Jazz Posted November 29, 2003 Report Posted November 29, 2003 I have the feeling I posted this before, but it may have been on another board. I remember hearing some absolutely awesome jazz fugues on vinyl at the listening center at college. Unfortunately, I absolutely cannot remember the name of the combo or the album. Does anyone know of any jazz musicians or groups that have done entire albums (whether vinyl or cd) devoted to the jazz fugue idea? Thanks in advance! Quote
JSngry Posted November 29, 2003 Report Posted November 29, 2003 Concorde by the MJQ is one. The MJQ will prove to be a hotbed of jazz fuqality. Stan Kenton's Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra did "Prelude and Fuque" by, if I remember correctly, John Williams, long before he became Mr. Movie. There's more. Quote
Jazz Posted November 29, 2003 Author Report Posted November 29, 2003 Wow thanks! I'll definitely look for that MJQ. Can't say as I'm much of a John Williams fan, but I'll see if I can find that Stan Kenton too. Quote
mikeweil Posted November 29, 2003 Report Posted November 29, 2003 The very first fugue John Lewis wrote for the MJQ was "Vendome" (on Prestige/OJC). He sneaked several in over the years, but I don't have the time right now to search them out. Isn't there one "Little David's Fugue"? Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted November 29, 2003 Report Posted November 29, 2003 Jazz Fugues? No thanks.... Jazz frug? Right on! [This is where I would insert a cute little animation of a Hulabaloo/Shindig style dancer shakin' her fringe, if I only knew how to do that...] Quote
7/4 Posted November 29, 2003 Report Posted November 29, 2003 I think guitarist Jimmy Rainey had a few scattered across his records. Quote
Joe Posted November 29, 2003 Report Posted November 29, 2003 I believe a Shelly Manne group recorded a very brief fugue for Contemporary in the early 1950's. In fact, I'm pretty sure its a Jimmy Giuffre piece -- the first of several such pieces he wrote over the course of that decade. Quote
Joe Posted November 29, 2003 Report Posted November 29, 2003 Paul Desmond also recorded a couple of fugue pieces for fantasy in the mid-50's. Quote
Harmon Posted November 29, 2003 Report Posted November 29, 2003 Maynard Ferguson: "The Fugue" from "A Message from Newport" Roulette CDP 7 93272 2 a MUST!! Jürgen Quote
Jazz Posted November 30, 2003 Author Report Posted November 30, 2003 Guys, thanks for the responses! I'll have to print this out and go a-huntin. I don't know why I'm so enamoured with the Jazz Fugue idea, it just seemed to work really well when I heard it. If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it! Jazz Quote
Larry Kart Posted November 30, 2003 Report Posted November 30, 2003 Don't believe that there are many (if any) literal, fully worked out fugues on Duane Tatro's marvelous "Jazz For Moderns" (OJC) but Tatro's writing is full of fugal textures, handled with a organic inventiveness and air of necessity that is rare in jazz writing IMO. By contrast, check out the contemporary work of Tatro's fellow West Coast-based composer Jack Montrose, which is not without interest but where the fugal textures too often seem like bids for classiness and/or extra credit. Quote
DIS Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 The Jimmy Giuffre piece, "Fugue," appeared on the 10-inch LP, Shelley Manne and His Men, Contempory Records C 2503 (1953). Quote
christersvedman Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 I heard a really interesting fugue in Jazz style at iTunes- written by composer called Christopher Swede- check it out- beats most other fugues in the genre. Quote
DukeCity Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 There's a George Shearing record called "Out of the Woods" featuring a bunch of compositions by a very young Gary Burton; kind of "chamber music meets jazz" stuff. Includes "The Great Fugue", "Drum Fugue" and "Improvisation on Fugue X". Quote
Guy Berger Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 Not sure if it's literally a fugue, but the head to Bird's "Ah Leu Cha" has an imitative counterpoint thing going on. Guy Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 What's a fugue, and particularly a jazz fugue, and how can you tell if one bites your ankle? I ued to have lots of MJQ at one time, but I never knew that they were fugues... I've got these... MG Quote
7/4 Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 (edited) What's a fugue, and particularly a jazz fugue, and how can you tell if one bites your ankle? I ued to have lots of MJQ at one time, but I never knew that they were fugues... I've got these... MG Wiki Edited February 9, 2008 by 7/4 Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 What's a fugue, and particularly a jazz fugue, and how can you tell if one bites your ankle? I ued to have lots of MJQ at one time, but I never knew that they were fugues... I've got these... MG Wiki Thanks 7/4. MG Quote
T.D. Posted February 10, 2008 Report Posted February 10, 2008 Just happen to have picked up Warne Marsh - Lee Konitz Quintet Live at the Club Montmartre, Vol. 2 (Storyville), and this album has short excerpts from two Bach Two-Part Inventions (fugues): Two-Part Invention No. 1 (BWV 772) (Allegro), and Two-Part Invention No. 13 (BWV 784) (Allegro Tranquillo). Just over a minute each, played by alto/tenor duo. Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted February 10, 2008 Report Posted February 10, 2008 Check out "Fuga Bembe" from Daniel Barry's Walk All Ways CD on OA2. As you might guess from the title, the fugue gets cross-pollinated with the bembe rhythm. The very brief "Pastorale Zipoli" from this disc is also somewhat fugal. Quote
alanmck Posted February 10, 2008 Report Posted February 10, 2008 one to add to the list: Peace Fugue by Fred Wesley and The New J.Bs, from the album "a blow for me and a toot to you" on Warner. it's a george clinton/ funkadelic linked project. Peace Fugue is quite lovely, and not like anything else on that record. Seen them play it live a couple of times as well. Quote
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