mcq wrote:Listening today to some Charles Lloyd and some Jan Garbarek on ECM.
First up were Lloyd's most recent two albums - the live Rabo de Nube and the more recent Mirror - both of which feature his exceptional touring band of pianist Jason Moran, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland. Extraordinary music from arguably the greatest living saxophonist. Even at his most impassioned, there is always a sense of calm and repose about Lloyd's playing.
Then I listened to two of my favourite Jan Garbarek albums, Dis and Places. The former is distinguished by the interplay with guitarist Ralph Towner and the latter by the contributions of organist John Taylor (somewhat better known as a pianist). Utterly beautiful music which finds Garbarek on his most inspired form.
Nice to see you've posted your first pics Paul ;-)
cybot wrote:Been listening to this all day (Sat) and it's a very firm favourite of mine with a beautifully captured piano sound and performance...
The Bregenz and Munich performances...
A great album, this was the first solo Jarrett I ever heard and it made an indelible impression. I bought the 3-LP set second-hand from Freebird years ago and spent many a summer's night sitting up late playing this great music over and over. It's a great shame that ECM only released this as a single CD set.
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Here's another LP to grace my TT: it was released in 1976 and features Thad, Mel Lewis and the Orchestra live from the Village Vanguard in New York. The -- third -- trombonist, John Mosca, was only with the band three months when this was recorded, he now leads their successor the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and they still play at the Village on Monday nights maintaining a residency that began way back in February 1966. The Gordon family still own the Village Vanguard too.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
I've been listening to my jazz LPS lately, tonight's latest offering:
From the Guardian:
First released in 1961, Focus is a classic of its era, but unlike Kind of Blue or Sketches of Spain, it hasn't always been easy to track down, which makes this reissue especially welcome.
Tenor saxophonist Getz breezes through a suite of compositions for small string orchestra and rhythm section composed by Eddie Sauter, the former big band arranger.
The orchestration has a rhythmic drive and harmonic sophistication unmatched at the time. There's a wide emotional and technical range to the orchestral writing; listen to the flamboyant Pan, the lush Her or the dramatic strumming of Night Rider.
Getz is a wonder, delivering a stream of melodic invention that's adventurous, yet grounded in the golden era of jazz. Unlike other experiments of this nature, time has been kind to Focus. Now that collaborations between classical music and jazz are common at every level - from school to symphony hall - there's much here to teach a new generation.
What they fail to mention is the fact that Sauter wrote the music for Getz, when they had finished recording it, neither Getz nor Sauter were satisified with the outcome and so they performed it a second time with Getz improvising throughout, and it worked: beautifully.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
cybot wrote:Been listening to this all day (Sat) and it's a very firm favourite of mine with a beautifully captured piano sound and performance...
The Bregenz and Munich performances...
A great album, this was the first solo Jarrett I ever heard and it made an indelible impression. I bought the 3-LP set second-hand from Freebird years ago and spent many a summer's night sitting up late playing this great music over and over. It's a great shame that ECM only released this as a single CD set.
I got mine in Virgin on the Quays when they had a massive vinyl sale one time of, what looked like warehouse stock. I remember that sale well as they had some unbelievably hard to get and obscure stuff at fantastic prices... But I used to hate the halogen lights, millions of them dotted around the ceiling giving out so much heat it was like a furnace upstairs! Yes it is a great shame that ECM saw fit to only release the set as a single CD. Presumably the Munich set missed out?
Have you seen this Seán? I've heard you talking about him before and I also have some of his stuff too. Amazon are selling the 9CD set for £29.00! See link below... It also includes one of my favourites of his, namely, the live 'Trip To Prillaguri'....
