With Strings Jazz Albums

[felser]

I'll give another thumbs up on Tyner's 'Fly With The Wind', which is pretty stunning.

[mjazzg]

I always enjoy this. A stand out in his discography, as far as I'm concerned

And this, a little ambitious at two CDs but a good effort nonetheless

Edited September 4, 2018 by mjazzg

[soulpope]

[Rooster_Ties]

3 hours ago, mjazzg said:

I always enjoy this. A stand out in his discography, as far as I'm concerne

Greg Osby's Symbols of Light is one of THE finest examples of "with strings" albums I can think of.  Vigorous string quartet charts, and the strings fully engage the rest of the band nearly as equals.  IIRC, none of the individual strings take solos, but they're not merely a backing group either.  Track #2: "Repay In Kind" (by Jason Moran) is one of the standout tracks (among many)...

 

Edited September 4, 2018 by Rooster_Ties

[mjazzg]

I'm pleased someone else holds it in such high regard

[Rooster_Ties]

52 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

I'm pleased someone else holds it in such high regard

BTW, the cellist on Osby's Symbols of Light is Reggie Workman's daughter...

https://www.discogs.com/artist/665565-Nioka-Workman

http://niokakworkman.com/about

[Teasing the Korean]

5 hours ago, soulpope said:

OH YES!  One of these tracks - forget the title - sounds like an outtake from Les Baxter's Que Mango!

[Joe]

An interesting experiment that might veer to close to "classical composition" for some, but there are some fine improvisers (and improvisations) to be heard on this record.

 

[Simon Weil]

Arbour Zena (Keith Jarrett).

[Д.Д.]

And there is Strings with Evan Parker (EMANEM)

 

 

[mikeweil]

This is a very beautiful album with great unobstrusive, but romantic string writing, and Campbell really singingn these songs on his guitar with great feeling and taste.

[jazztrain]

 

[Ken Dryden]

I would add:

[medjuck]

Has "Focus" been mentioned and I just missed it? 

[danasgoodstuff]

1 hour ago, medjuck said:

Has "Focus" been mentioned and I just missed it? 

Yes, but it's fine to mention it again.

[Chuck Nessa]

[jazzbo]

One of my favorites, though not "with strings" in a conventional manner.

[Rooster_Ties]

1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

One of my favorites, though not "with strings" in a conventional manner.

I absolutely love the integration of the vigorous string quartet writing (“comping” a bit more than than entirely front and center — but WAY more front and center than most “with strings” sorts of projects) — with the rest of the band.

The writing and arranging here is complex, but not quite chaotic.

I also love the way the strings are recorded here too, very in-your-face sounding (in terms of timbre) — I think(?) perhaps close-miked, and in a pretty dry space (little reverb) — a kind of bold choice in terms of pure sound, imho.

Edited December 13, 2020 by Rooster_Ties

[Larry Kart]

  A favorite of mine, and not only for Lee, who's in great form; composer/arranger Bill Russo more than holds up his end. In fact it's something of a blessing to hear Russo's heady ideas in a string quartet setting, apart from the Kenton brassworks.

Manny Albam arrangements on this choice Hank Jones disc  ("Hank Jones with the Meridan String Quartet").

[jlhoots]

On 12/13/2020 at 6:29 PM, Chuck Nessa said:

[Jazzmonkie]

Don Ellis uses a string section in this live recording.

[Gheorghe]

This is one of my favourites with strings. 

[mikeweil]

On 14.12.2020 at 4:02 PM, Jazzmonkie said:

Don Ellis uses a string section in this live recording.

An amplified string quartet - not your average string section treatment ....

[riddlemay]

Clare Fischer, Songs for Rainy Day Lovers

Edited December 15, 2020 by riddlemay

[medjuck]

1 hour ago, riddlemay said:

Clare Fischer, Songs for Rainy Day Lovers

I remember this got a rave review in Downbeat.  I bought it but never really liked it.