Guest Chaney Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Ear Mix (Sketch) Daniel Humair (drums), Marvin Stamm (trumpet & flugelhorn), David Friedman (vibraphone) and Sebastien Boisseau (double bass). Well, I'm not at all certain as to how a disk earns disaster status but (gOd help me :whimper:), this one really is... is... well, it's really not very good. Marvin Stamm. Who is this man? From AMG: An excellent bop-based trumpeter and a busy session player during much of his career, Marvin Stamm has long been a flexible player. He started on trumpet when he was 12 and later studied at North Texas State University. Stamm was with Stan Kenton's Mellophonium Orchestra during 1961-1963 (getting occasional solos) and played with Woody Herman during 1965-1966. He gained some recognition for his playing with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (1966-1972), but spent much of his time during the next two decades in the studios. Stamm, who performed with Benny Goodman during 1974-1975 and toured with George Gruntz's Concert Jazz Band in 1987, has since concentrated much more on jazz playing, and his Music Masters releases are good examples of his talents. The word 'dull' comes to mind. Check out the sound samples available on HIS SITE. No, wait. Allow me: Judy, By Myself, Lament... You get the idea. When Stamm isn't playing -- which isn't often enough -- the band actually seems to soar. True, mostly ineffectually, but still...! Having a better idea of what Humair is capable of, listening to him perform amongst these lesser talents -- at least as the LTs play on this particular disk -- is nearly painful. (No, it is painful.) What is his role? Too often, simply to politely tap tap tap on his cymbals while his bandmates noodle along. Recommended only if you crave sadness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 I just read elsewhere that the Clusone Trio is planning on reforming to play a European festival followed (hopefully) by a U.S. tour. I don't know how much stock to put in the comment I read, but that would be great news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 I had never heard of Hannibal (the musician, not the general who crossed the Alps on elephants) before reading the previous page. Is there one album in particular one should start exploring his work with? Now playing: Lacy / Humair / Cox - Work Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Need to do more listenng, but the intial impression is that other than Lasse Marhaug (which I thought was very interesting) I just read that Lasse Marhaug has replaced Kevin Drumm in Ken Vandermark's Territory Band. That should be interesting. I'd be interested in hearing that band with Lasse. His album Lesbian Brunch, with Carlos Griffoni is fantastic, although most definitely not to all tastes. Harsh electronics segueing into heavy metal samples. Bliss for some, hell for others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 I just read elsewhere that the Clusone Trio is planning on reforming to play a European festival followed (hopefully) by a U.S. tour. I don't know how much stock to put in the comment I read, but that would be great news Hmmm... Wonder what the chances are that they'll come to my area. Let's hope someone will be rolling tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 (edited) Friends, I would like to recommend highly the follwoing record: Gray Ghost - "How to Create Words" (482 Music, 2003) Hard-to-describe music. A lot of things are mixed together - some John Butcher, some Evan Parker, some E IA (I think), some fairly traditional "free jazz"... All sounds very creative, enjoyable and relevant. Sound samples at CD Baby. Available at indiejazz, CD Baby or directly at 482 Music. -------------------------------- Also, have been listening to some Erstwhile treasures that landed at my door. Keith Rowe/Günter Müller/Taku Sugimoto - "The World Turned Upside Down" Pure gentle beauty. Fairly quiet, but with its own logics, developmentand a lot of clever interaction. The best one of 4 records with Keith Rowe I have so far ("Weather Sky" and "Live at Lu" - both on Erstwhile, I found extremely boring, and "Grain" on Zarek is very good, but probably sllightly less interesting than "The World...") Thomas Lehn / Marcus Schmickler - "Bart" This one is a much more rambunctious affair, and I like it even more. The sounds that Messrs. Lehn and Schmickler emit are very pleasing to my ear (a lot of low-to-mid register, shall I say "farting" sounds - no sine waves), all quitre energetic (but not violent or noisy) with a lot of dynamic variation, exciting interplay and constant surprises. Interaction between musicians is truly fascinating - gentlemen obviously had fun playing with each other. Was going out tonigh, and just couldn't leave until the record was over - was really mesmerized by what I was hearing. More Erstwhile stuff to explore in the next days. Edited February 23, 2005 by Д.Д. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Upcoming Rastascan release: WOLFGANG FUCHS with Tom Djll, Tim Perkis, Gino Robair, John Shiurba, and Matthew Sperry SIX FUCHS: http://www.rastascan.com/catalog/brd052.html Looks interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 (edited) OH BOY! Always interested in new Rastascan. David (and others): Ever get Kowald/Masaoka/Robair: Illuminations (Several Views) (Rastascan)? Highly recommended! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Six Fuchs is dedicated to Matthew Sperry (1968-2003): this was his last studio recording session. Edited February 23, 2005 by Chaney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Looking at the cover, some of the less open-minded of you might gently enquire - what the fuck is that? is this some more of heavy metal "music" that John B and Д.Д. are pathologically partial to? Well, it might be nearly as good as that. Personnel: Billy Bang - violin Charles Gayle - alto & tenor saxophones Sirone - bass Tyshawn Sorey - drums A new release on Silkheart records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 OH BOY! Always interested in new Rastascan. David (and others): Ever get Kowald/Masaoka/Robair: Illuminations (Several Views) (Rastascan)? Tony, I don't have it, but's its on THE LIST. Love Masaoka! -I mean not in the ubu-Ibarra type of way, but love her playing! ------------------ As for Sperry, I plan to get at least on of his solo records on Limited Sedition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 (edited) Listening to Humair / Urtreger / Michelot: HUM ~~ 1960. A live set, noisy crowd, playing a bunch of standards, swingin' nicely... yadda yadda. Tasty, although nothing very special, IMHO. ~~~~~~~~ 1979: Rather short (36:26) studio set. The lads have come a long way in the preceeding 19 years; less bopish and much more lyrical playing ala Bill Evans trio. Mix of original compositions and standards (Brubeck's The Duke, Van Heusen's It Could Happen To You, etc). Can't really think of much to say. Really well done but unlikely I'd feel the need to revisit this disk very often. (Be mindful that I'm feeling more in a Funny Rat mood so...) ~~~~~~~~ 1999: Good, better, best. Sheesh! Three codgers, totally secure in their skins, and sounding wonderful. 12 tunes, 48 minutes, mix of standards and originals, recorded in the studio. Not a whole lot of improvising goin' on, not a whole lot of time within each track to do so! Tasty in the extreme. (BOY this is a nice sounding disk. Humair's percussion is alive, Michelot's bass is in the room and Urtreger's piano has a nice tang.) Worth $21 for the 3 CDs? Certainly. As I understand this set is quite expensive in Europe, second thoughts might be called for. (Brownie and Lon are fans of this set so you might want to note their praise.) More listening ahead. John: Have you had a listen to any of this set yet? Edited February 23, 2005 by Chaney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Me fan of HUM, too, Garth another... I enjoy the live set that starts things off a lot more than you do, it seems, but I'll have to give those discs another spin soon. I think there was a thread dedicated to it some time back, do a search if you're interested. I might have posted some thoughts there (or not). ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Me fan of HUM, too, Garth another... I enjoy the live set that starts things off a lot more than you do, it seems, but I'll have to give those discs another spin soon. I think there was a thread dedicated to it some time back, do a search if you're interested. I might have posted some thoughts there (or not). ubu Looks like there was a seperate thread for HUM: Humair-Urtreger-Michelot Set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Jazzmatazz lists the following March 1 releases: NEW Alessio Riccio/Ellery Eskelin/David Shea - Drawing - Opus 2: Paul Klee (Unorthodox 005) Mar 1 — Ellery Eskelin (tenor sax), David Shea (samples & other keyboards) and Alessio (drums, loops, verious percussion and tapes) NEW Alessio Riccio with Tim Berne, Elliott Sharp - Hallucinated Memories (Unorthodox 008) Mar 1 — Alessio Riccio, drums, percussion; with Elliott Sharp, pedal steel and electric guitar; Tim Berne, Achille Succi & Renato Cordovani, saxes; Stefano Battaglia, piano; Giacomo Castellano, el. guitar; Nuccio D'Angelo, classical guitar; Guido Melis, bass; Francesco Simionato, keyboards programming; Luca Marianini, flugelhorn; Marco Ortolani, clarinets; Rossela Ruini and Diana Torto, vocals Q: Anyone familiar with either (percussionist) Riccio or the Unorthodox label? Please tell me Riccio hasn't tattooed himself in this way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Please tell me Riccio hasn't tattooed himself in this way... I think he tattooed his drums only. Both releases look very tasty. I think DMG is selling Unorthodox releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Circumvention Music, anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Circumvention Music, anybody? And yet another label I've never heard of. Looks interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Recently got a copy of this 2CD set from a very kind board member: This Steeplechase set contains two Debut albums (not of the foot-patting kind Universal is now reissuing...). Very nice stuff! Disc 1 is Ornette kind of music, but more fragmented, more, shall I say, cerebral (you know, 12 tone things etc, getting rid of melody bla bla bla). Sunny Murray is the drummer on that first album, in addition to Danish trumpet, alto and bass player. Disc two is quite different, and, I think, even better. Danish drummer here, tenor added, both saxophonists playing electric saxes, bass electric, too, and musically this is somewhere between typical power music of the sixties - which the first album somehow succeeds in not getting too close, by being what I called cerebral - and and the stuff Miles' band did a couple of years later. Very interesting! Cerebral may be the wrong word for what I want to say. I don't mean "intellectual" or "cold" or "depressing", none of that. Just that Ornette is a blues player and has that gutsy thing going on, and these Danes certainly don't have that... don't need it either, as they have their own thing going on. ****************** Now spinning the most recent addition to my CD collection: Was interrupted while posting, have now finished listening to the Rivers, and love it! A very joyful set, upbeat feeling, great playing by Rivers (tenor, soprano, flute). ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 (edited) Recently got a copy of this 2CD set from a very kind board member: Contemporary Jazz Quartet /Quintet - "The Original Debut Recordings - 1964/1967" (SteepleChase) Sounds interesting! Gotta start catching up with SteepleChase catalog. Edited February 24, 2005 by Д.Д. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Two eBay bidders REALLY wanting to get their mitts on the 3 CD Okka set: Peter Brotzmann Chicago Octet / Tentet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Started giving disc 1 (the studio half) of this 2CD set a listen: Sounds great so far! I wonder how the live recording on disc 2 will compare! ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Two eBay bidders REALLY wanting to get their mitts on the 3 CD Okka set: Peter Brotzmann Chicago Octet / Tentet No shit!- and still 2.5 days to go! This set shouldn't be that hard to locate, I assume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Started giving disc 1 (the studio half) of this 2CD set a listen: Sounds great so far! I wonder how the live recording on disc 2 will compare! ubu Definitely a good one! The live disc, I think, is even better! Much good tenor by Parker, and as far as I can tell (I don't know him really), not only his typical circular soprano. Great recording, too (Peter Pfister)! I guess I should've been there when they did the live disc in Zürich, back in 2001... I'm not sure about Guy here. I mean he is good, they play together etc, but I didn't listen close/concentrated enough to really hear all that's going on. However, Guy seemed a bit, say, less virtuosic, more "normal" bass player, than he was on two recent occasions when I saw him live. That's not a bad thing, but still, he's able to create marvellous landscapes on his bass (partially with help of some effects, which is ok with me, his sound can't be killed by any effect, it's so beautiful), and he obviously chose not to do this in this duo. Will have to dig out the trio recording I have from the trio with Lytton (a live recording from Germany, the exact date of which I don't have, but it's recent). ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnhrtg Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Ubu - I got that set not too long ago (at Perspective 2004 from Patrik) and I, too, like it quite a bit. I now feel like giving it another listen sometime tonight. The engineer, by the way, is Martin Pearson - they're both amazing, though. If any of you will be around Paris during March, the Banlieues Bleues festival is on and I will certainly be present for the pairs of concerts on the 15th, 30th, and 31st of March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Sorry I got the engineer wrong... I even prefer Pearson, usually, so... No more ratty listening after that Guy/Parker set, but some early sixties Coltrane (with Dolphy - shoot, David!) live stuff. Need to return to Coltrane more often in the weeks to come! Won't be even close to Paris, but I'll look for broadcasts on France Musiques (last year they had a few Banlieues Bleues concerts, but that festival is so big... we can only hope they pick some interesting ones). ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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