relyles Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 The Bunky Green Label-Blue release, Another Place is now available to be ordered from the Label Bleu website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Mais oui, it's out! and it is excellent Have enjoyed this for the past couple of weeks. Best Bunky Green album I have heard so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 sound clips available here: bunky green anyone know where to get this in the states? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 sound clips available here: bunky green anyone know where to get this in the states? Cadence & CDU usually carry Label Bleu CDs - but I don't see it at either place yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 (edited) I just got the new Bunky Green recording in the mail yesterday. First let me say that I am impressed with the speed of delivery. I only ordered it from the Label Bleu website on Thursday and it arrived all the way from France in only a couple of days. Anyway, I am listening to it this morning at work and I am really enjoying it so far. It is a shame that someone as talented as Bunky Green does not have the opportunity to record more often. I believe his last recording as a leader was recorded in 1989. On this quartet date Green is backed up by the impressive rhythm section of Jason Moran, Lonnie Plaxico and Nasheet Waits. There are four Bunky Green originals along with "It Could Happen To You" and "Soul Eyes". For someone who basically came out of the bop/hard bop period Green has a real nice structured edge to his approach which is the perfect fit with Jason Moran’s similar edgy approach to piano. It is easy to hear where Steve Coleman (who produced the recording) is influenced by Green. The disc is short by today's standards at 44 minutes, but it is a joy to hear something new from Green. Hopefully Mr. Green will get the opportunity to record more often and maybe even travel outside of Florida for a few live performances. Edited March 14, 2006 by relyles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 I just got the new Bunky Green recording in the mail yesterday. First let me say that I am impressed with the speed of delivery. I only ordered it from the Label Bleu website on Thursday and it arrived all the way from France in only a couple of days. No doubt!!! Mine *just* arrived in KC and I ordered it just last weekend. On to the music!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Here are a couple recent photographs I made of Bunky. m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 ...and another with Clark Terry and Larry Gray. m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 up to give attention to his new CD - Another Place. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 up to give attention to his new CD - Another Place. Very nice. He performed with Jason Moran at the Chicago Jazz Fest a few weeks back. An excellent performance. Am curious to hear more about the new CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 up to give attention to his new CD - Another Place. Very nice. He performed with Jason Moran at the Chicago Jazz Fest a few weeks back. An excellent performance. Am curious to hear more about the new CD. ....and played later that night with Ira Sullivan at the Jazz Showcase.....too cool! m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel1969 Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Thanks for pay attention to Bunky Green ! It is a glorious alto player. His last release is "Another Place". Its a fantastic session that will be a classic in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzman4133 Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Just spotted this Bunky thread. Here's my one Bunky album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montg Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 I heard a cut from Bunky's new CD 'Another Place' the other day on the radio. Very nice, tons of energy. I need to remember to pick this up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 I am working on a Bunky Green discography to be published at jazzdiscography.com. There are a couple of sessions as a leader that I can not locate complete information for. Does anyone have either of these OOP LPs and can provide the discographical information? Bunky Green - Visions Vanguard 79413 1978 Bunky Green - In Love Again Mark 57623 1987 Thank you for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 I don't have these recordings, but I wanted to suggest that if nothing else you could probably contact him directly- he teaches at the U. of North Florida. Maybe you've already done this, I don't know....worth a try, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Visions was released in 1978 and the album notes "Recorded at Vanguard 23rd St. Studio" Engineered by Mark Berry; Produced by Ed Bland. Bunky Green, alto saxophone Wilbur Bascomb, bass Angel Allende, percussion Mark Gray, electric and acoustic piano and synthesizers Jeff Bova, synthesizer Hiram Bullock, guitar Steve Jordan, drums Michael Carvin, drums (Visions only) Bob Cranshaw, bass (Visions ony) Alone Again, Naturally (Raymond O'Sullivan) What I Do For Love (Hamlisch-Kleban) The Greatest Love of All (Masser-Creed) Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis) (arr. by Ed Bland) Ali Theme/I Write the Songs (Michael Masser/B.Johnson) The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) (adapted by Bunky Green and Ed Bland) Visions (Stevie Wonder) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 (edited) So "Visions" comes between "Transformations" and "Places We've Never Been." In Love Again (Mark mjs 57623) June 27, 28 1987 Mark Studios with Vince Morette, Fred Betschen and Mike Nally recording engineers. Bunky Green, alto saxophone Willie Thomas, trumpet Bobby Jones, piano Bill Staebell, bass Lou Marino, drums You Stepped Out of a Dream (Gus Kahn/Nacio Herb Brown) In Love Again (Bunky Green/Willie Thomas) Yo Hablow (Willie Thomas) Dancing in the Wind (Bunky Green) Green's Blues (Bunky Green) Edited August 24, 2009 by Lazaro Vega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Thank you very much Lazaro. I should have also included Tranformations in my original inquiry. I own the CD reissue, but the cover was badly damaged in a flood in my home a few years ago and I tossed it. I have the song title and composer info (from the disc) and the allmusic.com listing, but I would like to confirm the accuracy of the personnel and recording date/location info if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 -Transformations- : Vernice "Bunky" Green (as) Al Dailey (p) Billy Butler, Carl Lynch (g) Wilbur Bascomb (b) Jimmy Johnson (d) Al Chalk (perc) Jeff Bova (ARP STRING ENSEMBLE AND ARP 2600) + guest: Clark Terry (tp-Interlude figure of "Feelings") New York, November 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 (edited) For what it's worth, there's a dynamite bootleg cassette of Bunky from the Chicago Jazz Festival -- I think from 1978 but I could be wrong -- with Art Hoyle on trumpet, John Campbell on piano, Steve LaSpina on bass and Joel Spencer on drums. My copy had three tunes on it -- "Tune Up," a Bunky original called "The Israelites" and "Blues in the Closet." He plays the shit out of everything, with his homemade outside-in approach to harmonic sideslipping and what a friend likes to call "pentatonic universe" and, affectionately, "chromatic dribble." The intensity is almost overwhelming, though the verite quality of the recording adds to the outness quotient. Hoyle and a very young Campbell sound great too. But Bunky is a force of nature. He willed himself into greatness. Edited August 25, 2009 by Mark Stryker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 Thanks for the info. I will try to confirm the date and include the session on the discography. -Transformations- : Vernice "Bunky" Green (as) Al Dailey (p) Billy Butler, Carl Lynch (g) Wilbur Bascomb (b) Jimmy Johnson (d) Al Chalk (perc) Jeff Bova (ARP STRING ENSEMBLE AND ARP 2600) + guest: Clark Terry (tp-Interlude figure of "Feelings") New York, November 1976 Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 I'll be seeing Bunky Green on Wednesday night, opening for Ornette in Paris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 I'll be seeing Bunky Green on Wednesday night, opening for Ornette in Paris! Sounds like a great night of music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rweisheit Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) A 24 year old Bunky Green appears on a Paul Serrano album entitled "Blues Holiday" and, needless to say, absolutely kills it. He also appears on two tracks (Little One I'll Miss You and Astarte) of a self-titled Travis Shook album released in the early 90s. I had the pleasure of studying with Bunky at University of North Florida for four years, and he is as beautiful of a human being as he is a player. I'm glad to see he is receiving the recognition he has deserved all these years! Edited September 8, 2009 by rweisheit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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