mikeweil

Over the last four weeks we attended a series of concerts during the Wiesbadener Bachwochen, a bi-annual festival. This year there was an enlarged program to celebrate 50 years of its existence. to much to pay for all, but we picked some jewels. The Italian ensemble Zefiro played wind sonatas for the Dresden court by Fasch, Heinichen, Zelenka and others. Absolutely cinvincing and enganging performances. Its leader, oboist Alfredo Bernardini, conducted a program of orchestral pieces of the Dresden orchestra with students of the period performance branch of the Frankfurt music Academy, which they aptly call Capella Academica Frankfurt. One has to keep in mind that the Dresden orchestra between 1700 and 1750 was one of the three best in Europe, and these young people now play that demanding stuff flawlessly! The director of the branch, Eva Maria Pollerus, played three and a half hours of Bach last Saturday, all of Clavierübung I & II. The harpsichord was a reconstructed model by Harass in Thuringia built by Jürgen Ammer in 2007, a type of instrument that Bach played. Absolutely stunning sound, and perfect performance Everybody thinking it is appropriate to play these Partiutas on a modern piano should get an opportunity to hear this and be convinced that it is not. The sound with multiple regsitration of four sets of strings - 16", 8", 8", 4" - was fascinating.

Well, the tunes she composed/arranged, or solos on.

Just thumbing through this thread - This one would really be great!

https://notat.io/download/file.php?id=3399 Facsimile of Monk's Mood. Chord symbols written in black, squeezed in afterwards, likely by someone else.

There is a scene from a Columbia recording session in the Straight No Chaser documentary where Rouse asks whether the chords he just makes up are correct. So obviously there were no chord symbols on the sheet. I must have some facsimile of a Monk sheet somewhere without chords. I will look for it. To me it makes sense. Monk wanted improvisation on the tune, not the chord changes, and he himself played just like that. If so, he wouldn't have needed to notate changes.

AFAIK Monk never wrote down changes. He wanted you to improvise on the tune, not the changes.

Revelation label sessions.

If the guys at Craft were hip, they'd reissue this, and on a twofer CD as well.

He could have been Phil Upchurch's successsor, if he hadn't tragically died so young ... an enormous talent.

I'm close to going that route, too, and for the Soulful Strings as well. I love their groove so much.

Ask me to edit the first post with the complete list, pm it to me. As a moderator I can do this.

Oh yes. How could I forget him?

R.I.P. He had some serious jazz chops. I recommend this album: https://www.discogs.com/release/7297593-Phil-Upchurch-Trio-Dolphin-Dance

https://gearboxrecords.bandcamp.com/album/strasbourg-82 p.s. I corrected the spelling of the thread title.

Cropper's guitar sound was with me from the first years I started listening to muisc. A Booker T. & The M.G.s LP was among my first five LPs I ever bought. Here was a guy opting for a group sound rather than playing ego trips. That was a role model for me, even though I never played a guitar. R.I.P., and thanks for your great attitude.

Micheangelo Antonioni Eric Rohmer Jim Jarmush John Huston

I will consult my Stabilität dictionary when back home.