robertoart

Well, I'm having technical difficulties today! The first two paragraphs here are my response, followed by Marks's original post. Confused? So am I I thought you had made a wordy reply, so I was a bit disappointed when I realised it was 1 paragraph × 5

Yeah, it's not like Mehldau is Matthew Shipp talking about Herbie Hancock

Quite the Electric Blues aficionado now MG

My links in other threads are not always embedding either. I know not why. Fasstrack, you need to work on your v-i changes.

Here is Cantaloupe Island. From 'Tough'. And I like it a lot. I think Harold Alexander must be on this one too. It sure sounds like him in the opening phrase of the solos. Bartee and Alexander sound absolutely fantastic together. I thing Grant Green may have had their sound in mind when he used Clarence Thomas and Houston Person for the Club Mozambique recording. Trying to find Pucho's version of Maiden Voyage as well, not on you tube unfortunately.

If we're allowed to be old farts, I suggest David Murray's Flowers For Albert from this one,

Was Milestones not asking about 'contemporary' performances that might have the 'spirit' of the old 'joyful' jazz?

This post is still here. The moderator must be making a cofee. Wynton is using too. Freelancer, Brad's past use of heroin - apparently he no longer does it - is no secret to anyone who has even a minimal familiarity with the guy. He has talked about it in interviews. I was being flip about him denying what many perceive as a definite Bill Evans influence on his music and I was making a silly aside about the influence on his personal life. Sorry if I offended you or any of his fans. Thanks skeith. No you didn't offend me. I really don't know much about Mehldau, beyond the Metheny collaboration, or some of his stuff with Bernstein. I'm not really a contemporary Piano Qrt. kind of listener. And don't take an active interest in reading Mehldau interviews in the the way I might with Metheny, Martino or David Murray perhaps. So my ignorance here is to the fore. It does prove confronting in a way, however, as the contemporary, super-academic University generation players seem so removed from the drug culture of the past. Perhaps I think of Mehldau in the same breath as Metheny who is so square and wholesome . Don't worry about me, it's still hard for me to accept Scofield and Martino were drug fuelled crazy men for a long time And I never got over the fact that as a Fifteen year old aspiring guitarist I read the old looking bald headed guy that played chord melody guitar (Joe Pass) was once incarcerated Heroin addict. I hope anyone that has had battles with drugs overcomes them. Then again, like that cynical old man Lou Donaldson says, 'if they are still making it...they're probably all still takin it.'

This post is still here. The moderator must be making a cofee. Wynton is using too.

Do big name, mainstream, 'on the cover of Downbeat' musicians still do 'heroin'. Wow, must have those 'middle class 21stC blues'.

Well that's quite an elaboration In that I'm more clear on what you were getting at. It's also fairly obvious when you hear someone who has modelled their playing on a past great. In fact, it might be even 'harder' in some ways to sound 'like a chip off the old block', than to actually be your own man/woman. In as much as, the myopia of a 'one player' obsession, would seem to be an almost impossible act to maintain in this day and age. As opposed to the Charlie Parker era, per say, where almost the opposite was true.

Would have loved to have seen in him in his home turf Bar. And yep. If you want raw and nasty...bypass the pedals.

Would you elaborate on "influence" turning into "ownership of voice" a little? I am interested in what you are saying here, but would appreciate you fleshing it out a bit. If you care to.

What's so Uhhhh...about this jsngry? It's so damn...angular. And the sailors are maniacally goose-stepping, except for the guy down in the corner who looks like he's about to get a bayonet in the gut while holding a plate behind his back. And there's a midget girl poised to collect a urine sample from the flying goose-stepping sailors in a champagne glass. and the color-geometric combination is, like...this should not be happening, please don't look, you will not like what you see, so I'm all like, "Uhhhh....I agree, so why did you put it on an album cover then"? Now that you put it like that...

...just like Noah heh.

Oh I see. I was thinking American In Paris perhaps?

That's great. Has he got any other ideas? How about streaming some of the long hoped for 'rejected' sessions! Grant Green with Kenny Dorham, Ike Quebec, Gene Harris etc. The 'trainwreck' or others that people have been interested in. Must have cost them 20 minutes of someone's wages to get the Montreax stream up and running. Or is Michael Cuscuna still 'discerning' the lie of the land for us all. Maybe they could even get someone to have another look for a few of the 'missing' tape boxes as well. Who knows what they might turn up?

So Claude Bartee went on to play with Aquarian Dream in the 70's. A band I never knew of.

I thought the 'inside' sticker was a nice touch. If potentially a bit misleading to prospective listeners