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From "The Preacher" to actual preaching. (Not that I think this is preachy.) Makes sense to me!
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7 hours ago, Dan Gould said:
@Joe Definitely on the hunt for that CD and here is a photo from the Leonard Gaskin Papers from a Jimmy Hamilton gig at Carlos 1 in 1984.
Leonard Gaskin Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Awesome; thanks!
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My contribution.
Jimmy Hamilton, "Mr. Good Blues." From It's About Time (Prestige Swingville, 1961). (Reissued on the Fantasy / OJC 2fer Can't Help Swinging.)
Personnel:
- Jimmy Hamilton (tenor sax and clarinet)
- Clark Terry (trumpet)
- Britt Woodman (trombone)
- Tommy Flanagan (piano)
- Wendell Marshall (bass)
- Mel Lewis (drums)
Colorful, as you would expect from this gathering of Ellingtonians. I picked this mostly as I wanted to showcase Hamilton's somewhat overlooked tenor playing. Plus, you do get a clarinet solo from him, so there's an opportunity to A/B his different horn-specific approaches. Also, let's give some props to one produce Esmond Edwards for his work here and on the entire Swingville series. Those records contain some of the best documentation of seldom spotlighted (or otherwise obscurish) musicians, all beautifully recorded by RVG.
1 hour ago, Ken Dryden said:Track 10 is from this CD
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Bengt Hallberg is better known for his work as a jazz pianist, yet he was the first one to make a recording on this newly built pipe organ. Given the organ/cornet duets that I have in my collection featuring Dick Hyman and Ruby Braff, I thought it would be fun to share Hallberg's recording with alto saxophonist Arne Domnerus.
I'll have to admit that I've been getting on a Bengt Hallberg purchasing bing, this is one of several recent acquisitions, though the others are all piano recordings.
I figured that most people would recognize "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn.
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1 hour ago, JSngry said:
That's a good record.
It is!
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10 minutes ago, JSngry said:
More personality than you can fit into a microgroove for sure!
Blue Friday for me.
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Under normal circumstances, I'd vote Kenny Dorham. But that Booker Little record (rough sound aside) is transcendent.
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I'd forgotten what a superb record this is.
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15 hours ago, JSngry said:
@Joe a very particular kind of swing indeed! The drummer has been identified, but the rest of the rhythm section has not. It's a perhaps unlikely group and if the drummer is the driver of that bus, the others are perfectly in sync, which was not necessarily a given!
Well, now that I'm seeing who the tenor is, I'm guessing this is a Verve date, meaning Ray Brown on bass. Probably Herb Ellis on guitar. Piano and drums, though... It's not OP, and I can't see OP being a good fit for a Jacquet date. Could that be Jimmy Jones? He made a lot of Verve dates during this era, and the comping here is in a Jones bag harmonically. Those bombs the drummer is dropping during Eldridge's solo... Louie Bellson? certainly a drummer with some significant big band experience. As in, he knows how to make a small combo as dynamic as a larger band. The more I listen, the more his work here impresses. If this is a big band drummer, I'm, thinking Basie, Jo Jones, but more by logic than ear. Whoever it is: 5 stars.
18 hours ago, tkeith said:Not Roswell, but certainly descended from that school -- ID'd by JSngry as Ray Anderson. Not Charlie Burnham.
But of course! This must be from an Anderson record I don't know (or own). Very curious now!
19 hours ago, felser said:Not the drummer's date, but he makes a "special guest appearance" on this cut,and is very esteemed, so he is certainly "featured". Not Shaw or Tolliver, but I get where you're coming from, and agree the vibe leans more Tolliver than Shaw. Tenor player is not Gilmore, but is actually one of the few I can pick out of a crowd (in general, you are much better at ID's than I am). And yes, he swerves a lot! This cut has been ID'd, and makes plenty of sense coming from me following the ID.
Ah, I now see that a trumpet player from a recent BFT strikes again. And esteemed guest indeed.
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15 hours ago, Joe said:
@DrJ I’m down with this tempo and approach to groove. The tune is tantalizing me. Coltrane… "Crescent," jeez, how could I not hear that! Clever how the lyrics circle back to that reference. Dave Liebman on soprano maybe? Not sure this player’s tone has the same body as Liebman, but the conception stakes me as similar. Most impressed by the rhythm section, which is especially locked in and responding to each other during the piano solo.
Correction: NOT Trane. It finally came to me that this is based on Wayne's "Deluge," from JUJU. Man, the familiarity of that line was bothering me!
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Notes and things.
@Dan Gould Tenor tone says Bennie Wallace, and some of the ideas are a bit off the wall in a Wallace-like way. Acrid or nasal? I feel like this player's sound lends itself to descriptions like that. Like the use of low brass in the arrangement. Surprised by the presence of slap bass and guitar wahs. Mid-80s? Sophisticated, regardless of era.
@mikeweil Ethnic Heritage Ensemble with a guest vocalist? No, this is more Latin. Afro-Caribbean. Ah, it's "Night in Tunisia"… I missed the intro’s tip-off. Not Flora Purim but the vocalese almost sounds like her. I like; percolating!
@medjuck Another saxophone player (alto) I should recognize. Knows how to turn a phrase. The tune says they are a more pop or R & B-leaning player, but I get the sense that they are more of a traditional jazz player branching out here. The piano player on the other hand sounds like a pop or R & B player "jazzing" it up. I don't mean that derogatorily; I only mean that I think they're more fluent in different vocabulary. This moves! And I have the feeling I'm going to kick myself when it's revealed.
@mjzee Shelly Manne with Rogers and Giuffre? Or is that Al Cohn? There’s a Basie influence for sure, (the intro) but the arrangement has color that feels more Gil Evans-esque. The line they play after the trombone solo: knotty! I suppose this could be a Kenton band. I’m also getting Mulligan vibes, but there’s no Gerry… hmmm… could it be a tune from this record? I’ve always wondered about this one. https://www.allmusic.com/album/elliot-lawrence-band-plays-gerry-mulligan-arrangements-mw0000190583 If I’m right, I’m overdo to audition this.
@JSngry A very particular kind of swing. Baritone Pres! But with crispy edges… I hear an R &B growler latent in the tenor’s approach. This builds in intensity brilliantly. Charlie Shavers on trumpet? Again, a slightly suppressed growl. And then some Eldridge-like high notes. Maybe it is 50s Roy... if not, one of his best imitators. Hot playing, hot recording. I immediately hit replay on this one.
@tkeith Some players with a sense of humor. Roswell Rudd on trombone… feels a bit more controlled and traditionally virtuosic to be Rudd, but the spirit of Rudd is there. Now, that did not go where I thought it was going to after the head, which was rather Ornette-like. Now it’s almost high life. Is this Charlie Burnham on violin? Liking the call and response between the two leads.
@Ken Dryden Church organ, very vocalized alto sax. Evocative vibrato. I’m guessing a surprising younger player more than a veteran. Meaning I’m not entirely convinced by them. I genuinely have no idea, but I’m intrigued!
Joe This one has been identified by several listeners. ‘Nuff said for now. (Although I will say I forgot how much that trombone solo is a talking blues solo.)
@DrJ I’m down with this tempo and approach to groove. The tune is tantalizing me. Coltrane… "Crescent," jeez, how could I not hear that! Clever how the lyrics circle back to that reference. Dave Liebman on soprano maybe? Not sure this player’s tone has the same body as Liebman, but the conception stakes me as similar. Most impressed by the rhythm section, which is especially locked in and responding to each other during the piano solo.
@felser The theme of this BFT is sax players Joe can’t pick out of a crowd. Woody Shaw vibes once the full band arrives. It’s the darkness in the chord progression I suppose, the quartal harmony stuff all over. Sounds more like Charles Tolliver than Woody though. Is this the drummer’s date? They’re playing like it under the trombone solo. Maybe it’s the sax player’s date - quite an entrance! This almost sounds like John Gilmore, but I don’t think it is. Is the ending to that solo anticlimactic, though? I don’t think so - I just think this is a player who swerves a lot. Nope; it’s the drummer’s record for sure.
Thoroughly enjoyed this and looking forward to learning who's playing what!
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57 minutes ago, Rooster_Ties said:
Just a fraction of what all he and Monk plotted at their frequent ping-pong games.
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Go Goth or go home, part deux.
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Go Goth or go home, I say.
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10 hours ago, soulpope said:
Excellent find and music 👍 ....
Gotta love Nick's creepers!
Michael Cuscuna has died at 75
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He was more than a good steward of the music, but he was certainly that. I know my life as a listener would be - and likely will be - very different without him. Thank you, Mr. Cuscuna, and sincere condolences to your loved ones.