michel1969 Posted January 4, 2008 Report Posted January 4, 2008 Look a that !! Someone wrote that Rocky was boyd was a "nom de date" for another musician (John Coltrane) anyway, someone must have met him in 1961... Rocky' s autograph By the way.... "Why not" (on Rocky's "Eease it" ) credited to Pete la Roca = "Why not" (On Dave Pike's "Pike's Peak") credited to Dave Pike = "Impressions" (on John Coltrane's "Impressions") redited to John Cotrane ... right ? Quote
six string Posted January 4, 2008 Report Posted January 4, 2008 On the cover of Ease It, he's shown without his instrument. He was probably some guy off the street the photographer asked to pose for the picture. Quote
Stereojack Posted January 4, 2008 Report Posted January 4, 2008 On the cover of Ease It, he's shown without his instrument. He was probably some guy off the street the photographer asked to pose for the picture. Assuming this is not a joke - Rocky Boyd is a real person. He used to live in Boston, and occasionally showed up in the audience for jazz gigs. Quote
michel1969 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Report Posted January 5, 2008 Rocky Boyd (in italian) A very complete information, with a good bunch of imagination... Quote
six string Posted January 5, 2008 Report Posted January 5, 2008 On the cover of Ease It, he's shown without his instrument. He was probably some guy off the street the photographer asked to pose for the picture. Assuming this is not a joke - Rocky Boyd is a real person. He used to live in Boston, and occasionally showed up in the audience for jazz gigs. It was a joke. That's why I put the big smiley after the statement. I thought the OP was meant as a joke as well. Quote
michel1969 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Report Posted January 5, 2008 On the cover of Ease It, he's shown without his instrument. He was probably some guy off the street the photographer asked to pose for the picture. Assuming this is not a joke - Rocky Boyd is a real person. He used to live in Boston, and occasionally showed up in the audience for jazz gigs. It was a joke. That's why I put the big smiley after the statement. I thought the OP was meant as a joke as well. Well, no it's not a joke. In fact, it's ME on the cover of the record. Now the world knows. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted January 6, 2008 Report Posted January 6, 2008 On the cover of Ease It, he's shown without his instrument. He was probably some guy off the street the photographer asked to pose for the picture. Assuming this is not a joke - Rocky Boyd is a real person. He used to live in Boston, and occasionally showed up in the audience for jazz gigs. Sunny Murray got some of his first gigs with Rocky, and apparently Sam Rivers and he were close while they were both living in Beantown. The Ease It LP isn't bad - not mind-blowing, but pretty good. Quote
eeegor Posted January 8, 2008 Report Posted January 8, 2008 The Ease It LP isn't bad - not mind-blowing, but pretty good. I always thought Kenny Dorham steals the show on this, but Rocky ain't no slouch either, and seems to stay in the high registers, which is interesting. Quote
king ubu Posted January 18, 2012 Report Posted January 18, 2012 Rocky Boyd (in italian) A very complete information, with a good bunch of imagination... Any idea where that link should have led? Goes nowhere now - would be interested in it! Quote
Joe Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 By the way.... "Why not" (on Rocky's "Eease it" ) credited to Pete la Roca = "Why not" (On Dave Pike's "Pike's Peak") credited to Dave Pike = "Impressions" (on John Coltrane's "Impressions") redited to John Cotrane ... right ? To my ears, absolutely. Anyone know what the deal here re: actual authorship is / was? The Boyd date is listed as having been taped in March of 1961; Coltrane's Vanguard performances are from November of that same year... but was Trane playing "Impressions" under that title prior to the Vanguard engagement? Quote
JSngry Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 Try Morton Gould (cue to 1:19) via Ahmad Jamal (cue to 1:36) Coltrane was playing it at the Sutherland in March of 61, but I don't know if the titling was retroactive or not. Quote
Joe Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 Ah yes... I'd forgotten about the "Pavanne" connection... Quote
JSngry Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 What's interesting about the Sutherland versions is that they don't all strictly adhere to the B-section being a simple half-step-up minor 7 chord. Quote
Joe Posted November 18, 2012 Report Posted November 18, 2012 What's interesting about the Sutherland versions is that they don't all strictly adhere to the B-section being a simple half-step-up minor 7 chord. Where might one hear said Sutherland versions? Also, another discographical quirk associated with this Boyd session: "Avars" was also recorded by Blue Mitchell, one his Riverside quartet date BLUE'S MOODS... but roughly a year before EASE IT was recorded and released. Quote
JSngry Posted November 18, 2012 Report Posted November 18, 2012 What's interesting about the Sutherland versions is that they don't all strictly adhere to the B-section being a simple half-step-up minor 7 chord. Where might one hear said Sutherland versions? It's circulated in "collector's circles" and in the blog-o-sphere, and has now been released by one of those Fuzzy Andoras of a label. Amazon has it, or you can drop by the crib sometimes & I'll hook you up with a copy that is every bit as legit as theirs. Quote
Swinging Swede Posted December 30, 2012 Report Posted December 30, 2012 Well, since Glenn Miller was a forerunner of rap and bop, why not modal jazz also? The Impressions segment can be heard on Miller's 1939 recording of Pavanne: Quote
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