Today's Jazz Playlist
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new BN Classic re-issue:
(I forgot about the cheezy paper-inner, for $31?? :dry
Yup, I wrote them a WTF? email.
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going in this evening with another one of my favorites.
every time i listen to this one i think: wow! that guy is just killin' it on the trumpet. such pure playing with perfect sparseness! ...and, then i remember: oh right, yeah -- early miles davis
every time i listen to this one i think: wow! that guy is just killin' it on the trumpet. such pure playing with perfect sparseness! ...and, then i remember: oh right, yeah -- early miles davis
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another of my top titles that was played twice last night -- just angular enough to be interesting but not so much as to take too much effort to listen to ...and, bobby hutcherson on the vibraphone smooths it out and adds another layer to the mix.
btw: the vibraphone is to jazz as the pedal steel is to country
btw: the vibraphone is to jazz as the pedal steel is to country
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This is a great album if you enjoying dynamic, high tempo Jazz. Larry Coryell on the guitar (may he rest in peace) Mark Egan on the bass and Paul Wertico on the drums. Released in 2004. Good quality recording.
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This is a great album if you enjoying dynamic, high tempo Jazz. Larry Coryell on the guitar (may he rest in peace) Mark Egan on the bass and Paul Wertico on the drums. Released in 2004. Good quality recording.
Just listened to this, superb.
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Dizzy Reece is a fine hard bop trumpeter who has been overshadowed by the innovators of the style. He started on trumpet when he was 14 and moved to Europe in 1949. It was while he was based in England (1954-1959) that he achieved some recognition through a series of recordings with top English musicians, plus a 1958 date with Donald Byrd. He moved to New York in 1959 but, after a few notable recordings and a bit of publicity, Reece seemed to largely fade away despite remaining active. He was with the Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra in 1968 and the Paris Reunion Band in 1985.
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I've found over the years that starting the day with a cup of fresh brewed Java and Jazz piano playing some of the Gershwin standards is one of life's small pleasures. As the saying goes: "Sometimes the small pleasures in life are the sweetest".
So it was this morning that I came across this album while searching new albums in Roon/Qobuz
"The Pennsylvania-based David Leonhardt Jazz Group, noted for its presentation of both straight and modern jazz, here eschews the latter turning its considerable talents and energy to the music of the Gershwins. One of the group's stalwarts, Village Vanguard Orch. veteran Ralph Lalama, plays a softer toned tenor than usual as he revels in arrangements of these classic entries in the Great American Songbook.
The rhythm section of bass player Paul Rostock and drummer Tom Melito go beyond their usual role of keeping the beat, especially Melito. He is an active participant with solos, punctuating rim shots, and cymbal play on almost every cut, going far beyond routine time keeping, as on "S'Wonderful."
In doing so, he adds a level of excitement that otherwise would be missing. Rostock shines especially bright on "A Foggy Day," where he provides stalwart backing for singer Nancy Reed.
But it is the lyrical pianism of David Leonhardt and the articulate vocalizing of longtime collaborator Reed that lifts this album out of the ordinary. The Leonhardt/Reed performance of "Embraceable You" is as sincere a play as one will find of this Gershwin classic.
The years these two have worked together is evident in the intimacy embedded in this performance. Lalama's sax comes in on the last chorus with his tenor noodling soulfully underneath Reed's vocals. A similar approach is found on "The Man I Love," this time with Lalama's sax being a bit more assertive without becoming overly demanding. This is outstanding work.
Plays Gershwin is Leonhardt's fifth album for his Big Bang label. Dilettantes and other effete detractors will moan that the last thing needed is another "plays Gershwin" album. But as this fine effort reveals, that position continues to be shortsighted as Leonhardt's group gives refreshing insight to the music of George and Ira Gershwin. Happily recommended." Plays Gershwin - David Leonhardt | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
So it was this morning that I came across this album while searching new albums in Roon/Qobuz
"The Pennsylvania-based David Leonhardt Jazz Group, noted for its presentation of both straight and modern jazz, here eschews the latter turning its considerable talents and energy to the music of the Gershwins. One of the group's stalwarts, Village Vanguard Orch. veteran Ralph Lalama, plays a softer toned tenor than usual as he revels in arrangements of these classic entries in the Great American Songbook.
The rhythm section of bass player Paul Rostock and drummer Tom Melito go beyond their usual role of keeping the beat, especially Melito. He is an active participant with solos, punctuating rim shots, and cymbal play on almost every cut, going far beyond routine time keeping, as on "S'Wonderful."
In doing so, he adds a level of excitement that otherwise would be missing. Rostock shines especially bright on "A Foggy Day," where he provides stalwart backing for singer Nancy Reed.
But it is the lyrical pianism of David Leonhardt and the articulate vocalizing of longtime collaborator Reed that lifts this album out of the ordinary. The Leonhardt/Reed performance of "Embraceable You" is as sincere a play as one will find of this Gershwin classic.
The years these two have worked together is evident in the intimacy embedded in this performance. Lalama's sax comes in on the last chorus with his tenor noodling soulfully underneath Reed's vocals. A similar approach is found on "The Man I Love," this time with Lalama's sax being a bit more assertive without becoming overly demanding. This is outstanding work.
Plays Gershwin is Leonhardt's fifth album for his Big Bang label. Dilettantes and other effete detractors will moan that the last thing needed is another "plays Gershwin" album. But as this fine effort reveals, that position continues to be shortsighted as Leonhardt's group gives refreshing insight to the music of George and Ira Gershwin. Happily recommended." Plays Gershwin - David Leonhardt | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
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Has been a while since I've listened to this gem. Always a pleasure. :music:
A legendary engagement at the Pawnshop club in Stockholm, Sweden. Featured are Arne Domnerus (doubling on alto and clarinet), pianist Bengt Hallberg, vibraphonist Lars Erstrand, bassist Georg Riedel and drummer Egil Johansen. They mostly stick to swing standards, recalling the groups of Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton. Highlights include a heated "Limehouse Blues," the African folk song "High Life," "Lady Be Good" and Coleman Hawkins's "Stuffy." All of the volumes in this series are well worth getting by straightahead jazz fans, particularly those not familiar with Arne Domnerus's excellent playing.
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A legendary engagement at the Pawnshop club in Stockholm, Sweden. Featured are Arne Domnerus (doubling on alto and clarinet), pianist Bengt Hallberg, vibraphonist Lars Erstrand, bassist Georg Riedel and drummer Egil Johansen. They mostly stick to swing standards, recalling the groups of Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton. Highlights include a heated "Limehouse Blues," the African folk song "High Life," "Lady Be Good" and Coleman Hawkins's "Stuffy." All of the volumes in this series are well worth getting by straightahead jazz fans, particularly those not familiar with Arne Domnerus's excellent playing.
Ron Miles (Rainbow Sign), Stereophile and I do agree at times. Not with morning coffee like Serge, rather with an afternoon Arnold Palmer !
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