Alfred Posted July 7, 2004 Report Posted July 7, 2004 Josea Taylor on 'The Centaur and the Phoenix'/Yusef Lateef. Wonderful session! Quote
tooter Posted July 7, 2004 Author Report Posted July 7, 2004 Hey, they keep coming in. Good finds, EKE, Cannon, Alfred. I'm adding all to my list. Thanks to all. Quote
maren Posted July 8, 2004 Report Posted July 8, 2004 BTW, if you come across some tapes of Cecil Taylor big group performances circa 1970-74 that credit "Karen Kambitsis" on bassoon -- that's Karen Borca. Quote
Free For All Posted July 8, 2004 Report Posted July 8, 2004 Frank Tiberi played some badass bassoon on Woody Herman records in the 80s and he still leads Woody's ghost band. He is a professor of winds at Berklee. Unique tenor sound too. "Unique tenor sound" indeed! Frank is a true original and definitely falls under the category of underrated. Well into his 70s, Frank's still playing his ass off- just ask Sangrey's band mate Pete Gallio (or pretty much anyone who's heard him w/the band or elsewhere). Frank has practically developed his own language on the instrument (actually, he pretty much has his own language verbally, too! ) and is a huge Trane fanatic. Quote
RDK Posted July 8, 2004 Report Posted July 8, 2004 Not baboons, but here are some monkeys playing jazz... Quote
RDK Posted July 8, 2004 Report Posted July 8, 2004 Yeah, I know, that was stupid. No excuse for it. Really. Quote
Free For All Posted July 9, 2004 Report Posted July 9, 2004 (edited) Yeah, I know, that was stupid. No excuse for it. Really. I dunno, that monkey on the left is kind of hot...you know, perky. Edited July 9, 2004 by Free For All Quote
jazzman4133 Posted July 11, 2004 Report Posted July 11, 2004 Groove Merchant...........my dogs can cut your monkeys. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted January 30, 2008 Report Posted January 30, 2008 In his 'fake' stage announcements on the Candid set Mingus presents Mingus, Mingus announces a slew of intruments for Dolphy, including bassoon. Is there any evidence that Dolphy ever did record on bassoon? Bertrand. Forgot about that, you're right. That was odd, and I haven't heard any evidence. Karen Borca rules! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted January 30, 2008 Report Posted January 30, 2008 Yeah, those are nice. Paul Murphy also posted one with his band that's killer - Lyons, Dewey Johnson, Borca, etc. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 30, 2008 Report Posted January 30, 2008 A Jacquet basson number that was forgotten is "Bassoon blues" from the album "The message" Argo/Cadet. MG Quote
Mark Stryker Posted January 30, 2008 Report Posted January 30, 2008 (edited) Frank Tiberi played some badass bassoon on Woody Herman records in the 80s and he still leads Woody's ghost band. He is a professor of winds at Berklee. Unique tenor sound too. -m In the mid '70s my middle school band played at a jazz festival in Fort Wayne, Ind. with Woody's band as the guest. There were individual instrument clinics during the day and Frank did the one for saxophonists. What I remember most was that he was adamant that the best thing we could do to improve our sound on saxophone was to take up the bassoon. Any double reed instrument would do, he said, but especially bassoon. At 13, we thought the advice (and him) were among the weirdest things we had ever heard.. I mean, we could barely play the saxophone and here he was telling us to take up the bassoon. Anyway, it was only much later that I began to understand what he was surely getting at -- since a double reed instrument is played with a "double lip" embouchure you have to have your diaphragm-breathing-air column together or you can't produce a full sound or stay in tune. The idea is to transfer that air column to the saxophone, where many players bite down too hard on the top of the mouthpiece, constrict the air flow, cause intonation problems and don't produce a full or even sound in all registers. I had a saxophone teacher once who suggested practicing double lip for the same reason. Edited January 31, 2008 by Mark Stryker Quote
kh1958 Posted January 30, 2008 Report Posted January 30, 2008 Currently, there's a guy named Michael Rabinowitz who is a terrific bassoon player. He's done several albums in recent years. "Bassoon in Orbit" is a quartet date with Joe Fonda on bass, Grisha Alexiev on drums, and Diana Herold on vibes. Another disc, "Gabrielle's Balloon," has got him with John Hicks, Ira Coleman, and Steve Johns. Great playing on both, though I prefer the lighter sound of the ensemble on the Orbit album. Michael Rabinowitz plays the bassoon with the Mingus Orchestra, on Tuesday nights at the Iridium (when the Mingus Big Band or Mingus Dynasty is not playing). Quote
AndrewHill Posted January 30, 2008 Report Posted January 30, 2008 A couple other places to hear some bassoon: James Newton Ensemble-Suite for Frida Kahlo-Audioquest...Julie Feves on bassoon and there's some nice George Lewis on this one too. Beaver Harris 360 Music Experience-Beautiful Africa-Soul Note...Ken McIntyre on bassoon and GM III in the front line as well. Quote
B. Clugston Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 Sara Schoenbeck plays bassoon with Braxton's 12+1 and is impressive on the Iridium box. Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 A couple other places to hear some bassoon: James Newton Ensemble-Suite for Frida Kahlo-Audioquest...Julie Feves on bassoon and there's some nice George Lewis on this one too. Beaver Harris 360 Music Experience-Beautiful Africa-Soul Note...Ken McIntyre on bassoon and GM III in the front line as well. It's nice to see Makanda Ken McIntyre's name come up. He recorded quite a few pieces on bassoon. Quote
randissimo Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 One of the most outstanding jazz bassoonists out there is Paul Hanson. He plays both tenor as well as bassoon. I used to work occasionally with him in the Bay Area in the mid-late 80's.. I first heard him with Peter Applebaum's fantastic band the "Hieroglyphics Ensemble"... Didn't hear much from Paul until he surfaced in a concert video a few years ago with Bela Fleck... If you haven't heard him check him out! Quote
Chas Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 Bassoon can be heard on Chick Corea's Trio For Flute, Bassoon, And Piano that appears on Hubert Laws Laws' Cause and also on Corea's Innerspace . Quote
EulaM Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 Bob Cooper of the "Lighthoue All Stars" played basson and he was terrific on it. Just look up The "Lighthouse All Stars" on google, and "Lighthouse Live Recordings", or even type in say Benny Golson Live at the Lighthouse or any one you favor from that era, and you will find a lot of overlooked performances, and in all likelihood of some of your favorite jazz men from the 50's and 60's. A lot was recorded there and with them in a few studio settings, and then there were recordings which were never released due to contractual obligations and would I ever love to get my hands on those. He probably even wrote music just for it as he was prolific, or so it seemed to me. Quote
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