mikeweil

R.I.P. He always left a good impression when I heard him on a recording. There were quite a few pianists like him on the West Coast, but they all were good.

I saw the reunion band live, unfortunately after Danny Thompson split. McShee was great, but the rhythm section was disappointing. What set Pentangle apart was the jazz sensibility of their rhythm. No other band band like that. Later on I saw McShee and Renbourn as a duo, a friend had taken me to an obscure folk club down the Rhine. Wev had a glass of wine or beer after the gig, very nice people.

Me too. Had not played this in maybe ten years, Rather simple blues riff tunes among the originals, but the feel and groove was much more lively than I remembered. And Wes always delivered fine solos.

I thought it was my connection. Glass fiber below the road, but the old thin copper telephone cables from there, for forty apartments. But other sites load as always.

He led the jazz big band of the local radio station for several years, the news of his passing was reported on their news pages today. R.I.P. This was his farewell concert:

I wonder if I ever get to watch this over here.

Pentangle was such a unique band. Superior musicianship.

Disc 1

1988 CD reissue with bonus tracks

R.I.P. He had such a big sound, I think the best of all British bass players. I think hearing him on the Pentangle albums may have been my first exposure to double bass, it definitely started my love for that sound.

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I must have played that LP a thousand times back then when it was new. Sold it several years ago to gain shelf space, as I had the CD. But now that I researched the discography of Tjader and was so much involved, I somehow regret I sold some of the LPs.

The samples really are appetizing! A few months ago I considered getting some double CD compilations of the band. Glad I waited.

https://www.nomadmusic.fr/en/album/un-hiver-a-majorque She plays on the exact type of pianino that was sent to Chopin while staying in Mallorca with George Sand, although it arrived only days before they left. The stay there was unpleasant for various reasons, but still he finished the Préludes heard on this recording.

This afternoon, discs 2 & 3:

Same here. But I know many musicians over here who rave about these three. I think their musical approach is easier to comprehend than the black roots for German guys.

Jazz Messengers in Barcelona just offered a number of oop box sets they acquired from a private collection: https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/mosaicboxsets-1713?mc_cid=dd2d2338a0&mc_eid=494fec5cfc

..... on to disc 4. I have neglected this music.