What Jazz are you listening to now?

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Henk

Dave Douglas - Mountain Passages (2005)


Elliott Sharp - Octal book 3 (2015)


Gerald Clayton (2013)

escher

Quote from: sanantonio on July 15, 2015, 12:56:54 PM


a lot of great stuff on this.
But onestly I'm not sure what to think of the other Mosaic select with his piano solo work. Hill's music often isn't immediate but I guess that at the moment it's my least favorite album of him, but in general (with few exceptions, like his solo renditions of Black Monday and Erato) I vastly prefer where he plays with a band to his solo stuff that I find too much dispersive.

At the moment I'm listening a lot to Gigi Gryce. I had listened to a couple of albums of him in the past but I didn't realize how good he was, especially as a composer he's truly one of the best in the hard bop tradition, right there with Horace Silver and Benny Golson. I don't know why he's not more celebrated, and I don't know why sophisticated but memorable tunes like Shabozz, In a meditating mood, Up In Quincy's room, The infant song and others are not standards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPgJubrSVtw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrA6mgWa7r4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3xaxOH9v74

king ubu

Took me a while to get into Hill's solo piano music as well ... but I ended up where I find all of his recordings worthwhile. There are some fabulous captures of concerts around, too - alas, while the Palmetto albums have considerable merits, I find that only his final album on Blue Note really managed to capture some of the (often dark and brooding) excitement his late bands created. His discography in the later decades is so sketchy, the live recordings really add a lot to the picture.
Es wollt ein meydlein grasen gan:
Fick mich, lieber Peter!
Und do die roten röslein stan:
Fick mich, lieber Peter!
Fick mich mehr, du hast dein ehr.
Kannstu nit, ich wills dich lern.
Fick mich, lieber Peter!

http://ubus-notizen.blogspot.ch/

escher

Quote from: king ubu on July 20, 2015, 04:26:56 AM
Took me a while to get into Hill's solo piano music as well ... but I ended up where I find all of his recordings worthwhile. There are some fabulous captures of concerts around, too - alas, while the Palmetto albums have considerable merits, I find that only his final album on Blue Note really managed to capture some of the (often dark and brooding) excitement his late bands created. His discography in the later decades is so sketchy, the live recordings really add a lot to the picture.

Quote from: sanantonio on July 20, 2015, 04:50:05 AM
.  His later records are extremely good and I try not to focus solely on the Blue Note years.

;)

of his later stuff, I'm listening a lot to The day the world stood still and it's great as the rightly celebrated Time lines and Dusk. I don't know why it's so rarely mentioned, probably the reason is simply that a huge amount of great jazz falls into oblivion. Some pieces like Ghetto echoes, Flying in the sky or the catchy Hermano frere (a vocal piece and one of the most accessible pieces of his whole career) are worth of his best music.

king ubu

Quote from: sanantonio on July 20, 2015, 04:50:05 AM... the Blue Note years.
Well, they started with "Black Fire" and ended with "Time Lines"  ;)

You'd miss out on the early Warwick trio album like that though, which is fascinating enough! There's also a 45 with Von Freeman and Pat Patrick from the early days - look here:
https://crownpropeller.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/andrew-hill-on-ping-1003/
https://crownpropeller.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/andrew-hill-on-ping-1003-after-dark/
Es wollt ein meydlein grasen gan:
Fick mich, lieber Peter!
Und do die roten röslein stan:
Fick mich, lieber Peter!
Fick mich mehr, du hast dein ehr.
Kannstu nit, ich wills dich lern.
Fick mich, lieber Peter!

http://ubus-notizen.blogspot.ch/

escher

Quote from: king ubu on July 20, 2015, 05:36:32 AM
Well, they started with "Black Fire" and ended with "Time Lines"  ;)

You'd miss out on the early Warwick trio album like that though, which is fascinating enough! There's also a 45 with Von Freeman and Pat Patrick from the early days - look here:
https://crownpropeller.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/andrew-hill-on-ping-1003/
https://crownpropeller.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/andrew-hill-on-ping-1003-after-dark/

there's some stuff difficult to find that I'd really like to listen, like Sittin' in at Jorgie's Jazz Club with Johnny Hartman, Earth prayer with Russel Baba and the rest of this live recorded in 1971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-jUZbT4UMI
I can't find any mention of it, even here
http://go54321.tripod.com/ah/andrewhill.html

that is the most complete discography of him I'm aware of.
And I've read also that Hill apparently composed an opera, but I can't find any information about it.

king ubu

Don't know those either ... and yeah, too bad there's no real Hill discography/sessionography online.

@sanantonio: I know of course ... and I'm in the same boat as you, those early records are such a great bunch one keeps forgetting to pay more attention to the middle and late Hill!
Es wollt ein meydlein grasen gan:
Fick mich, lieber Peter!
Und do die roten röslein stan:
Fick mich, lieber Peter!
Fick mich mehr, du hast dein ehr.
Kannstu nit, ich wills dich lern.
Fick mich, lieber Peter!

http://ubus-notizen.blogspot.ch/

king ubu

Definitely look for "Conflict", yes! (And while you're at it, look for Woods' other Contemporary album and Joe Gordon's "Looking Good", too  ;))
Es wollt ein meydlein grasen gan:
Fick mich, lieber Peter!
Und do die roten röslein stan:
Fick mich, lieber Peter!
Fick mich mehr, du hast dein ehr.
Kannstu nit, ich wills dich lern.
Fick mich, lieber Peter!

http://ubus-notizen.blogspot.ch/

XB-70 Valkyrie

I love that Gerald Clayton cover! It definitely makes me curious about the music!
If you really dislike Bach you keep quiet about it! - Andras Schiff

Henk

Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on July 21, 2015, 12:32:55 PM
I love that Gerald Clayton cover! It definitely makes me curious about the music!

Good stuff! Check samples.. :)

Brian


Archaic Torso of Apollo

Terje Rypdal, Waves



Classic ECM "cool weather jazz."
formerly VELIMIR (before that, Spitvalve)

"Who knows not strict counterpoint, lives and dies an ignoramus" - CPE Bach

SimonNZ



Chick Corea / Gary Burton - Crystal Silence

Miles Davis - In Europe (aka Miles In Antibes)


Mirror Image

Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on July 23, 2015, 07:16:36 PM
Terje Rypdal, Waves



Classic ECM "cool weather jazz."

Great to set this! Big Terje Rypdal fan here. I think I own every album except his latest ones. I prefer his earlier work by a very large margin, especially his work with The Chasers and Vitous/DeJohnette.

Archaic Torso of Apollo

Quote from: Mirror Image on July 24, 2015, 07:48:57 AM
Great to set this! Big Terje Rypdal fan here. I think I own every album except his latest ones. I prefer his earlier work by a very large margin, especially his work with The Chasers and Vitous/DeJohnette.

Yeah, it's good stuff. I have the second collaboration with Vitous/DeJohnette (To Be Continued), and I like it just as much as Waves.
formerly VELIMIR (before that, Spitvalve)

"Who knows not strict counterpoint, lives and dies an ignoramus" - CPE Bach

Brian

Quote from: sanantonio on July 23, 2015, 02:53:30 PM
I would think so; but since I don't have that box I cannot check.
I guess I should have asked if it's a Riverside recording, since the box is meant to be complete.  :)

Mirror Image

Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on July 24, 2015, 07:57:54 AM
Yeah, it's good stuff. I have the second collaboration with Vitous/DeJohnette (To Be Continued), and I like it just as much as Waves.

Yep. Good stuff indeed. 8) I remember reading a review of the first Rypdal/Vitous/DeJohnette on Amazon and the reviewer basically complained that Rypdal didn't play guitar the way he wanted him to (i. e. melody-based type of playing). Rypdal isn't always about that. Sometimes Rypdal just wants to provide atmospheric overtones and apparently this is beyond some people's comprehension. If someone doesn't understand it, then don't listen to it. Problem solved.

Brian

Brand new arrival, taking it for a first spin.

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Cookin'!!

Is it just me or does "This Here" sound a LOT (both in tones and in rhythm) like another standard tune, the name of which escapes me?? Help, anyone?

SimonNZ



Chick Corea / Gary Burton - Duet

John Carter - Castles Of Ghana

becoming aware of and catching up with the John Carter discography has been one of my most exciting and rewarding finds of recent times


Henk