Rok, the violin and guitar definitely play a large roll in French jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it_JlVlR8JQ
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Rok, the violin and guitar definitely play a large roll in French jazz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it_JlVlR8JQ |
Orpheus, I have several Dave Pike albums, and I think I can say that I like him. 'Pike's Peak' you have, with Bill Evans, I think that one deserves to be in any decent jazz collection. For Bossa Nova Carnival I can only say that on that album Pike plays with Kenny Burell and Clark Terry, to me its a very nice and subtle album, with gentle melodies. https://youtu.be/_30XmNMsKvY As for 'Manhattan Latin', I had it for years, did not listen it much, but couple weeks ago I had some guests at home and played it and to my surprise, it was great, so much that I checked again who plays there...Dave Burns on trumpet (mentioned him before as one of 'great underrated' with C.Corea, Don Friedman among ohers. Here is the clip...there are two sides, faster and more mellow...here are two clips https://youtu.be/ZTfHn8Fx_K4 https://youtu.be/ncBWglTCY7s 'Jazz for jazz set' is his album that I had first, very happy sounding album,nothing pretentious, I could imagine people having a party, listening to that groovy music... Again, with ocasional bursts of Clark Terry muted trumpet... .https://youtu.be/uEWZQvqN7Us https://youtu.be/IAsNJfhNagk 'Limbo Carnival' is with T.Flanagan, there are couple words that will tell you more under this clip... https://youtu.be/4fsxfmiFVDw https://youtu.be/4fsxfmiFVDw I am looking to buy one more his album, from that period. |
Speaking of french (now I read that he is Belgian, hope nobody will be offended) guitarists, Rene Thomas came to my mind. Here are couple of links of albums that I have, hope you will find it intersting. This one is with Stan Getz, its been said that was recorded as a one time meeting, from 1971.album 'Dynasty'.....here is the link /youtu.be/MWcRtztr35A One more album, this time Rene Thomas Quintet https://youtu.be/O35l1eeWKmk Another one, much earlier recorded, John Lewis with Sasha Distel on guitar,album is called 'Afternoon in Paris' https://youtu.be/9yufrYCYJNc |
Julius Watkins: Learsfool, I like his albums, but I am not sure how much playing French Horn adds to the effort. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V208GIEE85Q Seems like you would get a similar sound / effect from trombone, and it's a lot more nimble. Cheers |
Alex, you're absolutely correct on that "Pike's Peak" album. Rok and I concurred that those other albums were real nice, just not outstanding. When you mentioned French and Belgium, that reminded me of Hercule Periot, the famous detective, who was always having to correct people that he was Belgium, and not French. It seems Rene Thomas is Belgium also. I really like that clip, I'll have to find and add it to my collection. I'm glad I can always come back to your post. That organ added a different touch that I liked. "Bags Groove" had two musicians that are new to me; Sacha Distel on guitar, and Barney Wilen on tenor sax, they both sounded good, and Kenny Clark on drums kept it altogether. You have a very nice collection. Thanks for the fine posts. Enjoy the music |