Posted 21 Oct 2003 ...and could change it to go back in time to have it happen during any Blue Note session, right in Rudy's studio, right while the session was going down, which one would it be? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Oct 2003 • October 31, 1967: Andrew Hill (leader), with Woody Shaw, Robin Kenyatta, Sam Rivers, Howard Johnson, Herbie Lewis, Teddy Robinson 5 tracks Since it's never been released before. Woody Shaw and Sam Rivers -- together!!! Hmmmmmmm............. Could have been very interesting. That, or maybe Tryone Washington's "Trainwreck"... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Oct 2003 I'd want it to be with Hodes, Bechet and Wild Bill. . . . Dying before I was ever born would be temporally cool! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Oct 2003 (edited) Jim, great question! At first I was going to say the Trainwreck (since I'm so curious, but Rooster Ties beat me too it). Then I was thinking some Andrew Hill sessions would be great, maybe Point of Departure. Then I was thinking about maybe a big session like Lee Morgan's Search For the New Land. Then I was thinking about the obvious sessions, such as Coltrane, Monk, Davis, Blakey. but in the end... My choice would be a Bud Powell session. It doesn't even matter which one. I would be thrilled to hear him recording those wonderful albums. I probably should go with one of his early sessions because he was in great form, though I've been having a love affair with the Scene Changes lately and could go for that. So.... Bud Powell - The Scene Changes :rsmile: Edit: I know this sounds morbid, but if I had to leave this planet during one song, it would be during the recording of Donald Byrd's Christo Redentor. Edited 21 Oct 2003 by AfricaBrass Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Oct 2003 I thought I had died and gone to heaven the first time I heard "Dindi" from SUPERNOVA. Such an intense moment. If I had a choice, I would choose "Gazzelloni" from OUT TO LUNCH! or "Memory" from Anthony Williams LIFETIME. Hey, maybe Rooster can compile a list of tunes and we can start a compilation called MUSIC TO DIE TO. (no appropriate smilie) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Oct 2003 Any session that was booked but cancelled because of unforseen circumstances. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Oct 2003 Any session that was booked but cancelled because of unforseen circumstances. Ah.... Very clever! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Oct 2003 Christmas eve. 1964. At the end of Herbie's solo on 'Infant Eyes'. I could expire to the perfect eulogy. Now, if you could be conceived during any classic session, which one would that be? Remember there has to be a female present, even if it's the char lady. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Oct 2003 Man, I thought I came up with some weird shit... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Oct 2003 During Slow Drag. Because I'd be bored to death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Oct 2003 Okay, maybe I'm being too logical about this but... if you chose the LAST (i.e. most recent) RVG session for BN, that would mean you would have lived long enough to at least hear all of them (if not attend them). So, if you chose that 1953 Gil Melle session (or whatever RVG's first session was), then you would be SIX FEET UNDER before 99.993% of all of his classic sessions had been recorded. Elementary, my dear Watson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2003 (edited) Wouldn't you dying in the middle of a BN session kind of, ah, ruin the session? The Story of Blue Note: "The wierdest session was when some stranger suddenly appeared in Rudy's living room, then keeled over with a big silly grin on his face! It freaked everybody out." Edited 22 Oct 2003 by BruceH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2003 (edited) Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch or Grachan Moncur Evolution. Either one. It's a toss up. EDIT: No. Actually, it would be Moncur's Some Other Stuff so I could ask Herbie where he got the idea to play those modernist riffs on "Gnostic". I've always been intrigued by that. July 1964 was pre-Steve Reich and pre-Philip Glass. (They weren't composing for traditional instruments like that yet, anyway.) I still don't know where he got those counter-time 8th-note and 16th-note repetitions riffs from. Next time you see him at the Bose store, ask him for me. Edited 22 Oct 2003 by Brandon Burke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2003 Since I'm going back in time, which means I can change history, I'd want to see Rudy record Bird, Lee Morgan, Grant Green, Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers and Art Blakey. Well, I can dream, can't I? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2003 I'm a little confused over the question. Die in the middle of a session? To signify some kind of apotheosis? or mark some special occasion? If that's the case, then I would pass during the monumental recording of.... John Coltrane, "Blue Train." B) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2003 The Story of Blue Note: "The wierdest session was when some stranger suddenly appeared in Rudy's living room, then keeled over with a big silly grin on his face! It freaked everybody out." :rsmile: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2003 (edited) Baby Face Willette's "Face To Face" session or Larry Young, Grant Green and Elvin Jones "Talkin' About" or Big John Patton's "Oh Baby" session..... or "Alligator Boogaloo"...that would be BAAADDD! ...O.K...I CAN'T DECIDE>>>> Edited 22 Oct 2003 by Soul Stream Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2003 The great John Coltrane or Lee Morgan and I'd be ready to go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2003 (edited) Surely if you died in the middle of the session then the session would be cancelled or at least delayed. You might well ruin the very music you wanted to die to, lose it for all posterity. But you'd be dead so you wouldn't worry. Unless there's a heaven and you could listen from there. But I was always taught in my catechism lessons that in heaven all you'd want to do is gaze at God. I'm lost! Edited 22 Oct 2003 by Bev Stapleton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2003 Well you'd have to pass out silently in a corner - or an armchair in the Hackensack living room - while the guys pack up ..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2003 If I was at the Blue Train session (my bithday) would I have never been born and to have never been born how could I die! This is too deep for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 23 Oct 2003 No question about it. Defintely Hank Mobley's Roll Call. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 23 Oct 2003 The first session that came to mind is Jackie McLean's DESTINATION OUT! session. For me, it's a session where everything went perfectly. However, I decided long ago that I want to die peacefully - my life has generally been very hectic. So with that in mind, I choose: Grant Green - STREET OF DREAMS It's very peaceful and laid back. The music clicks, the musicians interacted beautifully with each other, and there is, for me, a very intimate feeling to this session. I'd just lay down, cross my arms and listen to the last few bars of "Somewhere in the Night," and then die a very happy man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 23 Oct 2003 March 6, 1954 in Hackensack when Miles Davis goes into 'It Never Entered My Mind'. Instant trip to Heaven! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 23 Oct 2003 No question about it. Defintely Hank Mobley's Roll Call. My favorite Blakey moment is the first song on that LP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites