Arthur Blythe R.I.P.

[optatio]

He even played in my hometown Göttingen --- R.I.P.

[Milestones]

R.I.P. Mr. Blythe.  I certainly enjoyed the music you made.

How strange this happened now, given that over the past few days there was a renewed discussion going on at the Arthur Blythe thread.

[Tom in RI]

I was just reading through the Arthur Blythe thread on this forum for the second or third time yesterday. Think I'll spin some duets with David Eyges today.

[Milestones]

Now playing Night Song from 1997.  He put together some interesting lineups, such as using marimba and tuba.

[mjzee]

Don't forget:

[Milestones]

Those two by Joey Baron are really worthy checking out, especially the second release (the one on top in the picture).

 

[Hardbopjazz]

[ghost of miles]

I've been listening a lot lately to that BGO reissue of his first four Columbia albums--will put it on again now.  Thank you, Mr. Blythe.

Edited March 28, 2017 by ghost of miles

[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, ghost of miles said:

I've been listening a lot lately to that BGO reissue of his first four Columbia albums--will put it on again now.  Thank you, Mr. Blythe.

So have I. Fine music.

[Mark Stryker]

Obituary: http://wbgo.org/post/arthur-blythe-powerful-alto-saxophonist-who-gracefully-straddled-styles-dies-76#stream/0

[mjzee]

Listening now to:

[Mark Stryker]

Blythe's debut on record: Horace Tapscott's "The Giant is Awakened."  April 1969, a  month shy of his 29th birthday

 

The Giant Is Awakened : The Horace Tapscott Quintet : Arthur Blythe (as) Horace Tapscott (p) David Bryant, Walter Savage, Jr. (b) Everett Brown, Jr. (d)

Los Angeles, April 1, 1969

	The giant is awakened	Flying Dutchman FDS-10107, Novus 3107-2-N [CD]
	For Fats	-                -
	The dark tree (*)	-                -
	Niger's theme	-                -

Note:

Novus 3107-2-N [CD] titled "West Coast Hot"; rest of CD by John Carter, January 3, 1969. (*) This title also on RCA 2-1984. (*) This title also on RCA APL2-1984 titled "Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the '70's"; rest of LP by others. All above titles also on Novus (Eu)ND83107 [CD] titled "West Coast Hot"; rest of CD by John Carter, January 3, 1969

 

Edited March 29, 2017 by Mark Stryker

[Milestones]

Love that DeJohnette--probably the best record he ever made.

 

[jlhoots]

10 hours ago, Mark Stryker said:

Blythe's debut on record: Horace Tapscott's "The Giant is Awakened."  April 1969, a  month shy of his 29th birthday

 

The Giant Is Awakened : The Horace Tapscott Quintet : Arthur Blythe (as) Horace Tapscott (p) David Bryant, Walter Savage, Jr. (b) Everett Brown, Jr. (d)

Los Angeles, April 1, 1969

	The giant is awakened	Flying Dutchman FDS-10107, Novus 3107-2-N [CD]
	For Fats	-                -
	The dark tree (*)	-                -
	Niger's theme	-                -

Note:

Novus 3107-2-N [CD] titled "West Coast Hot"; rest of CD by John Carter, January 3, 1969. (*) This title also on RCA 2-1984. (*) This title also on RCA APL2-1984 titled "Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the '70's"; rest of LP by others. All above titles also on Novus (Eu)ND83107 [CD] titled "West Coast Hot"; rest of CD by John Carter, January 3, 1969

 

Reissued of course by Jonathan Horwich.

[Guy Berger]

The DeJohnette and Tapscott recordings here are jazz classics.

[rpklich]

At a Chicago Jazz Fest many years ago he was featured in a Horace Tapscott led reprisal of the Sonny Criss lp "Sonny's Dream ( Birth of the New Cool)".  Arthur Blythe took the Criss role and was great.  It remains one of the best sets I ever heard at the many Chicago Jazz Fests I attended.   God bless Arthur Blythe.  R.I.P.

[Dmitry]

11 hours ago, rpklich said:

At a Chicago Jazz Fest many years ago he was featured in a Horace Tapscott led reprisal of the Sonny Criss lp "Sonny's Dream ( Birth of the New Cool)".  Arthur Blythe took the Criss role and was great.  It remains one of the best sets I ever heard at the many Chicago Jazz Fests I attended.   God bless Arthur Blythe.  R.I.P.

This sounds pretty awesome. I wish it were taped.

I don't think you meant 'reprisal' though.

[clifford_thornton]

wow -- would love to have heard that!

[soulpope]

12 hours ago, rpklich said:

At a Chicago Jazz Fest many years ago he was featured in a Horace Tapscott led reprisal of the Sonny Criss lp "Sonny's Dream ( Birth of the New Cool)".  Arthur Blythe took the Criss role and was great.  It remains one of the best sets I ever heard at the many Chicago Jazz Fests I attended.   God bless Arthur Blythe.  R.I.P.

I`m full of envy  ....

[JSngry]

Arthur Blythe, Jazz Saxophonist Who Mixed Sultry and Strident, Dies at 76

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/arts/music/arthur-blythe-jazz-saxophonist-dies-at-76.html?emc=edit_th_20170330&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25913738&_r=0&mtrref=mail.airmail.net&gwh=6717FFB5FADEBC3FC9961EE4B65CC7DB&gwt=pay

Wow, Sultry and Strident! Combined! They seem to think that Arthur Blythe was the Reese's Cups of Jazz.

Still not ever on CD, correct?

 

[Hot Ptah]

Most of the Columbia albums led by Blythe are not available on CD. Four of them were released just last year on CD in a budget two CD package, on the BGO label. I think that this was the first CD reissue for at least two of the albums. Some of the later Columbias have never been reissued on CD.

https://www.discogs.com/Arthur-Blythe-Four-Arthur-Blythe-Albums-On-Two-Discs-Lenox-Avenue-Breakdown-In-The-Tradition-Illusio/release/8819284

 

I have long though that the Complete Columbia Arthur Blythe Albums would be a good Mosaic set.

 

 

Edited March 30, 2017 by Hot Ptah

[JSngry]

The India Navigation albums made it onto a CD, but geez, look at it noow: https://www.amazon.com/Concert-Arthur-Blythe/dp/B0000020WC/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490915074&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Arthur+Blythe+%E2%80%8E%E2%80%93+In+Concert%3A+Metamorphosis+%2F+The+Grip

[sonnyhill]

1 hour ago, Hot Ptah said:

Most of the Columbia albums led by Blythe are not available on CD. Four of them were released just last year on CD in a budget two CD package, on the BGO label. I think that this was the first CD reissue for at least two of the albums. Some of the later Columbias have never been reissued on CD.

https://www.discogs.com/Arthur-Blythe-Four-Arthur-Blythe-Albums-On-Two-Discs-Lenox-Avenue-Breakdown-In-The-Tradition-Illusio/release/8819284

 

I have long though that the Complete Columbia Arthur Blythe Albums would be a good Mosaic set.

 

 

Or at least make them available for download on a platform like Bandcamp where you have the option of downloading the albums in lossless formats.   Here's hoping that BGO (or someone else) releases the rest of Columbias on cd. 

[mandrill]

RIP, Mr. Blythe. Spinning this LP right now- the first recording under his name i believe.

Good folks uploaded it on Youtube.

 

[mjzee]

1 hour ago, mandrill said:

RIP, Mr. Blythe. Spinning this LP right now- the first recording under his name i believe.

Per Wikipedia, "The Grip" (on India Navigation) was recorded and released before "Bush Baby."  

What weird is they say "In The Tradition" was released before "Lenox Avenue Breakdown."  I seem to recall Lenox being released first.