Clunky Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 Milford Graves——-Babi———-(CvsD) not sure what to make of this one. Perhaps it’s me rather than the music. I made mistake of playing unreleased disc 2 first. It features underwater recordings of Arthur Doyle and Hugh Glover honking, screaming over tornado like sounds of Graves. Easy listening I wasn’t expecting but this make Akira Sakata seem like David Sanborn. The sound of the first disc is much better being recorded properly but the music is violent and visceral as ever. It’s exceptionally challenging and could only be safely played when Mrs Clunky was out of the house. Even the dogs seemed to struggle giving me the ‘why did you take off that nice Blake/Lee disc to play this!!!’ Anyone else to listened and able to enlighten me. I’ll give it plenty of more spins to see if I can “get it”. Might take some time..... Quote
mjazzg Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, Clunky said: Milford Graves——-Babi———-(CvsD) not sure what to make of this one. Perhaps it’s me rather than the music. I made mistake of playing unreleased disc 2 first. It features underwater recordings of Arthur Doyle and Hugh Glover honking, screaming over tornado like sounds of Graves. Easy listening I wasn’t expecting but this make Akira Sakata seem like David Sanborn. The sound of the first disc is much better being recorded properly but the music is violent and visceral as ever. It’s exceptionally challenging and could only be safely played when Mrs Clunky was out of the house. Even the dogs seemed to struggle giving me the ‘why did you take off that nice Blake/Lee disc to play this!!!’ Anyone else to listened and able to enlighten me. I’ll give it plenty of more spins to see if I can “get it”. Might take some time..... It was on my 'to buy list' but I did some sampling online (from one of the unmentionable sites) and decided to relegate it to the 'one day, maybe' list. I'll be interested to hear if you, the dogs or even Mrs C eventually come to love it I'm now hearing Akira Sakata playing on 'Young Americans', interesting isn't the word... Quote
BillF Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Justin V said: The Jazz Couriers - The First and Last Words: One of my favorite recent purchases. Quote
soulpope Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, HutchFan said: West Coast classic .... Quote
HutchFan Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 44 minutes ago, soulpope said: West Coast classic .... No doubt! I'm now on to Volume 2: Quote
jazzbo Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 Booker Ervin "The In Between" Blue Note (Solid State) Japan SHM-CD Bass – Cevera Jeffries Jr. Drums – Lenny McBrowne Piano – Bobby Few Jr. Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Written-By – Booker Ervin Trumpet – Richard Williams Quote
colinmce Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Clunky said: Milford Graves——-Babi———-(CvsD) not sure what to make of this one. Perhaps it’s me rather than the music. I made mistake of playing unreleased disc 2 first. It features underwater recordings of Arthur Doyle and Hugh Glover honking, screaming over tornado like sounds of Graves. Easy listening I wasn’t expecting but this make Akira Sakata seem like David Sanborn. The sound of the first disc is much better being recorded properly but the music is violent and visceral as ever. It’s exceptionally challenging and could only be safely played when Mrs Clunky was out of the house. Even the dogs seemed to struggle giving me the ‘why did you take off that nice Blake/Lee disc to play this!!!’ Anyone else to listened and able to enlighten me. I’ll give it plenty of more spins to see if I can “get it”. Might take some time..... I love it personally, there's really nothing else quite like it. I think Doyle & Glover acquit themselves well, but Graves is, unsurprisingly, the key to what holds the whole thing together; if you listen for what he's doing polyrhythmically and how he's driving the momentum of the playing and shifting the textures & topography of the music with both his instrument and his body, it begins to make perfect sense, at least to me. I find it incredibly exciting. Quote
jazzbo Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 (edited) Jack Teagarden "Texas Trombone--Live!" Star Line Productions cd Not fantastic sound but if you crank it it delivers! Edited May 30, 2019 by jazzbo Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 8 minutes ago, jazzbo said: Jack Teagarden "Texas Trombone--Live!" Star Productions cd Not fantastic sound but if you crank it it delivers! ..but it delivers what? Long career, lots of options... Big band, sideman, small groups? Always interested in Big T, but don't know this one. Quote
jazzbo Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, Ted O'Reilly said: ..but it delivers what? Long career, lots of options... Big band, sideman, small groups? Always interested in Big T, but don't know this one. Delivers great jazz music. Small group, 7/27/58, Seattle WA. Jackson with Dick Oakley, Jerry Fuller, Don Ewell, Stan Puls and Ronny Grebs. Quote
HutchFan Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 Kenny Barron - Golden Lotus (Muse) An outstanding release from '82. Quote
mjazzg Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 1 hour ago, colinmce said: I love it personally, there's really nothing else quite like it. I think Doyle & Glover acquit themselves well, but Graves is, unsurprisingly, the key to what holds the whole thing together; if you listen for what he's doing polyrhythmically and how he's driving the momentum of the playing and shifting the textures & topography of the music with both his instrument and his body, it begins to make perfect sense, at least to me. I find it incredibly exciting. I think there may have been footage of this,or similar, in the recent Graves documentary. Certainly looked very exciting. I do like 'Meditation Among us' which is of a similar vintage Quote
Justin V Posted May 31, 2019 Report Posted May 31, 2019 The Five Spot material from Disc 1. Despite having been fortunate enough to see Weston 4 times (solo, duo, working group and big band), I barely had any of his music. I finally grabbed this in April and am working my way through it. Quote
kinuta Posted May 31, 2019 Report Posted May 31, 2019 Haven't played this for ages. Sounds great, positively popping out of the speakers. Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted May 31, 2019 Report Posted May 31, 2019 8 hours ago, jazzbo said: Delivers great jazz music. Small group, 7/27/58, Seattle WA. Jackson with Dick Oakley, Jerry Fuller, Don Ewell, Stan Puls and Ronny Grebs. Thanks! That was a good band, especially the under-recognized Don Ewell. Quote
Gheorghe Posted May 31, 2019 Report Posted May 31, 2019 2 hours ago, kinuta said: Haven't played this for ages. Sounds great, positively popping out of the speakers. Same here, haven´t played ot for many many years if not decades. Nice idea for listening to it again, especially as now there´s so much discussion about the Miles-Hank Mobley relations. I think I remember I paid very much attention to what Mobley played. Quote
soulpope Posted May 31, 2019 Report Posted May 31, 2019 3 hours ago, kinuta said: Haven't played this for ages. Sounds great, positively popping out of the speakers. Rough diamonds for sure (Hank Mobley !!) .... Quote
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