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[jazzbo]

Immanuel Wiklins “Omega” Blue Note cd

 

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Immanuel Wilkins on alto sax with pianist Micah Thomas, bassist Daryl Johns, and drummer Kweku Sumbry.

[dougcrates]

LP1 - I Talk with the Spirits

[dougcrates]

CD1

[Chuck Nessa]

[JSngry]

Who took that photo?

[Gheorghe]

21 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Ricky Ford “Tenor Madness Too!” Muse cd

This one keeps revealing bits and pieces to me, in part because the muddiness of the sound causes me to seek out little details and in part because there’s a looseness to the performance that draws me in different directions.

A quick search would have found the answer on either wiki or discogs.

March 4, 1989

Sure, but if I would reduce the stuff to wiki search there would not remain anything for me to discuss the music. And no wiki and no discogs can replace my personal history in jazz, where I didn´t read about Ricky Ford but saw him with my biggest idol, or my first idol in Jazz, no one less than Mr. Charles Mingus himself, and really study Ricky´s input in the band. So I might say sorry that I asked instead of having a look on wiki, but that´s me.....

20 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Another Ricky Ford.
Ricky Ford “Tenor Madness Too!” Muse cd

This one keeps revealing bits and pieces to me, in part because the muddiness of the sound causes me to seek out little details and in part because there’s a looseness to the performance that draws me in different directions.

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How come Ray Bryant was never the big star some other jazz pianists were? He had it all.

Ray Bryant Trio “Now’s the Time” Signature/Dr. Jazz cd

With Tommy Bryant and Oliver Jackson, 1960

 

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Interesting question: Maybe he was more a "Musician´s musician" and this can be very very important, because it´s the horn players who must feel comfortable with a pianist. 
If I would have been a trumpet player or a saxophone player during that time, I sure would have preferred to have Ray Bryant on piano to a so called "star pianist". 

He is very nice, has a nice touch and wonderful chords and he can support a player. 
I´m no record collector so I don´t have records of him under his own name, but my first hearing experience was on "Miles Davis with Milt Jackson and Jackie McLean", a nice little album from the 50´s or so. Ray is compin´so great and his little piano solos are treasures. 
Years later I saw him live with a good local band formed by vibes, guitar, bass, drums and perc ("Together" was the name of that band), and it was wonderful. So again, I don´t have wiki experiences about him, but have listened a bit to what he did and what I saw him doin.....

[jazzbo]

2 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

Sure, but if I would reduce the stuff to wiki search there would not remain anything for me to discuss the music. And no wiki and no discogs can replace my personal history in jazz, where I didn´t read about Ricky Ford but saw him with my biggest idol, or my first idol in Jazz, no one less than Mr. Charles Mingus himself, and really study Ricky´s input in the band. So I might say sorry that I asked instead of having a look on wiki, but that´s me.....

Interesting question: Maybe he was more a "Musician´s musician" and this can be very very important, because it´s the horn players who must feel comfortable with a pianist. 
If I would have been a trumpet player or a saxophone player during that time, I sure would have preferred to have Ray Bryant on piano to a so called "star pianist". 

He is very nice, has a nice touch and wonderful chords and he can support a player. 
I´m no record collector so I don´t have records of him under his own name, but my first hearing experience was on "Miles Davis with Milt Jackson and Jackie McLean", a nice little album from the 50´s or so. Ray is compin´so great and his little piano solos are treasures. 
Years later I saw him live with a good local band formed by vibes, guitar, bass, drums and perc ("Together" was the name of that band), and it was wonderful. So again, I don´t have wiki experiences about him, but have listened a bit to what he did and what I saw him doin.....

Well, I don't ask questions for something that takes seconds for me to discover myself. That's just me. . . I'll generally answer them, but that may change.

[jazzcorner]

Bud Powell with some nice melodies!

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Verve MV 2533 (Japan 1975/01) - Bud Powell " Jazz Giant - rec. 1949 & 1950

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[jazzbo]

Count Basie “Fancy Pants” Pablo cd

The last album Basie made with the big band. So elegant!

 

[John Tapscott]

 

[soulpope]

Moving spiritual jazz .... excellent ....

[felser]

[Peter Friedman]

Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway Live at the Library of Congress

[jazzbo]

Montreux '75 “Basie Jam” Pablo cd

 

[jazzbo]

Cal Tjader “Soul Burst” Verve cd

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

Marcus Roberts “The Truth is Spoken Here” Novus cd

I haven’t spun this in a long time. An excellent session.

[JSngry]

This is a good record.

[HutchFan]

❤️ ❤️ ❤️   ¡Una copilación fantástica!

 

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[Peter Friedman]

[T.D.]

This is definitely very good and ticks all the boxes for me. The long selection Variation of III, written by Reggie Workman, didn't click on the first couple of listens, but now I like it too.

[JSngry]

Dark.

[soulpope]

11 hours ago, felser said:

Worth the ticket of entry alone for the Rhythm Section aka John Hicks + Fred Hopkins + Idris Muhammad ....

[jazzcorner]

12 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

👍😁

 

Roberta had an interesting european tour. She did also a nice album with the Pratt Brothers big band

Here is an example from her european tour. Have recorded some of her appearances from radio.

12 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

💗 👍 Nice compilation ----> rustic hop *****

[Gheorghe]

21 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

Bud Powell with some nice melodies!

There are more Items on Verve!

Verve MV 2533 (Japan 1975/01) - Bud Powell " Jazz Giant - rec. 1949 & 1950

I think it is one of the essential Bud Powell albums for all who study his music, mostly for pianists. 
I heard it at a very early age and knew that if I listen much and learn about that musical conception of bop, I´ll eventually master it. 
But since the very very first Bud Powell I had heard was a session from the same time with Parker, Fats Navarro, Curley Russell and Art Blakey, I remember I noticed that the Verve session is on the same piano level, but for my tastes it missed that hearing of the drums. I mean you have Max Roach on that and can´t hear him, and you can hear Blakey so well on the Bird-Fats thing......

There was another Verve album with Bud playing solo, and another trio record with strangly Buddy Rich on drums but again you don´t hear him much. 

Also on Verve I think I have "The Lonely One" which is a very fine album with some vintage bop tunes with some better rhythm section with Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke, and I think there is a very good Art Taylor playing on "Conception", also a tune from a Verve recording.

I only find that the liner Notes of this album are quite dumb, it was not written by someone who really KNOWS Bud´s music......