Guy Berger

RIP. The only one who didn’t sing, right?

I liked Ethan’s piece and appreciate it highlighting some overlooked music, but the lines between this kind of advanced straight ahead music, fusion and free jazz were often blurry! Not to mention that soul jazz was a key element in the jazz style mix during this period, and influenced some of the recordings he mentions

I forgot about that! Y I K E S

I really doubt it was a scam because most of the series shipped (to a lot, though sadly not all, of us). The guy just overcommitted and botched the execution

Damn. rip.

I mean, if your benchmark is Page One or Hank Mobley it’s “out”! If it’s Ayler or post-1964 Coltrane, not so much. I agree that he never tread the path set by Cecil T and Paul B (to pick 2 archetypes) - the path that other mainstream giants like Herbie, Chick, Keith explored, but… The intensity and abstraction of some of those recordings WAS out! I think it’s telling that a lot of the incorporation of Tynerisms into modern straightahead jazz piano is much more restrained and controlled.

No need to apologize - that’s a real bummer

Yes, a lot, though none of these are quintets. If we’re talking just officially released recordings: Black Beauty (April 1970) at Fillmore (June 1970) Isle of Wight Festival (August 1970) cellar door (December 1970) and a recording from Europe (fall 1971, on the Newport box) obviously there are tons of unofficial recordings too. between Shorter’s departure in March 1970 and Liebman’s arrival in early 1973, we have live recordings with Steve Grossman (spring/early summer 1970), Gary Bartz (late summer 1970 - fall 1971), Carlos Garnett (summer/fall 1972) His playing is intense, cerebral and uncompromising - more so than other “straight ahead” Coltrane acolytes. (Though I am not sure you can really call him SA.) It took me a while to get into it, too.

Will listen to some Shakti in memory.

Dang. RIP. I’m mostly familiar with him via Tim Berne’s music

I’m interested. I’ve picked up a bunch of NoBusiness’s archival reissues, glad they are putting them out

RIP. Those 1966-67 Kinks recordings are special

Finally got around to another volume in this series, 6. (I’d already listened to volume 1.) This music is just great. Hard to believe that for all intents and purposes they were “just a local band” having a good night on stage.

Just discovered Shakill’s Warrior. Great stuff!

Dusk holds up really well, I’d say it’s my favorite post-1970 Hill that I’ve heard.

This is a fantastic session.

Pedantic point - it’s one of the final *recordings* we have of Miles playing “So What” (there are 3 more after this one, stretching into early 1969), but I’m sure he played it a lot more often than that. The jazz club residencies, when he probably played it, are underrepresented relative to other venues in our recorded evidence.

The It’s decent. I greatly enjoy the recording.

Eh. I’ll be skipping this.

It’s a good performance. A nice bridge between R&B and non-extreme avant garde jazz.

Yes. The American Quartet was playing there when Lee Morgan was shot. One of the 1965 Charles Lloyd recordings on Manhattan Stories (Resonance) is from Slugs.

I take it from this thread that this guy is worth checking out? Where should I start?

This was a good forecast, unfortunately.

This is great music. Will pick it up.

If I had to pick a favorite “Lovano on BN” (of the ones I’ve ever heard), it’d be either the Vanguard quartet w/Harrell or 52nd Street Themes.