favorite remakes of tunes first or best known on BN

[Chuck Nessa]

The whole concept bugs me. If a composition is good and catches the ears of others it will be performed again. Bunches of great compositions are ignored/missed by the crowd. Now, there's a thread.

I did not mean to attack the thread topic - sorry Rooster. I jumped in right away and had second thoughts later.

[Rooster_Ties]

The whole concept bugs me. If a composition is good and catches the ears of others it will be performed again. Bunches of great compositions are ignored/missed by the crowd. Now, there's a thread.

I did not mean to attack the thread topic - sorry Rooster. I jumped in right away and had second thoughts later.

That's OK, Chuck. Over time, I'm even starting to get used to it. ( )

[Hot Ptah]

Both ideas strike me as interesting. But that's just me. I like Chuck's idea. For example, why does virtually no one ever record versions of Ellington pieces like "Harlem Airshaft" or "Main Stem"?

"Main stem" - Kenny Burrell, Jr Mance, Tommy Flanagan, Terry Gibbs, Milt Jackson, James Moody, Oliver Nelson, Oscar Peterson, Zoot Sims, Ben Webster. Lots of others.

Why do no hard bop musicians record "Way back home"?

MG

Thanks for the information about "Main Stem". I have some listening to do!

[king ubu]

very nice disc - here's the tunes: Escapade; Cheesecake; Warm Valley; Madeline; Just One of Those Things; Grant's Tune; High Modes; Break Through; It Could Happen to You; La Mesha.

The band is Spaulding (as,fl), Richard Wyands (p), Ron McClure (b), Tony Reedus (d).

[mikeweil]

Essence of Funk - an all star band led by Lenny White with Donald Harrison, Bennie Maupin, Tom Browne, Billy Childs, and Ron Carter, doing only two Blue Note tunes, but all are in the Blue Note spirit:

1.Cornbread

2.Loose Change

3.Slow Drag

4.Eternal Flame

5.Freedom Jazz Dance

6.Jive Samba

7.Comin' Home Baby

Edited April 11, 2006 by mikeweil

[BruceH]

The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet (John Zorn, Wayne Horwitz, Ray Drummond, Bobby Previte)album 'Voodoo' on Black Saint had several tunes (including 'Cool Struttin'', 'Minor Meeting', 'Sonny's Crib', etc...) that appeared first on BN.

I've wondered about that album for years. Is it worth buying? (I've always been afraid that if you're a big Sonny Clark fan, as I am, the covers could just come off as annoying.)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet (John Zorn, Wayne Horwitz, Ray Drummond, Bobby Previte)album 'Voodoo' on Black Saint had several tunes (including 'Cool Struttin'', 'Minor Meeting', 'Sonny's Crib', etc...) that appeared first on BN.

I've wondered about that album for years. Is it worth buying? (I've always been afraid that if you're a big Sonny Clark fan, as I am, the covers could just come off as annoying.)

I don't know about that particular album, but John Hicks' "Music in the key of Clark" is an album I have never got tired of playing. It really evokes Clarke very well.

And of course, it has remakes of "My conception", "Minor meeting", and "Sonny's crib", as well as a few lesser known Clark numbers.

MG

[BruceH]

The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet (John Zorn, Wayne Horwitz, Ray Drummond, Bobby Previte)album 'Voodoo' on Black Saint had several tunes (including 'Cool Struttin'', 'Minor Meeting', 'Sonny's Crib', etc...) that appeared first on BN.

I've wondered about that album for years. Is it worth buying? (I've always been afraid that if you're a big Sonny Clark fan, as I am, the covers could just come off as annoying.)

I don't know about that particular album, but John Hicks' "Music in the key of Clark" is an album I have never got tired of playing. It really evokes Clarke very well.

Sounds good. And I like the title!

[clifford_thornton]

The Turnaround: John Patton

This is a great version.

...but this version is also on a BN LP, Let 'em Roll. It's an early cover, but isn't that cheating? I thought we were gonna do non-BN covers of BN tunes.

That said, I'm not coming up with much on my own!

[danasgoodstuff]

Bruce,

I, for one, like the Sony Clark Memorial Quartet album v. much. More literal than News For Lulu, which may or may not be a good thing depending onyour tastes. Zorn only gets real Zorny every once in a while, if that's what's scarred you off....

Dana

Edited April 13, 2006 by danasgoodstuff