Eric Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 (edited) I hate the use the "U" word, because about 99% of jazz musicians are IMHO, but I really think it is sad that Sonny Fortune only has 1-2 albums in print. I happen to be listening to a burn I made of his A&M lps and they are really, really nice. BTW, the All Music Reviews of these things are way hosed at 2 stars each - yeah there is a clinker of two, but they are mostly great 70s modal jazz. I think his Blue Note stuff is also very nice and is worth searching out. Any other SF fans out there and/or recommendations? Eric Edited January 20, 2004 by Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 "Great Friends", a live date in Paris from the 1980's with Fortune, Billy Harper, Billy Hart, Reggie Workman, and a pianist whose name escapes me right now, was reissued last year and its great! Highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 I don't usually do "me too" posts, but I will here...also dig his work with Miles, playing in fron of Cosey & Lucas must've been a trip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 I think the Horizon stuff is great. The BN stuff is good, but the Horizon stuff is great. Anybody heard his Konnex things? I haven't. Joe Milazzo played me some relatively newly released live Mongo thing on Columbia from the late-60s or so that was positively gonzo. Gotta get that one! And both his and Charles Sullivan's Strata-East dates merit a-huntin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 I've got his "A better understanding" from BN and it's definitely a Sonny Fortune - Fiddle, Flute, Flute (Alto), Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Producer, Liner Notes Billy Hart - Drums Jerry Gonzalez - Trumpet, Conga, Flugelhorn Kenny Barron - Piano Steve Berrios - Percussion Ronnie Burrage - Drums Wayne Dockery - Bass He also wrote all the songs on the disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 "Great Friends", a live date in Paris from the 1980's with Fortune, Billy Harper, Billy Hart, Reggie Workman, and a pianist whose name escapes me right now, was reissued last year and its great! Highly recommended. This one ! I got it for Xmas & it definately SMOKES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 (edited) Have not heard fresh Fortune in quite some time. The previous posts have raised my interest in his recent stuff. Liked his two Horizon albums 'Awakening' and 'Waves of Dreams'. Both featured that great underrated trumpet player Charles Sullivan. Sullivan was also in top form in Sonny Fortune's 'Long Before Our Mothers Cried'. Great Strata-East album from 1974 where Stanley Cowell already handled the piano chores. Edited January 20, 2004 by brownie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 His playing on "Agharta" is out of this world. I'm certain I had an album by him that was on the Atlantic album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Somewhere in my room I think I have TWO Atlantics, one has Serengeti Plains in the title. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Ah, yes they were Serengeti Minstrel, and Infinity Is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Would the other one be "Infinity Is", or something similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Obviously it would! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Yeah it is, goofy cover and all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Yeah, what's up with THAT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Would there be anyway you could display the two covers here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Can't find the images on line. Been looking. Lon's right, INFINITY IS has a goofy-ass cover. There was a third Atlantic - WITH SOUND REASON. They were all "good", but a HUGE let-down after the Strata-East & Horizon stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Well maybe Lon can post the covers online. As for the horizon albums maybe they'll show up on reissue one of these days I hope! I hope! I hope!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Anybody heard his Konnex things? I haven't. I have Laying It Down and It Ain't What it Was. I have not listened to either in a while, but my memory is that both are solid quartet recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 I've got one of those BN's (From Now On) and have enjoyed it. Are you guys hip to the Nat Adderley disc "On the Move" recorded live at Keystone in '83? *Great* session ------ Sonny sounds marvelous on it!! Check it out if you get a chance...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonym Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 I don't have much by this guy; only Sahara with McCoy Tyner (which certainly kicks arse) and a few things he did with Miles circa Agharta. Certainly plays mean alto. Seems to be the sort of guy that avoids (or appears to avoid) licks. Maybe thats why his modal efforts have been so convincing. I saw a Dave Holland gig a few years back where Antonio Hart featured and I thought his playing was reminiscent of Fortune's. I really should look into some of the things you fellas have been talking about. cheers, tonym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 (edited) Infinity Is Edited January 21, 2004 by couw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Awakening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 I'm a bit disappointed in your cyber capabilities Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmessenger Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 I saw him in Michael Wolff's group last year. He sounded great! I also love his BN stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 That N. Adderley band on the early '80s with Fortune was something else. Fortune and the rhythm section (Larry Willis, Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb) were locked tight and on fire. Likewise, a somewhat earlier Charles Sullivan-Fortune band I caught live in Chicago, with another fine rhythm section (Juney Booth is the only name I recall). That was the first time I heard Sullivan, who seemed like he might be Booker Little reincarnated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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