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Snooks Eaglin
Quincy Jones
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..super cd this
Great incar tunes with Elder Don
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This may not be new news to some of you, but I was floored when I heard the opening notes to this tune by Horace Silver:
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The opening notes are the same as Ricky Don't Lose That Number by Steely Dan. One of the many examples of old inspiring the new.
Great tune by Silver...wonderful piano work on this live recording.
I heard this over the weekend, played in its entirety by our local (Toronto) station, Jazz FM 91:
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Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden, live in a cathedral in Mannheim, Germany. Outstanding album, and great recording quality. I will be buying the CD soon.
Finally on streaming services..
The Great long out of print Shades of Blue, Don Rendell & Ian Carr Quintet
without new Vinyl repress farting noise! (another post entirely!)
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and whilst I'm here....
Finally on streaming services..
The very Great long out of print Dusk Fire, Don Rendell & Ian Carr Quintet
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Don Rendell & Ian Carr, LIVE
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Music For The Small Hours
The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Sextet
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Sahib Shihab - Companionship
Possibly my Top Jazz Lp of all time!...well today anyway!
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Brand spanking New.
Cuban piano leg end, Chucho Valdés of Irakere fame
Jazz Batá 2
The recording is incredibly well done....i want to look like this when i'm touching 80 !!
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about to spin these 2 cds i bought myself for christmas..
blue mitchell/bantu village, and miles and quincey live at montreux
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the blue mitchell is excellent.Quote:
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OK, now I'm awake! Terrific playing here. Great album. Good recommendation...I've not heard anything from Sahib Shihab for a long time, and never this album.
Svend, 'after dinner jazz' label should be banished to the pigeonhole dustbin of cliches.Quote:
Originally Posted by Svend N
If you find a classier version of 'Day By Day' i'll buy you a pint!;)...and that word nice!!..arghhh
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Ensadindo... Crumbs , makes me want to get up and dance, not sleep.
Despite the title, Very Far from "late night listening"!!
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Adam, it seems I've offended you in some way. Apologies. No insult intended. Just poking fun at an earlier (months ago) post of yours re. the Dinner Jazz label. I've deleted my post, above.
Kind regards,
Svend
Sven!!! No no no .. just banter mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by Svend N
All good. ;) It’s not the Jazz mafia!
Although the ‘Dinner jazz’ thing has always been a headache!:rolleyes:
My family used to take the piss out of me and say I listen to elevator music or shopping mall jazz.:lol:
My wife once compared Monks piano playing as Les Dawson!! :doh::lol:
Check Les Dawson playing piano if you are unfamiliar!!
Adam....whew! :cool: Good to hear that. One often misses the intent of such posts...hard to tell if someone is really getting wound up or just throwing banter. :scratch:
I actually thought your reactions to the Dinner Jazz thing were hilarious. Clearly a wee little nerve is easily sparked there, eh? :D One gentle prod and Adam is through the roof :D Now I understand why. Too funny!
Speaking of elevator jazz, I have a good friend who only listens to Smooth Jazz on the satellite radio in his car...Bebop is " Too frantic". I can't do road trips with him, as after two songs I want to either bail out of the moving vehicle or tear out the radio :steam: Next time I will bring earplugs, or noise cancelling headphones and my iPod.
Will try to find Les Dawson on Spotify... Can hardly wait... :rolleyes: :)
Cheers,
Svend
Haha. You won’t find Les Dawson on Spotify but you will on youtube.Quote:
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He’s a British comedian from yesteryear.
Brilliant! :lol:
Road trips with smoooth jazz ...god I think I wouldn’t last long!!
Found him:Quote:
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Great fun! First time seeing him. A maestro on the piano, clearly :D
�� A great talent, it actually takes a good player to play like that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Svend N
Reminds me of Victor Borge, who also had great fun hamming it up on the piano, and was equally brilliant on the keyboard. I'll check out more of Les Dawson soon...thanks for the heads up on that!Quote:
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Les was a good pianist. Played for a living at one time. One of my fav comedians. Fabulous face
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Miles Davis & Quincy Jones
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Glad Rag Doll
Keith Jarrett, Garry Peacock and Jack DeJohnette – ‘Whisper Not’
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Keith Jarrett – ‘Testament Paris/London’
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(Playing the London concert (01.12.2008) only)
Been playing this. Beautiful melodies and especially recorded well. Massive attention to detail, wide open sounds. Great piano, bass and drums.
Hazelrigg Brothers - songs we like.
Great interpretations of Jimi H, Led Z etc.
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Duke Pearson – I Don't Care Who Knows It (recorded 1968 -1970)
A fabulous session which was shelved by Blue Note, inexplicably! until 1996 when they released 6 of the
tracks on Vinyl and a later CD release had all 11 session Tracks.
Word is, it has just been released in its entirety, all 11 tracks for the first time on Double Vinyl 180gsm and all that audiophile from tapes jive. It is due out Now if not out already, Limited edition only 1000 world wide press.
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Anyway it's on the streaming services and is just a wonderful set. From the funky title Track feat, Andy Bey
to full Brazilian work outs. I think the only reason it was shelved for so long was Blue Note didn't know how to market it in 1970 being such an eclectic recording
Acoustic Guitar – Ralph Towner
Bass Bob Cranshaw & Ron Carter
Drums – Airto Moreira & Mickey Roker
Percussion, Vocals – Airto Moreira
Piano, Electric Piano, Arranged By – Duke Pearson
Tenor Saxophone, Alto Clarinet – Frank Foster
Vibraphone – Bobby Hutcherson
Vocals – Andy Bey , Flora Purim
are just a few on the date among others...
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postscript to this record: Being a nerd, I have access to a pdf of Blue Note's A&R man, Duke Pearson's personal session note book and this session is in there spread over a few pages. Very interesting view for the anoraks. a sample of a couple of pages below:
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e.s.t -'viaticum' 'live in Berlin'
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The Bright Mississippi
by Allen Toussaint
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Eric Culberson - Blues is my Religion
1995
Nina Simone/wild is the wind
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That,ll teach her to eat a curry before the show [emoji23]
Parrrrp!
Lol
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Ben Webster
Just 'discovered' or rather finally paid proper attention to a time in music that I'd always adored, 50s/60s Jazz. Been buying quite a lot of Blue Note cds off Ebay, after advice that the Ron McMaster remastered ones from the 80s were the best. Current stand out favourite is Horace silver 'Song for my father', Art Blakey - Moanin, Cannon ball adderly - something else, Sonny Rollins - Newks time - track 3 'Wonderful wonderful!'. Finally hearing Lee Morgan 'Sidewinder' properly, its much more laid back and sophisticated than I'd remembered. And an absolute revelation on CD is 'Out to Lunch' (Eric Dolphy), it puts my cheapo vinyl reissue in the shade to put it mildly, love this LP, and this CD version is an absolute joy.
John Coltrane • Soultrane
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Some great music you list there mikeQuote:
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Can I ask about the remastering, where did You gleen Ron McMaster remasters were better?
I have always had the understanding that Rudy Van Gelder remasters , later, were where it’s at.
After all if anyone should know how that music was to be presented, it would have been RVG, the chap who originally recorded the sessions?
IMHO the early CD masters of the late 80s on Blue Note were pretty poor. Hence later the massive task Blue note undertook in persuading RVG to remasters vast amount of the Blue Note catalogue.
I know some of the RVGs are criticised for being overly bright but I think it’s a title by title thing.
Some are good some not so. Rudy had good gears though.
A lot of the guys on PFM swear by the McMaster remasters, and completely slate the RVG ones! So being a complete newbie to cds I just went for the McMaster ones, to my ears they sound great, and are very cheap as well. Whichever way most of them sound better than whatever vinyl reissues I happen to have. I should buy one or two RVG ones to compare.Quote:
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Cannonball Adderley/ plays bossa nova
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Yes getting a couple of each would be a good comparison.
Can’t compete with the vinyl though!!
NY mono all the way ;)
One of my fav albums this
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Original vinyl obvs, I have a reissue that is rubbish next to the McMaster cd version of 'Out to Lunch'.Quote:
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I’ve never got on with ‘out to lunch’... bit too left field for these ears.. I must give it more spins.Quote:
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Been trying to like it for 30 years :eek:
I feel the same about Albert Ayler, ouch my ears!Quote:
Originally Posted by WESTLOWER
So, no Ornette Coleman or Don Cherry then.