I was thinking... I have real nice book of Herman Leonard photos, and this one I think may be the definitive jazz photo-Dexter was a cool, motherf*$@#, wasn't he?
Late to the thread and came to jazz from rock'n'roll which somehow seems to make one unlikely to be a Coltrane fan...but there's some great albums mentioned here and very few lemons... Someone requested praise for Stephane Grappelli so let me recommend "Meets Barney Kessell" and "Limehouse Blues" (when "MBK" went to cd they split it in half and filled out the two resulting releases with the outtakes.The outtakes aren't disappointing, though I like the original tunestack better...) Also a pretty obscure one on Pye called "1971," and an odd duet release with Lal Subramanium called "Conversations." How about Five Albums From All Over the Place That Noone's Mentioned Yet: 1. Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band- 1954 2. Stan Getz- Sweet Rain 3. Dollar Brand- African Marketplace 4. Keith Jarrett- Treasure Island 5. Sonny Rollins- Way out West And a mention to my favorite living drummer, Chico Hamilton.
Yes, Way Out West is one of Sonny's best-great album cover as well I like Treasure Island a lot too. Introduction/Yaqui Indian Folk Song , is one of my favorite Jarrett performances. I like the guitar sound on some of the tunes as well, which is not a traditional jazz tone.
You should check out Francis Wolff's book of photographs from the Blue Note sessions over the years. His work is fantastic.
Hey, Mike and the gang ... you know it's Jazz Appreciation Month here in the District of Columbia? Lots of jazz performances -- free and otherwise -- all over, mainly at the Smithsonian: www.smithsonianjazz.org Being a swing enthusiast, it's been a great month thus far! Big three-day extravaganza this weekend at Freedom Plaza!
I just got Blue 45's - The Ultimate Jukebox. I believe it's a European only release, but it's pretty darn good. Here's the track listing: 1. Dat Dere, Pt. 1 2. Camp Meetin' - Don Wilkerson 3. Funky Mama, Pt. 1 4. Wavy Gravy, Pt. 1 - Kenny Burrell 5. Blind Man, Blind Man, Pt. 1 - Herbie Hancock 6. I Know - Freddie Roach 7. Brown Sugar - Freddie Roach 8. Brother Isaac - Donald Byrd 9. Fat Judy, Pt. 1 - Big John Patton 10. Jody Grind, Pt. 1 - Horace Silver 11. Rev. Moses - Lou Donaldson 12. Psychedelic Sally - Horace Silver 13. Fungii Mama, Pt. 1 - Blue Mitchell 14. Bucket - Jimmy Smith 15. Move Your Hand, Pt. 1 - Lonnie Liston Smith 16. Spanish Harlem - Bobbi Humphrey 17. Turnaround, Pt. 1 - Hank Mobley 18. Rumproller, Pt. 1 - Lee Morgan 19. Trouble, Pt. 1 - Stanley Turrentine 20. Blue Bossa - Joe Henderson 21. Alligator Boogaloo - Lou Donaldson All the "Part 1" 's are where the label clipped the tune in half for the 45, but it's still kind of cool to see how these singles were heard on a jukebox.
Thanks for the link. I must check that site out thoroughly. BTW, Blue Note: A History of Modern Jazz is playing this month on Encore Drama and Starz in Black, for those of you who have access to those channels. Here's the listings for the rest of the month. Encore Drama: April 21: 1:40AM April 24: 2:15PM April 25: 6:30AM April 28: 12:00AM April 29: 2:10PM Starz in Black: April 30: 9:20AM, 4:10PM
This is portrait that was taken of Sonny Rollins, that is in last week's New Yorker. Good piece-check it out if you can get a copy. Elegant.
This can't remain un-illustrated . . . . Also: I have that New Yorker but haven't read it yet. Also, Also: Caught the last twenty minutes or so of the Michael Caine classic "Alfie" on cable the other day, and I had forgotten that Sonny Rollins did the soundtrack, which is really good. I don't know if it was a thematic decision or what, but Sonny and Cher of course do the title track, "What's it all about, Alfie?" with Cher singing and Sonny producing. Final note: Everything But the Girl do a great acoustic version of that song on their Acoustic album. Correction: It's apparently on some best of record "Like the Desert Miss the Rain" which is odd. I know I have that song, but I don't think I have that record. Back to jazz....
Sonny during his mohawk period. Funny (and this shows my age) there are two people who spring to mind when I think of Pro Keds: Jo Jo White and Sonny Rollins. Sonny was way ahead of his time on that score-imagine the kind of coin he could have made with a sneaker endorsement today? I happened to see Alfie too-it was on HBO. All this movie and jazz talk means I'm going to have to put this disc on soon
I'm not as well versed as some of you with hte classic jazz tunes. But... I do have a cd that might be of some good interest for nu-jazz fans. It's from the Cosmic Sounds label... the label that released Arkestra One's album. In the USA, Arkestra One (Matt Timony) had his album released by ESL records - that is the label of Thievery Corporation. The album is "Cosmic Sounds Remixed", and I relaly dig it. It has some pretty sweet interpretations of tracks. Check out Nicola Conte's mad cool version of Jerome Richardson's "Way in Blues". Awesome instrumentatino and a perfect Conte stuyled vocal with Cinzia Eramo. Another great track is Ennio Styles remix of SHQ's "Cubano Chant". Now, of course it is no mystery that I tend to go more for some of the latin rythms and jazz. But this cd to me was worth a listen. It's got that nice, late night sort of feel to it - perfect if you're movin' through the city or simply bouncing tunes off of buddies with a jack on the rocks in hand. I definitely recommend this. Also, I reviewed it in the Musica Do Brasil thread in better detail, but you might want to give a listen to Break & Bossa vol 7. It's a compilation off of Schema label in Italy. The series has sort of evolved and isn't so much into the broken beats, but more so nu-jazz. There's some pretty sweet tunes on there. "Mr. Cool" is one... hell that's an exclusive track that was previously never even released. Another is Cai featuring Miss Malone with "Tears in Her Eyes". Talk about an ambiance to a track! But I should say that B&B is a bit mroe abstract and experimental so it probably won't be the album of choice to purists. To me though, it's a damn good compilation of nu-jazz and sound. It does have an older track - check Lorez Alexandria's "Baltimore Oriole"... think that's from maybe the 60's. And I know I've heard the intro to "Take Off" before.
Someone was a Gilles Peterson fan in one of the other threads and liked his comps... well he has a new "Impressed" cd hitting the USA in July. It's tentatively scheduled for July 5th but it's so far in advance, don't be surprised to see it come out in the mid- end of the month. GP's been pretty busy in the last few months and may have shy'd away from some of the broken beats as of late. He released a cd titled 'In Africa' in May, taking more underground and natural tuens out of Africa, much like he did with his "In Brazil" cd. To be honest, I wasn't a fan of "In Brazil"... it was pretty mediocre to me.