O - thanks for the links. Seems like we are coming at "drama" with different expectations. I listened to the Sonny Clark. The playing is great - John C. just can't help himself being Coltrane ! can he?? :-) and there is something about trombone that just works so well in a jazz setting... thank you Curtis Fuller but that particular piece didn't hook me. Much prefer the Lee Morgan "Search....". It has a moody quality to it and draws me in. Pretty certain you have mentioned this recording before. Is the LM/SFTNL dramatic to me? Yeah, maybe, I think so...more than the Sonny Clark but I still feel like I'm stretching to hear what you hear w/r to "drama". That's not a shot at your examples. How we hear is at least partly (maybe a big "partly") dependent on our histories. I gotta keep listening and when I find something that hits the spot, drama-wise I'll share.
Frogman - I found your comments about Invisible Cinema spot on. We are hearing similar things in that recording (even to the extent I thought there was something not quite right about how the bass part was in the first and second tracks...maybe it's the drums that were bugging me!). Gratified you spent time checking it out. Aaron Parks was a "child phenom" and just coming into his own now. Some helpful interviews and bio info on the web Funny on your ECM comment. Cinema was a Blue Note recording but his (latest?) Arborescence is on ECM. Especially loved your point contrasting Metheny. All in all, well articulated as were your comments about Pasqua/Antisocial Club.
For me, both these recordings are getting a lot of listening time AND the artists have led me to other new music they are associated with. Thank you both for your time, energy and helpful comments.
Frogman - I found your comments about Invisible Cinema spot on. We are hearing similar things in that recording (even to the extent I thought there was something not quite right about how the bass part was in the first and second tracks...maybe it's the drums that were bugging me!). Gratified you spent time checking it out. Aaron Parks was a "child phenom" and just coming into his own now. Some helpful interviews and bio info on the web Funny on your ECM comment. Cinema was a Blue Note recording but his (latest?) Arborescence is on ECM. Especially loved your point contrasting Metheny. All in all, well articulated as were your comments about Pasqua/Antisocial Club.
For me, both these recordings are getting a lot of listening time AND the artists have led me to other new music they are associated with. Thank you both for your time, energy and helpful comments.