Sam Most : RIP

[sgcim]

At 8:06 am.

First Johnny Smith and now Sam Most. RIP Mr. Most...

[GA Russell]

RIP. I'm sorry to hear that. Just within the past couple of weeks I've listened to his albums with Mort Weiss and Terry Gibbs.

[sidewinder]

Sorry to hear this - RIP.

[B. Goren.]

Very sad news.

[Claude Schlouch]

Very, very sad news!

RIP

[Cyril]

RIP Mr. Sam Most.

[J.A.W.]

Sorry to hear this.

[brownie]

Another sad news!

An appreciation from the Something Else! website:

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/06/13/jazz-flautist-sam-most-1930-2013-an-appreciation/

[Big Beat Steve]

I've never been one to like flutes in jazz, find it difficult to stand Bud Shank on flute (though I consider myself a bit of a WCJ fan), can only digest some very early Herbie Mann but found the Bethlehem LPs by Sam Most always very, very enjoyable. Don't know how representative they are of his later work but his "clarinet-esque" (?? don't know how to describe it otherwise) flute work on the one where he alternates between flute and clarinet always was right up my alley. And his Bird, Bud, Monk & Miles LP may be atypical but is fine anyway IMO.

RIP

Edited June 14, 2013 by Big Beat Steve

[flat5]

Loved the Most brothers' music.

Forcing myself not to comment on Steve's post.

[Stereojack]

A fantastic musician, a real virtuoso. RIP.

[Big Beat Steve]

Forcing myself not to comment on Steve's post.

No harm or no offense meant.

Opinions and tastes differ, you know ...

(And of course I suppose you realize my "atypical" reference of Sam Most's Bird, Bud, Monk & Miles LP refers to the fact that it is a NON-flute item? )

Edited June 14, 2013 by Big Beat Steve

[Hardbopjazz]

RIP Sam. Thanks for all the music.

[BeBop]

Two guys were my musical mentor/friends: Moody and Most. Some musical commonalities in the flute n' sax thing, but also two nice cats.

I favored Sam's tenor work He gave me a tenor-only or nearly so album back around 1980 ( not at-hand to give particulars). More importantly, he promised to focus on the tenor when he played at my wedding I sadly an offer I was never able to take him up on.

Sorry it was time to go, Sam.

[Larry Kart]

Have always especially enjoyed the albums he made for Don Schlitten. Fine groups Schlitten assembled for him.

[gmonahan]

Have always especially enjoyed the albums he made for Don Schlitten. Fine groups Schlitten assembled for him.

I'm with you there, and very few of them have ever appeared on cd. Most is one of those lesser known guys who would really benefit from a box and probably will never get one, but I loved his work. RIP.

gregmo

[BeBop]

http://bebopflute.com/

Have always especially enjoyed the albums he made for Don Schlitten. Fine groups Schlitten assembled for him.

I'm with you there, and very few of them have ever appeared on cd. Most is one of those lesser known guys who would really benefit from a box and probably will never get one, but I loved his work. RIP.

gregmo

Complete Xanadu would be interesting.

[jazztrain]

Have always especially enjoyed the albums he made for Don Schlitten. Fine groups Schlitten assembled for him.

I'm with you there, and very few of them have ever appeared on cd. Most is one of those lesser known guys who would really benefit from a box and probably will never get one, but I loved his work. RIP.

gregmo

Sad news.

I remember seeing a notice a few years ago about a box set of Sam Most's complete Bethlehem recordings. Then I woke up and realized it was just a dream.

[king ubu]

Don't know much of his work, but I've always liked the Mann/Most one on Bethlehem.

r.i.p.

[brownie]

Obituary in The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sam-most-20130615,0,7030581.story

[king ubu]

Obituary in The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sam-most-20130615,0,7030581.story

Lateef was born in 1920, Most in 1930 - "influenced younger players"? Maybe Lateef started playing flute later than Most, but still ...

[Justin V]

It'd been years since I'd listened to it, but this thread led me to pull out Buddy Rich's Blues Caravan, which is a fine record that I shouldn't have neglected for so long. I also enjoy Most's playing on Frank Strazzeri's Frank's Blues, a record that seems to fly under the radar. RIP.

[Teasing the Korean]

I've never been one to like flutes in jazz...

Funny, I tend to seek out flute, especially alto flute, in jazz records and tend to avoid sessions with predictable ensembles.

[Larry Kart]

It'd been years since I'd listened to it, but this thread led me to pull out Buddy Rich's Blues Caravan, which is a fine record that I shouldn't have neglected for so long. I also enjoy Most's playing on Frank Strazzeri's Frank's Blues, a record that seems to fly under the radar. RIP.

Yes, Frank's Blues is a good one. Under the radar, even by Strazzeri's standards, probably because it came out on an obscure label, Night Life. I stumbled across it one day, no doubt at the Jazz Record Mart, and took a flier.

[sonnymax]

I've never been one to like flutes in jazz...

This will change your mind about jazz flute, now and forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c_ufaxeSTs

Edited June 15, 2013 by sonnymax