jeffsjazz Posted May 23, 2007 Report Posted May 23, 2007 I just received this.A jammin' live set with Joe Locke and Lewis Nash. I'm digging it.Anybody hear this new one from Savant? Dr. Jeff Quote
ValerieB Posted May 23, 2007 Report Posted May 23, 2007 thanks for the heads-up. i'm going to check it out 'cause i love me some wayne escoffery. just saw him with the mingus group last week. Quote
jeffsjazz Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Posted May 24, 2007 thanks for the heads-up. i'm going to check it out 'cause i love me some wayne escoffery. just saw him with the mingus group last week. You'll dig it Val.The whole group smokes-like the venue. Quote
GA Russell Posted May 25, 2007 Report Posted May 25, 2007 I heard a cut from this on the radio today. He reminded me of Wayne Shorter. Quote
sheldonm Posted May 25, 2007 Report Posted May 25, 2007 I heard a cut from this on the radio today. He reminded me of Wayne Shorter. ....which Wayne Shorter..... Quote
ghost of miles Posted May 25, 2007 Report Posted May 25, 2007 He did the "Before & After" bft in this month's JazzTimes (same issue also gives this new CD a good review). I'd be interested in checking this one out; new Josh Redman is pretty good, btw. Quote
sidewinder Posted May 25, 2007 Report Posted May 25, 2007 I'll be seeing Escoffery tomorrow night with the Mingus Big Band - first time I'll have seen him (and them). Quote
ValerieB Posted May 25, 2007 Report Posted May 25, 2007 I'll be seeing Escoffery tomorrow night with the Mingus Big Band - first time I'll have seen him (and them). you are in for an incredible treat! i probably won't see them again until august and i'm in mourning over it! Quote
sidewinder Posted May 25, 2007 Report Posted May 25, 2007 Sounds great ! They are on their first UK tour - appearing at the Bath Festival tomorrow night and some of the musicians are also giving a workshop to local young musicians prior to the concert. Quote
sidewinder Posted May 27, 2007 Report Posted May 27, 2007 (edited) Great performance last night at the Bath Fest. Full house, I was lucky to be able to get hold of a return ticket at the door. A bit daft of me not to book in advance. Escoffery did just the one tenor solo towards the end of the second half but it was a very good one - reminded me of latish Trane around the vintage of 'Transition'. Incredible lineup of solo talent in this band - Craig Handy, Vincent Herring, Frank Lacy, Conrad Herwig, Kenny Drew Jr.. A couple of wonderful numbers from 'Epitaph', including 'This Subdues My Passion' (wasn't this the arrangement that was recently unearthed by Sue Mingus from the great man's boxed possessions?). Talking about the great man's boxed possessions, I was able to pick up after the gig a copy of the DVD of the documentary film 'Mingus' - the one where his possessions (including all that music) are emptied into the street after an eviction and where he shoots a gun into the ceiling the night before. An amazing historical record. Edited May 27, 2007 by sidewinder Quote
ornette Posted June 9, 2007 Report Posted June 9, 2007 Just got the cd, sounds very impressive. Quote
sheldonm Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 ...just saw Wayne last night with the Ben Riley band....very, very good! Quote
White Lightning Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 I'm spinning this CD for the 2nd time and I enjoy it immensely. Escoffery is a real talent. I'm sure we'll a lot hear from him in the near future. The sidemen are smoking as well - J.Lock and L.Nash are SWINGING!! Quote
king ubu Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 Yes, Escofferey is pretty good! I've only heard him live once, with the Mingus Big Band, but he was great there! Then I heard radio broadcasts with that very good Ben Riley Monk band, and with the Mingus Dynasty (a mid-size off-shot of the Mingus BB). I'd say he's a solid player worth watching. Quote
AllenLowe Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) Wayne is taleneted - when he was in High School he used to sit in with my band in New Haven, a few years later I saw him at a small local club and was amazed at how far he'd come - the only problem he had was deciding what he wanted to be - one week he was Coltrane, the next week Rollins, the next Shorter - in some ways he had too good a talent for mimicry for his own good, but I figured it was just a matter of time until he sorted it all out. Interestingly enough, the comments above indicate that he is still somewhat flexible and working things out - can't complain though, as I wish I had half his chops - Edited December 3, 2007 by AllenLowe Quote
king ubu Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 Yes, that's a bit how it seems to me, Allen. All the better he's not (yet?) hyped up all that much... But then most of the younger tenors on the scene haven't gotten to a point where they have found a real personality... (thinking of all those good guys like Redman, Javon Jackson, Speed, Potter, Seamus Blake, whoever... Mark Turner stands out somewhat, but his stuff with Rosenwinkel is so heady, it gets boring after a while... his ballads album is alright, though... nice to hear some Warne Marsh in between all those Coltrane/Rollins guys...) Quote
kh1958 Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 He's on the new Tom Harrell CD, Light On. Quote
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