Roswell Rudd

[brownie]

Marcello Melis: The New Village on the Left (Black Saint) - Rudd plays accompaniment to a Sardinian vocal quartet on some tracks - amazing and unique.

Forgot about that marvelous record. Will give it a listen later today.

Thanks, Paul, for plugging that one.

[Lazaro Vega]

"Broad Strokes" has more of Ros's singing on it than I remembered. What do you think of the Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd Verve recording, or the Rudd/Archie Shepp reunion on Verve?

Here's a link to the Kohlhase Cd mentioned above: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Alrf8zff2eh4k

[slide_advantage_redoux]

My Favorite Rudd/Lacy pairings are School Days, and Trickles. The Verve date is very good though. I am not familiar with the Shepp/Rudd reunion CD. I need to pick it up.

[king ubu]

I think the Rudd/Shepp reunion is not bad, but certainly not BAD in any way, either!

Quite a nice affair, and with Grachan Moncur III added, they produce some nice sounds. Rhythm section is strong, but Shepp does too much piano playing and singing. A little bit of an inconsistent disc, in my opinion.

I have never heard the Lacy/Rudd.

ubu

[Lazaro Vega]

I think that's fair, K-U, and would recommend earlier Shepp/Rudd Impulse issues first, though there are moments. Featured Rudd last night on my radio program and really thought "Mixed" with Cecil and Rudd's arrangement of 'Naima" on "Four For Trane" were incredible, still. Especially the chamber sound world of Mixed juxtaposed with the entrance of Jimmy Lyons. Also played Communication #11 from the JCOA which would have to the high water mark of Rudd's classic avant period.

[paul secor]

One more addition:

Maine (BVHaast LP 011) - Roswell Rudd with Hans Dulfer - tenor sax; Arjen Gorter - bass; Martin van Duynhoven - drums. I haven't listened to this in years, so I won't comment until I have the time to listen again. I don't believe that there has been a CD reissue.

[Late]

Ubu — If you haven't heard any Lacy/Rudd recordings, you're in for a big treat. I'd pick up School Days first — a great live session. Though recorded with only a single microphone, it actually sounds pretty darned good, with Henry Grimes especially audible.

I'm still wondering about the "lost" Lacy/Rudd sessions on Verve and Columbia from around 1963. (I think Chuck or Michael Fitzgerald righted me on this topic a while ago. Can't remember what got said, though.)

[king ubu]

Late, thanks for the recommendation. I know I have to pick up several Lacy HatOLOGYs before they go OOP. School Days is on my list!

I was actually referring to the Lacy/Rudd late nineties Verve date being mentioned further above.

ubu

[SEK]

School Days!!

I've had it since it appeared on LP and can sing most of it. It's my favorite pianoless Monk. Grooves from the beginning to the end.

[Late]

On a Rudd related (or inspired) note ...

Mr. Redoux — have you checked out Steve Swell? If not, you're in for a huge treat. (I'm guessing you've already checked him out, though.) Swell, while his own person on the trombone, comes out of the Rudd (and Dickenson? and Ray Anderson?) mold, and plays with a wonderful exuberance.

I highly recommend a trio recording of his on CIMP entitled Atmospheels. It's a trio recording with the wonderful Lou Grassi on drums and Will Connover (a veteran from Horace Tapscott's Arkestra) on alto saxophone, clarinet, and bass clarinet. Not having a bass in the mix really frees Swell up to converse with Grassi, and lots of exciting "duologs," as a result, take place. Swell's recorded quite a bit for CIMP, and if you like this disc, you'll have more to explore in the same vein.

This is a fun disc that I think Ros himself would get a kick out of!

Edited November 27, 2003 by Late

[paul secor]

Late - Your mention of Steve Swell reminded me that he recorded for CIMP with a group that included Roswell Rudd - Out and About - CIMP 116. I don't recall it as being among my favorite Rudd records, but it's still worth hearing for the two trombonists in a quartet setting.

[brownie]

Any opinions on Roswell Rudd's 'Malicool' that came out recently on Sunnyside? Rudd recorded this with African musicians in Mali. Is this worth looking for?

[Vincent, Paris]

"MaliCool" came out in France on Verve and on Sunnyside in the US.

It is a very nice recording with Roswell Rudd playing along with some famous Malian kora players. This is not some kind of uninspired "world music" but a very nice meeting with a lot of freshness and natural feeling between the trombone sound and the soft kora picking heard in an intimate setting. It was recorded in Bamako, actually. I guess you can say this is some kind of peaceful Africa/Cool as opposed to the brilliant and explosive Africa/Brass, like the other face of the African continent. Beautiful to my ears.

[paul secor]

I'll second V,P's remarks - Well said!

brownie, if you liked Marcello Melis' New Village On the Left, you'll probably enjoy Malicool.

[king ubu]

Seing this thread again makes me remember I did hear (and do own) one Lacy/Rudd disc: Trickles (with Kent Carter & Beaver Harris). A solid one, with lots of fun included. But I guess I'll have to look for the HatOLOGies, too.

ubu