What jazz have you been listening to today?

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I'm listening to highway blues.
judy tooley

Ms. Judy

Honestly, what better choice of music can one desire for, when your PC now works to your every command than that AWESOME - Highway Blues. Such a great song, and every guitarist of substance in the world have been there with Highway Blues.

I can remember at now 54 (LOL) the almost 6 feet 7, albino Johnny Winter (awesome american blues guitarist from the 1970´s) and the rest of his band giving Highway Blues for the encore - some extended for the occasion in Copenhagen, 1974 new edition for 25 guitar-soloing-minutes. The best of all the songs during the concert. The audience went wild and demanded for a second song and got it. I believe JW and the band realy felt welcome and applauded by a standing audience throughout the concert. 2500 people in the welknown blues-trance.

The next day the reviewers in all the important papers talked of: Johnny Winter plays the blues and Copenhagen loves him for it... His final most energitic song Highway Blues blew the roof at the KB-Hallen away.. and so forth.

 

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Back on topic:

With the faboulos Tenor-Saxophone-Giant Sonny Rollins. This one album entitled "It´s What I Do", Fantasy Records 2000 - with two different bands, that is the same band but different drummers.

The musicians:

SR (tenor saxophone), Clifton Anderson (trombone), Stephen Scott (piano), Bob Cranshaw (el. bass) and Jack DeJohnette or Perry Wilson (drums).

 

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A small misconception on my behalf - due to memory loss. The concert mentioned above with Johnny Winter in Copenhagen was not in 1974, but in 1972.

 

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Back on topic:

Another great tenor saxophone player Joe Henderson, who often reminds me of Sonny Rollins, though each their blowing technigues are very different.

So this morning from the tenor saxophone of Joe Henderson, the album "Mode For Joe", Blue Note Records 1966/remastered 2003.

The musicians:

JH (tenor saxophone), Cedar Walton (piano), the late Lee Morgan (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), Ron Carter (double bass) and Joe Chambers (drums).

Lee Morgan was a terrific trumpet player in his day, who unfortunately did not make a lot of albums.

 

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Lee Morgan, born on the 07/10/1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

At the age of 15 he was self taught on the trumpet, and became a member of the huge orchestra by Dizzy Gillespie from 1956-58, then he joined up with Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers 1958-61.

LM had a bad period during the next few years, he couldn´t decide whether to continue as a trumpet player or not, until he reentered in Art Blakey´s Jazz Messengers 1964-65. Together with Wayne Shorter also a member, Lee Morgan made one of the best blowing duos on the saxophone/trumpet during the many years of Art Blakey´s Jazz Messengers, for instance on AB´s "The Big Beat", by Blue Note Records 1960.

LM´s first albums in his own name were "The Cooker", 1957 - "Candy", 1958 - and "Lee Way", 1960 - all three of them by the Blue Note Records. His blowing was very powerful, a round but often light tone of voice on the trumpet, his favourite. LM also played the flugelhorn, but not as much as the trumpet.

In 1964, LM released his so far best album "The Sidewinder", which made his first commercial success, then "Seach For The New Land", 1964 - "The Gigolo", 1965 - "Cornbread", 1965 - "The Sixth Sense", 1967 and "Live at The Lighthouse", 1970 - all of them on the Blue Note Records label.

LM remained active in Jazz and politics through the People´s Movement from 1970 to his all to soon departure in 1972, when his wife in a rage of jealousy shot him down on the stage during a concert at Slug´s Saloon, N.Y.C., N.Y.

Among the musicians Lee Morgan played, recorded and performed with during his short life were Art Blakey, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Jordan, Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Wayne Shorter, Grachan Moncur and Jackie McLean.

Lee Morgan died on 02/19/1972 at Slug´s Saloon, only 34 years of age.

 

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Back on topic on this holy Friday morning at 09:09 AM:

Lee Morgan on his commercial success´album "The Sidewinder", Blue Note Records 1964.

The musicians:

LM (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), Barry Harris (piano), Bob Cranshaw (double bass, el. bass) and the late Billy Higgins (drums).

 

[Corno Dolce]

"As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" by Pat Metheny.

 

[Mat]

Michael Bublé - Call Me Irresponsible

 

[Corno Dolce]

"San Lorenzo" by Pat Metheny.

 

[Deeru Piotr]

Deeru Piotr

You´re a lucky guy and then so soon after your latest birthday going to the concert in Spain with The Roy Hargrove Quintet:

http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/royhargrove

Here you´ll find his latest album and the link to his personal website. Thanx for the Live review from the concert. Was the name of the drummer: Willie Jones III?

Nice Deeru Piotr to have you back again on this jazz thread, keep coming back!!

thanks intet-at-tabe, and sorry I didn't answer before, I hadn't read this

the band was Roy on trumpet
Justin Robinson, alto and flute, Gerald Clayton piano (amazing!), Joe Sanders bass and Chris Brown drums
I know Willie Jones III from the rh factor albums and he's fantastic, but this Chris Brown doesn't left nothing to be desired, in fact to me the strong point of the whole evening was the tandem between the pianist and this drummer amazing

today I've been listening to Bill Bruford earthworks, some bits of it remind me too much of seventies naive fusion but is highly enjoyable

 

[Mat]

The Out-of-Towners - Keith Jarrett trio.

Keith Jarrett - piano, Jack DeJohnette - drums, Gary Peakock - double-bass.




Norwegian Wood - European Jazz Trio.

Marc van Roon - piano, Frans van der Hoeven - double-bass, Roy Dackus - drums.

 

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thanks intet-at-tabe, and sorry I didn't answer before, I hadn't read this

the band was Roy on trumpet
Justin Robinson, alto and flute, Gerald Clayton piano (amazing!), Joe Sanders bass and Chris Brown drums
I know Willie Jones III from the rh factor albums and he's fantastic, but this Chris Brown doesn't left nothing to be desired, in fact to me the strong point of the whole evening was the tandem between the pianist and this drummer amazing

today I've been listening to Bill Bruford earthworks, some bits of it remind me too much of seventies naive fusion but is highly enjoyable

On Topic:

Joe Henderson on his album "In´n Out", Blue Note Records 2004.

The musicians:

JH (tenor saxophone), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), McCoy Tyner (piano), Richard Davis (double bass) and Elvin Jones (drums).


Your welcome Deeru Piotr :tiphat::clap:

You don´t have to apologize period, I guess you´ve got other things in your life to take care of, like most of us. But you´re back. I don´t know of Chris Brown, but I´ll check on the: www.drummerworld.com where they have mostly every drummer throughout the 20th century and until 2008 on stock of drumming, some of them with video an some of them with only audio. Thank you for this new name, according to you - amasing drummer, right up my path Deeru Piotr.

Bill Bruford - Oh YES!! Yes, was a name of an English band late 1960´s , where BF also handled the drums for a while. Also an amasing jazz/rock drummer. It pleases me to hear of your latest musical and drumming aquaintences.

 

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On more Joe Henderson album. This time "Live In Japan" with a japanese trio, by Milestone Records 1973/remastered 2000.

The musicians:

JH (tenor saxophone), Hideo Ichikawa (piano), Kunimitsu Inaba (double bass) and Motochiko Hino (drums). Not bad at all, probably not having had much time for rehearsel before the concert.

The latter Motochiko Hino a brother to Terumasu Hino (trumpet), who has made a couple of albums with the american Gary Burton (vibraphone, marimba).

 

[Deeru Piotr]

more Joe Henderson: mirror, mirror, with chick corea, billy higgins and ron carter, wonderful!

 

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Deeru Piotr
You´re a real pal, thanks!! :tiphat::clap::banana::trp::wave::guitar:

On topic:

Joe Henderson Group plays the songs of the late brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim on the album "Double Rainbow", PolyGram Records 1995.

The musicians:

JH (tenor saxophone) Eliane Elias/Herbie Hancock/Mseleku (piano), Oscar Castro-Neves (acoustic guitar), George Mraz/Christian McBride/Zeca Assumpcao´ (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette/Al Foster/Louis Braga (drums).

 

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"Up For It" by the Standards Trio.

 

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One of my personal fave trumpet/flugelhorn players Freddie Hubbard on his album with only three songs "Straight Life", Epic Records 1970/remastered by Sony Music 1997.

The musicians:

FH (trumpet, flugelhorn), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), George Benson (el. guitar), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (double bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums) and Richie Landrum/Weldon Irvine (percussion).

 

[Corno Dolce]

"My Favorite Songs: Vols 1-2; The Last Great Concert" played by Chet Baker.

 

[Deeru Piotr]

Thelonious Monk - Straight, no chaser
Monk on piano
Charlie Rouse tenor sax
Larry Gales bass
Ben Riley drums
recorded between 1966/67

 

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Thelonious Monk - Straight, no chaser
Monk on piano
Charlie Rouse tenor sax
Larry Gales bass
Ben Riley drums
recorded between 1966/67

On Topic:

Hi again Deeru Piotr

This white Danish afternoon the jazz is: Thelonius Monk on his album "Straight, No Chaser" a classical jazz standard album, released by Columbia Records 1967 (recorded late in 1966).

The musicians:

TM (piano), John Coltrane/Charlie Rouse/Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone), Ray Copeland (trumpet), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Larry Gales or Willbur Ware (double bass), and Ben Riley or Shadow Wilson (drums).