Free For All Posted June 1, 2004 Report Posted June 1, 2004 Albert Mangelsdorff deserves some mention. Although recorded outside the timespan focused on here, his quintet albums Now Jazz Ramwong and (One) Tension ('63/'64) are very interesting outings that give you a European take on the inside/outside thing without relying on American role models too much. A couple AM sides I've always enjoyed are "The Wide Point" with Elvin and Palle Danielson (great version of "Three Card Molly"!) and "Trilogue Live" with Jaco and Alphonse Mouzon. Albert is the undisputed master of trombone multiphonics. He can get four notes (and more I think) happening at once. Really freaky cool stuff. His sense of melody is unique and wonderful too. Quote
GA Russell Posted June 4, 2004 Report Posted June 4, 2004 The other night I found an old favorite I hadn't heard since before the New Year: Don Ellis Orchestra - Live at Monterey! This was the Ellis band's first album, recorded at the 1966 Monterey Jazz Festival. I still enjoy listening to it these many years later. The band had a gimmick - odd meters. One song is entitled "Beat Me Daddy, Seven to the Bar"! Quote
king ubu Posted June 4, 2004 Report Posted June 4, 2004 ...and it's called AFRICAN COOKBOOK. Yeah alright - you know by now that I'm lazy (Was far away from my collection when I posted, but wanted to get the word out, anyway). Jim, that Friedman sounds VERY VERY good! Also more Zoller is always a good thing. ubu Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 I love those Friedman-Zoller records, especially "Metamorphosis" and "The Horizon Beyond." Great interplay, very free playing from all musicians and sickening runs through those heads! Mangelsdorff "Tension" (if you can find the fucker!) Nobody ever talks about Graham Collier, English bassist and bandleader/composer. His two LPs for Fontana UK -- "Songs for My Father" and "Down Another Road" are not to be missed, featuring fine fine playing from some of the cream-of-the-crop in British jazz. Unique modal/avant-garde jazz with a lot of orchestral weight for a small-ish band (six to eight pieces). Also, those first two Keith Tippett records (one on Polydor, one on Vertigo -- both reissued by BGO) are really hot. Quote
JSngry Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 I love those Friedman-Zoller records, especially "Metamorphosis" and "The Horizon Beyond." Not familiar with "The Horizon Beyond" - details please! Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 (edited) See the Attila Zoller discography on my website. (Or the Don Friedman discography for that matter.) Mike Edited June 6, 2004 by Michael Fitzgerald Quote
GA Russell Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 Another one of my favorites came to me last night. Herbie Mann - Standing Ovation at Newport, on Atlantic, with Chick Corea and Dave Pike. I notice that many of my favorites from this period are on Atlantic, or related labels Vortex and Embryo, both of which Herbie Mann controlled in some way. Quote
paul secor Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 Stuff Smith at the Montmatre Earl Hines and Jimmy Rushing: Blues & Things The Jimmy Rushing All Stars: Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You Henry "Red" Allen: Feeling Good The College Concert of Pee Wee Russell and Henry Red Allen Jazz Composer's Orchestra (w. Cecil, Rudd Cherry, Sanders, Coryell, Barbieri) Phineas Newborn Jr.: Please Send Me Someone To Love; Harlem Blues Walt Dickerson Quartet: Jazz Impressions of A Patch of Blue Sonny Murray: Sonny's Time Now Albert Mangelsdorff and Friends (duets w. Cherry, Elvin, Karl Berger, Attila Zoller, Konitz, and Wolfgang Dauner) Quote
Brad Posted June 7, 2004 Report Posted June 7, 2004 Jazz By Gee is a real classic. This is his only leader date and it's got a hell of a lineup: Ernie Henry, Cecil Payne, etc. Quote
Sahara Blue Orchestra Posted June 7, 2004 Report Posted June 7, 2004 "To My Queen" by Walt Dickerson. Quote
Brandon Burke Posted June 7, 2004 Report Posted June 7, 2004 "To My Queen" by Walt Dickerson. I haven't heard this record in ages but I'm familiar with the lineup. Yowza....! Quote
JohnJ Posted June 7, 2004 Report Posted June 7, 2004 Speaking of Walt Dickerson, I am also very fond of 'Impressions of a Patch of Blue' with some nice Sun Ra piano. I believe this was a Verve Elite Edition a few years ago and I guess they did not make many copies, so if you see it pick it up. Quote
brownie Posted June 7, 2004 Report Posted June 7, 2004 Speaking of Walt Dickerson, I am also very fond of 'Impressions of a Patch of Blue' with some nice Sun Ra piano. I believe this was a Verve Elite Edition a few years ago and I guess they did not make many copies, so if you see it pick it up. Each and every Walt Dickerson album is grossly underrated. Quote
medjuck Posted June 7, 2004 Report Posted June 7, 2004 I'm surprised that someone listed "Conference of the Birds". I'd always thought that it was an acclaimed and popular record. John Norris and Bill Smith who used to run Coda magazine also had a Jazz/Blues records store in Toronto for a while. Around the time "Birds" came out, John told me that whenever they had it on the turntable whoever was in the store asked about it and bought a copy. Quote
casanovas347 Posted June 8, 2004 Report Posted June 8, 2004 the early denny zeitlin stuff..... my fav record of him is a 1973 release.....a bit too late for this thread Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 8, 2004 Report Posted June 8, 2004 Big bunch of esp's, Delmarks and nessa's (also all the European Bygs, Pathes, etc.) recorded during this span. Bummer no member noticed. Quote
7/4 Posted June 8, 2004 Report Posted June 8, 2004 Sun Ra. Let's see if any other material pops into my foggy memory. Quote
7/4 Posted June 8, 2004 Report Posted June 8, 2004 Impulse....all the Miles from that period is worth investigating. Quote
ajf67 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Richard Davis "Epistrophy and Now's The Time" (1972, live at New York's Jazz City, Muse Records) Quote
brownie Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Roy Brooks 'The Free Slave', one of the first Muse LP albums recorded in April 1970 at the Left Bank Jazz Society in Baltimore with a superb quintet (Woody Shaw, George Coleman, Hugh Lawson, Cecil McBee and Brooks) and an audience that grooved along the music. Don't think this ever came out on CD. Quote
ejp626 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 The Free Slave definitely came out on CD, since I have a copy. I think it was probably 32 Jazz, but I can't check right now. Quote
vibes Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 (edited) Speaking of Walt Dickerson, I am also very fond of 'Impressions of a Patch of Blue' with some nice Sun Ra piano. I believe this was a Verve Elite Edition a few years ago and I guess they did not make many copies, so if you see it pick it up. I saw a sealed copy of this at the Jazz Record Mart in Chicago about a month and a half ago. I highly recommend this album (notice my avatar) to fans of Walt Dickerson, the vibes, or just great music in general. I just checked their website and it's available for order. Somebody jump on this! I wish someone would release his "Unity" and "Jazz Impressions of Lawrence of Arabia" on CD. A board member was kind enough to burn a CD for me from the original vinyl, and these two dates are very good, very much in the same vein as "Impressions of a Patch of Blue." Edited June 11, 2004 by vibes Quote
king ubu Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 The Free Slave definitely came out on CD, since I have a copy. I think it was probably 32 Jazz, but I can't check right now. It was on 32. Great one! Might turn up again on Savoy... ubu Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Posted April 1, 2005 (edited) Got a little mad money from a recent trade on the board, and was revisiting old threads as I considered what to spend it on. Also loved this particular discussion, and though I'd pop this topic up again for some more . Edited April 1, 2005 by Rooster_Ties Quote
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