mikeweil

Holloway's playing is interesting, but I don't like his tone. Huggett is sober, I see your point, but this is what I like in contrast to the conventional steel string players, who try to sweeten their tone with all kinds of romantic means.

I noticed a few months ago that practically every album of which I could check out samples was available as MP3 download, so the tendency was there already, I'd say. No surprise to me, but not a good thing for smaller labels not going the download route.

Download completed!

Thanks for linking this - beautiful playing, and a nice video, too.

Szigeti is not HIP ...

You'll Know When You Get There Herbie Hancock and the Mwandishi Band Bob Gluck

I've listened to the Ralph Moore sample JimR linked, and definitely remember that CD - the version Dr.J used in his BFT indeed has alto, and is a different recording - no reason to be confused, Jim.

Now I know why it sounded so familiar - I once had this Ralph Moore album but sold it. It simply didn't jell as much as I would have expected. I love Moore's playing, and have seen him in performance with Cedar Walton, he's great. But this album sounded too tentative to me. Hubert Laws made a nice recording of Morning Star: Hell yeah!

Nobody going for the Thad Jones set? Some excellent music, some of it (the UA session) not reissued elsewhere.

Quite a bit of effort to sell a few packages of cigarettes ...

Monk was indeed in fine form and a very relaxed mood during that Paris solo session!

Great, swinging drummer - I love that early Teddy Charles session with Wardell Gray where he really drives the band. R.I.P.

Been listening to # 9 once more - I don't think it's Tony. Some of his stock patterns, for sure, but others that are not quite his style - and I would be surprised if he used a woodblock.

This is the chaise lounge I use to listen to my BN vinyls Can we have a photo of your majesty, appropriately dressed, on that pièce extraordinaire of furniture?

I wonder what a chaise lounge is ....

I'm in for a download, please, as usual.

Even if it was only ten minutes on a disc or even double disc of jam session material - if it is like the sample heard, it merits release. Mosaic, step forward!

It's three CDs: I like it, but as Brownie said, there are albums more typical of him. There's some duplication of tracks on the third CD, but they all seem to be alternate takes assembled to an album after he had moved on.

Pres was the greatest! Is there really no label willing to release this?

If you like like jazz organ, any CD with Melvin Rhyne, Dr. Lonnie Smith or Sam Yahel is very good. That Eric Alexander with Rhyne is very nice indeed. The two with Tad Shull are great.

I had hope I would have more time for this, but ... nevertheless, here are my comments on first listen. # 1 - It ain't necessesarily so, the style sounds familiar, I have LPs by Marty Paich and Don Randi playing like this, but I can't identify this particular player. Nice 'n' easy. # 2 - I've heard this tune before - but not this version. Not my taste, but competent players. # 3 - This is Rodger's Grant's tune, Morning Star, IIRC. He passed away just recently - very underrated pianist, and the tunes I have heard are all very nice and well conceived. No idea who plays here. Trumpet player shows influences of Art Farmer. I find the pianist a bit too busy and the horns could play more on the melody than the changes. But this isn't easy to do on a tune with chord changes like this. # 4 - The More I See You - this should be Johnny Lytle on the vibes. The most entertaining vibes player I have ever heard, and very, very precise in his phrasing. I have this somewhere. # 5 - Oh .... no idea who this is, but I like it. That's very jazzy compared to most vocal groups of that period. I'm very curious about this. Violin, of all things! # 6 - That's some 1940's beboppers' tune, I can hear the original in my head. Played very well indeed - I would have enjoyed it and applauded, had I been there. # 7 - Another tune I know but cannot pin down - but I liked the original better, the guitarists's playing is too abstract, for my taste. That tune is nicely built. # 8 - I have heard these guys before ... I like the slightly fragile tone of the trumpeter better than the alto's sour sound. # 9 - The piano player likes the way Chick Corea built his tunes. This style of playing doesn't inspire me very much. And I don't like the way it is recorded, everything miked very closely, sounds too much like studio. # 10 - Hearing trombone and bari is very nice. Is this Pepper Adams in a relaxed mood? I never heard that Pepper 'n' Knepper album ... # 11 - Again I think this is a cover version - nice, but I kind of grew tired og this busy style of playing - I grew up with this and heard so much of it ... # 12 - This could be one of the more "out" recordings of the Gil Evans Orchestra, or rather inspired by it. Electric guitar in aband like this is a nice touch. I like the way they build the chords during the last one and a half minutes, using them as a pile of sound. # 13 - This is the most interesting pianist I have heard so far on this compilation. Going beyond familiar jazz chord changes and all - who is this? # 14 - Giant Steps on organ - I have this somewhere ... Although there's not much I would buy this was a very enjoyable listen - thanks a lot!

The first commentator in this blog recommends this, which I second: Scott's music has no improvisation at all, he was a perfectionist and had everything written out, although he uses jazz elements. Nevertheless ít's great music, if you can dig his type of musicla humor. Don Byron did a disc of Scott (and Kirby and Ellington) covers, but the originals swing much more, to my ears, Scott's included.

Cal Tjader - last Night When We Were Young