ghost of miles Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 Ghost of Crusoe says Bird, plus: Duke Miles Coltrane Billie On the weekend-country island: Tristano/Konitz/Marsh Herbie (Nichols) Jackie Mac Nat King Cole Elliott Smith Quote
clifford_thornton Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 This is actually pretty hard for me - mostly because I get tired of shit real easy, and find it pretty hard to take *all* of someone's work, no matter how much I may say I believe in them. That said, I'd take: Charley Patton (in a convenient box) Albert Ayler (also in a convenient box - though I could be easily pressed to take along Spirits and a coupla ESPs for good measure) Miles (all-encompassing genre-wise to make some other figures unnecessary on an island) Ellington's suites But the fifth is hard - Trane's Impulse sides? Mingus? Monk's Riverside LPs? Jackie McLean? It'd probably be some goofy-ass ringer like Hans Dulfer's Ritmo-Natural or John Tchicai... Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 Louis = Armstrong Also, maybe Ornette should be there. Tatum in part not only because there's so much there but also because what's there is so rich. Lots of time on that desert island. Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 Uh oh -- Lee Konitz (with Warne at his shoulder). These Desert Island things are impossible. Also (mysteries of language question), why is there is no desert on a desert island? Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 Also (mysteries of language question), why is there is no desert on a desert island? Well, if you took along Oumou Dioubate, she'd be in the pudding club 'fore long. MG Quote
sheldonm Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 lemme light some incense & git back to this, while I count Diabates (there are many). Note spelling Clem, Oumou isn't one of the extremely numerous Diabates; she's the only (as far as I know) Dioubate (who sings). Q: if we bring Fela, do we get his wives also? hooba hooba, odc Damn, shoulda thorter that! AND Lekan Animasaun, as well. MG ....asking Clem to "note spelling" is one of the funniest things I've heard in 2007!!! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 lemme light some incense & git back to this, while I count Diabates (there are many). Note spelling Clem, Oumou isn't one of the extremely numerous Diabates; she's the only (as far as I know) Dioubate (who sings). Q: if we bring Fela, do we get his wives also? hooba hooba, odc Damn, shoulda thorter that! AND Lekan Animasaun, as well. MG ....asking Clem to "note spelling" is one of the funniest things I've heard in 2007!!! Damning with faint praise, eh? MG Quote
paul secor Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 Don't want to go to a desert island, but if I had to, I'd bring: Duke Ellington Charlie Parker Billie Holiday John Coltrane Mississippi John Hurt Sometime after I got there, I'm sure I'd be asking myself (I'm assuming there wouldn't be anyone else to talk to) why didn't you bring any Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Monk, Jimmy Yancey, John Fahey, Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Docteur Nico, Swan Silvertones, Mingus, Louis Armstrong, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Orchestra Baobab, Everly Brothers, Doug Sahm, Jimmy Reed, Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Robert Johnson ... ? But you live with what you got, and the five listed above are the ones I'd go with. Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 The hell with this desert island business--I'm taking my favorite artists to the Land of Chocolate! Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 because it was always "deserted" island. Right -- from the Latin "desertus," past participle of "deserere" (to leave, forsake). Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Clem, I've driven thru about 20 Iowa counties (4 times) in the last couple of months - where were you. I searched "the Ledges" and found no trace. Quote
randissimo Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 HC, Theze would be my picks... Jimmy Smith Frank Zappa Miles Davis Herbie Hancock Jack DeJohnette Charles Tolliver Keith Jarrett Oregon Elvin Jones Capt. Beefheart Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Magenta-- come to NYC, i'll hook you up w/ Cote D'Ivoire, Guinean, Senegalese, Nigerian, Ghanaian & we can have us a belly laffs over "spelling" as well as some fine bellyfulls of food & ginger beer. odc So how come you didn't know about Oumou Dioubate? MG Quote
randissimo Posted January 5, 2007 Report Posted January 5, 2007 That is 10 not 5 ? The 2nd group of five is an alternate pick for the island.. Quote
youdig Posted January 5, 2007 Author Report Posted January 5, 2007 That is 10 not 5 ? The 2nd group of five is an alternate pick for the island.. wHODA moe fO d-SIDE u GET 2 EYE Lands Bee-OTCH ! Quote
sidewinder Posted January 5, 2007 Report Posted January 5, 2007 Miles Davis Horace Silver Hank Mobley Wayne Shorter Don Rendell & Ian Carr John Coltrane Quote
catesta Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 Okay, I'm going to play. I'd be happy with just about any five as I look on my shelves, but would pick these. Ellington Count Basie Lee Morgan Hank Mobley John Coltrane Since I could have all of their music, that would give me enough of those that I did not mention. Quote
John Tapscott Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 I like the idea of everything they played on as sidemen as well as leader. Bird's recordings are limited, but I just wouldn't want to be without his great playing. Leaving out Lester Young is my major concern. I guess he would just have be No. 6 as an "illegal immigrant" to this island. Bird Paul Chambers Billy Higgins Tommy Flanagan Horace Silver Peter: It just occured to me that by taking along a complete set of Bird, you wouldn't be leaving out Pres altogether, since you would get a taste of him on some of the JATP sides. Just the thought of everything Billy Higgins has played on, both in scope and in number is nearly overwhelming, ditto Chambers and Flanagan. You would need a fairly large boat to get you to the desert island. Quote
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