xybert Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Just ordered my copy from an Amazon UK seller (avatarmusic)... really looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Gave mine a first spin ... great stuff! Will have to listen a few times, but this seems indeed to be a major discovery and addition to what we know! Giuffre back to using tenor (next to the clarinet of course) and having drums with him is not just a nice change of pace (the only other 1965 recording around, from Paris, has him in trio with Barre Phillips and Don Friedman) but something we simply couldn't hear so far. Also, there's a rather thick booklet (28p) coming along with a preface by producer Zev Feldman (telling the story), various essays (Philippe Carles, Bob Blumenthal), remembrances (Juanita Giuffre, Steve Swallow, plus Jim Hall by way of a JazzTimes article and Paul Bley by way of his autobiography), and finally a conversation with George Klabin, the guy who recorded the tapes in 1965 (he runs Resonance Records, for whatever reason didn't want to release this himself). Klabin agreed to release on condition that all musicians were paid ... so I guess there's indeed nothing fishy about this release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigP Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Thanks, Ubu, can't wait, but the U.S. release date is June 10. (Sad face) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybert Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Thanks for posting that Ubu, so glad that not only is this a legit release but it seems to be a quality product all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 No idea if it's legit with respect to royalties and stuff ... no idea what deal they struck, but it seems to be a good karma release - as Chuck reported previously, by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Very interested in checking this out after just reacquainting myself with Giuffre (I grew up with "The River" on a Columbia Jazz Masterpieces sampler), discussing "Spasmodic" for the blog."Free Fall" is one of the essential small group recordings on the list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesoul Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 NYTimes article about this release Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted June 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Very nice article, wonderful to see Jimmy in the NYT. Since I can't resist snarking on NYT jazz crit, the "Guiffre resurgence" angle is junk and could've been the case any time in the last 25 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybert Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Have listened to both discs a few times and this is a quality, quality product all round. Not that i think a release of this nature would be a 'cash-grab' by any stretch you can rest assured that this is not scraping the bottom of the barrell/vault material. On the flip side it's probably not "OMG if this had been released at the time it would have been spoken of in the same breath as Kind of Blue or A Love Supreme," but if you're a Giuffre fan beyond the fifties it's definitely essential. Buy with confidence, as they say. Although it is on the free side it is quite accessible (more so than Free Fall if that is scaring anyone off). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Order arrived in the afternoon mail. Excited now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Another release I wish I put on my very recent order. at least I have the 10 CDs I did order all arriving over the next few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigP Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Another release I wish I put on my very recent order. at least I have the 10 CDs I did order all arriving over the next few days Let us know what stands out for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srellek Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 To hear this 1965 music years and years after having read Martin Williams' account of this group's rehearsal session in his WHERE'S THE MELODY -- and dreaming about what it might be -- is mind-blowing. This is special music. Important. Challenging. Delightful. For me there are some high-water marks in 1965: Sonny Rollins and Ornette Coleman (both with various live recordings in Europe), Andrew Hill's COMPULSION, Paul Bley with CLOSER and BLOOD, Mingus AT MONTEREY, Ayler, Miles at the PLUGGED NICKEL, and Sun Ra's HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS. (I'm not a huge Coltrane fan, but will mention ASCENSION.) These Giuffre concerts from 1965 stand every bit as tall as any in this esteemed company. The sound is unbelievable, really more of studio quality. And the quartet program was in recorded with no audience present. The music itself is simply spectacular. Special mention must be made of Joe Chamber's drum and percussion work. On bass, Richard Davis and Barre Phillips. Don Friedman on piano for the earlier date. And hearing Giuffre play so much tenor (quantity and quality) makes for a fascinating comparison to what Newk was doing contemporaneously. And of course, Ornette too on alto. There is even a spine-tingling trio exploration of Coleman's "Crossroads". The packaging is well-done with a great booklet of liner notes and all of the artists receiving royalties. A textbook in how to do this right. If you have even the slightest interest in Jimmy Giuffre, modern jazz, or improvised music of any stripe, these are performances to experience and savor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 First impression is that the trio portion is certainly good but more of a "collector" interest, whereas the quartet side is about as good as you'd want/expect it to be, perhaps even better. That quartet is together. It might prove to be interesting to contrast/compare this music to Bley's Turning Point session w/John Gilmore, as well as with Don Friedman's Metamorphosis, not in terms of "style" or "quality", but just in terms of what ideas were being passed around by who, and maybe how, all in the space of about, what, a year or so? And what other documentation might exist to fill out that still somewhat sketchy "thing" more fully (sketchy, that is, relative to other things). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Oh, just now looking through the book - the photo with "band wives" Carla & Juanita is priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigP Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 To hear this 1965 music years and years after having read Martin Williams' account of this group's rehearsal session in his WHERE'S THE MELODY -- and dreaming about what it might be -- is mind-blowing. This is special music. Important. Challenging. Delightful. Just got this yesterday, along with that Braxton 12 CD set, as a birthday present. Can't wait to dig into both (if I wasn't constantly working) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 I found Joe Chambers' comments to be consistently illuminating, perhaps especially his "equating" of Giuffre's music with Andrew Hill's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 I've been listening to this. My short review would be . . . well, I'll just quote Chewy: "HELL YEAH." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 I've been listening to this. My short review would be . . . well, I'll just quote Chewy: "HELL YEAH." Totally agree with this and all the other positivity this lovely set has generated. Finally got it from my local bricks 'n motor (Music Mullennium, a great but frustratingly uneven store) just the other day. The music is well worth hearing (and rehearing for years, no doubt) and the packaging is everything that could be hoped for, an obvious labour of love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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