What Jazz are you listening to now?

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king ubu

"Freedom Book" might be the one Ervin album for me ... but "Lament" is great as well. He was very consistent actually and it pays off to hunt his albums (Prestige, Candid, Savoy, Pacific Jazz, a strong one plus some sideman ones with Horace Parlan on Blue Note).
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!

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Brian

Quote from: king ubu on June 06, 2016, 01:31:17 AM
"Freedom Book" might be the one Ervin album for me ... but "Lament" is great as well. He was very consistent actually and it pays off to hunt his albums (Prestige, Candid, Savoy, Pacific Jazz, a strong one plus some sideman ones with Horace Parlan on Blue Note).
I might have to do this - over the past month I've been listening to lots of Mingus as well as Mal Waldron's masterpiece The Quest, and Booker Ervin is not just great but, as you say, very consistent.

king ubu

Quote from: Brian on June 06, 2016, 11:04:05 AM
I might have to do this - over the past month I've been listening to lots of Mingus as well as Mal Waldron's masterpiece The Quest, and Booker Ervin is not just great but, as you say, very consistent.

Oh, yes, "The Quest" is great!

Regarding the other albums you played, the Ornette, for me, is desert island stuff, amongst his best (and that means amongst the best there are). I really love that trio, and the two RVG discs are a fine testament (too much of his stuff from around that time is hard to get/only on boots ... and he even prevented the two Impulse albums from getting any proper reissue, yet "Crisis" is another one of his very best and it seems there would be more music from that concert - too bad!)

Harriott I fell in love with quite early, got my start with "Free Form" - probably still my favourite. I'm still buying his stuff, trying to get as much as I can!

The Dyani series of albums on Steeplechase is brilliant - and wherever Dudu Pukwana turns up, I'm doubly interested. With John Tchicai, I actually spent a few hours not too long before he died, including drinking coffee and having some sweets while sitting in our kitchen ... most generous and gracious soul!
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!

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SimonNZ

#1044
Still not sure why, but the Stockholm albums don't have the same emotional response for me that many other of the early Ornettes do.

now:



Lee Konitz - Motion (1961)
Marc Copland / David Liebman - Impressions (2002)



Jackie McLean - Live At Montmartre (1972)
^I think this may be the first time I've heard a version of "Parker's Mood" other than the original (not including the "Kansas City" vocalese versions)
Howard McGhee - Maggie's Back In Town (1961)



Sonny Murray - An Even Break (1970)
Oregon - Music Of Another Present Era (1972)

king ubu

"Motion" is another top favourite here ... and the Murray has one of the greatest album titles of all times!

Playing some vinyl ... earlier:



Now:

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!

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king ubu

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!

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SimonNZ

#1047


Gato Barbieri - Chapter Four: Alive In New York (1975)
Norma Winstone - Edge Of Time (1972)



Mike Westbrook - Metropolis (1971)
David Liebman / Richard Beirach - Forgotten Fantasies (1977)



Sonny Simmons - Music From The Spheres (1966)

king ubu

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

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/

SimonNZ

#1050


Jimmy Rushing - Five Feet Of Soul (1963)
Serge Chaloff - Blue Serge (1956)

king ubu

That Chaloff is again desert island music for me! His one, perfectly shaped, mature statement ... at least on album duration - I like all his recordings, there are too few of them anyway, but I hear a leap into new heights here. And having such a great rhythm section won't do any harm either!
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



Charlie Parker - In Sweden 1950 (Storyville) | Arrived today, as great as I hoped! Not too many essential Bird recordings I have left to discover I think, so this is a major feast indeed!
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!

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SimonNZ

#1053


Kenny Burrell / Coleman Hawkins - Blusey Burrell (1963)
Nat Adderley - Little Big Horn (1963)

king ubu

Made use of the sale NoBusiness had running for repeated customers ... got a rather clumsy parcel today, as so often wrapped into cut-up vinyl covers of other releases of theirs (an LP parcel is on its way as well) ... this is the first I put into the player, energetic but with plenty of melody and poignancy:



Ted Daniel is on trumpet, flugelhorn, a French hunting horn and a Moroccan bugle (there's a picture in the booklet were he plays, I guess, that hunting horn), Daniel Carter on tenor, Oliver Lake on alto and soprano, flute, piccolo and cow bell, Richard Pierce on bass and Tatsuya Nakamura on drums and quarter drums. The recording is from November 1975 and includes pieces by Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, Sunny Murray, Albert Ayler ("Ghosts") as well as by the leader.
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!

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king ubu

Next one ... the late Marco Eneidi visiting Bay Area again:

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!

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SimonNZ

#1056


Jan Allan - 70 (1970)
Derek Bailey/ Jamaaladeen Tacuma/Calvin Weston - Mirakle (2000)



Marc Copland - And... (2003)

king ubu

#1057
Big delivery today, both from NoBusiness and Not Two ... gotta love those labels and what they do!

Playing this brand new one, from the start:



the musicians heard (in various small combinations, solos/duos/trios, a pair of quartets/quintets each and one septet) are:

Savina Yannatou (voc)
Michel Godard (tuba, serpent)
Ben Dwyer (g)
Agustí Fernández (p)
Torben Snekkestad (ss, reed trumpet)
Michael Niesemann (as, ob)
Per Texas Johansson (ts, cl)
Peter Evans (t)
Julius Gabriel (bari, ss)
Maya Homburger (v)
Fanny Paccoud (vla)
Lucas Niggli (perc)
Ramón López (perc)
Barry Guy (b)

I saw the full band (sans Evans, not sure he's a fix member of the group) in action in November and that was amazing - the programme of the full band is out on Intakt now and they'll perform it in autumn again - will try and be there, Guy's large ensembles always put on a terrific show! Upcoming dates can be found on the homepage of Lucas Niggli: http://www.lucasniggli.ch/english/0400_daten/index.asp
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/

SimonNZ



Helen Humes - Songs I Like To Sing (1961)

king ubu

Saw a terrific concert by Elina Duni and Jean-Paul Brodbeck on Friday night ... for those that read German:
http://ubus-notizen.blogspot.ch/2016/06/elina-duni-jean-paul-brodbeck-zurich-10.html

Obviously had to revisit some Billie Holiday, notably the 1941 session with Chu Berry on which she did both "Gloomy Sunday" and "I Cover the Waterfront". And played this several times later the same night (actually half night through):

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And then more Holiday lately, from this set (I have an edition in a jumbo jewel case, booklet is there though, it's a great one), which I think is generally somewhat underrated (next to the glorious early recordings on Brunswick/Vocalion/Columbia and the somber later ones on Verve):

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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!

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