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On 12/15/2024 at 2:31 PM, clifford_thornton said:
my interest isn't quite held by his post-60s recordings that I have heard (that's a me problem, not a Sonny problem!)
Not so sure it is a you problem. A lot of coasting players on routine dates on a lot of those albums.
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7 minutes ago, JSngry said:
Retired, fixed income, $50.00/yr sounds good to me.
Same here on all counts.
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Read this on an Amazon review (of Liebman's Wayne Shorter tribute album) by someone with the handle Roochak:
"Liebman seems to have a confrontational relationship with the soprano sax; the instrument does exactly what he wants it to do, except when it doesn't. "
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Interesting, but in French with no subtitles.
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From the new box set. Norman Harris Philly Soul masterpiece.
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On 12/12/2024 at 11:57 AM, clifford_thornton said:
One can never assume something will be reissued (or reissued "well"), so carpe diem.
True That!
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2 hours ago, cayetano said:
Berlin concert bandcamp
https://trostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/berlin-concert
Schizophrenic blues bandcamp
https://trostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/schizophrenic-blues
No digital files, only vinyls.
Thanks.
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23 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:
yeah, not likely to happen. The Destination:Out Bandcamp does provide digital files of FMP releases to some degree, and that may be as close as we'll get to seeing some of these FMPs in a non-vinyl format.
I'm buying more digital these days because we're less likely to ever get CD's, but am much more selective and do have price limits on those. Do you happen to have a link to those? Not seeing on Bandcamp.
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Waiting for CD's.
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1 hour ago, AllenLowe said:
if we treat everything as the same, as in "Sonny was great for his entire career," then we diminish the parts of him that actually were great.
Amen.
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3 hours ago, JSngry said:
I like the sheer blowing energy on that cut. I think that's what he was into, blowing a "straight line" of energy in both sound and line. It's different from his earlier work, but it's still a continuation of his ongoing evolution. Records only sometimes capture the better parts of it, but check out Holding The Stage (Road Shows Vol. 4
G-Man?
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Bottom line: 1974 was a spectacular year for jazz releases!
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I saw that. Also available through his Substack (I have a free subscription). I own 43 of them, as my collection/taste/knowledge is so concentrated on that era. Pick a random year in the 2000's, and I probably have like 5 of the best 50 from that year. What I don't have - the two Braxton's, the Humphrey, the Mitchell, the Rivers Hues (would pick up a CD release of it in a heartbeat), and the two Rypdal's.
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4 minutes ago, JSngry said:
I like how the Groovies play Beatles songs like a bar band who's not playing for anybody but the people in the bar. That's how it should be done, straight and to the point, no pretense, just drink up and let loos, nobody's in this but us. Like the Beatles in the Cavern Club. Just a really good bar band.
Great description. the Grooovies of that era did that so well. I have a lot of their output from then, and listen to it. Plus the contemporaneous Chris Wilson solo albums. All much more convincing to me than their early Roy Loney rockabilly phase.
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7 minutes ago, mjazzg said:
I'll hazard you weren't a highly impressionable young teen at the time, it was dangerous stuff in real time could've been ruined for life...
Also, we're in the USA, where punk was seemingly a very different and less sweeping experience than in the UK. For instance, 'Never Mind The Bollocks..." chart peak was # 106 here, #1 in England.
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2 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:
gotcha. My opinion, perhaps not shared by everybody, is that the BYG Actuel catalog should remain entirely in print with original artwork on CD and LP.
I would say that between BYG and America (Pierre Berjot), the catalogs are at least as (if not perhaps more) important than a sizable amount of Blue Notes. Ditto ESP though that's a bit of a different beast.
Apples and oranges comparing those labels and BN !! Some of the BYG stuff is stunningly good, especially the Moncur's, the Arthur Jones, and some of the Shepp's (and there's a decent amount on that label I've never heard). Some of it, like the Silva, leave me cold, with my aversion to Euro free stuff.
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She's 87 years old, was 32 when that awesome first album came out in 1969. Amazing career.
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1 hour ago, mjazzg said:
I always look forward to the December BFT even it usually costs me money!
In real time reactions, not a lot of thought and no reading of previous posts
Track 1. Absolutely love it, sure I've heard it before. It's making me think of the recent Roberta Flack lost sessions album but it's not that. I need this in my life
You likely have it already! I didn't know about that Lost Sessions album, heartbroken that it is vinyl-only.
Track 2. A second slow burn intro, intriguing. This build up is looonnnggg, is it a tease and not going to resolve? Ok, so we're off, piano solo a little pedestrian. Drummer's doing lots that's interesting, their date? Midway through the tenor solo and I'm resisting fast forwarding to next track but it kicks on a bit and digs in, better. Being there at the time I can imagine this was exciting.
Interesting take. That pianist has been called many things, good and bad, but I don't remember "pedestrian" being one of them! I agree the tenor solo is the low point, despite the pedigree.
Track 3. Now I tend to have an aversion to electric bass unless Steve Swallow or Jamaladeen Tacuma's involved so this isn't a great start. And I'm not a huge guitar fan either. But this guitar is very arresting, obviously more rock/blues than jazz. OK so we're in Rock world here. Vocals were a shock, actually make that shocking. It does go on (why we had/needed Punk). I'm saying late 60s/early 70s with a gatefold sleeve and a whiff of patchouli. Sort of thing my older cousin used to play me when I was 12.
Wonderful call on the genre, era, and aura!
Track 4. Quintessential December BFT music. This ticks lots of boxes for me but I sometimes feel there's an awful lot of music that sounds like this and it's not often that particular tracks stand out in the crowd. This sounds like it's from the first flush, very Tyner on BN-esque. I like the bigger horn section, a lot.
Yes, very Tyneresque 🙂 , but not on BN.
Track 5. At the risk of repeating myself, this is why we had/needed Punk. This makes me run for the hills, very quickly. At least it's short.
I'm surprised there's been so little love for this track.
Track 6. Here we go with a slow build up again. This lands me back in track 4 territory. Is that Cecil McBee? It's going on a bit, getting nowhere fast. A live recording perhaps. I like it when we're out of the solos.
Not McBee. I think it's beautiful, but you and some others aren't onboard.
Track 7. Nice and sprightly. Like this a lot, again the drummer's standing right out who's been to the Blakey school. Again some longeurs in the piano solo. Guitar and vibes solos are tasty. I'd like to hear this band in the discipline of the studio.
Yes, good track. Gig was probably thrown together fairly quickly, but some strong musicians. You'll find the drummer ID and the record label interesting.
Track 8. In the 80s I listened to lots of bands who took a lot from music like this. I love a jangle and a harmony vocal
I also love this sort of thing, and this group were masters of it in their prime, but never sold many records.
Track 9. Slow build up again. This isn't Isaiah Collier but sounds a bit like his approach and sounds contemporary. Very listenable sax, a pleasant tartness to the tone. Someone like Lekicia Benjamin?
Yes, Benjamin.
Track 10. Yes and yes again! The arrangement is out of this world. I reckon I'll know the names involved on this. Is Jimmy Webb in here anywhere? It sounds like a classic of its genre. I'm now off to listen to Glen Campbell's 'Wichita Lineman'
Not written by Webb, but by another talented writer working the same territory in the same era. The whole album is a classic of the genre, and to me, this cut is the highlight (although there is another, more famous cut on the album, which is generally recognized as the highlight).
Track 11. Is this Peter Gabriel? It's good whoever.
Yes, Gabriel in the group.
As always a fascinating listen John. Not so many for the Xmas present list this year, thankfully. The two big hits were number 1 and number 10. No IDs but I wasn't really aiming to.
Thanks Mark, glad you found some winners, and always appreciate and enjoy your commentary!
Now to read everyone else's responses and see what I missed
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6 minutes ago, cliffpeterson said:
On the way to me from CDJapan. There are others being issued for the first time, I think: Sonny Murray's "Homage to Africa," Claude DelCloo's and Arthur Jones' "Africansia" and Burton Greene's "Aquariana."
Yes. I bought the Murray and passed on the other two. Due to arrive around Christmas.
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1 hour ago, HutchFan said:
I feel the same way.
I'd be especially interested to hear how this new archival release compares with Live at The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (aka Grand Max) -- both musically-speaking and AQ-wise -- since both feature John Hicks in the pianist's chair.
Soundwise, this doesn't hold a candle to Loosdrecht, and musically, they're on par with each other. Loosdrecht, the Slugs albums, and the ENJA Impact should all be purchased ahead of this (as should the studio albums from that period). Musically, this has a lot more life to it than the Tokyo album, which was always a disappointment to me, and I would recommend this new release ahead of that. If it occurs to you that you can live without this, you probably can, but it was a no-brainer for me to pre-order this, and I'm not at all sorry I did, even with the clearly substandard (but fully listenable) audio quaility.
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Beware, parents, your kids could look like this if not guarded from the addictive evils of 7-Up and pressed ham sandwiches! BTW, fun album, though a little frothy even in terms of flower pop. Bunch of studio musicians IIRC.