danasgoodstuff Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 There's a solo triangle album I saw on Amazon, never heard it but the mere idea wigs me out... Quote
Joe Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 Solo bass? I'll toss in a recommendation for John Lindberg's tribute to David Izenon, LUMINOSITY. Quote
randyhersom Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) Evan Parker Lines Burnt in Light, Chicago Solo, Monoceros Leroy Jenkins Solo Concert Walt Dickerson - Shades of Love Jay Hoggard - Solo Vibraphone (India Navigation) Ralph Towner Solo Concert Keith Jarrett - Solo Concerts Bremen Lausanne And, even though I'm still wrestling with it some Peter Kowald - Was Da Ist Edited July 14, 2009 by randyhersom Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 I'm pretty sure there's a Hamiet Bluiett solo album called "Birthright" on India Navigation (?) I haven't heard this is a long while, but, as a saxophonist/pretender, it lingers in my memory...what's left of it. Yes, it's a fine one indeed. Of the Bluiett LPs I own, it's probably the one I return to most. Randy's recommendations are also excellent. I don't dislike the Kowald solo LP, but in my opinion he's always better in conversation with other musicians. I also have a solo Kowald LP on Qbico that I have not listened to yet. Quote
randyhersom Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 Chuck posted twice and didn't mention Roscoe Mitchell??? Leo Smith - Kulture Jazz Michael Howell - Alone (kickin acoustic guitar version of McCoy Tyner's Sama Layuca) and yeah there's hundreds of worth solo piano sets. One favorite is Roland Hanna - Perugia McCoy Tyner - Echoes of a Friend Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 I can't think of the name, but I believe Milford Graves did at least one solo disc. There are two, Grand Unification and Stories. Quote
king ubu Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 Gianni Gebbia - Arcana Major, The Sonic Tarot Sessions (Rastascan) da shit, as they say - incredible solo alto sax playing, the site says only five copies left... I guess five or six years ago when I bought it, there were still 10 or 11 left... this was one of the top favourites of several regulars in the funny rat thread. Quote
king ubu Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 as piano solo records aren't off topic and she hasn't been mentioned, let me put up a good word for Irene Schweizer once again... top choice for solo record would be either Vol. 1 or Chicago Piano Solo - as most of her discography, they are out on Intakt. more info Quote
king ubu Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 Ramon Lopez - Eleven Drum Songs (Leo Lab 044) OOP but available as download Quote
king ubu Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 Also, other favourite solo pianists include Abdullah Ibrahim and Randy Weston. Weston's solo albums are many, I'm not sure which one I'd nominate as a favourite right now, but with Ibrahim, there's a standout one, "African Piano": Quote
king ubu Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 Steve Lacy has been mentioned... I fondly recall the one occasion I saw him live, a beautiful Sunday matinee solo concert, short pieces, short concert, he still looked well though he must have been ill already... very precise music, bringing across his point most clearly. Strong, beautiful stuff! Another sax player I saw solo (at the same festival, the Unerhört festival in Zurich) is Roscoe Mitchell. That was a whole other experience, very intense, maybe too intense. I didn't connect with it as immediately as I did with Lacy, but it's still a very fondly remembered concert. Mitchell has a 3CD solo set (sax + percussion) on Mutable Music, which I picked up back then, after the concert, but somehow never got around to really explore: Quote
king ubu Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 Also, I used to be a fan of the Rollins solo disc mentioned in the first post, but by now I think it's more of a dud... it's maybe interesting to witness Rollins at work, but it's not a stellar moment at all, I think. Another great solo piano player is Martial Solal - Solo Solal, Nothing But Piano (both MPS), En Solo (RCA), Improvise pour France Musique (JMS), Solitude (CAM Jazz)... And Solal was one of the pianists of the great box set "Jazz n (e)motion", five discs of solo film music, performed by Steve Kuhn, Stephan Oliva, Alain Jean-Marie and Paul Bley. And that leads to three other great solo pianists, Paul Bley ("Homage to Carla" on Owl, for instance), Steve Kuhn, and Stephan Oliva (the Bernard Herman solo disc). And thinking of Kuhn somehow brings Don Friedman to mind... That then leads to the sadly hard to find Concord series of Maybeck performances (see, now and then Concord did some great things!) Quote
B. Clugston Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 Steve Lacy, Hooky Ned Rothenberg, Trials of the Argo Anthony Braxton, Saxophone Improvisations Series F Anthony Braxton, Solo: Live at Moers Festival Anthony Braxton, Solo (NYC) 2002 Evan Parker, Monoceros Derek Bailey, LACE Derek Bailey, Aida Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted July 15, 2009 Author Report Posted July 15, 2009 I never realized how many solo projects there were. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 15, 2009 Report Posted July 15, 2009 Paul Rutherford: The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie Solo Berlin 1975 Neuph All on Emanem. Beautiful. Quote
king ubu Posted July 15, 2009 Report Posted July 15, 2009 Oh yeah, Derek Bailey! His solo music is some of the most beautiful music ever committed to record! Ballads, Standards, Aida, or even more prefferedly any of his Emanem or Incus albums... Here's a review by Nate Dorward: http://www.ndorward.com/music/bailey_ballads.htm Quote
king ubu Posted July 15, 2009 Report Posted July 15, 2009 And another one that just came to mind: Erik Friedlander - Maldoror some samples and more on CDBaby Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 15, 2009 Report Posted July 15, 2009 Evan Parker's Monoceros is a wonderful recording - originally a "direct to disc". Also a solo date by Gunter Christmann (trombone and bass) on Ring/Moers. Don't think it made it to cd. Quote
king ubu Posted July 15, 2009 Report Posted July 15, 2009 Evan Parker's Monoceros is a wonderful recording - originally a "direct to disc". I've got this CD, with more music on it, I think: Beautiful music indeed! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 15, 2009 Report Posted July 15, 2009 Also a solo date by Gunter Christmann (trombone and bass) on Ring/Moers. Off!, yeah, not on CD. There's also a private solo LP on which he rubs balloons, among other things. Quote
king ubu Posted July 15, 2009 Report Posted July 15, 2009 I think in the funny rat, there was a discussion once about a solo CD of balloons... Quote
sidewinder Posted July 15, 2009 Report Posted July 15, 2009 I think in the funny rat, there was a discussion once about a solo CD of balloons... Nena? Quote
Joe Posted July 15, 2009 Report Posted July 15, 2009 I think in the funny rat, there was a discussion once about a solo CD of balloons... Nena? 1, not 99. One more: John Carter's SUITE OF EARLY AMERICAN FOLK PIECES (solo calrinet) on Moers Quote
B. Clugston Posted July 15, 2009 Report Posted July 15, 2009 Haven't heard it in years, but I recall Wolter Wierbos' solo trombone album X Caliber as being pretty great. George Lewis' solo album on Sackville is a keeper too. Sergei Kuryokhin's Popular Zoological Elements. Quote
king ubu Posted July 16, 2009 Report Posted July 16, 2009 Sergei Kuryokhin's Popular Zoological Elements. Don't know that one, but this here's quite terrific: Sergey Kuryokhin - Some Combination Of Fingers and Passion (CD LR 179 - LEO RECORDS) Quote
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