relyles Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Hewitt does not seem to be discussed here recently with the same enthusiasm as he was when his first recording was released. The past couple of days I have been listening to the most recent Smalls Records release, which is actually the earliest recorded document. It is pretty consistent with the other trio recordings - even if by now it does not have the same impact of a newly discovered artist. Worth a listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Hewitt does not seem to be discussed here recently with the same enthusiasm as he was when his first recording was released. The past couple of days I have been listening to the most recent Smalls Records release, which is actually the earliest recorded document. It is pretty consistent with the other trio recordings - even if by now it does not have the same impact of a newly discovered artist. Worth a listen. Is there now a fourth Frank Hewitt release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted March 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Yes, Fresh From The Cooler with Ari Roland and Jimmy Lovelace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Stream Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Where's Jsngry? He was the one who really championed Frank to begin with in these parts! As for me...I've got one of his releases and really have enjoyed it. A friend of mine who played piano in the One O'Clock Jazz Band of NTSU for several years came over, I played him it and he thought it was utter shit. Shows what I know, I dig it. Frank rules. Gotta check out the new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Hewitt does not seem to be discussed here recently with the same enthusiasm as he was when his first recording was released. The past couple of days I have been listening to the most recent Smalls Records release, which is actually the earliest recorded document. It is pretty consistent with the other trio recordings - even if by now it does not have the same impact of a newly discovered artist. Worth a listen. Definitely worth a listen - more than one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Where's Jsngry? He was the one who really championed Frank to begin with in these parts! As for me...I've got one of his releases and really have enjoyed it. A friend of mine who played piano in the One O'Clock Jazz Band of NTSU for several years came over, I played him it and he thought it was utter shit. Shows what I know, I dig it. Frank rules. Gotta check out the new one. I've been going through some changes, but hell, Hewitt's been discussed enough here by now that anybody who ought to check him out out to already have done so without any further nudging from me (or anybody else). As for the people who haven't checked him out yet because they need to be bludgeoned into thinking that they should but they're still not SURE, hey - the One O'Clock holds auditions every semester... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Dorward Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Haven't got this one in the "official" version--what I have is a CDR sampler of it that Luke sent while he was still in the early stages of working with the tapes. From what I recall (can't check right now as I'm at work) it's well up to the calibre of the other two trio sessions he's released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkaven Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Hi all, It took me a while to catch up with this thread! Frank was remarkably consistent to the point that there really were no outtakes (save for a handful all told) on Frank's own call. I'm planning to release the second part of the afternoon session that Fresh From The Cooler comes from, and more or less arbitrarily divided the takes into two parts based on mood and flow. I needed to do a little forensic work on the original DAT to recover some data from a particularly interesting version of Lover that Frank does that I think is so hip, and now that it's done, I'm going to go ahead. I think next spring we will be able to have a DVD of the "Not Afraid To Live" session, or a significant part of it. My film associate, Brock Graham and his partner Stu Entner, were working on a film about Smalls Records at the time, and came in to film this session. We never knew it would be Hewitt's last at the time. But you will get to see him talking in one part where he says "I'm not afraid to die, but I'm not afraid to live either." We only have two cameras for some of it, and only one camera for part of it. But there is a lot of Hewitt on camera and it really helps to give one a picture of the man playing in a way that helps one to understand the music more. But there are several things still to come, all consistent. The weight that is added to his musical reputation with each new release makes the neglect -- the malfunction -- seem that much more pathological. By the way, we also filmed what turned out to be Gil Coggins last recording session. I'm hoping we will get that out too. It does look good for my being able to release those recordings I made of him between 2000-2002 beginning this fall. Luke PS -- NHK is making a documentary about Perry/Roland/Byars right now and it should be very interesting. I like this filmmaker Hide Watanabe a *lot*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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