paul secor Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Belated happy birthday wishes to Mr. Blake.There is some very, very fine Ran Blake on the Soul Note box. Anyone who's a fan and doesn't have at least most of it should pick it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enterprise Server Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Loved his music. An original thinker and a guy who boldly stepped outside the box... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 just in case: while many of the threads here are RIP threads, this one isn't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 just in case: while many of the threads here are RIP threads, this one isn't...Amen to that ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 I like what I've heard of Blake , SN box now ordered . I don't generally like buying music by the kilo . I mostly prefer immaculately curated issues/reissues ( like Nessa ) . As a consequence only the Threadgill and Cyrille box are in my collection. However I didn't have any of this RB material so I broke my self imposed rule and went for the box . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srellek Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Would also (re)recommend Ran's latest release, Ghost Tones. It was reviewed in this NYT write-up not too long ago. The music is incredible. It's also fun to see all of the legends' signatures Ran collected in support of Russell. How often do you see a page signed by Monk, Randy Weston, Ornette, Bill Evans, Freddie Hubbard, and Eric Dophy -- in few square inches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Is Bill Dixon's signature there? He was a copyist for Russell and was at one point asked to join the sextet, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Would also (re)recommend Ran's latest release, Ghost Tones. It was reviewed in this NYT write-up not too long ago. The music is incredible. It's also fun to see all of the legends' signatures Ran collected in support of Russell. How often do you see a page signed by Monk, Randy Weston, Ornette, Bill Evans, Freddie Hubbard, and Eric Dophy -- in few square inches? Yes - excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted September 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Is Bill Dixon's signature there? He was a copyist for Russell and was at one point asked to join the sextet, I believe.Don't see it on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Bummer. I think he was between Al Kiger and Don Ellis in terms of working with the Sextet concept when Bill might've come on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 is there anyone else here who really likes Blake, as I do, but often finds his music.....unsatisfying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybert Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Yes, although i've only really listened to The Short Life of Barbara Monk, which i think is nice but don't really get the hype. I usually keep my opinion on Blake to myself as i feel like, basically, i could be wrong especially as i haven't really listened to him enough beyond that one album, which, despite being a classic... for me, sometimes, often even, i find that the classic album (see KOB, A Love Supreme etc) is not the best entry point for me and it's not until i've explored more of the discography that i go back to the classic and really get into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 I get no small satisfaction just hearing a guy who's found an organic starting point that many people could not even conceive of as a transitional point, never mind a destination point. The really good stuff, icing on cake, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 I'm always more intrigued by his basic concept than by his execution of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 The Ran Blake / Jeanne Lee album is an all-time classic!!!The "noir" albums I also like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 I know what Allen means.Yes, the duets with Jeanne Lee are pretty wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 To my ears, Ran Blake mines a small area very deeply. When I'm in the right place, his music moves me deeply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 He knows the right changes, always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 To my ears, Ran Blake mines a small area very deeply.The most on-point sentence in this thread, in my opinion.I think I once said somewhere in these forums that there was a remarkable aspect to Mr. Blake's technique that I never fully appreciated until I heard him live (in a small auditorium at Georgia State University in Atlanta) - he has the most amazing and subtle pedal technique of any pianist I've ever heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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