BFrank Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Yes, if you have the vinyl keep it - Freddie Waits' musical solo was 'edited down' on the CD reissue. Why? Bertrand. ← I thought I still had the vinyl, but I guess I got rid of it. Oh, well........I guess I'll never know the beauty of the saw solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 At least he's not playing the banjo. Looks like there's another level of the musical food chain below trombone. I wonder if he's playing "The Last Time I Sawed Paris". Or perhaps "I Sawed About You". Think he gets turned on when he plays Donna Lee? OK, I'm done. For now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 That was just a little off-topic. BTW, I love Last Session. Billy Harper, Harold Mabern et al.......what's not to love? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 To go off topic again: there's some Mingus boots around from the seventies with that Brooks guy (sorry, I always mix them up, but I do remember that one's called Billy and the other Roy...) playing some saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 It's the Roy that played in Mingus' band. . . . Yeah, you can hear the saw played on those Mingus dates. It's nice to have a remote in your hand with fast forward though. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Last Date and Live at the Lighthouse make clear how much of a crying shame it is that Lee died when and how he did...but on the other hand if it's really true that BN was planning to pair him with the Mizell bros., well i won't say it's just as well but I really dislike their stuff and not because I don't like funk/groove (as those of you who got my blindfold test well know) but precisely because I do dig natural funk/groove..to me there's nothing more grotesque than fake funk. End of rant. Back on topic, Last Sessions? Hell yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest akanalog Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 i love "croquet ballet" though i don't know if this performance is better than on billy harper's debut album. less fiery but more soloists i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 I still have my vinyl double. Definitely one to keep. ← Agreed - especially since Bob Belden removed a solo on singing saw in one track, you can still hear it faintly in the background. Can't understand why he mixed it down for the CD issue, I found it eerie and very fitting ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEK Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 "Lee Morgan" came out when I was an undergraduate at Cal State Northridge and it was a musical staple for me back then. By the time the CD, "The Last Session", came out, I had been long-parted from the LP. So I didn't notice, at first, the editing of Roy Brooks's spacey solo, but it was a part of the original vibe that I miss. So keep your LP. I heard Roy Brooks play his saw within Mboom. That was cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 (edited) Roy Brooks is not on this album. The liner credits Freddie Waits for drums and recorder; Reggie Workman for acoustic bass and percussion. Since Jymie Merritt's electric Ampeg bass is still heard, I always concluded it was Reggie Workman playing the musical saw solo ... Edited September 29, 2005 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 I love this period of Lee and wish there were more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 i love "croquet ballet" though i don't know if this performance is better than on billy harper's debut album. less fiery but more soloists i guess. ← Speaking of "Croquet Ballet" what the hell is that underwater and emerge thing that Lee does on his solo? It kills me everytime I hear it. Sometimes with the remote I play it over and over. I never tire of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Roy Brooks is not on this album. ← Brooks just got into the thread because of the saw solos, not because anyone thought he was on this disc. Freddie Waits is a terrific drummer! I wish he was on more sixties BN releases! Love his playig wherever he pops up! A favourite: Bobby Jones' "Hill Country Suite" album on Enja. Oh, and: Hi Mike! Long time no see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Englewood Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 This one is definitely worth having, I only felt that the last track, "Inner Passions Out" was a bit sloppy, the rest is excellent. I couldn't help but think of Woody Shaw while listening to this, not necessarily from Morgan's playing, just the whole vibe of the session. So, in summing up, this one is, Morgan's moody, moving, melancholy, minor masterpiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Oh, and: Hi Mike! Long time no see! You're welcome! Oh, and watch your mailbox - you're gonna get some ..... well, before Xmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Last Date and Live at the Lighthouse make clear how much of a crying shame it is that Lee died when and how he did...but on the other hand if it's really true that BN was planning to pair him with the Mizell bros← That made me feel vaguely ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Oh, and: Hi Mike! Long time no see! You're welcome! Oh, and watch your mailbox - you're gonna get some ..... well, before Xmas! ← I will... still 10 weeks to go, no hurry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montg Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 This CD arrived in the mail yesterday....an amazing session! All the more poignant because it really does feel as though Morgan was finding a way to extend the hard bop idiom in fascinating ways. Like Joe Henderson's Power to the People, this music feels very contemporary (70ish, that is) while at the same deeply rooted. My first impressions, anyway, after spinning this CD all day while driving in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Agree that Capra Black is just a downright killer track! Man, if Lee were still living, I always wondered where his music would've gone next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Yeah, good way to go out if you ask me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Spinning this one now (online peer pressure is a great thing) and all I can say is...HELL YEAH! This might be one of those discs that I got that never made it out of my "to be played pile"...I've lost quite a few into that void over the years. Man, where have I been? It's going to be in my "to be played frequently pile" for awhile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Every time I pull this CD I get mad that Bob Belden mixed out the saw solo ..... Glad I kept the LP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I find myself listening to this one quite a bit. Lee plays his ass off and the tunes are nice too. Definitely not "in the solid hard bop camp". As mentioned earlier, it really is a group date - plenty of solo room for all. Just makes you wonder what else he could have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 On 7/14/2007 at 7:03 AM, mikeweil said: Every time I pull this CD I get mad that Bob Belden mixed out the saw solo ..... Glad I kept the LP! I don't think I've ever heard that saw solo before, though it vaguely rings a bell. Is there a version uploaded to YouTube by any chance? (I can't remember which tune it's in, let alone where in the tune it falls.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 The saw solo starts after 12:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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