Jazz: America's Music
Today I purchased Blue Train by John Coltrane (on the blue note label) -Excellent and beautiful flowing Jazz work. Comp
JJ Johnson trombone for Mack ears only
only fault youtube if confused by rosters
the trumpeter also plays keyboard assume not simultaneously cousin
Roland Kirk sure aint walking through that door anytime soon
my apologies no tuba
currently on my third listen
undescribable how much these simple tonal notes create a resonating bubble of protective space around however you want to explore inside
happy birthday to Ron Carter, 89 today.
Legend may be an overused term, but Ron Carter is a living legend. I had the fortune of seeing him for the first time live in Detroit, his hometown, about a year ago. I knew he'd be impressive going in, yet he exceeded my expectations with his playing. An extra highlight was his excellent band backing him up, which featured pianist, Renee Rosnes.
I just wanted to share this gem I just discovered for all the jazz fans here. Was driving home a few days ago listening to local Detroit public radio station WDET 101.9 which plays jazz every night, and I caught this cover of Charles Mingus' "Nostalgia in Times Square" by tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery and his band.
It really hit me as a great song all around -- it's got solid solos, a drummer that can really swing, and perfect production. The trumpet and sax just sound so perfect, like you are in the room during the recording.
Wayne Escoffery – tenor saxophone
David Kikoski – Fender Rhodes
Ugonna Okegwo – bass
Mark Whitfield Jr. – drums
Tom Harrell – trumpet
so awesome you got to see him live
closest i was able to get to any part of a classic quartet was adjacent to Herbie and the original Headhunters playing Watermellon Man somewhere late 90's in Portland at the Crystal Ballroom
i insist no doubt his string bass has strummed my ear drums more than any other instrumentalist thoughout my lifetime
don't remember hearing this song for several years and instinctively started hum-tapping almost every vamp when it popped up
symptom of several last century hundred late night drawing board rotations on cheap arch school headphones from a cd ripped from library media
now share it with work others as an example of potential for emotional fluctuations along the complex paths of influence for a construction project from pursuit to ribbon cutting
and how with an attitude of help not blame or shame even the most surprising project situations may be quickly resolved with different sorts of supportive attitude from others
imagine each instrument group being a different stakeholder influence,
perhaps bass and drums are the pms always hammering on the schedule and honking geese say please may oui own design,
but by my final estimates the ten-keyboardist properly playing every black or red spreadsheet cell with continuous support from all other experts in their orchestral fields are essential
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no i don't have work on my mind
I love Pat Martino's version.
a complex Azar Lawrence lineup including eponymous Ron Carter on bass, Billy Hart on drums, and Raul De Souza on Mack's favorite jazz trombone
believe that to be Dom Salazar on piano, yet to be confirmed
1975
the pace and emotion are surprising
should have also added recorded less than a year after Lawrence played sax with Miles and assorted others including Pete Cosey guitar on approximately half of Dark Magus, including Tatu
I always thought that Azar was in his teens when he played with Miles, but I just googled it and he was in his early 20s. But I still think of him as a prodigy.
By the way, letting the trombone harmonize out of this world
It's been at least 6 months since I posted Curtis Fuller...
Broken YouTube LinkI always thought that Azar was in his teens when he played with Miles, but I just googled it and he was in his early 20s. But I still think of him as a prodigy.
By the way, letting the trombone harmonize out of this world
Elvin Jones New Agenda Vanguard '75 features several songs with Azar from some sort of surfing Vietnam era
perhaps worth the click thru, several other moments are clunky at best
I know you guys don't really go for jazz singers, but you shouldn't miss Little Jimmy Scott. Love the song and Billie Holiday's version but this rendition might be better.
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wouldn't say i dont go for jazz singers as a rule, there just aren't a whole lot that really move me. Jimmy is one who does.
It's a totally different vibe. Jazz is universal. Until you start singing in English. Then it becomes very specific.
Like, I love Ella Fitzgerald but it's like listening to your granny.
This album transcends time and space and sound and music. And it has John Coltrane on it.
It's a totally different vibe. Jazz is universal. Until you start singing in English. Then it becomes very specific.Like, I love Ella Fitzgerald but it's like listening to your granny.This album transcends time and space and sound and music. And it has John Coltrane on it.Track length is 4:20. I think you know what to do with this information.
recorded with McCoy, Jimmy, Elvin, and Hartman's wonderful baritone in '63 in a single Van Gelder afternoon.
lets just say the only other vocalist he recorded with was wife Alice
first track is probably my fav
or is it this one? whatever, they're all ear velvet
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bonus trivia: Hartman and my mom were born in the same small parish town, less than 10 years apart
reminded me of other Trane collaborations from around that similar early sixties era
this one with Ellington, Angelica is a burst of energy in the middle of Duke & John side two
again with Jimmy and Elvin
The Coltrane and Hartman album is one of my absolute favorites.
And a couple from the great Abbey Lincoln, actress and activist also.
Broken YouTube LinkShe could also do the standards.
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the great Sonny Rollins passed yesterday, age 95.
RIP
i will dig in deeper this evening.
until then
He is eighty years old here, it's more of a vibe.
