What Jazz are you listening to now?

[KevinP]

One of the best "Third Steam" projects. J.J. Johnson is arguably among the short list of  great jazz arrangers/composers, whose work is unjustly over-shadowed by others, namely Gil Evans (not to undercut his worth).

Could not agree more.

[Number Six]

Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mounting Flame

Put on last night and wasn't in the mood. Switched to Beethoven.
Put on this morning and wasn't in the mood. Switched to Grateful Dead.

Now, I guess I am in the mood.

[brewski]

Haven't watched the whole thing yet, but this 1970 free jazz concert from Baden-Baden is really something. I recognize Don Cherry, at the top of the list, but many other players are new to me.

Don Cherry, trumpet, flute
Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Tomasz Stanko, trumpet
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
John Tchicai, soprano & alto saxophone
Trevor Watts, alto saxophone
Willem Breuker, alto, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Peter Brötzmann, alto, tenor & baritone saxophone
John Surman, baritone saxophone
Derek Bailey, guitar
Gunter Hampel, vibes, bass clarinet
Joachim Kühn, piano, alto saxophone
Irène Aebi, violin, vocals
Dave Holland, bass, cello
Barre Phillips, bass
Johnny Dyani, bass, cello
Peter Warren, bass
John Stevens, drums, percussion, cornet
Han Bennink, drums, percussion, dhung
Stu Martin, drums
Pierre Favre, drums, percussion
Karin Krog, vocals
Norma Winstone, vocals

[T. D.]

Many thanks for this! I'm into British/Euro free jazz of that vintage, and the lineup is super impressive.

I thought this might have been released by Be! Records, but apparently not. So it's a must view.

And I'm listening to

[KevinP]

I have two (of, I think,  four) volumes of this series, and they go extremely well with the Strayhorn book I'm reading,  mentioned above. I frequently read about some piece Strayhorn wrote that didn't get recorded, and then I listen to it.

Ellington sometimes wrote concertos to highlight certain members. (Not just him. It was common practice for big bands in the 30s and 40s.)

Here,  in a piece called Tonk, Strayhorn wrote a jazz piano concerto for Ellington to perform. For whatever reason, he didn't,  though notes in his handwriting are on the score. At least we get to hear it, even if not by Ellington himself.

[AnotherSpin]

[T. D.]

[SimonNZ]

I know I never had the lp box of Solo Concerts, and I cant remember having the cds. This may be a first acquisition - maybe, unexpectedly, a first listen.

[AnotherSpin]

I know I never had the lp box of Solo Concerts, and I cant remember having the cds. This may be a first acquisition - maybe, unexpectedly, a first listen.

I first listened to the box set in the mid-'70s. I'm well aware of the exceptionally high status of this album; it seems to have been Jarrett's first solo work to receive the highest accolades. Strangely enough, despite my deep admiration for Jarrett, this particular album never moved me as much as his other solo works from that period—most notably The Köln Concert or the studio recording Staircase.

[T. D.]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Getz, Wives and Lovers.

[San Antone]

Getz, Wives and Lovers.

From one of my favorite Getz albums, Geyz Plays the Bacharach Songbook.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

From one of my favorite Getz albums, Geyz Plays the Bacharach Songbook.

Who's the drummer? Sounds sick.

[AnotherSpin]

[San Antone]

Who's the drummer? Sounds sick.

Roy Haynes (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 11 & 12), Grady Tate (tracks 3, 5, 9, 10 & 13-15) - drums

I assume "sick" = good?

[KevinP]

[Den glemte sønnen]

I know I never had the lp box of Solo Concerts, and I cant remember having the cds. This may be a first acquisition - maybe, unexpectedly, a first listen.

Outside of the trio recordings Jarrett made with Peacock and DeJohnette, this particular solo piano recording along with the Sun Bear Concerts box set are some of my favorites.

[KevinP]

One of those titles I bought many years ago but could never really get into (sounded rather dated compared to the Blanton-Webster sides just two years later), but it's finally started to click.

Weird how you can't appreciate certain things until you're ready to.

[AnotherSpin]

[..]
Weird how you can't appreciate certain things until you're ready to.

I think it's more of a random mix of external circumstances out of our control than about us being ready.

[SimonNZ]

From the notes: I don't think I'd head the bolded part before:

"1966 is a sparsely documented year in the Miles Davis discography. After recording his E.S.P. album in January the previous year, Miles went in for hip replacement surgery. Recovering from that he broke his leg while playing with his sons and the hip replacement had to be redone. A string of dates in the summer and autumn had to be cancelled. Davis's luck didn't improve in the new year; in January he was hospitalised with a liver condition and again spent several months recuperating."


Another thing the Milestones chanel has put up recently is the original Aura concert, given a few weeks before the album was recorded with the material reworked. I havent played it through yet, but I know Miles critics who heard this one way or another and have said that they prefer the compositions in their original form:

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