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I REALLY love Sonny Red Kyner.
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And yes, as great as this one is..., justice has not been done as far as catching Lonnie's abilities on record. Palmetto NEEDS, no MUST do a live recording of Smith at SMOKE NYC. I has heard there were plans to do this at some point recently, but they decided to do a studio release. I've seen and heard Lonnie at Smoke at he was simply unbelievable. If people could hear his full capablities, he would be #1 in the Downbeat poll every year. But not to belittle the fact... TOO DAMN HOT is DAMN HOT!!!!! There's no doubt, at least in my mind, that Dr. Lonnie Smith is the organist at this point in time on this planet earth who is at his greatest powers and, with no offense to the all-time master JOS, the Dr. is the best jazz organist in the world right now (and has been for probably at least the last 10 years or so.) I saw him at Smoke last year and he was holding court. Every jazz organist great and small who could make it was there. And make no mistake, Lonnie Smith was putting out the message, "You guys are great, but you CANNOT touch my muthafuckin' ass with a 10 foot poll and don't EVER forget it." The capping moment of this was when Lonnie went into the fastest version of "Giant Steps" ever heard,...then in the middle of his solo, pretended to fall asleep on the keyboard like a toy with it's batteries going down...only to rise and increase the tempo with a smile. THAT is mastery beyond the human capability. LONNIE SMITH WILL KILL ALL ORGANISTS, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
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Sounds great. Hope the comment that he hasn't been feeling well isn't a bad omen.
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Yes Jim, it is! (maybe we're biased.) What always gets me is that, since it's an "organ" record, it won't be taken seriously by the jazz press.
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Honestly, I think every song on that LP is classic. EVERY one....(and yes, one cylander is a standout, which Lonnie Smith revives on his latest CD "Too Damn Hot.")
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Will do! I'm sure he'll be surprised.
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Up for Jim, didn't know if he saw my mention of a Jimmy Smith version on "Lonesome Road."
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I'll be taking the kids to the MLK jr. festival here in town this afternoon. Beautiful day and it should be fun. Happy MLK day!
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10 Organ Records You Must Own To Post Here
Soul Stream replied to Jim Alfredson's topic in Forums Discussion
If you want to see Ken, there's some video of him on his site under "Multimedia"... www.KCOT.net for Ken Clark Organ Trio. It's not his jazz thing, it's his funk thing (and uh, don't know about that singing), but.... Plus, it lists his gigs. -
10 Organ Records You Must Own To Post Here
Soul Stream replied to Jim Alfredson's topic in Forums Discussion
The biggest complement I could pay Ken is that he's one of the best of the younger organists I've seen (and I've seen a lot). Hope all is well with him, it's been about 3 years. -
Yes Jim, that's George's current place of residence in Staten Island (he moved last year after living in the Bronx forever). Also, don't know about the e-mail being current. Just try and see if it comes back to you. If so, I'll call George and ask him what his current e-mail is.
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10 Organ Records You Must Own To Post Here
Soul Stream replied to Jim Alfredson's topic in Forums Discussion
Yes Cliff, it's Ken Clark and Marty. Anyway, don't know if they still do that. Ken's absolutely one of the best guys I've seen and is totally unknown outside of Boston for the most part. He made a record on Severn a couple of years ago, but it's just a funk job that doesn't really show that he can burn. He can really play bebop and takes organ bass solos with his feet every once in a while just to make other organists in the audience cramp up. -
Thanks Jim. I think your "homemade" term fits. As an organist who has examined a lot of organ basslines over the years, I've come to view organ bass and standup bass as two very different beasts in many ways. Alot of organ basslines create a "smoke and mirrors" effect. They consist of repeated figure on a song like "Night In Tunisia," and in order to create a sense of bass movement greater than it is, Jimmy will fudge harmonically a bit at times in order to keep the pattern moving. This seems especially true on this tune. If you have "Crazy Baby," perhaps you could tell more by listening than by my admittedly lame description of all this. I don't think I was clear enough in my description. Although I think you anwered it anyway with your poly harmonic rhythm term! What is happening is that for the E flat chord, Jimmy's bass line is E to A. The bassline is not Eflat/E/A, it's just E to A. This just seems odd on the "One" beat to be playing E in the bass on an Eflat chord repeatedly throughtout the whole song.
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I was listening to "A Night In Tunisia," Jimmy Smith's version on "Crazy Baby". Anyway, I notice Jimmy's bassline, after initially hitting the Eflat, starts a movement of Enatural to Anatural in the bass for the Eflat chord. Basically making a ii/V out of Eflat's tritone substitution Anatural. This seems like it would clash in that Efat is the chord and your bass note is Enatural for a beat before heading to A. Anyway, it SOUNDS great, but I haven't heard another version of "'A Night In Tunisia" where the bass does this. At least that I'm hearing. They always seem to outline the Eflat to D change pretty much. I know this is just a basic harmonic movement of ii/V/i. However, maybe there's something I'm missing.
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Well, if you're not the biggest Benson fan in the world, you might become one. Try listening to some stuff he played on as a sideman in the 60's, mostly organ stuff ala "Alligator Bogaloo" (Lou Donaldson) or "Live" (Jack McDuff). Also Hank Mobley's "Reach Out." There are others but those are just ones off the top of my head.
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Glad to see another loyal fan Jazz Kat! All I have to say, is that if you dig "Two Souls In One" THAT much, you HAVE to get his other two Blue Notes "Soul Stream" (yes, it's my handle here!) and "Extension." They are better in many ways that 2 Souls, although 2 Souls is a stone cold classic. Also, George plays on John Patton's "Blue John" LP. Also on Blue Note and recorded around the same time. It's floating around used but not in print at the time. Definately worth picking up. Yes, George's concept is quite striking. Although initially encouraged by Roland Kirk, Braith definately had/has his own thing with the harmonies. And since I see you're a Grant Green fan, you'd be glad to hear Grant plays on all of Braith's Blue Note recordings as well as Blue John. Not only that, but Grant is in TOP form on all of them. Burning.
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He's a personal friend who's one of the most truely unique jazzmen from the era imho. Those 3 Blue Note albums of his are classics of the organ/sax genre. He still lives in NYC and continues his musical journey today. I would suggest getting "The Complete Blue Note Recordings of George Braith." It's just recently out of print, but can be found used fairly cheap on Amazon and other outlets. Enjoy!
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Coltrane: Heavyweight Champion - Complete Atlantic
Soul Stream replied to Rooster_Ties's topic in Recommendations
If you don't any really ANY Coltrane stuff. I'd suggest just getting the individual CDs. They're recent issues so the sound quality is very nice. Plus, I think as individual CDs, you'll get more appreciation of them as individual pieces of art instead of hearing them as "those Atlantic sessions". My favorites are Coltrane's Sound and Giant Steps. One or two of his Atlantic sides should keep you satisfied for years to come imho. They are by far my favorite Coltranes. Enjoy and don't get too involved with "having it all." Sometimes Coltrane in baby steps is the best way to develop a love of his music. -
Yes. The Bastards rule. One stop shopping for shit you didn't even know existed. Exhibit One, the new George Freeman LP for 8.99. I think there were 3 know to exist beforehand. B-) I LOVE those Bastards!
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Got mine today!!!! Great. Still in original shrink w/0bi and also in a plastic sleeve. CDs were given great care.... Thanks.
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I LOVE my ipod. have a 15G and have my eyes alread on the 40G since I'm always having to delete and add stuff which is a pain. However, I use it mostly like a jam box around the house. Music to go to bed by or if I go to the pool or a rehearsal (then it's REAL handy). But until they get it conjoined to the car somehow besides tuning it into some radio frequency that's always drifting and crowded, it won't go beyond my front door much. I mostly just use the itunes on the computer since now I'm too lazy to get a CD out!
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I've been looking for this LP for a LOOONGGG time. Now it's been reissued on LP and is at Dustygroove for 9 bucks. WOW!!!. \ This is Ceaser Frazier's VERY first session and he's absolutely wonderful. His recorded work is so rare that this is quite a find. PLUS charles earland plays ARP on it strangely enough. Whatevery the case the song selection and personel makes this a MUST HAVE for any organ nut.
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I suggest the Hal Leanord version for learning. Actually Jim, Jimmy Smith does a version on the Lonesome Road CD. Great version too.
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Wonder if a Baby Face Willette Mosaic Select is being considered. Seems like a great OOP Blue Note candidate.
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To me, Face To Face and Steppin' Out are just flat out classics. Two Headed Freap is interesting, but is way, way down on the list for me. It's good, not great imho.