7/4 Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Early word: I hear he died from Cancer. Looking for confirmation on the net now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Tom Harrell recorded on a new Wayne Escoffery date three days ago, and was just fine by reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 I saw this on the Yahoo Jazz Gtr list within the last hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 I hope it's not true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 (edited) I tend to doubt that rumor. He's got a very busy performance schedule for someone dying from cancer. He's supposed to play Iridium Dec. 5-8 w/ Joe Lovano and Jimmy Cobb and has a lot of dates lined up for 2008. Looks like he played a concert in Italy a few nights ago if the posts on his My Space page are accurate. http://www.myspace.com/tomharrell Edited November 30, 2007 by J.H. Deeley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 I'm sure there is confusion here between Tom Harrell and music journalist Tom Terrell who died today of cancer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 I'm sure there is confusion here between Tom Harrell and music journalist Tom Terrell who died today of cancer! This is entirely possible, like I wrote, this was 2nd hand (or more, even) information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Then the information should have been left where it was. Very careless to post some unfounded rumor about the death of anybody. It took me a couple of minutes of googling to find what all this was about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 This might be a guarantee for a long life. I wish Tom Harrell good health and all the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Tom Harrell will be playing at Iridium next week. From the New York Times jazz listings yesterday: SHADES OF JAZZ (Wednesday and Thursday) The tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and the trumpeter Tom Harrell, a well-seasoned front-line pair, team up with the bassist Cameron Brown and the drummer Cindy Blackman, a rhythm section likely to produce some forward tilt. (Through Dec. 9.) At 8 and 10 p.m., Iridium, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street, (212) 582-2121, iridiumjazzclub.com; cover, $30, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Then the information should have been left where it was. Very careless to post some unfounded rumor about the death of anybody. It took me a couple of minutes of googling to find what all this was about! I recommend fiber. And lot's of it. You never make mistakes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 When I make mistakes, I avoid insulting the person who corrected me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 When I make mistakes, I avoid insulting the person who corrected me! Highly sensitive constipation issues? The fiber helps a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Forever pathetic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 ... and forever anal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 I'm not kidding about the fiber Brownie. It works. You think I'm joking? I'm not. Try it. You'll like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Tom Harrell finally has a new recording out, on High Note, Light On. Recorded December 5 and 7, 2006. With Wayne Escoffrey on tenor, Danny Grissett on piano and Fender Rhodes, Egonna Okegwo on bass, Johnathan Blake on drums. Listening for the first time right now and liking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Tom Harrell plays as a sideman on many small group CDs that I like. Here are just some of them. Rein de Graff Quintet - New York Jazz - Timeless Bill Mays Quintet - Tha's Delight - Trend Hod O'Brien Quintet - Opalessence - Criss Cross Mike LeDonne Quintet - 'Bout Time - Criss Cross Ted Rosenthal - New Tunes, New Traditions - Ken Mike LeDonne - The Feeling Of Jazz - Criss Cross Ralph Lalama Quintet - Feelin' And Dealin' - Criss Cross John Swana And Friends - Criss Cross and of course on quite a number of Phil Woods CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Apparently he's alive and well. My apologies for the misinformation, I was only the messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 I have heard stuff by him over the years, but I don't have anything by him and need to know more. I've liked everything I heard. I heard some big band arrangements he did for (at least) one of his albums that I especially dug. Can tell me which album (or albums) focus on his arranging? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Recently heard the fine Mike LeDonne disc "'Bout Time" (thank you, brownie!) and just yesterday dug up Harrell's "Open Air" on Steeplechase from the local sales bins - very enjoyable! His tone is so beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have heard stuff by him over the years, but I don't have anything by him and need to know more. I've liked everything I heard. I heard some big band arrangements he did for (at least) one of his albums that I especially dug. Can tell me which album (or albums) focus on his arranging? TTK, some years ago I got a promo without the booklet of his album Time's Mirror. Perhaps you are thinking of that one. I enjoy it. I don't know who did the arranging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have heard stuff by him over the years, but I don't have anything by him and need to know more. I've liked everything I heard. I heard some big band arrangements he did for (at least) one of his albums that I especially dug. Can tell me which album (or albums) focus on his arranging? TTK, some years ago I got a promo without the booklet of his album Time's Mirror. Perhaps you are thinking of that one. I enjoy it. I don't know who did the arranging. Tom Harrell did all the arrangements on Time's Mirror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin V Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have heard stuff by him over the years, but I don't have anything by him and need to know more. I've liked everything I heard. I heard some big band arrangements he did for (at least) one of his albums that I especially dug. Can tell me which album (or albums) focus on his arranging? TTK, some years ago I got a promo without the booklet of his album Time's Mirror. Perhaps you are thinking of that one. I enjoy it. I don't know who did the arranging. Tom Harrell did all the arrangements on Time's Mirror. I wish that he'd do a follow-up to Time's Mirror. Given that many of the arrangements were quite old at the time of the recording, I wonder if he has done any recent arrangements for a large ensemble. Incidentally, I recently purchased David Berkman's Handmade, with Harrell, Steve Wilson, Ugonna Okegwo and Brian Blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) Harrell's 2010 album "Roman Nights" is tremendous. His chops aren't as consistent as they once were, but his improvisations are still remarkably pure and melodic, and the compositions are much the same. Interestingly, most of his recent tunes favor even-8th note rhythms and grooves rather than 4/4 swing. What's most impressive to me, however, is how complete Harrell's sound world is and how his band has become such an expressive extension of his own aesthetic. I think that the guys in his quintet -- Wayne Escoffery, Danny Grissett, Ugonna Okegwo, Johnathan Blake -- never sound better than when they're working with Harrell. I'd encourage anyone who has the chance to see this group in person to do so, especially if you're someone who has given up on mainstream post-bop and its offshoots. On a more personal note, the title track of "Roman Nights" practically brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. It's just a simple ballad played by Harrell and Grissett on piano, but there's an unaffected lyricism that really gets to me. It's the way the melody interlocks with the descending harmonic sequence -- it reminds me of some of Freddie Redd's tunes, which get to me in the same way. Edited January 21, 2011 by Mark Stryker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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