Late Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 or Same thing. (Haven't heard the Japanese edition, though.) What a great album. Recorded in 1969 in Paris, with Joachim Kühn, Neils-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and Philly Joe Jones. Ever wonder what it would be like to have a trombonist dropped down into the middle of Coltrane's group, minus Coltrane, playing "Impressions"? This session comes somewhat close to that, at least in feel. The opener, "Emergency Blues," is a minor-mode burner, and Hampton lays into the proceedings with everything he's got. It's also great to hear Jones at this time: he hasn't missed step — perhaps has absorbed a fair amount of Elvin, but is still Philly Joe. Kühn, to my ears, is coming out of a deep Bley/Friedman bag (though "singing" like Jarrett all the while), and adds some in-your-face tension to the setting, while Pedersen walks an aggressive line throughout. Here are some sound samples. Any other fans of this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Honestly, I haven't met a Hampton-led session I didn't like! I like this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 some have criticised the sound of the" Americans..." French Cd , it's hard sounding but acceptable enough, I love this hard swinging session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 He;s in London next month with a Dizzy Gillespie Alumnii Big Band. I'll have to make sure I catch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 some have criticised the sound of the" Americans..." French Cd , it's hard sounding but acceptable enough, I love this hard swinging session. rip a wav and take a look, it looks really awful, clipped like a poodle. It somehow slipped passed me to get this one; did get some others from this series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryCurleyMoe Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 "Horn of plenty/Two Sides of Slide" is available on Fresh Sounds and has great early Slide - George Coleman, Freddie Hubbard, and Booker Little also grace the cd...nice piano-less octet writing! I dig Slide's sound and ideas - his writing is usually quite superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 (Haven't heard the Japanese edition, though.) Wonder who has? ...and how it stacks up to this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted October 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 (Haven't heard the Japanese edition, though.) Wonder who has? ...and how it stacks up to this one? My thoughts too. I'm tempted to "upgrade." Argh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 I can't find the thread dedicated to this reissue series, "Americans Swinging in Paris" (EMI) - I know there was one, but a board search finds nothing and a google search while finding a thread only comes through as broken link... the search function continues to suck*! *) phrase searches or title only searches or "+XX +YY" searches only deliver a small part of what should be found! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Here's Slide (w/ Sam Jones) from 1978 or so: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Can't say I liked the sound on this one. I'll give it another play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Can't say I liked the sound on this one. I'll give it another play. The EMI/Americans Swinging CD reissue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Can't say I liked the sound on this one. I'll give it another play. The EMI/Americans Swinging CD reissue? American's Swinging CD. To close and hard sounding, but not as unpleasant as I remembered. Nevertheless some exciting playing from Slide, Kuhn's 'singing' is a turn off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Can't say I liked the sound on this one. I'll give it another play. The EMI/Americans Swinging CD reissue? American's Swinging CD. To close and hard sounding, but not as unpleasant as I remembered. Nevertheless some exciting playing from Slide, Kuhn's 'singing' is a turn off. Thanks for checking it again - I hope this one comes through. Slide is an undersung musician, I still remember listening to this disc in a store when the whole series came out and I loved it... totally forgot about checking up on their status in time, but I hope it's not too late yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted March 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Anyone have the Japanese edition? It's still floating around from online vendors. I'd upgrade if the sonics were considerably better than the French version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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