John Tapscott Posted September 25, 2013 Report Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) Track 3 "Ostinato" from this CD. A very exciting track with powerful trumpet playing over a strong rhythm section pattern which combines elements of swing and Latin. Not going back and forth between the rhythmic patterns but somehow combining them. The track is structured rather than free but very adventurous and forward looking. In fact, the whole album is excellent. Jazz music at a very high level of invention. I've just listened to it 3 times. Maybe my favorite Ellis. Great sound, too. Don Ellis trumpet; Paul Bley, piano; Gary Peacock, bass; Gene Stone or Nick Martinis, drums. Edited September 25, 2013 by John Tapscott Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted September 25, 2013 Report Posted September 25, 2013 Track 3 "Ostinato" from this CD. A very exciting track with powerful trumpet playing over a strong rhythm section pattern which combines elements of swing and Latin. Not going back and forth between the rhythmic patterns but somehow combining them. The track is structured rather than free but very adventurous and forward looking. In fact, the whole album is excellent. Jazz music at a very high level of invention. I've just listened to it 3 times. Maybe my favorite Ellis. Great sound, too. Don Ellis trumpet; Paul Bley, piano; Gary Peacock, bass; Gene Stone or Nick Martinis, drums. So did Fresh Sound cop Mighty Quinn's mastering or is it a needle drop? I would guess the former. Quote
John Tapscott Posted October 4, 2013 Report Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) Art Pepper - Disc 2, Track 4 "What Is This Thing Called Love?" A spontaneous, yet perfectly formed and totally satisfying solo. Masterful. Bird-like. Edited October 4, 2013 by John Tapscott Quote
rockefeller center Posted October 6, 2013 Report Posted October 6, 2013 Placebo (not the rock group) - 1973 Phalene (09:40) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQVG2f-0UoE#t=9m40s Quote
John Tapscott Posted October 25, 2013 Report Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) Surprised myself with this one a bit: James Carter (on alto) playing Sun Ra's beautiful ballad "Hour of Parting". Lovely performance. From: James Carter on the Set (DIW) Edited October 25, 2013 by John Tapscott Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted October 28, 2013 Report Posted October 28, 2013 Tarfala: Gustafsson, Guy and Strid Opening 19 minute piece from Mad Dogs disc 4 Quote
ghost of miles Posted November 22, 2013 Report Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) The Stone Roses, "Fools Gold," from this past August in Tokyo at Sonicmania. Here's a performance of it from around the same time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZiQJu2f8OQ Ian Brown's ability to sing in tune hit-or-miss as always, but John Squire (guitarist)--my God! Not to mention the Reni/Mani rhythm section... they've made this into an even more epic jam than it was in its original version. Edited November 22, 2013 by ghost of miles Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted November 28, 2013 Report Posted November 28, 2013 (edited) Track 2 from Decoy plus the great Joe McPhee: Live at Cafe Oto How great are an John Edwards/Steve Noble on bass/drums?!?! Listen to this CD and this 30 minute improvisation and find out Edited November 28, 2013 by Steve Reynolds Quote
Leeway Posted November 28, 2013 Report Posted November 28, 2013 Track 2 from Decoy plus the great Joe McPhee: Live at Cafe Oto How great are an John Edwards/Steve Noble on bass/drums?!?! Listen to this CD and this 30 minute improvisation and find out Got my copy on LP and it is killer. Quote
JohnS Posted November 28, 2013 Report Posted November 28, 2013 A little under the weather this week after some surgery but but this one hit the spot this morning. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes from Quote
BillF Posted November 28, 2013 Report Posted November 28, 2013 "How Deep Is the Ocean" from this one. Haunting organ backing by Larry Goldings. Best thing of this sort I've heard since Wes and Mel Rhyne did "Round Midnight". Quote
BillF Posted December 2, 2013 Report Posted December 2, 2013 "I Fall in Love Too Easily" from Dan Wall's On the Inside Looking In, a solo track revealing aspects of jazz organ I've never heard before. Truly beautiful! Quote
jazzbo Posted December 26, 2013 Author Report Posted December 26, 2013 "Darn that Dream," Lars Gullin, from Stockholm Street, Vol. 4 of the Dragon Records series. Just has that late-fifties cool ballad thang to a T. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 26, 2013 Report Posted December 26, 2013 As today was my first encounter with the early editions of Louis Armstrong's big band, I've just got to say 'You're driving me crazy' - I think it was take C that really got me, but it might have been B MG Quote
Peter Friedman Posted December 26, 2013 Report Posted December 26, 2013 Not sure if it's the "best track", but I certainly dug it a lot! Twelfth & Pingree on the CD Pepper by the Pepper Adams Quartet on Enja. It has a wonderful blues feeling that brought a big smile to my face. Quote
John Tapscott Posted December 28, 2013 Report Posted December 28, 2013 "Old Devil Moon" from this one. Terrific up-tempo Getz solo. He just wails. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 2, 2014 Author Report Posted January 2, 2014 "I Concentrate on You" from Maucha Adnet's "Songs I Learned from Jobim." I'm not exactly sure why. The arrangement isn't anything really special, with a lamenting trombone and an almost Basie like rhythm section. But she nails the mood and she delivers almost exactly like Jobim and I find it all very moving. Probably has most to do with my own loneliness for my best friend and lover who is very far away. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) An absolutely exquisite Rameau aria - 'Tristes apprets'. Was thinking this was a sure fire winner as a signature song for a film or TV series to discover that it had been used in a film about Marie Antoinette amidst a mainly post-punk soundtrack! It's the sort of thing Morse used to play as he drove round Oxford in his red Jaguar. Edited January 3, 2014 by A Lark Ascending Quote
save0904 Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 Love this excerpt from Steve Lehman Trio playing Gazzeloni! Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted January 6, 2014 Report Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) The 37 minute first track from disc 2 (set 2) of Blue Winter with Fred Anderson, William Parker and Hamid Drake Maybe the furthest thing from what one might expect. Opens with a 5 minute gorgeous unaccompanied tenor solo which morphs into a bass drum dialogue that is simply magical. The tempos really vary throughout with some of the fastest tempos I've heard this trio play. Yet by the end they almost settle into a classic Parker-Drake groove with the great tenorman playing his improvised altered blues in a way that is timeless genius. The piece also includes a bowed section where Anderson plays a gorgeous stunning repetitive invented line and a bass-drum section that is super funkified via the great drummer pulling out shit that even I had never heard him play - music that should have made this section sampled by modern pop makers! Of course since few people here have never heard this recording for whatever unknown reason, no chance for common sense elsewhere!! Over the years this track and the whole of disc 1 (set one ~ 45 minutes) have become one of the best examples of seemingly somewhat traditional free jazz (not notated as is the case with all of Fred's music over the last 25 years of his brilliant musical life) of recent times. Plus as mentioned elsewhere the recording quality is beyond sublime. Edited January 6, 2014 by Steve Reynolds Quote
Peter Friedman Posted January 11, 2014 Report Posted January 11, 2014 Sippin' At Bells from the 3 CD set Stan Getz & Chet Baker - The Stockholm Concerts - Verve. There are versions from 2 concerts. Both are very very good. I especially thought the solo by Getz on Disc 3 from the second concert was simply fantastic. Quote
Neal Pomea Posted January 12, 2014 Report Posted January 12, 2014 Bunny Wailer, Dance Rock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJE6jM1BZ-Q Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 15, 2014 Report Posted January 15, 2014 Mildred Bailey with Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra, "Travlin' All Alone," off Jazz in the Charts V. 10. Haunting, beautiful rendition. Quote
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