ghost of miles Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 The focus this time’s on Blue Note artists: Spiritual Jazz V. 9: Blue Notes I’m guessing that those of us with an interest in this series may already have most, if not all, of the music that will be included. (As opposed to previous volumes, where it’s rare indeed, at least in my case, that I have *any* of the material included.) But I’m still going to pick it up, because these titles are so well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 Here's the track listing (below). I think I have about 90% of this stuff on CD already, but I will also probably pick up a copy since I've loved all of the previous volumes in this series, and it'll be interesting to see how the liners treat this material (their liners are often pretty nicely written). Also don't mind "voting" with my pocketbook for the continuation of this series, which I've loved. One VERY nice inclusion -- is the very last track, Solomon Ilori's 13-minute "Song of Praise To God", one of 3 long bonus tracks from 1964 which were previously exclusive to the expanded 2006 'Conn' of African High Life. 10 years ago(!) I started a whole thread about that extra session. It's more jazz-oriented than the regular full Ilori album, and I just love those 3 bonus tracks a ton -- VERY forward thinking, to my mind. Anyway, 3 cheers to the Jazzman compilers!! - for including one of them on this set new Spiritual Jazz set. It'll be interesting to see what they come up with for Vol. 10 (and I hope there are 10 more volumes after that too -- I'll buy every one of them). https://www.shinybeast.nl/item/471721/various_spiritual_jazz_9_blue_notes_parts_1_2.html 01. Bobby Hutcherson - Verse 02. Pete La Roca - Basra 03. Wayne Shorter - Footprints 04. Elvin Jones - At This Point In Time 05. Andrew Hill - Poinsettia 06. Eddie Gale - The Rain 07. Duke Pearson - Empathy 08. Bobby Hutcherson - Searchin' The Trane 09. Duke Pearson - The Phantom 10. Freddie Hubbard - Assunta 11. Joe Henderson - El Barrio 12. Jackie McLean - Plight 13. Duke Pearson - Cristo Redentor 14. Wayne Shorter - Indian Song 15. Hank Mobley - The Morning After 16. Pete La Roca - Malaguena 17. Freddie Hubbard - Blue Spirits 18. Booker Ervin - Gichi 19. Solomon Ilori - Song Of Praise To God You can also sample all the tracks here: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/spiritual-jazz-9-blue-notes-parts/714140-01/ The only one's I don't already have on CD are 2 of the later Duke Pearson tunes, iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 "The Rain" is a killer cut. It will be a nice set. Got everything but the Ilori on LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) I think I’ve got everything on this, including the Ilori. Might be a fun collection to have on the vinyl though. Edited February 7, 2019 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 I've got maybe half of these. Most of these, including "Verse" and "Footprints," I don't think of as spiritual. They could be; I guess it depends on the story behind the piece. No Grant Green from Feelin' The Spirit? How about Mobley's "A Baptist Beat"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 It does seem odd that there's nothing from McCoy Tyner's late-1960s/early 70s Blue Note period on here. That to me would seem a little more fitting for the nature of this series than "Footprints," which is obviously a superlative tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) Yes, perhaps "Vision" or "Song of Happiness" from Expansions. Edited February 7, 2019 by Milestones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 3 hours ago, ghost of miles said: It does seem odd that there's nothing from McCoy Tyner's late-1960s/early 70s Blue Note period on here. That to me would seem a little more fitting for the nature of this series than "Footprints," which is obviously a superlative tune. And not one -- but TWO cuts from Pete La Roca's Basra. Great album, definitely, but I don't get including fully 1/3rd of the tracks from just one album (2 of 6). And "Footprints" also doesn't make a lot of sense, if only because everybody's gonna have that one already (out of all the tunes on this set). I guess those are minor quibbles, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbour Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Looks like another great collection, I wish they would release some of the full albums that they cherry picked the tracks from on past collections , there are quite a few albums that have never seen full reissues, I assume he must have obtained access to the masters since none sound like needledrops things like https://www.discogs.com/Clarence-Peters-Quartet-The-Magnetic-Atmospher/release/4002454 https://www.discogs.com/artist/2681986-Antithesis-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 New one out this week: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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