Monty Waters ~ The Black Cat

[Jazzrook]

Alto saxophonist Monty Waters(1938-2008) is rarely mentioned in the jazz reference books despite having worked or recorded with artists such as Dewey Redman, Jaki Byard, Billy Higgins and Sam Rivers.
I recently discovered his 1975 album 'The Black Cat'(WHYNOT WNCD 79406) with a superbly empathetic quartet featuring guitarist Yoshiaki Masuo, bassist Ronnie Boykins and drummer George Avaloz.
The accessible music on 'The Black Cat' is subtle, bluesy, inventive and engrossing and, like its leader, deserves to be much better known.

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[Serial_Apologist]

Alto saxophonist Monty Waters(1938-2008) is rarely mentioned in the jazz reference books despite having worked or recorded with artists such as Dewey Redman, Jaki Byard, Billy Higgins and Sam Rivers.
I recently discovered his 1975 album 'The Black Cat'(WHYNOT WNCD 79406) with a superbly empathetic quartet featuring guitarist Yoshiaki Masuo, bassist Ronnie Boykins and drummer George Avaloz.
The accessible music on 'The Black Cat' is subtle, bluesy, inventive and engrossing and, like its leader, deserves to be much better known.

https://www.candidrecords.com/produc...roducts_id=312

For those like me for whom MW is a new name, here he was in company with some excellent Poles doing a Coltrane-type number:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgN2O-fWL64

Posters may have noted handsomfortune's absence from the bored - last I heard from her 10 days ago she messaged me to say she was going down with some virus. She would quite probably have found us this clip. Hope all will join me in sending best wishes.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Very best wishes/get well soon from Lord Bluesnik and His Cassettiers...

I have Monty on a Billy Higgins album and also with Charli Persip's big band. V Useful player.

BN.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

indeed best wishes handsome fortune and trust you are getting better from the virus ....

[handsomefortune]

thanks all for your good wishes , though i still sound a bit eartha kit (not cockney rhyming slang for 'sick' btw), but i am feeling a bit better....and repeat till i convince myself mainly!

thanks jazz rook what an inspiration the monty water's link is (rip ), imo well worth several listens and possibly a range of lesser known dance moves! maybe jez could squeeze monty in amongst jazz selections on one of his 'polish nites'...? at minimum a monday night sesh is due providing an over view of monty's career....... some recognition surely? (though the tune (linked) definitely sounds like a friday to me)!!

it's a shame it wasn't just pm edward heath who was 'a bit mutton geoff' (according to stan tracey)..... seemingly most subsequent politicians have obviously been 'geoff as a post'! which affects beeb management of jazz broadcasting output unfortunately .... as others have also noted!