Jazz for aficionados
Found this little gem today. Harry Allen seems to come directly out of the Coleman Hawkins line skipping Coltrane. Smulyan is always good! And then there is Eric Alexander. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAXl51nm62w |
Santa came early this year! New Mingus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgkhazlOt9Q https://www.npr.org/2018/11/09/666123401/mingus-jazz-in-detroit-catches-a-giant-at-a-moment-full-of-... |
Here's one from my side of town! If yr feeling adventurous and are in the NYC area, this band's playing at Carnegie Hall tonight! The Dafnis Prieto Big Band. This is the title tune from his latest, the tune features his old boss; Henry Threadgill. The tune is a 'bolero', Paquito D'Rivera sez a bolero is just a ballad with a side order of rice & beans!;) A beautiful tune from an outstanding new release! https://youtu.be/zn3Vfz87FtY I return you to yr regularly scheduled programming!;) |
Great clips, acman3. And good analysis of the Harry Allen clip; I agree. Harry Allen has been a fixture on the still fairly vibrant Swing scene in NYC along with others like Ken Peplowski and Frank Vignola; great player. That recording is new to me and one to put on my list to buy. Thanks! Interesting that they went for the sound of the “Four Brothers” saxophone section sound with three tenors and baritone. When I hear current players like Allen, Smulyan and Magnarelli it’s obvious Jazz is not going anywhere. Good to see you back, Chazro. Dafnis Prieto is a force of nature. Amazing drummer with an uncanny ability with multi-rhythms. Thanks for the clip. I checked out some of the cuts from that record and I like them a lot. I posted this a while back. May not seem like much at first, but it’s pretty amazing. His sense of time is remarkable in its ease and ability to pull the listener in. https://youtu.be/YXpxsXC4Tdw I like Dafnis’ big band record a lot. I tried, I really tried with Henry Threadgill on that big band clip. I do get it. I know he is a bit of a giant in the “out”/avant-garde scene, and he does have some moments in that solo when he sounds highly emotive and lyrical (in a way). But, I just can’t get past that sound and funky (as in bad) intonation. The “out” guys sometimes get a free pass on those aspects of playing. In certain settings that aesthetic actually works well. In a ballad (bolero) like this, I’m not so sure. Just me. In the studio with Dafnis’ big band: https://youtu.be/rWm1s3ze8d4 More Dafnis Prieto: https://youtu.be/J4TxjKzxuQo |
