So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Rabshakeh]

Nicole Mitchell – Engraved In The Wind (RogueArt, 2013)

These can't go on Bandcamp soon enough, in my view. 

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Nicole Mitchell – Engraved In The Wind (RogueArt, 2013)

These can't go on Bandcamp soon enough, in my view. 

Did you go to Oto to see her at the weekend? I had planned to but things got in the way

[Rabshakeh]

56 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Did you go to Oto to see her at the weekend? I had planned to but things got in the way

I did, with Alexander Hawkins of this parish. I really enjoyed it. Very moving.

Edit: I should add, and not just because one of the duo might be reading this, that I thought that the combination of Mitchell and Hawkins really worked well for both, and brought out something really magical.

Edited October 3, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[Joe]

[jazzbo]

Clark Terry (with Thelonious Monk) "In Orbit" OJC cd

Clark Terry – flugelhorn
Thelonious Monk – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

Only one Monk composition! 

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

Clark Terry (with Thelonious Monk) "In Orbit" OJC cd

Clark Terry – flugelhorn
Thelonious Monk – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

Only one Monk composition! 

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

I did, with Alexander Hawkins of this parish. I really enjoyed it. Very moving.

Edit: I should add, and not just because one of the duo might be reading this, that I thought that the combination of Mitchell and Hawkins really worked well for both, and brought out something really magical.

I thought that might be the case, glad you enjoyed it so much. Maybe they'll record, I hope so. @Alexander Hawkinswhat say you?

I saw her there solo and with Mark Sanders a few years back and it was sensational.

It should have been a trio with Joelle Leandre who cancelled.  The audience that night was embarrassingly small, perhaps because of Leandre's non appearance

Edited October 3, 2022 by mjazzg

[jazzbo]

Skip Walker "Tina's Contemplation--A Reflection on the Genius of Tina Brooks" Skip Walker Music cd

The genius of saxophonist Tina Brooks?  Well maybe. I do love his music. This drummer led trio produced a nice session.

Edited October 3, 2022 by jazzbo

[Rabshakeh]

14 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

I thought that might be the case, glad you enjoyed it so much. Maybe they'll record, I hope so. @Alexander Hawkinswhat say you?

I saw her there solo and with Mark Sanders a few years back and it was sensational.

It should have been a trio with Joelle Leandre who cancelled.  The audience that night was embarrassingly small, perhaps because of Leandre's non appearance

I have always thought that Mitchell was a great player with a really interesting and personal sound on her flute, but I think that some of her earlier records sometimes adopted ensemble approaches that, whilst good, perhaps didn't show off how unique her playing is.

I first fell really in love with Mitchell's music when I listened to the solo record I posted above. I could listen to that record all day.

This was similarly excellent, with the piano opening up new possibilities for the flute. It reminded me a lot of Hemphill, Newton and very late Debussy, whilst still being it's own thing. Two players who work beautifully together. I would love to hear a duo album.

Sadly, OTO was not full last night either, although it did have a quite intense and studious small audience feel, which was nice. 

Edited October 3, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[JSngry]

[John Tapscott]

[Rabshakeh]

13 minutes ago, John Tapscott said:

Is this good? I enjoy all the horn players on here, but I don't know the others.

Edited October 3, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[JSngry]

25 years ago...already....

[Kevin Bresnahan]

26 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Is this good? I enjoy all the horn players on here, but I don't know the others.

I can see not knowing Nakamura, as he is a relative newcomer, but both Kikoski and Allen have been on a lot of recording dates over the years. Allen has toured as a leader quite a bit too.

This does sound intriguing.

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Kikoski can be pretty interesting.

His most interesting playing, imo, is on some Monday Michiru albums, but his other works also show him to be a personal thinker more often that not.

Check him out on this one, where he finds a way to "merge" the techniques of Ahmad Jamal & McCoy Tyner.

[jazzbo]

David wowed me when I saw him with the Mingus Big Band.

[Rabshakeh]

I think I've heard Carl Allen on a few thinks, and Kikoshi on fewer, but I don't think they're names that I see regularly.

[JSngry]

Kikoski is on a lot of records, but not as many as some other people. 

David Kikoski - Wikipedia

On the latest Monday album, he plays accordion, which by itself doesn't really mean anything, but it does show that he's not one of these "retro" guys who is going to sit there all of their life and regurgitate until they die. I'm a fan of that, just in principle!

[soulpope]

Birthday reminder .... 

[JSngry]

Happy birthday, soulpope!

[Chuck Nessa]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Kikoski is on a lot of records, but not as many as some other people. 

David Kikoski - Wikipedia

On the latest Monday album, he plays accordion, which by itself doesn't really mean anything, but it does show that he's not one of these "retro" guys who is going to sit there all of their life and regurgitate until they die. I'm a fan of that, just in principle!

First aware of Kikoski with the release of

[jazzbo]

A friend of mine sent me this and I'm spinning the first disc, the original release.

Very late Elvis, recorded in Graceland in a home studio. Interesting.

Elvis Presley "Way Down in the Jungle Room" Sony/RCA 2 cd set.

[Mark Stryker]

49 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

First aware of Kikoski with the release of

This is a great record -- one of the best Criss Cross releases. FWIW, I first became aware of both Kikoski and Moore hearing them with Roy Haynes at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago in August 1986, about five months before 623 C Street was recorded. (Ed Howard was the bassist with Haynes' quartet.)

Edited October 3, 2022 by Mark Stryker