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05-17-2020 , 10:53 PM

#751

Phat Mack

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Charles Mingus with Eric Dolphy on bass clarinet.

This rocks...

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05-18-2020 , 08:51 PM

#752

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Mingus was a percussionist
Dolphy was a mentalist

and Clifford Jordan, no slouch in his own right, got run over by a freight train.

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05-19-2020 , 07:30 AM

#753

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I love Chet's horn - the tone he gets
when it first comes at about 0:14 I get the chills

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05-19-2020 , 07:44 PM

#754

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the sound of cool jazz on the west coast

love that groove they get in to around the 2:00 mark when N-HØP finds a spot
and i love the way one person's name takes up the entire second row of personnel on the cover

don't believe i've ever heard of Norman Fearrington. pretty straightforward in this track but looks like he played with Jean-Luc Ponty and Eddie Harris a different times for decades.

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05-21-2020 , 07:12 AM

#755

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Bill Evans is really different
great, great stuff IMO
bass and drums too

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05-21-2020 , 06:53 PM

#756

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recorded a month before Scott LaFaro died.

that Evans/LaFaro/Motian trio was top notch in the way they all share equal space within a song.

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05-21-2020 , 07:24 PM

#757

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An essay from Sonny Rollins in the NYT.

https://nyti.ms/367hZfw

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05-21-2020 , 08:23 PM

#758

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Sonny has a wonderful soul!

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05-24-2020 , 02:01 PM

#759

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Some more Harry Carney for our Sunday Lockdown Jazz.

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05-25-2020 , 07:59 AM

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rainy day stuff - with my fave mixed drink - bourbon and ice coffee
this guy may not be great technically
but somehow it doesn't really matter
he hits all the right notes and gets his groove on.............niche stuff
love the way the guy gets a very clear tone out of his bass - so often the bass sounds like muffled

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05-27-2020 , 06:48 PM

#761

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that was recorded at Van Gelder in late 1960. next day the recording session was this gem:

that's Paul Chambers on bass and Art Taylor on drums.

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05-29-2020 , 08:35 PM

#762

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youtube just pushed this to the top of my feed. glad they did

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05-29-2020 , 11:20 PM

#763

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Insane.

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05-30-2020 , 02:19 PM

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documentary on life of Charles Mingus
rest of title:

Triumph of the Underdog

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05-30-2020 , 05:24 PM

#765

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Posted here because of Stan Getz......If You Go Away - Helen Merrill & Stan Getz (Tribute to Virna Lisi)..............song nips your soul......

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05-31-2020 , 05:36 AM

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effing brilliant stuff from 1961
he doesn't have the rep of the legendary greats
many could not accept something so unconventional
this album is less wild than his others

the Arkestra:

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05-31-2020 , 01:41 PM

#767

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I don't know how Sun Ra is thought of by the Jazz community, but he does have his circle of fans and some great players have been in his band.

The above is indeed brilliant imo.

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05-31-2020 , 07:06 PM

#768

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not that i've heard anywhere close to his full discography, but late 50's/early 60's Sun Ra is right in my sweet spot.
such an adventurous composer

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06-01-2020 , 05:54 AM

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this album really shook up or you might say rocked the world of jazz

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06-01-2020 , 08:04 PM

#770

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Bitched Brew may have kicked open the door, but In a Silent Way unlocked it first.

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06-01-2020 , 10:29 PM

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It's easy to forget how uptight critics were back then about segregating the musical genres.

I love listening to Silent Way and trying to distinguish all the keyboard activity going on.

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06-02-2020 , 06:54 AM

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just wanted to take a second to say what a great thread this is
I've learned a lot from it
nobody bashes other folks picks
much to appreciate here

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06-02-2020 , 06:59 AM

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the Afro-Caribbean thing
hard to believe something this hot from 1949

ohhhhhh yeeeeeaaaaaah....................cuuhraaaaazy

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06-02-2020 , 08:56 PM

#774

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let's just pause here for a moment and recognize the brilliance of John McLaughlin. i'm not even going to go in to his work with Al Di Meola & Paco De Lucia or the Mahavishnu Orchestra...just recognizing how bad ass a guitarist has to be to have TWO separate Miles tracks named after him. by the way if you like electric Miles then Big Fun is exactly what the title describes. and listen to On the Corner while you're at it.

oh, and as always, headphones are best

the beat structure that builds up leading to when John comes in around 6:30 and how he plays through it is bonkers. when i first heard it i thought the album was skipping.