MartyJazz Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 The Paris Combo, a wonderful cabaret-type French group that is quite jazz-oriented. Lead singer Belle du Berry is marvelous and behind her include David Lewis, a '50s Miles-inspired trumpeter and Potzi, a guitarist who is obviously inspired by Django. Ongoing study of French has led me to this group and you don't have to be expert in the language to appreciate their musicality. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Thanks to the kindness of one of my editors, tenorman Stephen Riley is in the car stereo. He has some fine, fine discs on Steeplechase from the last few years. Excellent player. Quote
AndrewHill Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Currently guitarists: James Blood Ulmer's 70's output, Herb Ellis, and Marc Ribot. Quote
king ubu Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 The Band! Got this great box set with the finder's fee (I found a purse with more than 1000 CHF in it... got 10% for bringing it to the next police station a couple of weeks ago... went home and ordered this one...) More info here: http://theband.hiof.no/albums/a_musical_history.html Definitely one of the most amazing groups I've ever heard. Endlessly nuanced, highly musical, terrific songs, great singing (quite a variety, with Levon Helm, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel taking turns) - and Garth Hudson, too! Quote
thomastreichler Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 John Hicks, via his beautiful series of tributes to Pittsburgh-related pianists (all on the High Note label): Something To Live For – A Billy Strayhorn Songbook Nightwind – An Erroll Garner Songbook Music In The Key Of Clark - Remembering Sonny Clark Fatha’s Day – An Earl Hines Songbook Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted June 26, 2009 Author Report Posted June 26, 2009 John Hicks, via his beautiful series of tributes to Pittsburgh-related pianists (all on the High Note label): Something To Live For – A Billy Strayhorn Songbook Nightwind – An Erroll Garner Songbook Music In The Key Of Clark - Remembering Sonny Clark Fatha’s Day – An Earl Hines Songbook John Hick is a wonderful underrated piano player. "The Professor" Saw him live 2 times at a Jazz Mobile show. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 The Band! I got lucky with that group; I won a copy of The Last Waltz in a radio station trivia contest when I was a teen and was instantly hooked. Music from Big Pink is one of the classics! Quote
Bright Moments Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 i never really listened to joni mitchell - but i am enjoying hejira as a result of this board!! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 'The Band' were wonderful. I was only vaguely aware of them when they were functioning but began buying their albums in the early 80s. Quote
king ubu Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 'The Band' were wonderful. I was only vaguely aware of them when they were functioning but began buying their albums in the early 80s. I just found the single disc reissues of "The Band" and "Cahoots" and played both... continuing to be very, very excited! Also picked up some Joni Mitchell and Ry Cooder. I've heard "Mingus" and some 90s stuff by Cooder (mostly the cuban albums, including the fun one with Manuel Galban). These will have to wait for my return from vacation in about two weeks, but I'm looking forward! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 The discovery of new performers - be they current or just new to me - continues to be a source of major excitement. I think I'm always looking for that rush I recall from my mid to late teens when everything sounded new. Doesn't happen so often (more to do with having so much more context than any lack of current freshness, imo) but still creates a great buzz. Quote
Niko Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 'The Band' were wonderful. I was only vaguely aware of them when they were functioning but began buying their albums in the early 80s. I just found the single disc reissues of "The Band" and "Cahoots" and played both... continuing to be very, very excited! Also picked up some Joni Mitchell and Ry Cooder. I've heard "Mingus" and some 90s stuff by Cooder (mostly the cuban albums, including the fun one with Manuel Galban). These will have to wait for my return from vacation in about two weeks, but I'm looking forward! where are you? somehow, i really didn't plan to discover him and i really wouldn't say they are brilliant and that's it... but i can't stop playing terry callier's first two cadet albums... Quote
king ubu Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 still at home, leaving monday night - no time yet to answer all the mails, sorry! Quote
papsrus Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 The Band! I got lucky with that group; I won a copy of The Last Waltz in a radio station trivia contest when I was a teen and was instantly hooked. Music from Big Pink is one of the classics! 'The Band' were wonderful. I was only vaguely aware of them when they were functioning but began buying their albums in the early 80s. Always loved The Band. The drummer, Levon Helm, after recovering a few years ago from throat cancer, began holding regular Midnight Rambles in his barn in Woodstock that included a wide swath of musicians. Vol. 1 * Levon Helm ~ Drums * Little Sammy Davis ~ Vocal & Harmonica * Fred Scribner ~ Guitar * Mike Merritt ~ Bass * Garth Hudson ~ Accordion * Fred Scribner ~ Guitar * Frank Luther ~ Bass * Carey Brown ~ Piano Vol. 2 * Levon Helm: drums & vocals * Amy Helm: mandolin & vocals * Johnnie Johnson: piano * Little Sammy Davis: Vocal & Harmonica * Dr John: guitar & vocals * Jon R. Smith: saxophone * Sean Costello: guitar & vocals * Andrew Shober: bass & vocals * Julia Smith: vocals * Stephen Bernstein: trumpet * Byron Isaacs: bass & vocals * Eric Lawrence: saxophone * Tony Leone: drums & vocals * Fiona McBain: guitar & vocals * Glen Patscha: keyboards & vocals * Larry Cambell: fiddle & vocals * Jimmy Vivino: guitar & vocals * Mike Merritt: bass * Tony Leone: drums & vocals From wiki: The Midnight Ramble is an outgrowth of an idea Helm explained to Martin Scorsese in The Last Waltz. Earlier in the 20th century Helm explained, traveling medicine shows and music shows such as F.S. Walcott Rabbit's Foot Minstrels, featuring African-American blues singers and dancers would put on titillating performances in rural areas. This was also turned into a song by the Band, "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show", the name altered so the lyric was easier to sing. "After the finale, they'd have the midnight ramble," Helm told Scorsese. With young children off the premises, the show resumed: "the songs would get a little bit juicier. The jokes would get a little funnier and the prettiest dancer would really get down and shake it a few times. A lot of the rock and roll duck walks and moves came from that." Helm's Rambles do not feature nudity but often go on into the wee hours. Artists who have performed at the Rambles include Helm's former bandmate Garth Hudson, as well as Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Chris Robinson, Allen Toussaint, Donald Fagen of Steely Dan and Jimmy Vivino of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien's" The Max Weinberg 7. Others have been Sean Costello, The Muddy Waters Tribute Band, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Bow Thayer, Luther "Guitar" Junior Johnson, Ricki Lee Jones, Kate Taylor, Ollabelle, The Holmes Brothers, Catherine Russell, Norah Jones and Johnny Johnson. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 How many groups changed direction or significantly altered their sound after hearing 'Music from Big Pink'? I've heard Fairport Convention's 'Full House' and Clapton's early 70s solo work were thus influenced towards a more earthy sound after the everything + the kitchen sink vibe of the late 60s. Quote
papsrus Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) How many groups changed direction or significantly altered their sound after hearing 'Music from Big Pink'? I've heard Fairport Convention's 'Full House' and Clapton's early 70s solo work were thus influenced towards a more earthy sound after the everything + the kitchen sink vibe of the late 60s. There was such a mix of influences going on within The Band itself -- from Rockabilly to Motown -- with the big organ, Robertson's prickly guitar lines and Helm's raspy drawl -- and the great harmonies in the vocals. Certainly they influenced a lot of bar and club bands in the '70s and '80s, I think. Bands with a blues bent, many of which never -- or rarely -- recorded, let alone sold a lot of records. Check out the track "Dew Drop Inn" by the Downchild Blues Band, for instance. Maybe another, more direct example -- "The Weight" by Jeff Healey. Edited June 27, 2009 by papsrus Quote
Niko Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 sam merrill's mason hoffenberg interview/article (from 1973 when hoffenberg was staying with richard manuel), first read this years ago because hoffenberg was a character in my then-favorite book (kerouac's subterraneans) but i guess it's more interesting to a dylan/the band fan after all... http://theband.hiof.no/articles/mason_hoff..._few_licks.html Quote
king ubu Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 sam merrill's mason hoffenberg interview/article (from 1973 when hoffenberg was staying with richard manuel), first read this years ago because hoffenberg was a character in my then-favorite book (kerouac's subterraneans) but i guess it's more interesting to a dylan/the band fan after all... http://theband.hiof.no/articles/mason_hoff..._few_licks.html great read, thanks! Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) Ray Charles. Yeah I've listen to him for years, but it seemed like background music until now. Just gave a listen to these two CDs. "Genius + Soul = Jazz" and "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music vol 1" and I am blown away by both of these sessions. I need to get a copy of "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vol 2" next Edited June 30, 2009 by Hardbopjazz Quote
paul secor Posted July 2, 2009 Report Posted July 2, 2009 Ray Charles. Yeah I've listen to him for years, but it seemed like background music until now. Just gave a listen to these two CDs. "Genius + Soul = Jazz" and "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music vol 1" and I am blown away by both of these sessions. I need to get a copy of "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vol 2" next Ray Charles - background music? Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted July 2, 2009 Author Report Posted July 2, 2009 The music was there, but I didn't stop to realize what a genius he was. I had a chance to see him but didn't on May 27, 2004. He was playing the Rose Room at Lincoln center with Lou Donaldson. Instead the wife wanted to see the musical "Mama Mia." Quote
JSngry Posted July 3, 2009 Report Posted July 3, 2009 Marlena Shaw, Cadet & Blue Note albums...some good stuff to be had there! Quote
JSngry Posted July 4, 2009 Report Posted July 4, 2009 Ray McKinley's post-WWII/1940s band, with plenty of good Eddie Sauter charts. Quote
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