slide_advantage_redoux Posted September 16, 2005 Report Posted September 16, 2005 I picked this up for cheap on an ebay bid, and I am very pleased with it! "Dutch Masters" under Steve Lacy's leadership with: Steve Lacy - sop sax George Lewis - tbn Misha Mengelberg - piano Ernst Reyseger - cello Hans Bennink - drums orig rec. '87 (my first hearing) Beautiful interplay, and great tunes. They cover 2 monk tunes ("Hornin' in" and "Off Minor"), 2 tunes by Lacy and 2 by Mengelberg. The band is exceptionally tight, but not overly so (for a session with these guys). Recommended highly! Quote
Spontooneous Posted September 16, 2005 Report Posted September 16, 2005 You'll also want "Change of Season," also on Soul Note, by four-fifths of the same group (different bassist). All Herbie Nichols tunes. Quote
JohnS Posted September 16, 2005 Report Posted September 16, 2005 And there's "Regeneration" with Lacy and Rudd. More Nichols Quote
Kalo Posted September 17, 2005 Report Posted September 17, 2005 I picked this up for cheap on an ebay bid, and I am very pleased with it! "Dutch Masters" under Steve Lacy's leadership with: Steve Lacy - sop sax George Lewis - tbn Misha Mengelberg - piano Ernst Reyseger - cello Han Bennink - drums ← You'll also want "Change of Season," also on Soul Note, by four-fifths of the same group (different bassist). All Herbie Nichols tunes. ← Under Mengelberg's name And there's "Regeneration" with Lacy and Rudd. More Nichols ← Soul Note too, nominally under Rudd's leadership, with half the compositions byMonk, half by Nichols. Could be the best of the lot. I'd endorse all of the above, which have been favorites of mine since they were released. I'm not exactly sure why, but this stuff hits me square in my sweet spot. Quote
slide_advantage_redoux Posted September 17, 2005 Author Report Posted September 17, 2005 (edited) Thanks for the recommendations. "Regeneration" I have (vinyl). Wonderful! "Change of Season" is the one I don't yet have. I will look for it. Speaking of Rudd..... I was just listening to "Archie Shepp and Roswell Rudd live in NY" (on soundscape) earlier today. I don't understand why some people criticize that recording. I have listened to it many times, and even though I do hear that some of the tunes aren't really as tightly prepared as possibly they could be, the energy on this date is wonderful as is the choice of tunes. I especially like Archie's singing. There are spots where I sense the energy and focus slips around a little. The 'fact' that this group wasn't working steadily, but was pretty much put together (in my opinion) for the production could explain a lot. Had they been touring (and maybe they had been. I could be wrong), the group would have been more 'one pointed' than it seems to be here and there. But all in all, this is a session that I am glad to own, and I come back to it time and again. Sorry to get off topic! Edited September 17, 2005 by slide_advantage_redoux Quote
Rob C Posted September 19, 2005 Report Posted September 19, 2005 Of the three similarly-constituted discs mentioned above, I only have Dutch Masters, but I love that one. Think I'll play it right now, in fact! Quote
Peter Posted September 28, 2005 Report Posted September 28, 2005 I'll buy any disc on which Rudd gets some solo space. I heartily recommend all of the above, even the one w/o Roswell. Quote
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