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  7. Joe Henderson

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    3 hours ago, Late said:

    Question to the board:

    • What record, to your ears, contains Henderson's most out playing?

    Interpret "out" however you like. The general idea is "outside" of standard changes or even standard pitches.

     

    Hmmm... that's a tough one. I might say BLACK FIRE, largely because the music's cadences (for lack of a better term; i think I really mean its extreme syncopations) keep Henderson from relying too much on his pet phrase shapes. Not that he HAD that many of those to begin with. But maybe what I'm actually responding too here is Roy Haynes' most out playing!

  11. Joe Henderson

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    4 hours ago, Mark Stryker said:

    Re: Joe and Chick

    Chick's "Live in Montreux" set with Joe, Gary Peacock, and Roy Haynes is GREAT. Some video of that performance is available on YouTube. There's surprisingly little documentation of Joe and Roy together -- a great match their springy, loose, bubbling, ever-shifting rhythmic conceptions, 

    Coda 1: In addition to official recording that came out on Stretch, there appears to be a bootleg CD on Jazz File called "Trinkle Tinkle" that, if the Lord discography is to be believe, was also recorded at Montreux on the same day as the other material. Only the title tune seems to be repeated repertoire. Anyone know anything more about this? A second set ? 

    Coda 2: Chick played a week at the Jazz Workshop in Boston the late '60s with the Kenny Dorham-Joe Henderson Quintet. Reggie Workman & Joe Chambers were on the gig. Where are the tapes of THAT?

     

     

    Thanks for posting that. Oh, to hear those KD-Joe-Chick tapes!

  12. Joe Henderson

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    49 minutes ago, JSngry said:

    I love them both. Seems that they hit the stores within a few months of each other(?) and it was, like, ah, Joe's BACK!

    Apples AND oranges! Chick does sound to me like he's in a different headspace record to record, though. Not a bad thing. Just something that kind of surprises me every time I spin these and think how — as noted — quickly one came after the other.

     

  13. Joe Henderson

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    How do folks here feel about RELAXIN' AT CAMARILLO. I know MIRROR, MIRROR gets a lot of love, and its a fine date. But I prefer the former. Chick Corea sounds a bit more fired-up on the Contemporary, IMO, spurring Joe to really dig in. I also like what Peter Erskine brings to the table, especially on this track. Sounds may find his approach a bit too "rockish"/fusion-y, but I don't know... it feels appropriately "colorful" to me in this context.

    Finally, Joe and Tony Williams playing together in a small combo... that did not happen too often. But "Crimson Lake" makes a strong case for their having recorded together more frequently.

  14. Joe Henderson

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    21 minutes ago, Daniel A said:

    The date was produced independently by Fred Norsworthy and then sold to Prestige. According to an interview with Norsworthy in the annotated Pepper Adams discography, Adams picked all the tunes. 

    I've always liked the dopey tempo of Punjab, and Carter does some wild glissandos on that one. For sure one of the most enjoyable covers of Punjab. But it does not feel like a tune that Zoot Sims would ever had played, before or after. 🙂 

    Thanks. And agree with you - Love that version of "Punjab". Flanagan's solo is particularly fine!

     

  15. Joe Henderson

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    4 hours ago, mikeweil said:

    I saw that band live (with a different bassist who was replaced by Rosenberg as she was expecting a child). Joe chose an all-woman band to point out the excellent quality of female jazz players - great move. 

    Joe was touring a lot in Europe during those years, more than in the USA. Saw him three or four times. He even dropped in when I was playing with a singer at a local club to check out the venue with his agent. That was shortly after he had recorded the Mulgrew Miller date for Landmark. Nice guy, for sure.

    Nice!

    BTW, wah's the deal with all the Joe tunes on the Pepper Adams / Zoot Sims Prestige date from 1968 (ENCOUNTER)? I mean, I get the Detroit theme and all, but I do wonder who brought those tunes — "Punjab" and "Serenity" — to the table. Pepper?

  16. Joe Henderson

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    Just now, Late said:

    This album is new to me. Thanks for the heads-up! Interesting to hear Rosnes with Henderson:

     

    Yeach, wish I knew more about the provenance of this one. Airshot? Definitely a live recording. This resource tells us it's from Bradley's in SF, 1986. I believe this was a working trio.

  24. Recap: Cecil Taylor Conference

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    Posted · Edited by Joe

    Unit Structures: The Art of Cecil Taylor
    October 23-26, 2019
    The Graduate Center, CUNY and Brooklyn College

    A report by David Grundy

    https://streamsofexpression.blogspot.com/2020/02/unit-structures-art-of-cecil-taylor.html

    Not familiar with this blog, but there's some other write-ups here that look worthy of investigation, including this recent piece on Alan Shorter: https://streamsofexpression.blogspot.com/2020/03/why-alan-shorters-parabolic-free-jazz.html

    Also worth noting: CUNY will soon be publishing two Cecil-related chapbooks:

    1. Archie Rand: Eulogy for Cecil Taylor
    2. Cecil Taylor: Memorial Scrapbook & Sessiongraphy. Edited by Ammiel Alcalay & Michelle Yom

    Details here: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/All-GC-Events/Calendar/Detail?id=53654 and here: https://www.centerforthehumanities.org/lost-and-found/publications

     

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