I do have it and what a crcker it is.!Quote:
Originally Posted by Svend N
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I do have it and what a crcker it is.!Quote:
Originally Posted by Svend N
Great to see all the love here for Coltrane, especially for GIANT STEPS. And CRESCENT.
2 of my favourites, for different reasons.
Both of them were kind of transitional, in their own way.
Giant Steps was a kind of culmination of his obsession with harmony, and making/being correct in weaving away through the underlying harmony.
Things got very complex harmonically leading up to this. He utilised a method of making fairly simple harmonic structures in to something much more complex.
It almost became purely a technical challenge in getting through this harmony.
This was particularly the case with the 2 tracks Countdown and Giant Steps. They are extremly repetitive and pre planned in their content. In fact in many ways they are not improvised. They are a series of pre practiced and thought out patterns which he applies throughout. I often feel that the only time he improvises is when he loses it a little and does something different until he gets back on track with the pre planned stuff!!!
Sounds great though, doesnt it.
After this kind of pinnacle of that kind of playing, I feel he is ready to move on. He hints at the vibe to follow in the track NAIMA , from the same LP.
Then crescent, a few years later. ( I think, just doing this from memory ). We have CRESCENT. Possibly my favourite.
I see this as the link between his older stuff and the more free stuff to come.
Much more emotion coming through than his harmony obsessed days.
Strangely, there is one track on this LP that’s always feels out of place. Can’t remember the name right now. Its a blues, in the older style. Possibly just to make up the number. Ie fill an LP
Great thread this. Love it
I'm having problems keeping up with you guys. :)
Just spun up The Lost Album (MQA version) and I'm liking what I'm hearing. But as Adam says will need a few listens to fully appreciate it all.
Villa (Take 3) :cool:
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I think it's Bessie's Blues you're referring to Brian. I think of Crescent as a link between old and new too. The straddling of melodic to improvisational is met brilliantly on this album. It's also the reason I love Alice's Monastic Trio: she holds that bridge between melody and discord until the drop seems like the most joyous freedom possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by take5
Holy smokes! We've got some real Coltrane scholars here. I can't keep up either ;). But don't stop - I'm learning a lot. Love it! Fascinating stuff.
I'm off for a bike ride before the heat sets in...36 deg. C forecast today, and humid. That's damn hot. Catch up later....
Svend
The one and only Professor Longhair
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Listened to Crescent tonight. Love it! Excellent album, and a great recommendation. Quite approachable, but a lot of depth there.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldius
Thanks,
Svend
Exactly, accessible but certainly not lightweight. I'm glad you enjoyed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Svend N
Alice Coltrane is my favourite jazz artist. She moves my mood like no artist in any genre.
The three most accessible of hers for me are Journey in to Satchadinanda, Ptah the El Daoud and A Monastic Trio. Lightweight they are not!
Good one Geoff. I'll have to give those a listen some time. As I might have mentioned, I'm not that familiar with Alice Coltrane's work. Will spend time with it soon...
Best,
Svend
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Bill Evans Trio
CD reissue from 2000, specially extended and with different track order etc. Not to be confused with the original.
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Got loads of Nina's stuff on cd and vinyl. Fabulous performer.
Me too - her death was a great loss.Quote:
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RIP Nina
The greatest Trio LP, period!Quote:
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Good choice Grant. I have it on 180g vinyl.Quote:
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Since we seem to keep coming back to Bill Evans, here's one to listen to, if you don't already know it... On Green Dolphin Street
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Enjoy!
Svend
Very Nice LP this Svend.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Svend N
Evans style is a little different on this date from other Riverside releases, he really attacks the keys.
Recorded in 1959 but shelved till 1977 for the Japanese market.
Paul Chambers on bass and 'Philly' Joe Jones on drums really swing.:cool:
Quite so...much more up-tempo than some of his other recordings. You can tell he had fun recording this one. Some of his lines are a bit similar to Ahmad Jamal's style in a way, then he reverts to his own unmistakeable sound. Wonderful stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by WESTLOWER
Probably should introduce folk to this gem from the great professor longhair....Rockn Roll Gumbo
Recorded in 1974, this album almost never saw the light of day. Fortunately, the master tapes were found and the album was released posthumously. Professor Longhair was a giant in the New Orleans music community, but had not recorded in over ten years when he was convinced to start playing again. From the opening riffs, one can understand the stature of Professor Longhair as a great pianist -- he demonstrates that he is equally at home playing rhumba boogie, blues songs, and calypso. He plays New Orleans standards (many penned by himself), but what makes this recording a classic is the chance to hear him play with guitarist Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. The interplay of these music veterans is mesmerizing. The piano playing is breathtaking, and has a percussive quality unlike any other player before or since. It is hard to believe that Professor Longhair languished in obscurity for so many years after hearing the jubilance of "Mardi Gras in New Orleans," a song that will have you tapping your feet and hands as if you were in the parade. This album is essential for fans of New Orleans music and those aspiring to be rock & roll pianists.
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Good one Grant! I just listened on Spotify. Love that Louisiana blues sound :) Thanks for the intro to that.
Best,
Svend
Glad u liked it Svend. The mans a classic example of missed genius.
He learned to play on a piano missing many of its notes so played some odd notes and keys. Although he is s very accomplished pianist he still liked to play in this style
He was also mentor to many including dr John and Allen toussaint.
I've long been a fan of the Louisiana blues and jazz sound. Just an incredible incubator of talented musicians, many of whom have gone on to become world famous. I will start exploring some of Longhair's stuff. I was amazed to find so much of it on Spotify. Wonderful story about the missing keys on the piano! Thanks again - great tip.
Svend
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top album of swing etc....
PS, Radio JRiver is on the air via Jriver24.... Good jazz channel plus classical, rock etc... Flac streaming
indeed... huey piano smith was another of the great teachers.Quote:
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Now, the Boss..
Big Joe Turner
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Here is a good biog of the great man...https://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-...0726/biography
A Dr John take of Duke Ellington.
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Dr. John and his lower 9-11 band impart their own subtly sassy N’Awlins-style hoodoo to the work of Duke Ellington on this album of covers. Most of the songs here will be familiar even to jazz dabblers (“Satin Doll,” “Moon Indigo”), and at times John is a little too reverential, treading gingerly when a more consistently “fonkified” approach might have better filled the bill. But his take on “Caravan” is an out-there reinvention for Hammond B-3 organ and string-popping funk bass that briefly quotes Ramsey Lewis’ “Wade in the Water.”
Here comes the sun...nina simone- 4 men in beards reissue..
Nina's take on some well known pop standards....some work better than others tbh, but its quite well engineered.
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lead belly.. ....you don't know my mind
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Born circa 1889 in rural northwest Louisiana, Lead Belly rambled across the Deep South from the age of 16. While working in the fields, he absorbed a vast repertoire of songs and styles. He mastered primordial blues, spirituals, reels, cowboy songs, folk ballads and prison hollers. In 1917 Lead Belly served as Blind Lemon Jefferson’s “lead boy”—i.e., his guide, companion and protégé—on the streets of Dallas. A man possessed with a hot temper and enormous strength, Lead Belly spent his share of time in Southern prisons. Convicted on charges of murder (1917) and attempted murder (1930), Lead Belly literally sang his way to freedom, receiving pardons from the governors of Texas and Louisiana. The second of his releases was largely obtained through the intervention of John and Alan Lomax, who first heard Lead Belly at Angola State Prison while recording indigenous Southern musicians for the Library of Congress.
Alas Huddy died 6 months before he became famous...isnt it always the way/
The great Lou Rawls
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hilarous monologue followed by some serious singing..
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lou started out with sam cooke in the 50's after national service, and just kept reinventing himself
The link wasn't working for me, so:
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John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard Again!
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Now
Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light 'till Dawn
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soul of the tango/ yo yo ma and kathryn stott..
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Inspired by a general love of the tango, and more specifically the tango of Astor Piazzolla, on the part of Yo-Yo Ma, the Soul of the Tango album is a masterful work of the nuevo tango, played by Ma's cello and many of Piazzolla's former associates. Piazzolla's old guitarists Sergio and Odair Assad even showed up to work on a pair of tracks arranged by Sergio: the Tango Suite (consisting of Andante and Allegro). The sheer beauty of one of Piazzolla's tangos is generally enough to warrant the purchase of an album involving them. An album such as this one, where all of the songs (save one: Tango Remembrances, where Ma plays along with outtakes from Piazzolla's recording of The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night album) are compositions by Piazzolla is even better. Add to this the masterful playing of Ma, and the surprising facility in which the cello fits into the tango, and you've got what could become a classic album, but it was labelled as classical, thus is less likely to be seen and heard.
Astor Piazzolla's stuff is seriously good, and unique
King Curtis. Live at Fillmore West.
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Recorded in front of an enthusiastic audience and released just one week before Curtis' murder in 1971, Live at Fillmore West is a brilliant confirmation of the saxophonist's place in popular music. Backed up by Atlantic's top session men, as well as Billy Preston and the Memphis Horns, Curtis rips through some of the biggest hits of the day, transforming them into showcases for his soulful playing and the group's outstanding rhythmic interplay.
Grant , I love yo yo ma, but jazz or blues it isn’t, by any stretch of the genre !!!
not sure i'd agree, but your entitled to your opinion Brian:) Rhythm and Blues is blues and jazz fusion tbh, although i would agree its not pure either... Still, King Curtis deserves to be held in this genre as he played a lot of both, but as he once said, "I like to live good" so played much r&b...:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by take5
No problem with king curtis being in this JAZZ and BLUES thread. Rightly so.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
But YO YO MA and KATHRYN STOTT............
There is no Jazz, no blues, no improvising, no nothing.......that is indicative of either genre.
Just two ( very good at what they do) classical musicians looking to earn a few quid and jumping in to a genre that they think will bring in those quids.
Ive found one track. This is it.
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without wanting to open a whole “what is jazz/ blues “ debate. This music is neither.
It is not and never will be Either Jazz, Blues, Jazz fusion or any other of the idioms that they are trying to attach themselves to.
it was more about Astor Piazzola than YoYo tbh, but showing how well the cello could adapt to Tango Nuevo, which has some of its origins in jazz fusion. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music.
Obviously I shouldn't have bothered:lol:
Grant, not at all. It’s great to have discussions about stuff.
Just different views.
I would have no problem with the music of piazzola being in this thread. I love it.
not an issue, and its at least brought some posts in...:)
alas that album was put in sony's classical output and that killed it stone dead. i guess they didnt really know or care; typical modern sony...
now,
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George Melly... George was a great singer, and well thought of across the world, tho mostly here in Britain. Dressed like a 30's gangster, he was larger than life. A great quote about him here....
He was a "personality" who actually had personality, a jazz singer who was also a cultural commentator, a devotee of the Surrealists who wrote the story-lines of a cartoon-strip. Presenter-performer, autobiographer, libertarian and in his own word "tart", he was "Good-Time George".
One more today, and its blues.... Blind Willie McTell's Last Session, which i think was about 1956. he died in 59 of a brain hemmorage after quitting music to become a pastor.
His Style was one one fingering and slide all at once giving the impression that there was 2 players.
Blind Willie McTell was one of the giants of the blues, as a guitarist and as a singer and recording artist. Hardly any of his work as passed down to us on record is less than first-rate, and this makes most any collection of his music worthwhile. A studious and highly skilled musician whose skills transcended the blues, he was equally adept at ragtime, spirituals, story-songs, hillbilly numbers, and popular tunes, excelling in all of these genres. He could read and write music in braille, which gave him an edge on many of his sighted contemporaries, and was also a brilliant improvisor on the guitar, as is evident from his records. McTell always gave an excellent account of himself, even in his final years of performing and recording.
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Charlie Byrd/ Brazilian Byrd
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Antonio Carlos Jobim songs arranged by Tommy Newsom. very pleasant album
The Allman Brothers Band....at fillmore east
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Could go here or in main section, this rock blues album is still one of the greatest albums out there... a bit like a jazz band the way they interact, its just smashing... 1971 this was released amazingly
Branford Marsalis...in my solitude.
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+1 to the Allman Bros., and another for Marsalis! Great choices, both. If I ever get in a funk, I just have to listen to Jessica on the Brothers and Sisters album from the Allmans and it sets me right and puts a smile on my face again. Pure joy. One of my favourite songs.
Finish up today with Dr John's Gumbo
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[emoji108][emoji3]. Good trackQuote:
Originally Posted by Svend N
BTW, has anyone ever posted a thumbs-up for Stevie Ray Vaughan in this thread? Now that guy could play blues guitar!
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Just for you...here' the epic version.