Jazz for aficionados

New Orleans Royalty!

Please ignore my last post; something that I know is not entirely without precedent 😊. I must have clicked on one of the links in the sidebar and watched thinking that it was Rok’s clip; that is what my "slide grease" comment, in which the trombone player spits on his slide, was about.  Now I can’t find the funny clip. Twilight Zone? Btw, glad to see intonation being paid attention to.  Toussaint, New Orleans royalty indeed.

Today's Listen:

Charles Mingus -- THE GREAT CONCERT OF CHARLES MINGUS

Aptly named.  Recorded in Paris in 1964.  2CD set.  Eric Dolphy, what a loss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0qcq9eocmw&t=142s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1ZX8li9cAs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3fu0SpkZLg

A.T.F.W. was spot on.   Captured that era of playing perfectly.

Cheers

"The Penguin Guide To Jazz" numbers "Destiny's Dance" among the core collection which jazz fans should possess; and I thought I had them all. Better late than never.

Chico Freeman - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

Wynton Marsalis - trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)

Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone

Dennis Moorman - piano (tracks 1, 4 & 6)

Cecil McBee - bass

Ronnie Burrage - drums

Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (track 4


These are the tracks;
"Destiny's Dance" - 4:11
"Same Shame" - 5:37
"Crossing the Sudan" - 5:46
"Wilpan's Walk" - 9:18
"Embracing Oneness" - 6:59
"C & M"


Although this was recorded in 1981, it could have been recorded yesterday. The reason I'm posting it again is to point out how outstanding an album it is.

"Wilpan's Walk" is too tough, Bobby Hutcherson kills the vibes, and that guy on trumpet is not at all shabby, he's blowing his tail off on this one. When you are listening and looking at who is blowing at the same time, that gives added depth to the music. Dennis Moorman on piano is new to me. Paulinho Da Costa on percussion is all over the place in my collection, but Ronnie Burrage on drums is unfamiliar.


  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRih07ksHDE




Here is another one of Chico Freeman's tunes that gets repeated play in my collection. I'm still going through posts for outstanding music to make sure I don't overlook yours


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buFUP2LvK2s


Enjoy the music.

Eric Dolphy was a tremendous loss. Without a doubt one of the most unique voices in the history of jazz. This record is amazing. The rhythm section sounds incredible with that distinctive high energy and relentlessly forward moving feeling in much of Mingus’ music. You’re right, ATFW captured that era of playing perfectly. But what is really interesting to me is that, most of all, it captured the spirit of that style of playing while at the same time bringing it to a much more modern era with excursions into dissonance that are not part of the earlier era’s style. It does it seamlessly, and it strikes me that this is exactly like what makes Dolphy’s playing so unique; he is clearly coming out of a bebop tradition, keeps its spirit, but takes it to a different place with dissonance and inflections that are not part of the the traditional bebop vocabulary. Great stuff.