What Jazz are you listening to now?

[SimonNZ]

Wilbur De Paris - On The Riviera (1961)
David Newman - Straight Ahead (1961)

[SimonNZ]

John Lewis - Original Sin (1961)
The Mitchell-Ruff Trio - The Catbird Seat (1961)

[San Antone]

David Newman - Straight Ahead (1961)

How cool - I was in his touring band from 1977-1979;, we had gigs in the major jazz clubs in the country and then after he moved to NYC, I played in his band in the city during the '80s.  He was a great person, very mild mannered and a great boss. 

There was a active jazz scene in Dallas, TX, of which I was a part, and how I met him and joined the band.  We were a quartet, and the rhythm section also was the house band for a short-lived jazz club in Dallas where we backed up name horn players passing through Dallas: I can recall Blue Mitchell, Harold Land, and Marcus Belgrave, until the club closed after only a few months. Red Garland would also sit in, and that was a treat.

James Clay was another great Dallas sax player - if you liked the album above, try to find this one:

[SimonNZ]

^Wow, lucky you! Are there recordings with you as part of the band?

and speaking of Harold Land: playing now:



Red Mitchell and Harold Land - Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (1961)

[San Antone]

^Wow, lucky you! Are there recordings with you as part of the band?

and speaking of Harold Land: playing now:



Red Mitchell and Harold Land - Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (1961)

No studio dates, during that time he was recording for Orrin Keepnews (I think the label was Fantasy) who insisted on using name rhythm sections on all his recordings.  Also, we were playing hard-bop along with his R&B hits (Hard Times) whereas Keepnews wanted him to record more urban "smooth" jazz.  I personally think his records during that period are some of his worst.  Both before and after the Keepnews years his records were better.

[Brian]

As a Dallas resident now, your stories are gold. But they're also a little envy-inducing - I would have loved to be here back in the day and watch you kickin' around with Blue and Red.

[San Antone]

As a Dallas resident now, your stories are gold. But they're also a little envy-inducing - I would have loved to be here back in the day and watch you kickin' around with Blue and Red.

The Recovery Room was the primary jazz club back then - it was on Cedar Springs.  Tenor saxist Marchel Ivory, had the house band.  Do you know what the current club is?  There were others on Greenville. North Texas State University in Denton had a great jazz school and lab band (still does) and was a constant source of good players: Marc Johnson, Lyle Mays, Bob Belden, and many others whom I knew and played with and ended up seeing again in NYC.

[George]

The final SACD from the pile of Jazz SACDs I picked up used last week. Damn I love Philly Joe Jones! This one is a lot of fun!

[SimonNZ]

Hank Crawford - The Soul Clinic (1961)

[king ubu]

How cool - I was in his touring band from 1977-1979;, we had gigs in the major jazz clubs in the country and then after he moved to NYC, I played in his band in the city during the '80s.  He was a great person, very mild mannered and a great boss. 

There was a active jazz scene in Dallas, TX, of which I was a part, and how I met him and joined the band.  We were a quartet, and the rhythm section also was the house band for a short-lived jazz club in Dallas where we backed up name horn players passing through Dallas: I can recall Blue Mitchell, Harold Land, and Marcus Belgrave, until the club closed after only a few months. Red Garland would also sit in, and that was a treat.

James Clay was another great Dallas sax player - if you liked the album above, try to find this one:

Wow, that's amazing! I love Newman's playing, his own albums on Atlantic and late ones on HighNote contain excellent music, very much in the pocket (just as that wonderful Ray Charles band was).

Regarding James Clay, this one has been in the player repeatedly in the past weeks, and it's excellent:



Other recent listens include:



disc 3 from the Gordon box, the two albums with Clark/Warren/Higgins from summer 1962 ("Go!" and "A Swingin' Affair").

And since Marchel Ivery was just mentioned, time to give this recent acquisition a first spin later tonight:

[SimonNZ]

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman  (1962)
John Lewis - A Milanese Story soundtrack (1962)



Stephane Grapelli - Feeling+Finese=Jazz (1962)

[NikF]

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman  (1962)
John Lewis - A Milanese Story soundtrack (1962)

I love that MJQ album. And I don't know the John Lewis, but I'll check it out.

[SimonNZ]

I love that MJQ album. And I don't know the John Lewis, but I'll check it out.

I thought I knew MJQ at least fairly well but this project has highlighted a surprising number of first time listens - including this one, playing now:



and also, to be played later tonight:



*sigh*

[NikF]

I thought I knew MJQ at least fairly well but this project has highlighted a surprising number of first time listens - including this one, playing now:



and also, to be played later tonight:



*sigh*

Well, I have the first but haven't heard the second.

[king ubu]

I thought I knew MJQ at least fairly well but this project has highlighted a surprising number of first time listens ...

Ha, for quite a long time I thought I was fine with that Prestige/Pablo box (the Prestige material is essential, I think) and a few of the Atlantics (four or five CDs, including "Pyramid", "Lonely Woman" and the Collectables twofer or "European Concerts") ... but then I started listening again and felt I needed much more, got the Mosaic box with all the Atlantic studio albums, and a few live ones that are excellent, "Dedicated to Connie" from 1960 and the 1974 "Last Concert" (both 2CD sets), as well as both volumes of "Concert in Japan" ... I guess from distance, there may be a certain sameness to the albums, but whenever I listen again, I just love it and can hardly stop (good thing a man's gotta sleep  ).

Thread duty:

[SimonNZ]

Charles Bell - Another Dimension (1963)
kenny Clarke and Francy Boland - Jazz Is Universal (1963)



Jack Wilson - The Jack Wilson Quartet Featuring Roy Ayers (1963)
Dudley Moore - The Theme From Beyond The Fringe And All That Jazz (1963)

[king ubu]

In the midst of a major Herbie Nichols trip ... the Blue Note box ranks among my favourite box-sets easily (though compared to classical mega-boxes and or modest 10-15 disc sets, it's tiny - but the music is amazing).

[SimonNZ]

George Lewis - Jazz At Preservation Hall (1963)

[SimonNZ]

I just realized that part of the reason you're playing Jarman is because he died recently.

I'll take a break from the Atlantics to play Song For again:



RIP

edit: and I see now he made an album with Geri Allen - have you heard that one?

[king ubu]

I just realized that part of the reason you're playing Jarman is because he died recently.

I'll take a break from the Atlantics to play Song For again:



RIP

edit: and I see now he made an album with Geri Allen - have you heard that one?

Yes, indeed - I think he had been doing not so well for a while, but his death was still a blow.

"Song For" is probably my favourite of his albums ... the one with Geri Allen is pretty nice and among the few (with "Song For" and a duo with Marilyn Crispell) that I've had for quite some years, stumbled over it in a used record shop many years ago.

The news of his death had me stock up on some albums I'd wanted to buy for ages, like the second one on Delmark and the two on Black Saint with Don Moye. And for a change I felt like playing them right after they arrived as well (the pile I put together with Geri Allen's albums - the one with Jarman is on it, too - after the news of her death still lies untouched).

Thread duty, the last one I spun late last night: