BFrank Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 Yes, if you have the vinyl keep it - Freddie Waits' musical solo was 'edited down' on the CD reissue. Why? Bertrand. ← I thought I still had the vinyl, but I guess I got rid of it. Oh, well........I guess I'll never know the beauty of the saw solo. Quote
Free For All Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 At least he's not playing the banjo. Looks like there's another level of the musical food chain below trombone. I wonder if he's playing "The Last Time I Sawed Paris". Or perhaps "I Sawed About You". Think he gets turned on when he plays Donna Lee? OK, I'm done. For now. Quote
Free For All Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 That was just a little off-topic. BTW, I love Last Session. Billy Harper, Harold Mabern et al.......what's not to love? Quote
king ubu Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 To go off topic again: there's some Mingus boots around from the seventies with that Brooks guy (sorry, I always mix them up, but I do remember that one's called Billy and the other Roy...) playing some saw. Quote
jazzbo Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 It's the Roy that played in Mingus' band. . . . Yeah, you can hear the saw played on those Mingus dates. It's nice to have a remote in your hand with fast forward though. . . . Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 Last Date and Live at the Lighthouse make clear how much of a crying shame it is that Lee died when and how he did...but on the other hand if it's really true that BN was planning to pair him with the Mizell bros., well i won't say it's just as well but I really dislike their stuff and not because I don't like funk/groove (as those of you who got my blindfold test well know) but precisely because I do dig natural funk/groove..to me there's nothing more grotesque than fake funk. End of rant. Back on topic, Last Sessions? Hell yeah! Quote
Guest akanalog Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 i love "croquet ballet" though i don't know if this performance is better than on billy harper's debut album. less fiery but more soloists i guess. Quote
mikeweil Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 I still have my vinyl double. Definitely one to keep. ← Agreed - especially since Bob Belden removed a solo on singing saw in one track, you can still hear it faintly in the background. Can't understand why he mixed it down for the CD issue, I found it eerie and very fitting ... Quote
SEK Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 "Lee Morgan" came out when I was an undergraduate at Cal State Northridge and it was a musical staple for me back then. By the time the CD, "The Last Session", came out, I had been long-parted from the LP. So I didn't notice, at first, the editing of Roy Brooks's spacey solo, but it was a part of the original vibe that I miss. So keep your LP. I heard Roy Brooks play his saw within Mboom. That was cool too. Quote
mikeweil Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 (edited) Roy Brooks is not on this album. The liner credits Freddie Waits for drums and recorder; Reggie Workman for acoustic bass and percussion. Since Jymie Merritt's electric Ampeg bass is still heard, I always concluded it was Reggie Workman playing the musical saw solo ... Edited September 29, 2005 by mikeweil Quote
ghost of miles Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 I love this period of Lee and wish there were more. Quote
Cali Posted September 29, 2005 Report Posted September 29, 2005 i love "croquet ballet" though i don't know if this performance is better than on billy harper's debut album. less fiery but more soloists i guess. ← Speaking of "Croquet Ballet" what the hell is that underwater and emerge thing that Lee does on his solo? It kills me everytime I hear it. Sometimes with the remote I play it over and over. I never tire of it. Quote
king ubu Posted September 30, 2005 Report Posted September 30, 2005 Roy Brooks is not on this album. ← Brooks just got into the thread because of the saw solos, not because anyone thought he was on this disc. Freddie Waits is a terrific drummer! I wish he was on more sixties BN releases! Love his playig wherever he pops up! A favourite: Bobby Jones' "Hill Country Suite" album on Enja. Oh, and: Hi Mike! Long time no see! Quote
Cliff Englewood Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Posted October 7, 2005 This one is definitely worth having, I only felt that the last track, "Inner Passions Out" was a bit sloppy, the rest is excellent. I couldn't help but think of Woody Shaw while listening to this, not necessarily from Morgan's playing, just the whole vibe of the session. So, in summing up, this one is, Morgan's moody, moving, melancholy, minor masterpiece. Quote
mikeweil Posted October 7, 2005 Report Posted October 7, 2005 Oh, and: Hi Mike! Long time no see! You're welcome! Oh, and watch your mailbox - you're gonna get some ..... well, before Xmas! Quote
ep1str0phy Posted October 7, 2005 Report Posted October 7, 2005 Last Date and Live at the Lighthouse make clear how much of a crying shame it is that Lee died when and how he did...but on the other hand if it's really true that BN was planning to pair him with the Mizell bros← That made me feel vaguely ill. Quote
king ubu Posted October 10, 2005 Report Posted October 10, 2005 Oh, and: Hi Mike! Long time no see! You're welcome! Oh, and watch your mailbox - you're gonna get some ..... well, before Xmas! ← I will... still 10 weeks to go, no hurry! Quote
montg Posted July 14, 2007 Report Posted July 14, 2007 This CD arrived in the mail yesterday....an amazing session! All the more poignant because it really does feel as though Morgan was finding a way to extend the hard bop idiom in fascinating ways. Like Joe Henderson's Power to the People, this music feels very contemporary (70ish, that is) while at the same deeply rooted. My first impressions, anyway, after spinning this CD all day while driving in the car. Quote
AndrewHill Posted July 14, 2007 Report Posted July 14, 2007 Agree that Capra Black is just a downright killer track! Man, if Lee were still living, I always wondered where his music would've gone next. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 14, 2007 Report Posted July 14, 2007 Yeah, good way to go out if you ask me... Quote
Shawn Posted July 14, 2007 Report Posted July 14, 2007 Spinning this one now (online peer pressure is a great thing) and all I can say is...HELL YEAH! This might be one of those discs that I got that never made it out of my "to be played pile"...I've lost quite a few into that void over the years. Man, where have I been? It's going to be in my "to be played frequently pile" for awhile! Quote
mikeweil Posted July 14, 2007 Report Posted July 14, 2007 Every time I pull this CD I get mad that Bob Belden mixed out the saw solo ..... Glad I kept the LP! Quote
Eric Posted April 28, 2018 Report Posted April 28, 2018 I find myself listening to this one quite a bit. Lee plays his ass off and the tunes are nice too. Definitely not "in the solid hard bop camp". As mentioned earlier, it really is a group date - plenty of solo room for all. Just makes you wonder what else he could have done. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted April 28, 2018 Report Posted April 28, 2018 On 7/14/2007 at 7:03 AM, mikeweil said: Every time I pull this CD I get mad that Bob Belden mixed out the saw solo ..... Glad I kept the LP! I don't think I've ever heard that saw solo before, though it vaguely rings a bell. Is there a version uploaded to YouTube by any chance? (I can't remember which tune it's in, let alone where in the tune it falls.) Quote
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