I finally found a clip of this excellent recording by Ran Blake, from a few years back, celebrating George Russell.
https://soundcloud.com/jeremysarna/ran-blake-jacks-blues
https://soundcloud.com/jeremysarna/ran-blake-jacks-blues
Jazz for aficionados
I finally found a clip of this excellent recording by Ran Blake, from a few years back, celebrating George Russell. https://soundcloud.com/jeremysarna/ran-blake-jacks-blues |
frogman Eric Alexander - I hope that song does become a standard in the future.I've been listening to him for a little more than a year and like everything he has done. Strong tone , excellent solos, great ballad player.Wish he wrote more of his own music . He is pretty much a straight ahead bebop guy . He has stated he was influenced byMonk , Dizzy,Sonny Stitt,Clifford Brown, Rollins ,Mclean, Joe Henderson George Coleman and even ;late-period Coltrane.His recordings for Venus records are my favorite. I highly recommend that album with Charles Earland and had to post this cut: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8E7yyAvkwo8 Joe Lovano clip- I really heard the influence of Coltrane in his playing and maybe a little Rollins? |
Definitely some Rollins and more than a little Joe Henderson; along with his own thing, of course. I remember the first couple of times I heard Lovano. It was back in the 80s when he was in the section in the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (previously the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis big band and currently The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra). You know, I wasn’t that impressed by his playing. It was mostly me, and because I was too preoccupied with the post-Coltrane type tenor sound (think Liebman, Grossman and Berg...thanks, acman3) and I couldn’t get next to Joe’s warmer and less edgy sound which is partly a result of his preference for vintage Conn tenors as opposed to the ubiquitous Selmer horns of the Coltrane crowd. His concept has developed a great deal and I am loving what he does. Been thinking about your question re tunes by current artists that should be standards. Here’s a few that came to mind that I think could be candidates based on the criteria that I mentioned. They at least lend themselves to be played in a jazz style. Most tunes have been around for several years and a couple have been done that way already, so time will tell. Tunes penned by current jazz players are harder to consider since not enough time has passed; although current players do borrow each other’s tunes; Again, time will tell. NY State Of Mind (Billy Joel) Black Cow (Steely Dan) Maxine (Steely Dan) I Love You Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel) Help Me (Joni Mitchell) |
ghosthouse, very nice!!! Loved the “It’s One Big Party” clip. Thanks for that. Love Peter Erskine!!! What a nice and light feel he has; one of my favorite drummers. Really enjoyed Chuck Manning’s tenor playing. Knew the name but had not heard his playing. It’s interesting to me that while he has a much (!) more modern harmonic concept his tone immediately reminded of Harold Land who was from an entirely different era in jazz; a little dry with just a little edge and never sounding like the horn is about to split at the seams. Land hasn’t gotten much attention here although I think O-10 posted some clips a while back. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NT9LGsVmUnU |