BFT 251: Discussion

[JSngry]

Thank you for including Matana Roberts!

[Dub Modal]

6 hours ago, Joe said:

Not Hill on 10, but he and the player in question both owe something of their approaches to Monk

It's not Herbie Nichols is it? 

[mjzee]

I have not read the other responses.

#1: Third-stream jazz.  SQ is late 60's.  Sounds British...Kenny Wheeler?  Intriguing; it held my interest.

#2: Joe Henderson's composition "Recorda Me."  Another good performance.  Pepper Adams?

#3: Sonny Clark's composition "Blue Minor," misidentified as track 5 on this album.

#4: Miles meets Burt Bacharach meets trance fusion?  Didn't go anywhere but was nice to have around.  No clue.

#5: Two baritones in a mating dance.

#6: The guitar makes me think of one of those Laurindo Almeida albums on Tower, or maybe Charlie Byrd on Columbia.  Late '60's.  Fun.

#7: Yesterdays.  Not Art Pepper, but similar.  Nice arrangement.

#8: I'm guessing Ron Miles with Bill Frisell.

#9: Coltrane-influenced sax.  Sounds like the band is reacting to the tenor rather than to any set composition.  The track doesn't do much for me - too self-indulgent.

#10: Sophisticated Lady through a refractive lens.  A lot of pianists play in this cubist style.  Doesn't do much for me.

#11: Sounds like a musician who fancies himself a singer - Kenny Burrell and Milt Jackson are examples.  No vibes or guitar on this track, so it can't be them.  Sax playing is more interesting.  Is this Horace Silver's composition "Peace"?

#12: I like the pianist, but the bassist is too busy and the drummer could do with less bashing and more timekeeping.  Is this the bassist's date, since he's so prominent in the mix?

[Joe]

5 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

It's not Herbie Nichols is it? 

No, later generation.

21 minutes ago, mjzee said:

I have not read the other responses.

#1: Third-stream jazz.  SQ is late 60's.  Sounds British...Kenny Wheeler?  Intriguing; it held my interest.

#2: Joe Henderson's composition "Recorda Me."  Another good performance.  Pepper Adams?

#3: Sonny Clark's composition "Blue Minor," misidentified as track 5 on this album.

#4: Miles meets Burt Bacharach meets trance fusion?  Didn't go anywhere but was nice to have around.  No clue.

#5: Two baritones in a mating dance.

#6: The guitar makes me think of one of those Laurindo Almeida albums on Tower, or maybe Charlie Byrd on Columbia.  Late '60's.  Fun.

#7: Yesterdays.  Not Art Pepper, but similar.  Nice arrangement.

#8: I'm guessing Ron Miles with Bill Frisell.

#9: Coltrane-influenced sax.  Sounds like the band is reacting to the tenor rather than to any set composition.  The track doesn't do much for me - too self-indulgent.

#10: Sophisticated Lady through a refractive lens.  A lot of pianists play in this cubist style.  Doesn't do much for me.

#11: Sounds like a musician who fancies himself a singer - Kenny Burrell and Milt Jackson are examples.  No vibes or guitar on this track, so it can't be them.  Sax playing is more interesting.  Is this Horace Silver's composition "Peace"?

#12: I like the pianist, but the bassist is too busy and the drummer could do with less bashing and more timekeeping.  Is this the bassist's date, since he's so prominent in the mix?

#1: Close! Early 70s.

#4: Digging this description! "Miles meets Burt Bacharach meets trance fusion."

#8: Ding on the guitar player, close on the trumpet.

#11: Not a Horace Silver composition. But words and music are by a former Horace associate (and early Jazz Messenger).

#12: I know! the pianist is the listed leader, but this is the dummer's tune.

[clifford_thornton]

17 hours ago, mjzee said:

I have not read the other responses.

 

#2: Joe Henderson's composition "Recorda Me."  Another good performance.  Pepper Adams?

 

I was thinking Pepper too -- close but not quite -- and am not coming up with an answer myself. No recordings of Pepper covering that one on any records I own or have access to.

[B. Clugston]

#8 Is that Ralph Alessi on trumpet? With Frisell on guitar, sounds like it could be from a Scott Colley album.

[clifford_thornton]

ah, so it was Frisell! I was hedging my bets.

[mjzee]

5 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

I was thinking Pepper too -- close but not quite -- and am not coming up with an answer myself. No recordings of Pepper covering that one on any records I own or have access to.

Found it - track #1 off this: 

[clifford_thornton]

ah, interesting -- thanks. Heard very little of Marshall, and should rectify that.

[Joe]

7 hours ago, B. Clugston said:

#8 Is that Ralph Alessi on trumpet? With Frisell on guitar, sounds like it could be from a Scott Colley album.