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[Jazzrook]

S_A

They did make a couple of records for BLUE NOTE - 'Live at the Lighthouse Vols. 1 & 2, recorded on Elvin Jones' 45th birthday, September 9, 1972:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=HJXgXJZ54sc

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

S_A

They did make a couple of records for BLUE NOTE - 'Live at the Lighthouse Vols. 1 & 2, recorded on Elvin Jones' 45th birthday, September 9, 1972:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=HJXgXJZ54sc

JR

That would be the date! - not the youtube link, from the following year.

[Jazzrook]

Joanne Brackeen solo in Nurnberg, 1988:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=n3mTrBHRQPA

...and as the only female member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Carlos Garnett, Bill Hardman & Jan Arnet in 1970:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=YLY0KRWG_mg

JR

[Joseph K]

[Joseph K]

Pat Metheny & co play Rhythm Changes...

[Jazzrook]

Sun Ra on French TV, 1969:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=HKmzFVCgzm0

JR

[Joseph K]

[Jazzrook]

Hampton Hawes All Stars with Sonny Criss, Teddy Edwards, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Leroy Vinegar, Bobby Thompson & Big Joe Turner, live at The Memory Lane, L.A., 1970:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=6SsFRdwA_RA

JR

[Ian Thumwood]

Pat Metheny & co play Rhythm Changes...

Joe

I saw this group at Vienne and they were terrific. Mike Brecker also did a masterclass which I attended in part. I would have to say that he was probably one of the best people I have heard explain how to play jazz. He came across as a true gent and his advice was both plain speaking and practical. I have always loved his playing yet I think that hearing him speak in this context only served to increase my admiration for him. He spoke about using software to slow down a Chick Corea record so that he could understand exactly what was being played. I believe that he was probably as good a teacher as he was a soloist. The concert was terrific as you would have expected and it is a shame that it never materialized as a record. If I had to sum Mike Brecker up, it would be as a consummate professional.

I have to say that I am not so impressed by the John McLaughlin set which is technically brilliant but leaves me feeling rather cold about the music. I have heard him perform live on a few occasions and it is agreeable enough yet not as memorable as gigs by the likes of Frisell, Scofield and Abercrombie. Again, this is exactly the kind of "fusion" which holds little real appeal to me and sounds divorced from the wider range of jazz I listen to. As soon as you get banks of synthesizers involved, Keith Jarrett's comment about "not liking playing toys" springs to mind. I can appreciate the technique and sophistication of this music but I find it difficult to get over the similarities with rock and the nagging doubt that it is too far removed from the jazz mainstream. I like players such as Pat Metheny or even Terje Rypdal who have similarly been described as "fusion" yet there seems to be a degree of air in their playing whereas the McLaughlin stuff often sounds too claustrophobic to my ears. It is not something that makes me bristle when I listen to it or that I find in anyway to be unlistenable yet it seems to be missing an ingredient I cannot put my hand on that makes it jazz.

Anyway, to turn to the topic of the thread, I have been working at home today whilst playing Alan Ferber's last Nonet album, Kenny Dorham's exceptional "Whistle Stop.", Cecil Taylor's "Conquistador" Donald Byrd's "New directions" and a collection of Memphis Minnie's work.

[Joseph K]

Joe

I saw this group at Vienne and they were terrific. Mike Brecker also did a masterclass which I attended in part. I would have to say that he was probably one of the best people I have heard explain how to play jazz. He came across as a true gent and his advice was both plain speaking and practical. I have always loved his playing yet I think that hearing him speak in this context only served to increase my admiration for him. He spoke about using software to slow down a Chick Corea record so that he could understand exactly what was being played. I believe that he was probably as good a teacher as he was a soloist. The concert was terrific as you would have expected and it is a shame that it never materialized as a record. If I had to sum Mike Brecker up, it would be as a consummate professional.

Ian: yes, I too was greatly impressed by this performance. I too wish that a record had materialised from this group. I use youtube to transcribe stuff, since that enables you to slow it down; of course whatever you want to transcribe has to be on youtube, but then, many things are. I am spoilt for choice.

I have to say that I am not so impressed by the John McLaughlin set which is technically brilliant but leaves me feeling rather cold about the music. I have heard him perform live on a few occasions and it is agreeable enough yet not as memorable as gigs by the likes of Frisell, Scofield and Abercrombie. Again, this is exactly the kind of "fusion" which holds little real appeal to me and sounds divorced from the wider range of jazz I listen to. As soon as you get banks of synthesizers involved, Keith Jarrett's comment about "not liking playing toys" springs to mind. I can appreciate the technique and sophistication of this music but I find it difficult to get over the similarities with rock and the nagging doubt that it is too far removed from the jazz mainstream. I like players such as Pat Metheny or even Terje Rypdal who have similarly been described as "fusion" yet there seems to be a degree of air in their playing whereas the McLaughlin stuff often sounds too claustrophobic to my ears. It is not something that makes me bristle when I listen to it or that I find in anyway to be unlistenable yet it seems to be missing an ingredient I cannot put my hand on that makes it jazz.

I've seen McLaughlin live twice. The first time was in 2014 at the Royal Festival Hall in London. It was really great, aided by a big bomb of MDMA. The second time was in Edinburgh; I'd just had a drink, and hadn't had chance to get out for a walk that day due to circumstances, which I think contributed to my leg getting cramp towards the end of the show, and, I wasn't as impressed by the performance.

To tell the truth Ian, I agree with you about that video of the 1984 Mahavishnu Orchestra, I wasn't too impressed with it. However unlike you I don't use this fact to inveigh against fusion - nothing wrong with banks of synthesizers (just ask Herbie). Here is a video of McLaughlin's group just two years later, and it is much, much better:

Anyway, to turn to the topic of the thread, I have been working at home today whilst playing Alan Ferber's last Nonet album, Kenny Dorham's exceptional "Whistle Stop.", Cecil Taylor's "Conquistador" Donald Byrd's "New directions" and a collection of Memphis Minnie's work.

This is the jazz videos thread.

[Jazzrook]

Joe

I saw this group at Vienne and they were terrific. Mike Brecker also did a masterclass which I attended in part. I would have to say that he was probably one of the best people I have heard explain how to play jazz. He came across as a true gent and his advice was both plain speaking and practical. I have always loved his playing yet I think that hearing him speak in this context only served to increase my admiration for him. He spoke about using software to slow down a Chick Corea record so that he could understand exactly what was being played. I believe that he was probably as good a teacher as he was a soloist. The concert was terrific as you would have expected and it is a shame that it never materialized as a record. If I had to sum Mike Brecker up, it would be as a consummate professional.

I have to say that I am not so impressed by the John McLaughlin set which is technically brilliant but leaves me feeling rather cold about the music. I have heard him perform live on a few occasions and it is agreeable enough yet not as memorable as gigs by the likes of Frisell, Scofield and Abercrombie. Again, this is exactly the kind of "fusion" which holds little real appeal to me and sounds divorced from the wider range of jazz I listen to. As soon as you get banks of synthesizers involved, Keith Jarrett's comment about "not liking playing toys" springs to mind. I can appreciate the technique and sophistication of this music but I find it difficult to get over the similarities with rock and the nagging doubt that it is too far removed from the jazz mainstream. I like players such as Pat Metheny or even Terje Rypdal who have similarly been described as "fusion" yet there seems to be a degree of air in their playing whereas the McLaughlin stuff often sounds too claustrophobic to my ears. It is not something that makes me bristle when I listen to it or that I find in anyway to be unlistenable yet it seems to be missing an ingredient I cannot put my hand on that makes it jazz.

Anyway, to turn to the topic of the thread, I have been working at home today whilst playing Alan Ferber's last Nonet album, Kenny Dorham's exceptional "Whistle Stop.", Cecil Taylor's "Conquistador" Donald Byrd's "New directions" and a collection of Memphis Minnie's work.

Ian

Did you mean Donald Byrd's 'A New Perspective' which includes Duke Pearson's 'Cristo Redentor'?

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=w2KvM2T40RQ

JR

[Ian Thumwood]

Ian

Did you mean Donald Byrd's 'A New Perspective' which includes Duke Pearson's 'Cristo Redentor'?

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=w2KvM2T40RQ

JR

Yes, that is the album. Got to say that it is probably the one record in the Blue Note catalogue which has aged the least successfully. I have not played it for ages. I always think that it sounds like the soundtrack from some 1950s Western film.

[CGR]

Someone forgot to switch off the video after last nights livestream from Smalls - hours of silence from a dark & ghostly club.

The trio starts around 20 minutes in.

[Jazzrook]

Jackie McLean & Woody Shaw with Cedar Walton, Buster Williams & Billy Higgins playing Cool Struttin' at Mt. Fuji J.F., 1986:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=6ybwEUyW4AI

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

Jackie McLean & Woody Shaw with Cedar Walton, Buster Williams & Billy Higgins playing Cool Struttin' at Mt. Fuji J.F., 1986:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=6ybwEUyW4AI

JR

Blimey - coincidence or what? I just marked up Eastern Rebellion for listening tomorrow!