Son-of-a-Weizen Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 Take a pleasant number like "Judyful" (from 'Images of..') that has Fuller, Milt Hinton, Cliff Jarvis & McCoy Tyner lightly swinging away.....and then at exactly 2:59 drop Yusef Lateef through the ceiling tile, blasting away like a honking freight train so that you have to leap from the chair to adjust the volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe M Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 Yeah, that reminds me of some of those classical cds Telarc has issued where they have the warning label on the cover advising you that they aren't liable for any damage to your stereo system when the cannons in the 1812 Overture go off... This cd should have one of those too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Gosh, I can't tell you how much I dig that! I discovered that so many years ago that it isn't funny and just LOVE it! Jazz ain't pretty and predictable and neoconservative! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Just listened to this on the way into work. Man, does Lateef nail that entry or what! The thing is, Curtis sounds like he's playing with a paper bag over his horn on the whole disc. It makes Yusef's tenor sound crystal clear. On "Judyful", not only is Curtis muted, the rhythm section is turned down as well. I wonder if Rudy was having a bad day in the studio? Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Gosh, I can't tell you how much I dig that! I discovered that so many years ago that it isn't funny and just LOVE it! Jazz ain't pretty and predictable and neoconservative! sounds like something I should hunt down! Love Lateef! ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 I honestly believe this was intended to make you sit up and take notice, the arrangement was engineered this way, and the engineering was arranged to heighten the effect. Not knowing the original intent, not being at the session, I'm just guessing but that's how it seems to me. It's a great tune and the contrast helps to make it a memorable one, lifts it up a notch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted June 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 I honestly believe this was intended to make you sit up and take notice, Oh, so that's what it was all about? Ya know, every time I listen to Herbie Hancock's lovely predictible playing on 'First Trip' I keep thinking that somewhere along the line Rudy should have had a pack of firecrackers go off in order to jolt the listener right outta his chair. I guess he screwed up alot of these sessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Haven't heard the session in question, but it wouldn't surprise me to find out that this was intentional. Lateef's is one of the driest, if not the driest, and eccentric senses of humor in the history of jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Ya know, every time I listen to Herbie Hancock's lovely predictible playing on 'First Trip' I keep thinking that somewhere along the line Rudy should have had a pack of firecrackers go off in order to jolt the listener right outta his chair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 If we're talking about Lateef...shouldn't the thread be called "How to ENHANCE a Curtis Fuller song...". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 I thought this was going to be a Kenny G thread ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Jim it definitely feels like Teefski was allowed to do his thing! I find it interesting how on the original Savoy lp mixes (not necessarily in all the reissues, especially the US ones) RVG (and other engineers in other studios that Cadena and others used) seem to have the horns even more upfront and loud than on say Blue Note and Prestige sessions. This can be quite effective; I really like the way that the Harden-Coltrane dates sound for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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