robviti Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 can anyone describe, review, or just comment on this release on the savoy label? Vinson Hill Trio Vinson Hill (p) Ronnie Markowitz (b) John Lee (d) April 11, 1966 Night and Day Sav. MG 12187 Pokes Theme - Indian Spiritual - Bess - Lavender's Theme - Young and Foolish - After - Rubato Jazz - * Vinson Hill Trio (Sav. MG 12187) thanks in advance, m-kay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 (edited) Don't know any of the players, but any piano trio recorded in 1966 is bound to be at least half-interesting. Looking forward to feedback from others here about it. Anybody know if it's ever been on CD?? Yup, it has. Cheaper (and in stock) at Red Trumpet. What's the cover look like?? Edited October 14, 2005 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 OK, now this is starting to bug me. Can't seem to find out anything solid about Vinson Hill. Been through three or four pages of Google hits. Looks like he's written some beginning jazz instruction books (if it's the same guy), but I can't find anything even remotely biographical about him. Anybody own this thing?? Any clues in the notes?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 (edited) same guy?? Edited October 14, 2005 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 That's the guy. Why don't you give him a call - Vinson Hill Jazz Piano, Jazz History Office: Shea Auditorium, Room 167 Phone: (973) 720-3469 Education: BA, Dartmouth College. Performances: Solo pianist and trio settings with artists such as Michael Moore, Joe LaBarbera, Mel Lewis, Eugene Wright, and others. Concerts at Symphony Space, solo piano at Hanratty’s and Mikell’s in New York City and the Arrowwood Conference Center in Purchase, NY. Currently performing in a duo with pianist Derek Smith. Recordings: Savoy, twelve recordings on the Music Minus One label in the areas of jazz history, jazz improvisation, and popular piano, many now re-released on compact disc.. WP [William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ] faculty since 1972. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 The source of Michael's previous post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 So, what's the cover of the Savoy look like?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 Didn't this guy make a couple of Strata Easts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 (edited) So, what's the cover of the Savoy look like?? Edited October 15, 2005 by Son-of-a-Weizen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 so i take it that nobody here owns it or has heard it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 I've got an old lp copy of this. Rolf has the cd lp facimile from Japan. Not really one of the great Savoy lps, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Back in the '60s I listened and rejected. If I made a huge mistake I will hear about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Several tracks like 'Lavender's Theme' and 'Night & Day' have that fleet-fingered Andre Previn flavor to 'em like something off of "Gigi" or "Like Previn!". A couple of others remind me of something from Don Friedman......or a Friedman clone. If Freidman had ever produced a "A Day in the City, Volume 2" LP, 'Rubato Jazz' would have been on it. "Indian Spiritual" is the one heavy, plodding number on the Hill Trio that I don't much care for. Not a bad cd, but not one I'd conduct a mad search for. I slap this one on every now and then in order to hear the bass player on the first two tracks I mentioned. When he kicks in, I turn up the volume and get happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 thanks for the input. sounds like one i can pass on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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