Peter Friedman Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 Art Pepper Atlas box set Disc 3 - Art Pepper and Sonny Stitt with Lou Levy, Chuck Domanico, Carl Burnett Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said: Art Pepper Atlas box set Disc 3 - Art Pepper and Sonny Stitt with Lou Levy, Chuck Domanico, Carl Burnett One good sign for me is that the three version of "Bernie's Tune" there are the only three versions of that once ubiquitous tune that I've ever been able to stand. Perfect choice of tempo, for one thing, and both Art and Sonny are inspired. Quote
HutchFan Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 Listening to this for the second time today: Miles Davis - Live at The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time (Sony Legacy, 2 CDs) This masterpiece is the subject of today's blog post on PLAYING FAVORITES. Quote
Gheorghe Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 11 hours ago, JSngry said: Very true. That record was a huge hit, with a lot of crossover appeal (I figured that out when I showed up to college my freshman year and met people who didn't know anything else about jazz, but they knew that record).. Of course, the "hit" was "Compared to What", which made it problematic for a lot of radio stations (there were "beeped" versions that got played on the stations in this area). Also, what radio play it did get was on Black and/or Underground Radio, so if you weren't tuned in to (pun almost unavoidable, sorry) that scene, you'd have no idea what was going on with that record. "Cold Duck Time" was also pretty popular, especially as a live/club tune. I was still playing it well into the 1990s. So yeah, a monster hit record. It had this cover when I was young and during that time it sold very well. I had quite a few from that "That´s Jazz" series: Mingus "Blues and Roots", Coltrane-Cherry "The Avantgarde", Ornette Coleman "Free Jazz", The Messengers feat. Thelonious Monk etc. ….. Quote
soulpope Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 3 hours ago, HutchFan said: Listening to this for the second time today: Miles Davis - Live at The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time (Sony Legacy, 2 CDs) This masterpiece is the subject of today's blog post on PLAYING FAVORITES. Another excellent choice .... Quote
erwbol Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 5 hours ago, HutchFan said: Listening to this for the second time today: Miles Davis - Live at The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time (Sony Legacy, 2 CDs) This masterpiece is the subject of today's blog post on PLAYING FAVORITES. 1 hour ago, soulpope said: Another excellent choice .... Though the two sets from March 6, 1970 have been recorded in much better sound without the added distortion. Strange Sony chose to only release March 7, 1970. The soundboard bootleg from the other night is an essential companion. Quote
David Ayers Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 14 hours ago, erwbol said: Passed on that series but wish I had bought a few. The US releases are a bit lacking. Quote
erwbol Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, David Ayers said: Passed on that series but wish I had bought a few. The US releases are a bit lacking. A lot of them are very good. I have almost the entire Coltrane portion of the series, except the ones I didn't need like The Coltrane Quartet Plays (APO Hybrid SACD). The mini-LPs are laminated and so not easily damaged (unlike the Alice Coltrane mini-LPs from 2004). This is the best Ascension CD I have heard. The Kevin Reeves from 2000 had too much highs, the Originals from 2008 also by Reeves was even worse with added compression. Edited January 10, 2020 by erwbol Quote
JSngry Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Posted January 10, 2020 10 hours ago, HutchFan said: Listening to this for the second time today: Miles Davis - Live at The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time (Sony Legacy, 2 CDs) This masterpiece is the subject of today's blog post on PLAYING FAVORITES. The thing that most makes me smile about this gig is a bit trivial (or not, maybe!) - the gig was Wayne's last with the band, and it was on a Saturday. With that in mind,, note that Wayne takes great pains to, at one point, quote "Never On Sunday" to some great length. Language! Quote
JSngry Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Posted January 10, 2020 Spurred on by the inclusion of "Sister Sadie" in Dan Gould's current BFT. This is a really good band, and a pretty damn good record, with Pauls Gonsalves & Quinichette aboard (although not at the same time). But the real treat for me is the section work here, the blends and colors that was once everywhere and today seems to be nowhere. I've heard the same thing about the "French Orchestra sound", but can't speak to that. This, I think I can speak to. Technology changes, society changes playing changes to meet the technological and societal changes, and so it goes, colors change, concepts of sound change...nothing's "right" or "wrong", just different. And me myself, this era/style of section playing is really, really satisfying. How many people playing in big bands today have actual, extended experience playing in any kind of a dance band, never mind an unamplified one? Quote
Justin V Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 When my daughter wakes up and asks for some Stitt, I have no problem obliging her. Quote
JSngry Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Posted January 10, 2020 1 minute ago, John Tapscott said: That's a damn good record. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 Hubert Laws "Carnegie Hall" CTI/BGO Records Quote
David Ayers Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 2 hours ago, erwbol said: A lot of them are very good. I have almost the entire Coltrane portion of the series, except the ones I didn't need like The Coltrane Quartet Plays (APO Hybrid SACD). The mini-LPs are laminated and so not easily damaged (unlike the Alice Coltrane mini-LPs from 2004). This is the best Ascension CD I have heard. The Kevin Reeves from 2000 had too much highs, the Originals from 2008 also by Reeves was even worse with added compression. Noted. If these come round again I’ll be waiting. In the meantime, this: Quote
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