mhatta

I listened to the whole thing. Overall, I think it's a DeJohnette show. The drums have tremendous drive. Henderson is also great, especially on the first song. McCoy seems a bit overwhelmed. The bass isn't really audible.

I listen to it via Apple Music streaming, I can hear bass. But somewhat muffled. It reminds me of Dexter Gordon's "The Squirrel".

https://bsky.app/profile/mhatta.bsky.social I gave up on X/Twitter because it was too toxic. It's not a bug, it's a feature. I usually write in Japanese (and in many cases about my day job), but I'm also using Bluesky. I also write about jazz sometimes. If you comment in English, I'll reply in English.

Perhaps Debut?

Great writing indeed. I've never seen a photo of Stinson before. I see that Bobby Hutcherson's ‘Now’ was a memorial to Stinson. I don't really know much about bass playing, but when playing with Miles, I feel that Stinson's playing is more orthodox, or like a steady jazzy walking style. On the other hand, when comparing him to others, you can see the uniqueness of Ron Carter, who seems ordinary but is actually very individualistic.

I think it was seven years ago that I happened to be in San Jose in the summer and went to see the San Jose Jazz Fest. When I heard the song “Bitter Sweet Samba” (which almost every Japanese know without the song title because it is the theme song of a famous radio program in Japan), I thought it might be a copy band of Tijuana Brass, but it was Herb Alpert himself. Is he already 90 years old or something?

Kinda off topic... I went to Paris last week, so I visited Rue de Clichy. According to Peter Pullman's ‘Wail’, the Francis Paudras family lived with Bud Powell at 64 Rue De Clichy. Now there is a bistro or sports bar on the ground floor, but it looks like the upper floors are still residential. I wonder what floor they lived on.

I had only heard her name before, but I had never heard her music. It seems that you can listen to her 3 leader dates on some music subscription services, except for the Discovery album. Her rhythm was a little stiff, but I think she had a considerable knowledge of harmony (she played songs by Shorter, for example). The fact that she played piano in the Mary Moore Tyler Show band is a career similar to Michael Wolf (the band leader of the Arsenio Hall Show). https://www.jazzdisco.org/joyce-collins/catalog/

jazzdisco.org has been a project by 3 Japanese jazz enthusiasts, including yours truly. I haven't been very active recently, but I'm thinking of getting back into it. Sorry about pop-ups -- I recommend you to use ad blockers. https://jazzmf.com/ Looks like he was active as of at least 2022.

Very interesting release indeed. What worries me a little is that Orville O'Brien recorded Art Blakey's Live! At Slug's N.Y.C. at the roughly same time at the same venue, but the sound quality is not so good. It's probably better than bootleg, but I wonder how it sounds about this one.

Heartily agree. For example, I I sometimes dream of Ornette Coleman The Bootleg Series Vol. X: Skies of Americas because Ornette has performed Skies of America several times over the years with various orchestras, all different. Some have leaked as bootlegs.

I didn't really like him as a tenor sax player, but I think he is the greatest jazz composer. His music had its own inherent beauty and charm, but he also left a lot of room for other people to interpret it freely (in that sense, I think he was similar to Cole Porter and Carla Bley). Bud Powell's interpretation of I Remember Clifford is a good example. RIP Maestro. It seems that the history of "modern" jazz is about to truly come to an end.

RIP. I wish he recorded more, considering his excellent performance with Kenny Dorham's band, but he must have had a long and full life. A fine example of Mr. Edghill's tasteful drumming. I wonder where the unreleased tapes of this session have gone?

Everybody(I guess) loves Fire Eater! At least I love it!

Oscar Pettiford's (just 21 years old) solo in the latter's The Man I Love is unforgettable. Even his intense breathing is recorded. This album was both my introduction to Dexter Gordon and my introduction to jazz. I think it formed in my mind an inescapable image of what jazz is.