AllenLowe Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 well, we are talking music here - there's always Molly Picon Sings Deutschland Uber Alles and Other Fuhrer Favorites - Quote
brownie Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Charlie Parker The Massey Hall Concert Tony Fruscella/Brew Moore at the Open Door Art Blakey A Night at Birdland The Jazz Messengers at Cafe Bohemia Sonny Rollins at the Village Vanguard John Coltrane at the Village Vanguard Miles Davis at the Plugged Nickel Wes Montgomery 'Full House' Lee Morgan at the Lighthouse Art Pepper at the Village Vanguard Albert Ayler 'Bells' and others.... Quote
White Lightning Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 well, we are talking music here - there's always Molly Picon Sings Deutschland Uber Alles and Other Fuhrer Favorites - You mean the Israeli National Anthem, right? Quote
tonym Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Too many. Brad Mehldau Trio: Vol. 5 Progression at the Village Vangaurd, Konitz/Mehldau/Haden 'Alone Together' Sonny at the VV Dolphy at the Five Spot: Vol. 1 Ornette at the Golden Circle; especially Vol 2 B-) Everything I've ever heard of Bill Evans live, but particularly the 'Sunday at the Village Vanguard' disc. This Miles 'Plugged Nickel' set sounds pretty damn good too. Quote
couw Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 I could really do without Nazi references popping up on every odd thread if it were possible. Thank you. Quote
Guest che Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 I am not such a fab of later Miles, but I do like 'Live At The Fillimore East' recording Che. Quote
garthsj Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 There are many of my favorites which have already been listed .... Now, if you were of my vintage, developing your jazz tastes in the mid-fifties, then there is one live concert that would have made this list easily .... For sheer, unadulterated jazz as fun, try Charlie Ventura's 1949 "Bop For The People" Concert in Pasadena, CA. With Conte Candoli, Boots Mussulli, Benny Green, Ed Shaughnessy, Jackie and Roy, etc. Boy! We LOVED this baby, and now that it is available in its complete form for the first time, it is even more exciting. Highly recommended. Get the full concert on the Ventura Proper Box, which is worth owning in its own right. WARNING! This concert is highly contagious! Quote
tonym Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 I could really do without Nazi references popping up on every odd thread if it were possible. Thank you. Yep Quote
AllenLowe Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 I...I...I CAN WALK! (ok, last reference; I promise) Quote
marcello Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 (edited) Calm down Allen, you'll hurt yourself. Back to the subject: John Coltrane - Live at Birdland ( Steve Marcus once told me that it is him, claping all alone, at the end of "I Want to Talk About You !?) Edited February 26, 2005 by marcello Quote
Joe G Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Some favorites over the years: Full House was already mentioned Cannonball Adderly quintet, in San Fransisco Keith Jarrett, The Cure Kenny Werner, Form and Fantasy Michel Petruciani, Power of Three (Jim Hall is at his best on this!) Quote
BFrank Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Aside from many that have been mentioned - Lee @ Lighthouse, Blakey/Ugetsu, Wes "Full House", Trane @ Vanguard and Birdland, Miles @ Blackhawk, "Four & More", etc... Donald Byrd - "Half Note" Don Ellis - "Fillmore" Maynard - "Live at Jimmy's" Great Jazz Trio - "At the VV" Dexter - "Homecoming", "Bouncing w/Dex" Ella - "Mack the Knife", "In Hollywood" Cannonball - "What is This Thing Called Soul" Clifford Jordan - "Night of the Mark VII" McCoy - "Atlantis", "Enlightenment" Bartz - "I've Known Rivers" I'm sure I left out a bunch. There's nuthin' like LIVE jazz Quote
SEK Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Some of my favorites ("official" releases on CD and LP) in no particular order: Mingus at Antibes Eric Dolphy - at the Five Spot (Vols. 1 & 2, Memorial Album, Here and There), "Last Date" Clifford Jordan - "Epistrophy/Now's The Time" (Muse) Abdullah Ibrahim - "Matsidiso", "African Piano", "Autobiography", duet with Carlos Ward recorded in Poland (Poljazz) Don Pullen - "Live...Again" (Blue Note) Charlie Parker - The Quintet at Massey Hall John Coltrane - Village Vanguard 1961, "Live at Birdland" Elvin Jones - "Live at the Lighthouse, Vols. 1 & 2" Randy Weston - "Carnival: Live At Montreux Festival 1974", "Live In St. Lucia" (great on DVD too!) Don Cherry - "Nu" (BBC Jazz Legends) Steve Lacy - "School Days" Ed Blackwell - "What It Is" (Enja) Thelonious Monk - at the Five Spot ("In Action", "Misterioso") Horace Tapscott - "Live at IUCC" Faruq Z. Bey and the Northwoods Improvisers - "Auzar" Quote
montg Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Lately, I've enjoyed the Mulligan Village Vanguard concert (on the Verve LPR--don't have the Mosaic yet) and the live bonus cut on Freddie Hubbard's 'Red Clay'. Here are some more favorites live recordings Quote
sidewinder Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Mustn't forget the two Tubby Hayes live Fontanas: 'Late Spot at Scott's' 'Down In The Village' Quote
Sundog Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Can't disagree with anything mentioned so far, just want to add a couple dates that I still really enjoy.... Poncho Sanchez: Latin Soul and Les McCann & Eddie Harris: Swiss Movement Quote
Clunky Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Cannonball Adderley- Live at the Jazz Workshop ( 1959)- first jazz recording I ever bought ( CD in 1987) and I was hooked Quote
John L Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 If you ask me, the first one is still one of the very best: Spirituals to Swing! Quote
ghost of miles Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Anybody yet mention the Parker/Navarro/Powell/Blakey ONE NIGHT IN BIRDLAND? For live bebop, I think I like it even more than the Massey Hall concert... of course, many of us will be adding the Parker/Diz Town Hall to this list when it comes out on Uptown. I can all but guarantee that. Quote
TheMusicalMarine Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Hell yeah, Garth. The Pasadena Concert is fantastic. Forever blowin' bubbles, indeed. Bill Evans at the Vanguard and MJQ's European Concert and Brubecks' Jazz at Oberlin. Excellent version of Perdido. Quote
brownie Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Charlie Christian Live at Minton's Quote
BFrank Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 A HUGE one that I forgot to mention: Charles Tolliver - "Live at Slugs" ("Grand Max", too) Quote
paul secor Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Seems like we've done this before, but I'm up for another round: Mingus at Monterey Monk in Japan Bird at the Open Door Trane in Seattle Lee Konitz at the Half Note Warne Marsh at Dana Point Albert Ayler: Copengagen Tapes Steve Lacy/Mal Waldron - Dreher, Paris, 1981 Archie Shepp at the Donaueschinger Music Festival Ornette - Paris Concert, 1971 Ornette - Hillcrest Club 1958 Bud Powell/Johnny Griffin - Paris, 1960 - 'Idaho' Jimmy Lyons/John Lindberg/Sunny Murray: Jump Up/What To Do About It Max Roach/Cecil Taylor: Historic Concerts Don Byas/Slam Stewart at Town Hall, 1945 D. Cherry, S. Lacy, Rouse, Rudd, Muhal, B. Harris, A. Davis, Waldron, R. Davis, Blackwell, B. Riley, N. Hentoff, V. Gillis, and the ever popular S. Crouch: Interpretations of Monk - Columbia University Quote
mikeweil Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 (edited) Miles Davis, LIVE-EVIL Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters, Flood Ray Brown Trio with Geoffrey Keezer, Live at Starbucks Eddie Harris & Les McCann, Swiss Movement Ahmad Jamal, Live at the Pershing or any other with Israel Crosby & Vernel Fournier Thelonious Monk, Big Band & Quartet in Concert the live portions of Mongo Santamaria, Afro-American Latin any live Cal Tjader Wes Montgomery, Impressions (i.e. the Half Note recordings on Verve), or the Paris 1965 concert Keith Jarrett, Fort Yawuh Edited February 26, 2005 by mikeweil Quote
MartyJazz Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Seems like we've done this before, but I'm up for another round: Mingus at Monterey Monk in Japan Bird at the Open Door Trane in Seattle Lee Konitz at the Half Note Warne Marsh at Dana Point Albert Ayler: Copengagen Tapes Steve Lacy/Mal Waldron - Dreher, Paris, 1981 Archie Shepp at the Donaueschinger Music Festival Ornette - Paris Concert, 1971 Ornette - Hillcrest Club 1958 Bud Powell/Johnny Griffin - Paris, 1960 - 'Idaho' Jimmy Lyons/John Lindberg/Sunny Murray: Jump Up/What To Do About It Max Roach/Cecil Taylor: Historic Concerts Don Byas/Slam Stewart at Town Hall, 1945 D. Cherry, S. Lacy, Rouse, Rudd, Muhal, B. Harris, A. Davis, Waldron, R. Davis, Blackwell, B. Riley, N. Hentoff, V. Gillis, and the ever popular S. Crouch: Interpretations of Monk - Columbia University The last one - "Interpretations of Monk" - how could I forget to put that on my list? I was there. I came for the evening concert, Anthony Davis on piano the first set, Mal Waldron the 2nd. The music was so great, I was sorry that I hadn't attended the afternoon concert (Muhal Richard Abrams on piano the 1st set, Barry Harris the 2nd). A front line of Steve Lacy, Charlie Rouse, Don Cherry & Roswell Rudd, and Ben Riley alternating with Ed Blackwell. It was terrific! For many years, I listened to cassettes that I dubbed off WKCR when they broadcast tapes of the event a couple of days later. Finally about 10 years ago, DIW issued a four disc set of the event which I purchased at top dollar - well worth it. Thanks for reminding me - it is indeed a top notch live recording! Quote
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