rostasi Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Sonny Boy Ralliamson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted December 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 1 hour ago, Al in NYC said: Very interesting thread. I made something of a weird fetish for a while of collecting such 'out of character' recordings. Of course, this one came immediately to mind: And then there's this oddity (by guess who): Al! Are you on Facebook yet? Always great to see you around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al in NYC Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Scott! Facebook? Oh no, not me... Out of character Ella? Have to mention this album: Actually, some fun work here: Edited December 7, 2016 by Al in NYC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Al in NYC Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 For oddball Braxton, and Brubeck, (and Konitz, I guess) there's always this one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) Maybe weird covers were part of Jr Parker's character? Edited December 8, 2016 by danasgoodstuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al in NYC Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 It doesn't get much more out of character, or stranger, or certainly creepier, than this Freddie Hubbard recording: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyhersom Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 On 12/5/2016 at 11:11 AM, clifford_thornton said: I'm not sure about "out of character" but at the very least Art Taylor's appearance on a session led by Frank Wright for America Records in 1970 is pretty intriguing. The date produced Wright's "Uhuru Na Umoja" and Noah Howard's "Space Dimension." Taylor acquits himself very well in this context and the music is quite free. The expat Parisian scene around that time was pretty interesting and also resulted in Shepp and Mobley collaborating on recordings for BYG, for example, and Philly Joe's interest in the avant-garde (resulting in dates for BYG, America, and Vogue), the latter seeming to be at least partly of a political nature. How about Eddie Jefferson on a Frank Wright album.https://www.discogs.com/Frank-Wright-Kevin-My-Dear-Son/release/2218753 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 On 12/7/2016 at 0:52 PM, Al in NYC said: Scott! Facebook? Oh no, not me... Out of character Ella? Have to mention this album: I don't know if Ella was ever really "out of character". She may have tackled uncharacteristic material from time to time, but she never lost her essential "Ellaness" in doing so. Her gospel album for example. She was certainly no match for Mahalia or Sister Rosetta, but she respectfully and reverently sang this material which would seem "out of character" for her while fully retaining her inherent style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 A surprise pairing that worked very well: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 I've mentioned this one before in other threads. A very odd, yet satisfying date. It's just a trio: Dizzy, Toots on guitar only, and Pretty Purdie. Shouldn't work, but it does: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 2 hours ago, mjzee said: I've mentioned this one before in other threads. A very odd, yet satisfying date. It's just a trio: Dizzy, Toots on guitar only, and Pretty Purdie. Shouldn't work, but it does: Looks interesting. Mustapha listen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 This 4 CD set has one set that strikes me as out of character. The Barry Harris set has Barry playing with musicians who play in a style very different than one can find on any of his other numerous sessions as leader or sideman. Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, and Roswell Rudd are not musicians Barry has ever recorded with, and is unlikely to have played with on gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Didn't Ronnie Scott on a live Jazz Couriers date announce an (unfortunately fictitious) "Stan Tracey Plays Elvis Presley " album? (Fellow Brits will put me right on this.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Ronnie Scott's weirdest departure was finding himself on a Soft Machine session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) There is film out there with Scott backing Tony Crombie's early rock & roll combo. They preceded Adam Faith etc. and never really caught on. Talking of which - critic and baritone saxophonist Benny Green was on this one.. Edited December 10, 2016 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Ha, "there is a loose moose aboot this hoose!!" As for the line-up, probably just a case of fairly well-paying session work, and there they had a bit of fun of their own (like "Boots Brown"). If you looked closer, there were quite a few British jazzmen of note to be found in the backing groups to Brit rock'n'rollers. Would Ike Isaacs or Johnny Hawksworth, for example, later on have liked to be meminded of their backing work for Tommy Steele, I wonder? Edited December 10, 2016 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said: Ha, "there is a loose moose aboot this hoose!!" As for the line-up, probably just a case of fairly well-paying session work, and there they had a bit of fun of their own (like "Boots Brown"). If you looked closer, there were quite a few British jazzmen of note to be found in the backing groups to Brit rock'n'rollers. Would Ike Isaacs or Johnny Hawksworth, for example, later on have liked to be meminded of their backing work for Tommy Steele, I wonder? The incomparable Phil Seamen, backing a boy band who couldn't come in together on a recording, is reputed to have said, "Hurry up! Hurry up! I turn into a pumpkin at midnight!" Edited December 10, 2016 by BillF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasimado Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Jack Goodwin’s Warne Marsh site: http://www.warnemarsh.info/discography_2.htm 50-0300 HADDA BROOKS.NYC, c. March, 1950. Lee Konitz, as; Warne Marsh, ts; Hadda Brooks, p; unknown, b & d. 1 HADDA'S BOOGIE DLGF-50286 2:55 Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz are confined to playing written riffs on this track and do not play on the other track of this 78 record - “I Hadn’t Anyone ‘Till You” all R London 30116 Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Likely one of the most "out of character" albums Bob Dylan appeared on .... he is playing harmonica though ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) They played on and did production on his album (at least one), and he played around with reggae beats for a while, so I don't think it's that out of character. . . . Edited December 10, 2016 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 2 hours ago, soulpope said: Likely one of the most "out of character" albums Bob Dylan appeared on .... he is playing harmonica though ..... I have the album and listened all the way through, couldn't find a trace of Bob (though he is mentioned on the cover). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Roscoe Mitchell plays on a Nick Gravenites 45. I've never heard it, but Chuck Nessa has a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Whitney Houston, Archie Shepp, Bill Laswell. None of the individuals involved here are particularly out of character, but combined...did you ever hear this on the radio? Any radio? Jazz? R&B? Pop (oh HELL no)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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