paul secor Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 I received Mosaic Records Sunday Jazz Gazette and saw this: https://jazztimes.com/features/40-essential-solos/ I was familiar with some of the solos (though no doubt not familiar enough), some are not to my taste, and others I had never paid attention to. The article presented me with music to listen to and think about. Perhaps folks here will add some favorite solos of their own. Perhaps even some obscure ones. (Apologies if this repeats a previous thread.) I'll add a favorite of my own - one that's not so obscure. Pres on Billie's "I Must Have That Man". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Rollins: You Don't Know What Love Is Bill Evans: Tenderly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Everybody's. Wayne here. not just the solo, but especially the solo, his attacks, dynamics, tonal manipulations, spacing of phrases, this is a master at work. Lester and Nat here, individually and collectively. Early imprinting - Phil Woods on these two, Zoot on the first I think I can still sing them, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 And to Linda Oh, for catching Oliver's magnificence as an improviser, nothing but the fullest love. The solo in question is one of the marvels of the 20th Centruy imo, seeing as how it asks and answers so many questions that now seem inevitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcam_44 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Agreed! Oliver's solo on Stolen Moments is magic. My favorite solo of all-time is Gary Bartz on Misty from There Goes The Neighborhood. It gets me excited every time I hear it. It isn't a flawless solo by any means but it has so much joy in it. His mastery of time is incredible, plus he burns forever too. Its a ride man. I think its accentuated by the Kennys more sedated solo before it. The way he returns to the theme and flies away, so beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Miles' pleading, storytelling solo on the quintet version of "When Lights Are Low," with its occasional suggestions that Miles' melodic sense of the time had a kinship with that of Richard Rodgers -- e.g. the way Miles exits the solo. Pres' solo on "Taxi War Dance" (and Dickie Wells' solo too): Monk's solo on "Little Rootie Tootie": Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Superb solos by Curtis Amy + Dupree Bolton back-to-back .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Art Pepper's solo on "Besame Mucho": Sonny Rollins' "St. Thomas": Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Oh man, Eric Dolphy’s solo on Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting from Mingus at Antibes. Coltrane on Afro Blue from Live At Birdland. Ray Draper on Clifford’s Kappa from Ray Draper Quintet (featuring John Coltrane). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Paul Desmond's solo on "Blues In Time:" Jackie McLean's solo on "Help": Clifford Brown's solo on "I Can't Get Started": Albert Stinson's solo on "My Joy" (begins at about 4:50): Johnny Dodds on "Perdido St. Blues" (sober trumpeter George Mitchell too): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 43 minutes ago, Larry Kart said: Albert Stinson's solo on "My Joy" (begins at about 4:50): !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 The haunting solo by Clifford Brown really hits the spot .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Charlie Parker, "Warming Up a Riff" Lester Young, "These Foolish Things" Bud Powell, "Parisian Thoroughfare" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Weil Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Bud Powell, "It Could Happen To You" (alternate take). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddlemay Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Hank Jones' solo, which starts at about 2:25: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Bud: "It Never Entered My Mind" - some of the most deeply felt music I've ever heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Jimmy Yancey, "At the Window" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Weil Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 2 hours ago, paul secor said: Bud: "It Never Entered My Mind" - some of the most deeply felt music I've ever heard It's almost unbearably poignant (IMHO). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted July 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 35 minutes ago, Simon Weil said: It's almost unbearably poignant (IMHO). Your words speak more eloquently than mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnblitweiler Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Yes to Johnny Dodds and George Mitchell in "Perdido Street Blues." AND Johnny Dodds in King Oliver's :Someday Sweetheart." And Johnny Dodds in his "Hear Me Talking." And Johnny Dodds in his 1938 "Melancholy" and Charlie Shavers too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Art Pepper and Warne Marsh on "All the Things You Are" (don't miss the exchanges toward the end): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Oscar Pettiford (cello) on "Now See How You Are," with Mat Mathews: Ira Sullivan (on tenor) with Red Rodney on "Ubas": Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Fred Hopkins solo (starting at 3.45) structured as survey of bass playing history .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Milcho Leviev (starting at 4.20) .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Coltrane rides the wave - provided by Paul Chambers + Philly Joe Jones - perfectly .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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