Guy Berger

Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me, but aside from Jackie McLean, Lou Donaldson and Ornette Coleman, did Blue Note record more than 2-3 albums led by any individual alto saxophonist? Maybe Lion/Wolff didn’t care for the instrument, or the market/audience for alto saxophonists wasn’t very big relative to trumpet or tenor. Also seems significant that, aside from the Freddie Hubbard albums, Spaulding was usually featured in ensembles with at least two other horns.

He talks about it here

Tyshawn Sorey posted the following on his Instagram: ”We (TS, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell trio) also managed to record an album featuring my compositions (along with a couple of them by JL and BF) on July 7, 2021 with the intention of having it released soon this year. It would have been my first recording for @ecm_records as a leader. However, this process too has been slowed down due to restrictions; i.e., the inability to be in a mixing and mastering room with Manfred Eicher in Europe or in New York. But we are still working very hard together on making this happen as soon as possible. More details on that front, as I'm also doing another very big project with them, and we don't yet know which will come out first on ECM.”

Listening to a lot of mid-50s Stan Getz and imho Getz sounds way better with Lou Levy than w/Peterson. Peterson sounds clunky behind Getz.

Mark Turner has a quartet album coming out on ECM this spring, Return from the Stars. (Presumably named after the Stanislaw Lem novel.) The quartet is trumpeter Jason Palmer, bassist Joe Martin, and drummer Jonathan Pinson. I really enjoyed Lathe of Heaven (his prior album on ECM, from 2014) and am looking forward to this one.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking about - that and also the contrapuntal texture of the music.

RB is Ronnie Boykins, right?

Finally got around to listening to Secrets from this box set! (One of the oldest items remaining in my backlog!) Really good, just like this duo’s other early work.

Thanks for sharing! Interesting interview.

I generally enjoy the Cherry BNs more than the Ornette BNs too. Glad to have both.

Would be nicer if they released a nice version of the Paul Bley Hillcrest recordings

Listened to this last night. It's enjoyable, and I love Wayne's playing, so I'll probably pick it up at some point, but not in a rush to do so.

I heard it. It's enjoyable! Whether beyond "enjoyable" comes down to how much you like this kind of thing. (I like Turner and have seesawed on whether to spring for a copy.)

Sad for his family and friends' loss. I always liked the passion and enthusiasm of his writing, but had mixed feelings about the substance/content.

I remember listening to My sense is that Turner has "more cred" among jazz critics than the other two, and that Potter might be in the middle between Turner and Brecker. (For that matter, critics seem to like Lovano, but are mostly silent about Liebman.)

How do people think about Brecker's role in jazz music vs, say, Chris Potter or Mark Turner? All 3 seem to be "musician's musicians" in a way.

Great player. RIP!!

IMHO the ECM work is very good. I especially like the two Torns (Prezens, Sun of Goldfinger), the first Formanek (Rub & Spare Change), and the 2nd-4th Snakeoils. The Snakeoils on Intakt are great too.

We’ve had a few other threads about Tim’s releases and ensembles but they are scattershot, so I started this one and will link to the others. Recently I listened to Open, Coma for the first time - I believe this is the only large ensemble recording Tim has made. It’s really good. Lots of great Marc Ducret on this one. Previous Berne Thread 1 Previous Berne Thread 2 Previous Berne Thread 3

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to check it out - but my guess is no. This was some sort of playlist which was playing over and over, and had "legit" recordings (like Burrell's "Chitlins Con Carne").... isn't the 67 European tour bootlegs only?

Hey all, I was in a public location and there was jazz playing on in the background. A version of “Ruby, My Dear” came on that featured a Johnny Hodges like alto. Any ideas what this might be? There was also a trumpet.

Love this album. It’s probably my favorite pre-1955 Getz.

Ornette’s music is full of walking basslines! He had Charlie Haden, one of the GOAT “walkers”, in his band!

That’s the upgrade that Paul Motian and Gary Peacock got at the pianist rental agency!

You could use Evans for good or for evil. Tyner was mostly just good