connoisseur series500 Posted December 21, 2005 Report Posted December 21, 2005 Haven't heard this one for a while, and I put it on today. Wow!! Forgot about how great this one is. Frank Foster on tenor, Lew T. on flute, Julian Priester on bone, Duke Pearson on electric... Checked on half.com and the cheapest one is $39.00. This needs to be reissued. Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted December 21, 2005 Author Report Posted December 21, 2005 ...and Jimmy Ponder on guitar. We got some good people on this one. Quote
mikeweil Posted December 21, 2005 Report Posted December 21, 2005 I have always liked this very much, as well as it's companions (that's what I feel they are) Kofi and Electric Byrd. Quote
Guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Posted February 9, 2006 After buying the Byrd/Pepper mosaic set and really digging The Crepper I just got this today. Sounds nice on first listen. Maybe a bit too nice. I still have to hear Kofi and Electric Byrd but those two are on my "to get" list. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted February 9, 2006 Report Posted February 9, 2006 ...and Jimmy Ponder on guitar. I just dug out Fancy Free yesterday, when I was looking around for anything else I had with Jimmy Ponder. (I just got the John Patton Select on Tuesday, and Ponder's on one of those dates, "That Certain Feeling" from '68.) Haven't spun it (Fancy Free) yet, but I will shortly. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 9, 2006 Report Posted February 9, 2006 ...and Jimmy Ponder on guitar. I just dug out Fancy Free yesterday, when I was looking around for anything else I had with Jimmy Ponder. (I just got the John Patton Select on Tuesday, and Ponder's on one of those dates, "That Certain Feeling" from '68.) Haven't spun it (Fancy Free) yet, but I will shortly. Nice album, no, very nice. But it and Kofi aren't in the same league as Electric Byrd, which I find incredibly beautiful and the Byrd I love best. MG Quote
scottb Posted February 9, 2006 Report Posted February 9, 2006 Fancy Free is a fine example that 70s jazz didn't have to suck! (Notice the absence of the Mizell brothers! ) Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 9, 2006 Report Posted February 9, 2006 (edited) Fancy Free is a fine example that 70s jazz didn't have to suck! (Notice the absence of the Mizell brothers! ) Lots of Soul Jazz in the 70s was very good indeed. But I've got to agree that the Mizells didn't do Soul Jazz any favours. MG PS Fancy free was recorded in 1969... Edited February 9, 2006 by The Magnificent Goldberg Quote
Guest akanalog Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 yeah fancy free is pre-70s. does anyone have art blakey's early 70s prestige stuff? there is a song on one of the albums that sounds EXACTLY Like fancy free but is credited to ramon morris, i think. might even be the title track, "a child's dance" or whatever. don't remember which one, but it is on there.... Quote
mikeweil Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 I had the Blakey Prestige stuff but sold it, Art and the percussionists were not really together, and it was a trifle too sloppy for my taste - just my taste. But yes, both this and the Byrds display the musical spirit of the times pretty well. But Fancy Free has a timeless aura around it that the Blakey Prestiges do not have ... Quote
Guest akanalog Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 i'm just saying i think someone stole the song "fancy free" for that album... i like those blakeys. not great but nice to hear a young stan clarke with blakey, though blakey is sort of mushed by all the added percussion, as you say. the smaller group stuff w. woody shaw is nice though. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 yeah fancy free is pre-70s. does anyone have art blakey's early 70s prestige stuff? there is a song on one of the albums that sounds EXACTLY Like fancy free but is credited to ramon morris, i think. might even be the title track, "a child's dance" or whatever. don't remember which one, but it is on there.... Yes, that's correct - it's the title track from "Child's dance". The label says it was written by Ramon Morris, but, of course, it was written by Donald Byrd. MG Quote
scottb Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 PS Fancy free was recorded in 1969... I posted that without checking, I thought it was '70 or '71. Actually, I had it in my car by chance and saw the date was '69 just after I posted so I guess all '70s jazz DID suck! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 PS Fancy free was recorded in 1969... I posted that without checking, I thought it was '70 or '71. Actually, I had it in my car by chance and saw the date was '69 just after I posted so I guess all '70s jazz DID suck! I perceive that you WERE joking! MG Quote
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