T.D. Posted March 6, 2019 Report Posted March 6, 2019 12 hours ago, soulpope said: 👍👍👍!!! [Andrew Hill Smokestack] Yeah, this one is a real stunner! Hill's playing is tremendous and the unusual ensemble (piano trio + 1 extra bassist) really works well. Quote
JSngry Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Posted March 6, 2019 In real time, I found this one to be a little too transparent in its derivations to be fully enjoyable. Still feel that way, but with time and experience comes a perhaps more nuanced understanding of evolution, career paths, and all that good stuff, so let's just say that I appreciate this more now than I did then, without liking it any whole lot better. George Duke was a creative guy with amazing chops, endless abilities, and no really focused organic musical identity. That's not a criticism, just an observation. The world needs people like that, they make significant contributions to other people's musics and are more than capable of making interesting/fun work on their own that will never be wholly unique. This is that. Oh yeah, need to add that the amazing number of different derivations that Duke was absorbing - and processioning very knowingly - would be enough to paralyze (or even kill!) a lesser man with a slower mind and/or a weaker spirit. Quote
gmonahan Posted March 6, 2019 Report Posted March 6, 2019 16 hours ago, paul secor said: A welcome reminder of the artistry of Jimmy Rushing Can't go wrong with the great Mr. Five by Five!! Quote
Justin V Posted March 7, 2019 Report Posted March 7, 2019 Tad Weed - Soloing: Released on Vinny Golia's label, with Ken Filiano and Joe LaBarbera. Quote
jeffcrom Posted March 7, 2019 Report Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, paul secor said: Love that album. Quote
soulpope Posted March 7, 2019 Report Posted March 7, 2019 8 hours ago, Peter Friedman said: 👍👍👍!!! Quote
JohnS Posted March 7, 2019 Report Posted March 7, 2019 3 hours ago, jeffcrom said: Love that album. Time to give it a spin then. NP A favourite from the off. Quote
Gheorghe Posted March 7, 2019 Report Posted March 7, 2019 Vintage bop for big band. Great vocals by Mr. B, Sarah and one by Lena Horne, and top solos by Fats, Gene Ammons, Budd Johnson and very amusing announcements by the legendary Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman. Too bad there are not more of that kind.... Quote
soulpope Posted March 7, 2019 Report Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnS said: NP A favourite from the off. Classic .... near time respin alert 😎 .... Quote
medjuck Posted March 7, 2019 Report Posted March 7, 2019 44 minutes ago, Gheorghe said: Vintage bop for big band. Great vocals by Mr. B, Sarah and one by Lena Horne, and top solos by Fats, Gene Ammons, Budd Johnson and very amusing announcements by the legendary Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman. Too bad there are not more of that kind.... So these are from AFRS Jubilee shows? Quote
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