Larry Kart Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Exceptional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Same applies for his readings of Wayne Shorter compositions .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 He played a lot of the Miles material during his May gig at Mezzrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 What is he remembering, exactly? Are these recovered memories, repressed memories, vivid memories, just what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 9 hours ago, JSngry said: What is he remembering, exactly? Are these recovered memories, repressed memories, vivid memories, just what? Denny is remembering musically what Miles in general and specific Miles or Miles-associated pieces (e.g. "Stablemates," "Dear Old Stockholm") meant to him. What's so hard to understand? BTW, Denny's take on "Stablemates" is from outer space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 What's so hard to understand? You get a shrink talking about "remembering", hell, look out for how many turns that road can take! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Very funny, Jim. But I don't think you have to lay down on a couch and dredge up childhood memories to make heads-or-tails of this music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 I'd like the good doctor to help me with this one, though - my first exposure to his playing was ca. 1976, a college buddy from the SF area came to NT really enthused about his (Zeitlin's) playing, and had a couple of his Columbia records. I kept checking them out, or more accurately, TRIED to check them out. No matter the record, no matter which side of the record, I was asleep by then end of the side. Every time. Literally every time. And this went on for about a year. I'd borrow the records for a weekend, put them on, and drift right off. Try again, same thing. Take them back, wait a month or two, borrow them again, put them on again, out like a light in about 10 minutes. This went on for about a year. Finally, hey. I didn't know if the guy had subliminal hypnotic messages recorded into his records or what. But I've never tried to listen to him since then. I'm sure he's a wonderful player, but if you'd have the experience that I had, you too might just want to leave well enough alone. Plenty of other piano players! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 I can see why you might not be dragged into Zeitlin's playing at all times. I like him best on short, condensed tracks like this one: I like the composition, and the solo sort of paints a picture during its short duration. I sometimes hear this tune inside my head. I have not followed Zeitlin closely in later years, but mainly know him from the Columbia albums. I might return to other pianists/albums more often, but sometimes I am in the right mood for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Zeitlin has a string of excellent recordings as his Columbia outings, the duo with Charlie Haden on ECM and the trio recording with Buster Williams + Al Foster on Venus to name a few .... but obviously different strokes .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazztrain Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 On 6/29/2019 at 11:14 PM, Larry Kart said: Exceptional I agree based on what I've heard so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 This is a damn fine album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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