 8pm Jamie Cullum
Singer and pianist Jamie Cullum showcases his love for jazz, tonight featuring an BBC archive live performance.

That's what it says, typo and all! Anyway, when it mentions archive materials I'm always tempted, because we get a tiny inkling of what's hidden away in the vaults, never again to see the light of day unless Jamie persuades them to open their drawers.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Just noticed this is repeated on R3 Sunday at 6.45...

"Hitting the High Notes
Sunday Feature

The story of jazz in the post-war era is one of revolution and rebellion, as musicians like Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie re-invented the genre, giving birth to bebop.

But alongside the music, something else emerged in this period: a mini-epidemic of heroin use among jazz musicians which broke out in the mid-1940s, as the drug became more freely available in cities like New York, Philadelphia and Chicago."

It was quite good from memory and not sensationalised.

BN.

[Serial_Apologist]

Just noticed this is repeated on R3 Sunday at 6.45...

"Hitting the High Notes
Sunday Feature

The story of jazz in the post-war era is one of revolution and rebellion, as musicians like Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie re-invented the genre, giving birth to bebop.

But alongside the music, something else emerged in this period: a mini-epidemic of heroin use among jazz musicians which broke out in the mid-1940s, as the drug became more freely available in cities like New York, Philadelphia and Chicago."

It was quite good from memory and not sensationalised.

BN.

Thanks!

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

JRR looking remarkably extra good today, Thomas Stanko, Lou Donaldson -not coasting, Lucky Thompson - beautiful, Clifford Jordan (didn't know John Jenkins was still playing that late), and er, Freddie Hubbard playing "Body and Soul" with exquisite taste and totally maturity and zero grandstanding. HE says......

Chris Bisco etc track was also Ornette-ishly good!

[Serial_Apologist]

JRR looking remarkably extra good today, Thomas Stanko, Lou Donaldson -not coasting, Lucky Thompson - beautiful, Clifford Jordan (didn't know John Jenkins was still playing that late), and er, Freddie Hubbard playing "Body and Soul" with exquisite taste and totally maturity and zero grandstanding. HE says......

Chris Bisco etc track was also Ornette-ishly good!

'Twill have to be iplayed, as (unusually) there was an impromptu gathering of inhabitants on the lawn, making the most of the weather we're having today. At moments like this plots to overthrow capitalism or reconstruct Crystal Palace (not the real one I'd better say) get hatched. I just lent one of the neighbs my Dee Vee Dee of "Blow Up", for Herbie's great music. But if blokes are going to do jazz singing they can't beat Jo Carrol (on Jay to Zee right now), who was with Diz's band in the early 50s and even recorded some off-cuts with Miles.

I've never heard Chris Biscoe play badly. A mate once said he never plays anything he doesn't really mean, and he often does at The Oval pub on a Sunday lunchtime, 20 minutes away on the bike.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

The opening piano riff on the Dizzy / Joe Carroll reminded me/was "Pink Champagne" of Joe Liggins (and Georgie Blue Fame) 50s r&b origin. Thought J-Z was also very acceptable today. Congrats and thanks to all. My JRR request for Freddie Hubbard and Body & Soul went down really well with les femmes. It's a fabulous performance. And there's a lovely bit in Cedar Walton's piano solo where Reggie Workman just doubles the left hand. He is SO overlooked as a bassist.

[elmo]

The opening piano riff on the Dizzy / Joe Carroll reminded me/was "Pink Champagne" of Joe Liggins (and Georgie Blue Fame) 50s r&b origin. Thought J-Z was also very acceptable today. Congrats and thanks to all. My JRR request for Freddie Hubbard and Body & Soul went down really well with les femmes. It's a fabulous performance. And there's a lovely bit in Cedar Walton's piano solo where Reggie Workman just doubles the left hand. He is SO overlooked as a bassist.

That version of Body & Soul went down really well with me to, superb Hubbard and agree with your comments on Reggie Workman - thanks for requesting it, I have dug the album out to play later - forgot Dolphy was on the album also.

I really liked J to Z programme tonight Downes & Wright duo, Lewis Wright is a new name to me but I will check him out. The duo were very integrated like they had played together for years.

Loved the Linda May Han Oh choices and her explanations of why she chose them. I do not understand the musical terminology but understood what she found so inspiring about them. Interestingly she played a bit of Dolphy's "Hat and Beard" from "Out to Lunch" which I have been playing a lot this week because I have managed to get a Japanese copy of this album which has alternates of Hat & Beard and "Something Sweet Something Tender" which have never been issued on this side of the pond. Both are excellent performances and sufficiently different to the Masters. Linda was right about that fine Andrew Hill track she played, the string Quartet worked much better in this music than these things normally do avoiding the schmaltz that affects Jazz n Strings.

elmo

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Hi Elmo, Dolphy is not on the Hubbard "Here to Stay" album from which my Body and Soul came (Bluenote), it's a Quintet with Wayne. However he is on the later "Body and Soul of Freddie Hubbard" (Impulse album) with Wayne Shorter's arrangements. Confusing!

"Here to Stay" is a very great and overlooked album. Philly J.J. on drums.

[Alyn_Shipton]

Elmo As it turns out, Jazz Now featured the Lewis/Downes trio last month. A somewhat longer interview with Lewis by Emma Smih (along with a feature on that other well known doubler of vibes and drums, Jim Hart). Off the i-player now, but if you were a regular Jazz Now listener, you'd not have found Lewis a new name (nor would followers of Empirical...) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09z5x3h

[elmo]

Hi Elmo, Dolphy is not on the Hubbard "Here to Stay" album from which my Body and Soul came (Bluenote), it's a Quintet with Wayne. However he is on the later "Body and Soul of Freddie Hubbard" (Impulse album) with Wayne Shorter's arrangements. Confusing!

"Here to Stay" is a very great and overlooked album. Philly J.J. on drums.

Doh......I have got "Here to Stay" but don't know where it is in the collection - I will do some severe delving tomorrow, thanks BN

elmo

[elmo]

Elmo As it turns out, Jazz Now featured the Lewis/Downes trio last month. A somewhat longer interview with Lewis by Emma Smih (along with a feature on that other well known doubler of vibes and drums, Jim Hart). Off the i-player now, but if you were a regular Jazz Now listener, you'd not have found Lewis a new name (nor would followers of Empirical...) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09z5x3h

Alyn I do listen to Jazz Now but obviously not regular enough and I do have an album by Empirical so I have to put it down to the onset of senility. Still it was very good and I will follow up on both Lewis and Downes.

elmo

[Jazzrook]

That version of Body & Soul went down really well with me to, superb Hubbard and agree with your comments on Reggie Workman - thanks for requesting it, I have dug the album out to play later - forgot Dolphy was on the album also.

I really liked J to Z programme tonight Downes & Wright duo, Lewis Wright is a new name to me but I will check him out. The duo were very integrated like they had played together for years.

Loved the Linda May Han Oh choices and her explanations of why she chose them. I do not understand the musical terminology but understood what she found so inspiring about them. Interestingly she played a bit of Dolphy's "Hat and Beard" from "Out to Lunch" which I have been playing a lot this week because I have managed to get a Japanese copy of this album which has alternates of Hat & Beard and "Something Sweet Something Tender" which have never been issued on this side of the pond. Both are excellent performances and sufficiently different to the Masters. Linda was right about that fine Andrew Hill track she played, the string Quartet worked much better in this music than these things normally do avoiding the schmaltz that affects Jazz n Strings.

elmo

JRR this week was one of the best editions I've heard with about 5 tracks 'hitting the spot' including BN's Freddie Hubbard request.
It's annoying that Eric Dolphy's 'Out To Lunch' with alternative takes hasn't been made available over here.
Where can I obtain a copy?

JR

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

I think they are on the Japanese Toshiba 2013 reissue?

Background to the Music Matters 45rpm vinyl remaster/issue...

"Several months ago when I happened to mention to Blue Note maven Michael Cuscuna our disappointment about the unusable tape, he said “tell you what.....I’ll request every known version of that session from the vault, including the “DNU” cutting master. Let’s get them all up there and you put this up again and see what the problem is. Sometimes the tapes are mismarked, or tape library engineers over-reacted to something, you never know. We’ll all find out something.”

Several weeks ago Steve wrote here about two crates of Blue Note tapes arriving at AcousTech for Music Matters. One entire CRATE consisted of every tape of “Out To Lunch” in the EMI library. As we dug through it I began to get excited......SO many tapes, and all of the same session. And there was our old friend the “DNU” tape taunting us again. There was the severe looking note on the box about the damage to the tape, the drop outs and the distortion.

Then Steve said, "Joe, this "do not use" tape is marked DOLBY A! It's just a worn out dupe. I am sure we can do better than that...Wait a minute boys, I think we have something.”

Steve found an old pristine tape marked R.V.G. that had never been checked out of the tape library. (All tapes come with a log so you can see who used it, when, and for what purpose.) Steve said this is something we should very definitely check out immediately.

We put this tape up (exact moment captured in photo below) and Kevin hit the play button. Track one “Hat and Beard” took off and Ron and I sat there with our mouths hanging open. Steve turned around and said “Wow gentlemen....what have we here?”. Kevin said “that’s some of the best sound I’ve ever heard on a Rudy tape!”. I was truly stunned. I know this record like the back of my hand. Like Ron, I have the pristine LP and I have the first very excellent Japanese King version. But I have NEVER heard this music sound come vibrantly alive as it was on this playback.

This tape sounds amazingly transparent and effervescent."- from the Steve Hoffman blog.

BN. *It's interesting because I remember Cascuna saying that he had hopes for some real finds from that date, but the tape outtakes were nearly all false starts, car crashes and screw ups as they (the band) tried to work out a group approach to a difficult music. What came out was what was achieved on the day. They were "learning" too.

[Jazzrook]

I think they are on the Japanese Toshiba 2013 reissue?

Background to the Music Matters 45rpm vinyl remaster/issue...

"Several months ago when I happened to mention to Blue Note maven Michael Cuscuna our disappointment about the unusable tape, he said “tell you what.....I’ll request every known version of that session from the vault, including the “DNU” cutting master. Let’s get them all up there and you put this up again and see what the problem is. Sometimes the tapes are mismarked, or tape library engineers over-reacted to something, you never know. We’ll all find out something.”

Several weeks ago Steve wrote here about two crates of Blue Note tapes arriving at AcousTech for Music Matters. One entire CRATE consisted of every tape of “Out To Lunch” in the EMI library. As we dug through it I began to get excited......SO many tapes, and all of the same session. And there was our old friend the “DNU” tape taunting us again. There was the severe looking note on the box about the damage to the tape, the drop outs and the distortion.

Then Steve said, "Joe, this "do not use" tape is marked DOLBY A! It's just a worn out dupe. I am sure we can do better than that...Wait a minute boys, I think we have something.”

Steve found an old pristine tape marked R.V.G. that had never been checked out of the tape library. (All tapes come with a log so you can see who used it, when, and for what purpose.) Steve said this is something we should very definitely check out immediately.

We put this tape up (exact moment captured in photo below) and Kevin hit the play button. Track one “Hat and Beard” took off and Ron and I sat there with our mouths hanging open. Steve turned around and said “Wow gentlemen....what have we here?”. Kevin said “that’s some of the best sound I’ve ever heard on a Rudy tape!”. I was truly stunned. I know this record like the back of my hand. Like Ron, I have the pristine LP and I have the first very excellent Japanese King version. But I have NEVER heard this music sound come vibrantly alive as it was on this playback.

This tape sounds amazingly transparent and effervescent."- from the Steve Hoffman blog.

BN. *It's interesting because I remember Cascuna saying that he had hopes for some real finds from that date, but the tape outtakes were nearly all false starts, car crashes and screw ups as they (the band) tried to work out a group approach to a difficult music. What came out was what was achieved on the day. They were "learning" too.

Thanks for that, BN.
Will have to see if I can track down that Toshiba 2013 reissue.

JR

[Jazzrook]

Sat 26 May
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton plays requests from across a broad spectrum, including recordingts by Jazz-rock fusion band Nucleus, led by Scottish trumpeter, author and broadcaster Ian Carr (1933-2009). The track celebrates the 45th anniversary of the album Labyrinth.

In case there's any confusion here, I don't think Ian will be reincarnated for this performance?

http://www.alynshipton.co.uk/blog

5pm - J to Z
Julian Joseph presents vibraphonist Lewis Wright and pianist Kit Downes, playing music from Wright's new Duets album. And bassist Linda May Han Oh shares some musical moments important to her.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b48dgm

12midnight - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith celebrates the revolutionary partnership between the Count Basie band and its great tenor saxophonist Lester Young.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b48h6p

Mon 28 May
11pm - Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch introduces a concert by Quintet Moderne at Club W71 in Welkersheim, Germany. Plus more new music from BBC Introducing.

I happen to know one of the participants, so you'd all better be listening in and writing reports, or I'm going away and won't play with you any more.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b48rnb

Tues 29 May
Radio 2 8pm Jamie Cullum
Singer and pianist Jamie Cullum showcases his love for jazz, tonight featuring an BBC archive live performance.

That's what it says, typo and all! Anyway, when it mentions archive materials I'm always tempted, because we get a tiny inkling of what's hidden away in the vaults, never again to see the light of day unless Jamie persuades them to open their drawers.

Just noticed 'Moondog:Sound of New York' on Radio 4, Thursday 31 May, 11.30 am.

JR