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  6. Sonny Rollins Question

    in Discography

    Posted

    Mike Fitz's Grimes discog will have the final word on this: link

    Thanks, David. Know that site (of course), but forgot checking there -_-

    It gives Zurich as the place, and Swiss Radio as producer.

    Jim: thanks for your insights! I always appreciate very much what you have to say about Rollins! I heard neither more of the march 59 stuff nor anything of the later. Will sure keep my eyes open for ANYTHING live by Rollins!

    ubu

  7. Sonny Rollins Question

    in Discography

    Posted

    I recently found that CD in a used-music store.

    The Tracks are:

    I REMEMBER YOU

    I'VE TOLD EVERY LITTLE STAR

    OLEO

    WILL YOU STILLL BE MINE

    IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU

    Rollins, ts; Henry Grimes, b; Pete La Roca, d. Zurich, March 5, 1959

    SONNYMOON FOR TWO

    Rollins, ts; Kenny Drew, p; NHOP, b; Albert Heath, d.

    Is this accurate? I think there are no official recordings by Rollins from early 1959?

    The following Rollins-link gives a Stockholm session for March 5, http://www.jazzdisco.org/newk-dis/. However, the tracks & CD-release are identiacl to what I have.

    Was this recorded in Stockholm or in Zurich?

    ubu

  8. Kippie Moeketse

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by king ubu

    I love those early Abdullah Ibrahim recordings! What I have is a CD (by Ibrahim) called "African Sun", which is one of four (?) Ibrahim albums released in the late eighties by Kaz Records. I have CDRs of two more of these, and a CDR of a compilation called "African Horns" featuring tracks by Ibrahim, Moeketsi, Barney Rachabane (two tracks, they include Bheki on piano).

    Those CDs were annotated pretty crappy. The only dates included are those of release/printing.The following is the info I get from the CDs:

    African Sun (Kaz CD 102)

    ( A ) Ibrahim, p; Moeketsi, as; Victor Ntomo, b; Nelson Magwaza, d. 1971 Soultown Records

    AFRICAN SUN

    BRA JOE FROM KILIMANJARO

    ROLLING

    MEMORIES OF YOU (yeah, the standard by Blake-Razaf! and what a beautiful rendition!)

    ( B ) Ibrahim, p; Dennis Mpale, t; Barney Rachabane, as; Basil Coetzee, ts; Duku Makasi, ts; Sipho Gumede, b; Peter Morake, d. 1975 Sun Records

    SATHIMA

    ( C ) Ibrahim, p; Rachabane, as; Basil Moses, b; Gilbert Mathews, d. 1975 Gallo

    AFRICAN HERBS

    ( D ) Ibrahim, p; Rachabane, as; Victor Ntoni, b; Timmy Kwebulana, d. 1977 Gallo

    NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN (Trad.)

    ( E ) Ibrahim, p; Robbie Jansen, as; Basil Coetzee, ts; Paul Michaels, b; Monty Webber, d. 1977 Gallo

    BLUES FOR B

    ( F ) Ibrahim solo (wrongly annotated as a sextet track). Prob. 1977 Gallo

    GWIDZA

    ( G ) Ibrahim, p; Coetzee, ts; Moses, b; Mathews, d. 1979 Gallo

    KAMALIE

    African Horns (Kaz CD 8)

    (This gives no release years & companies)

    ( A ) Ibrahim, cello; Coetzee, ts; Gumede, b; Mathews, d

    NEXT STEP SOWETO

    ( B ) Moeketsi, as; Dennis Philips, as; Coetzee, ts; Pat Matshikiza, p; Alex Khaoli, b; Sipho Mabuse, d

    TSHONA (Matshikiza)

    ( C ) Ibrahim, p; Coetzee, ts; Moses, b; Webber, d

    BLACK AND BROWN CHERRIES

    ( D ) Barney Rachabane, as; Bheki, p; Gumede, b; Mathews, d

    TEGENI (Rachabane)

    ( E ) Ibrahim, p; Robbie Jansen, as; Coetzee, ts, Michaels, b; Webber, d

    MSUNDUZA

    ( F ) Rachabane, as; Duku Makasi, ts, Bheki, p, Gumede, b; Mathews, d

    MAFUTA (Rachabane)

    Voice of Africa (Kaz CD 101)

    ( A ) Ibrahim, p; Moeketsi, as; Coetzee, ts; Makasi, ts; Gumede, b; Mathews, d. Ekapa 1976

    BLACK LIGHTNING

    LITTLE BOY

    BLACK AND BROWN CHERRIES

    ( B ) Ibrahim, p; Coetzee, ts; Moses, b; Weber(aka Webber), d. Ekapa 1977

    This could be the same session as ( C ) from "African Horns"

    NTYILO NTYILO (Davashe, arr. Ibrahim)

    ( C ) Ibrahim, p; Jansen, as/fl; Coetzee, ts/fl; Michaels, b; Weber (aka Webber), d. Gallo 1977

    This could be the same session as ( E ) from "African Horns" and ( E ) from "African Sun"

    MANNENBERG IS WHERE IT'S HAPPENING (CAPE TOWN FRINGE)

    THE PILGRIM

    Tintinyana (Kaz CD103)

    ( A ) Ibrahim, p; Mpale, t; Rachabane, as; Coetzee, ts; Makasi, ts; Gumede, b; Morake, d. 1975 Gallo

    This is possibly the same session as ( B ) from "African Sun"

    SOWETO'S WHERE IT'S AT

    ( B ) Ibrahim, p; Ntoni, b; Nelson Magwaza, d. Gallo 1971

    TINTINYANA

    JUST A SONG (D. Mason)

    LITTLE BOY

    SHRIMP BOATS (Howard-Weston)

    SALAAM

    CHERRY

    ( C ) Ibrahim, p; Blue Mitchell, t; Buster Cooper, tb; Harold Land, ts; Basil Coetzee, ts; Lionel Beukes, b; Doug Sydes, d. Gallo 1979

    BRA JOE FROM KILIMANJARO

    Blues For A Hip King (prob. Kaz CD104)

    ( A ) Ibrahim, p; Moeketsi, as; Coetzee, ts/fl; Makasi, ts; Gumede, b; Mathews, d. Gallo 1976

    Maybe same session as ( A ) from "Voice of Africa", though dates do not correspond.

    BLUE MONK (Thelonious Monk)

    ( B ) Ibrahim, p; Robbie Jansen, as; Coetzee, ts; Arthur Jacobs, ts; Lionel Beukes, b; Nazier Kapdi, d. Gallo 1974

    ORNETTE'S CORNET

    ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT LONG

    ( C ) Ibrahim, p; Blue Mitchell, t/flh; Buster Cooper, tb; Coetzee, ts/fl; Beukes, b; Doug Sydes, d. prob. also Harold Land, ts. Gallo 1976

    This is probably the same session as ( C ) from "Tintinyana", though the dates do not correspond; Land is mentioned in the liner notes, I have not yet listened to the disc.

    SWEET BASIL BLUES

    TSAKWE HERE COMES THE POSTMAN

    BLUES FOR A HIP KING

    ( D ) Ibrahim, p; Victor Ntoni, b; Makaya Ntshoko, d. Gallo 1979

    BLUES FOR B

    MYSTERIOSO (sic) (Thelonious Monk)

    JUST YOU JUST ME (Green)

    ECCLIPSE AT DAWN

    KING KONG (Matshikiza)

    KHUMBULA JANE (Davashe, arr. Ibrahim)

    Jazz In Africa Volume Two (Kaz CD 28)

    ( A ) Kippie Moeketsi, as; Dennis Phillips, as (#1 only); Basil Coetzee, ts; Pat Matshikiza, p; Alec Khaoli, b; Sipho Mabuse, d. (originally released under Moeketsi's name as "Tshona", recorded mid-seventies)

    TSHONA (Matshikiza)

    STOP AND START (Matshikiza)

    UMGABABA (Moeketsi)

    KIPPIE'S PRAYER (Moeketsi)

    Tshona is identical with the same tune on "African Horns"

    ( B ) Barney Rachabane, ts; Basil Coetzee, ts; Duke Makasi, ts; Tete Mbambisa, p; Sipho Gumede, b; Gilbert Matthews, d

    AFRICAN DAY (Trad.)

    ( C ) Robbie Jansen, as/fl; Basil Coetzee ts/fl; Arthur Jacobs, ts/fl; Abdullah Ibrahim, p; Lionel Beukes, b; Nazier Kapdi, d (session led by Ibrahim)

    KALAHARI

    (All compositions by Ibrahim, unless noted otherwise)

    While Ibrahim is generally quite in the background on these sessions, the saxophone players are uniformly excellent, in my opinion (though it's several years ago that I listened to this music for the last time - gotta check it out again soon!). Moeketis and Coetzee being my favorites.

    Hope this helps, don't know about correctness of the above data, however!

    Edit, 9/24/03: added details of Blues For A Hip King (which I just received in its Camden release from 1998)

    Edit, 10/2/03: added details of Jazz in Africa Volume Two (Kaz CD 28)

    ubu

  9. Jimmy Lyons Live Box Set

    in New Releases

    Posted

    Tony, I got mine from amazon.fr. Before I ordered it, it said, "Order fast, only 2 left", when I had ordered one, gone it was. It's not even listed as "not available any more" now. Left no traces...

    Checked my discs 2 and 7. They clock in at more than 40 and some 32 minutes, respectively, so I guess they should be correct. (I have not yet come further than disc 2 in listening, as I only have the box for two or three weeks now).

    And :mellow: , that was a thread *I* started, where this was discussed, and I couldn't remember anymore, not even when I searched for Taylor, it came to my mind... guess I need a new one!

    ...and I appreciate your -just wanted to say, forget it!- help!

    thanks!

    ubu

  12. guitar sound in jazz

    in Artists

    Posted

    I seem to get your point, whilst not sharing your view. What do you think of Jimi Hendrix? Or Tony Williams' Lifetime, Miles Davis' "In A Silent Way" and "Bitches Brew" (all with John McLaughlin)?

    I mean, it's perfectly alright not to like this, and who knows what is a step forward and what is/was just a step to some side...

    I personally like Raney, Bauer, Smith, also Burrell, Green, Montgomery, and of course Christian and Django better than post-1968 (or whenever the "new" sounds started) most of the time.

    Maybe someone here can give you some good recommendations for records that include distortion and whatever sounds, which would be a good introduction for you.

    Maybe the first disc of Williams' Lifetime? I think that was called "Emergency", and it includes Larry Young on organ.

    Maybe something by John Abercrombie, or John Scofield?

    ubu

  14. McCoy Tyner's Milestone sessions

    in Artists

    Posted

    Good idea to discuss this!

    The only ones I have so far (I picked them up recently for very few $$) are "Sama Layuca" and "13th House", a big-band affair. I like both of these quite a lot.

    The music has on the one hand sort of a post-Coltrane-consciuosness, while, on the other hand, it seems yet far more individual and Tyner's own thing than the (nice, but not great, in my opinion) Impulse dates.

    Tyner is still going very strong, however. Heard some broadcasts of him solo and in a trio with Al Foster.

    ubu

  17. Coltrane at Village Gate

    in Discography

    Posted

    That's what I found:

    John Coltrane Sextet

    John Coltrane (ss, ts) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl) McCoy Tyner (p) Art Davis, Reggie Workman (B) Elvin Jones (d)

    ``Village Gate'', NYC, August 8-September 3, 1961

    unknown titles rejected

    John Coltrane Quartet

    John Coltrane (ss, ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Jimmy Garrison (B) Elvin Jones (d)

    ``Showboat'', Philadelphia, PA or ``Village Gate'', NYC, April 16, 1964

    2 unknown titles private tape

    John Coltrane Quartet

    John Coltrane (ss, ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Jimmy Garrison (B) Elvin Jones (d)

    ``Showboat'', Philadelphia, PA or ``Village Gate'', NYC, July, 1964

    My Favorite Things private tape

    2 unknown titles -

    John Coltrane Quartet

    John Coltrane (ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Jimmy Garrison (B) Elvin Jones (d)

    ``Village Gate'', NYC, March 28, 1965

    90374 Nature Boy Impulse A 90

    Bass Solo unissued

    One Down, One Up -

    * The New Wave in Jazz / various artists (Impulse A 90)

    John Coltrane Octet

    John Coltrane (ss, ts, bcl, per, bagpipes) Carlos Ward (as) Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp (ts, per) McCoy Tyner (p) Jimmy Garrison (B) Rashied Ali, Elvin Jones (d)

    ``Village Gate'', NYC, September, 1965

    Afro Blue rejected

    Out of This World -

    ********

    Would "rejected" indicate these recordings were made by Impulse?

    ubu

  18. Soundtracks!

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Jackie Brown, L'ascenseur pour l'echafaud, The man with the golden arm

    Delerue (also his Godard soundtracks, such as Le mépris), and many of the the more recent Godard soundtracks, where the soundtrack alone can be heard as sort of an "audio-film" (similar to what some releases on the Winter&Winter label achieve)

    almost anything by Morricone, Max Steiner

    my perrennial favorite: Nono Rota (8 1/2, La dolce vita, Godfather, Il gattopardo etc)

    ubu

  19. Cannonball Adderley

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Then, for a change of pace, theres also the "Ray Brown With the All-Star Big Band Featuring Cannonball Adderley" album (Verve, 1962). It's included on the following (otherwise fairly good rather than great, double CD:

    B00000475D.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

    And, as a sidenote, that cover story downbeat had on Cannon, some months ago, was a very good read.

    ubu

  20. Cannonball Adderley

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    I'm completely with Lon on this one - wonder what a different bass-drum-team could have done...

    Generally, I think Evans was just not the guy to lead a date with horns. Of course he was great with Miles, but his ohn quintet/quartet dates are the ones that get the least playing time with me. It's the trios that do more for me.

    Then, Cannonball: I think I have never heard any wrong note from him, neither an unfitting one. I consider him one of the giants of the saxophone, and an underrated (though I hate this label) musician/bandleader/catalyst.

    Another of my favorite Cannonball recordings is "Things Are Getting Better, with Milt Jackson and the great rhythm section of Wynton Kelly, Percy Heath and Art Blakey.

    Great cover, too! ("Cover Photograph, by Charles Stewart, shows Cannonball Adderley with his King Super 20 Alto Sax"). The liners, by the way also include that strange Roverside Sterophonic diagram (the one we discussed earlier, with the phanton speaker etc)

    ubu

  21. J.R. MOnterose

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Another very good Monterose date came to mind when I read the thread on "In Action". "Body and Soul" was recorded live in the Netherlands, on January 31, 1970, with Jon Eardley and a very tight local rhythm section (Rein de Graaff, p; Henk Haverhoek, b; Pierre Courbois, d). It's a real shame this is not a quintet affair in its entirety (there are two trio features and a feature for Eardley and Monterose, and two quintet tracks. Eardley does "Old Folks", the trio does "How Deep Is the Ocean" and a de Graaff original, the quintet does another de Graaff tune and Monterose's "Short Bridge", however, the real highlite is J.R.'s take on "Body and Soul". This is another one which belongs in the row of great tenor sax interpretations of that tune!

    The disc was reissued by Blue Moon in 2000, seems to be available from the Freshsound-site.

    Anyone has heard it?

    ubu

  22. Favorite movies?

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    "L'argent" was Bresson's last film. I had a chance to see it at a retrospective held in Zurich a couple of nmonths after his death. I saw many others there, too (Condamné, Journal d'uncuré..., Balthazar, Le diable probablement - some others were missing as they could not get any copies).

    There was a recent (Hollywood?) movie starring Al Pacino (whom I don't like that much in his recent films, ususally), called "Insomnia". Can't remmeber who directed it, but that was quite a bleak affair, too.

    ****

    I have just now seen Alexander Medwjedkin's silent movie "Stschastje" (german: Das Glück), from 1935. What a great film! They even had a piano player who did a quite decent job. Tomorrow, I'm going to see Griffiths "Intolerance" (for the first time in its entirety)

    ubu

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