The Rep

I saw this in my local music shop and remembered that I use to own a copy which had gone missing quite a long time ago. Remembering that I like the album I bought it and Wow! what beautiful music. Firstly for those that don't know the album Blue Hour, Turrentine has the superb backing of the Three Sounds. That is Gene Harris - piano, Andrew Simpkins - bass, Bill Dowdy - Drums. It is worth buying the album just to listen to them but with this early Stanley Turrentine it is just a gem. They all play together like a well designed and well oiled gear box. not that there is anything mechanical about their playing. After listening to this album with a bottle of wine I felt at peace with the world. One of the most noticable things was the young Turrentine, quite a different sound from a lot of the other albums I have of his, even a touch of Ben Websters influence in there. The tracks, I Want A Little Girl, Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You, Blue Riff, Since I Fell For You, Willow Weep For Me, As you can no dout tell I like this album all over again. Cheers The Rep

I just picked up this cd Kenny Dorham, sings and plays - This Is The Moment, expecting a few vocal tracks as I did not know this album. Recorded in 1958 with Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Sam Jones and drums Charlie Persip/G T Hogan. The sound is good but I had know idea that Kenny was such a nice singer. I think I would have bought it just for the singing.

I had not really heard of Billy Wooten untill on this forum some funk recommendations came in answer top a question. One of the recomendations was Wooden Glass, since then I have played tracks to other people. Now I think there must be a dozen people looking up this mans recording career. Thanks Organissimo forum for drawing Billy to our attension. Cheers The Rep

The first time I came across Jeremy Steig was on Art Farmers album "Crawl Space". This album is just amazing, Farmer and Steig play funk and yet it is still pure jazz. I still get this album out and give it a play every few weeks. I then bought Jeremy Steigs "Firefly". I shall look up "Wayfaring Stranger" Cheers Ray

Yes, I agree, really like Kennys work and must mention one that I like where he is a leader. I have a vinyl on Soulnote, Kenny Drew Quartet "And Far Away". He has Philip Catherine - Guitar, N_H Orsted Pedersen - Bass, Barry Altschul - Drums. Recorded in 1983 in Milano. Tracks are two by Catherine, Rianne and Twice A Week. Three by Kenny Drew. And Far Away, Serenity and Blues Run. The others, I Love You and Autumn Leaves. I recommend this album highly to anyone who has not heard it.

I have a lot of Tubby Hayes recordings, I am also one of those lucky people who saw him regularly at Ronnie Scotts old club. He performed with Ronnie as the Couriers and also in various other combination of his own bands. He also performed with visiting american musicians. He would switch instruments to get the best from a melody, tenor, alto, flute, vibes and sometime baritone. I picked this vinyl up the other day "Transatlantic Alliance" for £5.00 and it has Hayes on Baritone. Other artists who appear on the album are. Victor Feldman, Jimmy Deuchar, Ronnie Scott, Dizzy Reece, Lennie Bush, Tony Crombie, and on tracks where Felman plays vibes, Terry Shannon, Kenny Napper, Phil Seamen, Hayes playes plays such good solos you would think it was his first instrument. What a strange album title for this group of musicians

I would agree "LeGrand Jazz" and after that one of my favorites and just as interesting "Le Jazz Grand".

I have two albums, both I play very often as I really like Mance. The first is "Live At The Top" which has David Newman as a guest. Junior has Wilbur Little on bass and Rudy Collins on drums. This is a vinyl on Atlantic, recorded in 1969. It has four tracks, all about nine minuites and Newman features on two. The second I bought after seeing him in concert a couple of years ago at Snape Maltings, which is in Suffolk in the UK.The concert hall was constructed for classical concerts and the acouctics are supereb. This was something that will stay with me for the rest of my life. It was late summer and the sun was setting over the river and mud flats. A sailing barge was silhouetted making its way down to the sea. I had a really good pint of beer in my hand. Having just heard a really beautiful first half of the concert and in the secure knowledge that second half was still to come, I felt at peace with the world. Most of what he played is on the album, which is called Blues, Ballads and A Train. Released 2002 on Trio and I don't know if my wonderful evening clouds my choice but I think this is a great album. Cheers Ray

The female singer I am in love with this week is Liane Carroll. She has produced three albums. She is a very good pianist, she just sits and plays piano while singing. She does a solo act like Joe Pass use to, talks to the audiance like they are friends and then sings and you wish you were her friend. Her version of "I Only Have Eyes For You", gets me every time.

What is the name of the record label that released your LP? Phil Spector, then in smaller writing International, it is a english copy

I think Slow Burn is more in keeping for a title than On Fire, for this album. My notes say recorded live at Marty's club, is that what is printed on your album?. Could not quite read it on the cover. Yes Brownie, like the man said, a pretty good straight ahead session, I would not go chaseing around for it but if your a Kessel fan then it is certainly worth having. Oh, my album has a picture of Kessel sitting playing his guitar on the front.

I have a vinyl of Barney Kessel Trio called Slow Burn. He has Jerry scheff on bass and Frankie Capp on drums. I just wondered what it was doing on Phil Spector records. Its hard to find much ref to this recording and it always makes me wonder when I play it. It was issued in 1965 and the tracks are, A Slow Burn, Just In Time, The Shadow Of Your Smile, Recado Bossa Nova, Sweet Baby, Who Can I Turn To, One Mint Julep, All songs produced by Phil Spector, I am just curious.

A album I have by Michel Legrand called After The Rain, 1982, Pablo, has a track on it called Nobody Knows. It has Zoot Sims and Phil Woods playing and the rhythm section drops out to leave the two saxes weaving melody around each others playing, puts a shiver down your back it is so beautiful.

I was very lucky in picking up a brand new vinyl re-issue of the Tommy Turrentine album about 10 months ago. Super album on Time Records Inc 70008. He composed some nice stuff too, I think he wrote a piece called Light Blue which I liked.

Firstly, John Coltrane, then I think Horace Silver, proberly Charles Mingus, Donald Byrd, Phil Woods, If you let me have drummer I would have a nice little sextet.

Because he has bad eyesight.

I saw Peter King about 18 months ago, when he performed at a jazz festival and he was very very good. As for recordings, one of my favorites with Peter King as leader is Hi Fly. Its Peter with Philippe Briand Trio and the tital track is awesome.

I did not see that programe but I did see and recorded the bbc one about Stan. I gather he was not very enthussiastic about working with Tippett or the music he was produceing with Tippett.

Will look it out, thanks Red

RIP Jay, you left behind a lot of music which we shall go on enjoying. Tonight I shall pour a very large Bushmills malt and listen to one of my favorite recordings. The track Willow Weep For Me from the Sackville album Kansas City Hustle. Thanks.

I use to have the vinyl with Donald Houston reading Under Milk Wood to the Jazzsuite.

I was begining to think it had not been released any where but england, either that or I had brocken some forum rule. I don't know about Dougan but I have seen Bobby Wellins and Stan Tracey in the past year. Both were very good. I think Stan has made some very good albums through his recording career. I love Little Klunk, I really like the short but impressive solo on the track Fidel from Shake Keanes album Thats The Noise, although the rest of the album . Some of Stans albums that should be look at or should I say listened to, Solo, Portraits Plus, Stan Tracey Plays Duke Ellington, I also like it when he puts a big band together and produces albums like Seven Ages Of Man also Genesis. At the moment I am enjoying his 2006 release For All We Know, the trio here is Stan, Andrew Cleyndert Bass, And Stans son Clark Tracey drums. I saw Cleyndert with Junior Mance when he tour in the UK in 2004 I think it was and he impressed then. Thank you gentlemen for your thoughts.

I have very fond memories of seeing Stan Tracey every saturday on the all night session at Ronnie Scotts club in the early sixties. He hunched over the piano and looked as if he still had the coat hanger in his jacket. This month Stan will be eighty and still playing regularly. His style has mellowed a little but his compositions are still pouring out of him. I made a short list of three albums to suggest as aotw but in the end I went for another and possibly his best known "Jazzsuite". or as some people call it, Under Milk Wood. This album shows Stan as both composer and pianist. Although recorded in 1965 it still has a nice fresh sound. The quartet is made up of the following musicians, Stan Tracey - piano, Bobby Wellins - tenor, Jeff Clyne - bass, Jackie Dougan - drums. and the tracks are, 1, Cockle Row, 2, Starless And Bible Black, 3, I Lost My Step In Nantucket, 4, No Good Boyo, 5, Penpals, 6, Llareggub, 7, Under Milk Wood, 8, A M Mayhem. In a recent interview these were some of Stans answers, Q: You must be proud of it? ST: I don’t know. Actually, I don’t do much in the proud area. I’m more mystified than proud. Mystified by the success it has had. Q: When you were writing it, did you not feel it was something special? ST: No, not particularly. It was something I had to do to make an album forty years ago. I can’t remember too much about it. I suppose I was pleased with what I wrote otherwise I wouldn’t have recorded it. Q: But it does seem to have taken on a life of its own over the years. ST: It surely has. With the whistful sound of Bobby Wellins sax and the beautiful melodies (especially Starless And Bible Black) this work is almost a tone poem. So happy birthday Stan and my AOTW Jazzsuite.

I have 3 or 4 of her albums but the one I like to play to friends who don't know her work just to get their reaction is Cuore di mama, it is so good. The tracks are, cuore di mama, medley: when the world was young/young and foolish, corcovado, try to remember, meditation (meditacao), lazy afternoon, who can I turn to, I'll follow you, sometimes I feel like a motherless child, I love paris, and my favorite is track 5.

It was Lester Bowies Brass Fantasy that put me onto Malachi. I only have one album at the moment Jaz Life. I love the reason he gives for spelling jaz with one z. All the tracks are good and even the odd one out, Drown In My Own Tears is good. I have not heard Buddy Boldens Rag but I intend to purchase it on your recommendation John.