Jazz?

Forostar said:
Ohm, a must?! Hmm, one of his lowest rated and reviewed albums, at least from Impulse. Makes me more curious!
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I'm not surprised that it wasn't received well but I always thought Coltrane fans loved it. I think it's great.

Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz is an album that I found hard to take. But I only heard it once.
Haven't heard anything else by him yet. There are some albums I'm interested in because Elvin Jones plays on them, but these are hard to get. Eric Dolphy was a big name!
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Free Jazz is good. It's different and really out there but it pretty much started the free jazz thing. Shape Of Jazz To Come is more accessible but you still get what Coleman was all about. Equally great album.

Since you are into horn players, please don't skip Tina Brooks, a very underrated player in his lifetime, but now his qualities are rated much higher. This is no avant garde (let alone free!) jazz but this guy had a great sound.

Try True Blue (1960), a fine album! He also contributed well on the first Freddie Hubbard records and others: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Brooks

Tina Brooks: tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard: trumpet
Duke Jordan: piano
Sam Jones: bass
Art Taylor: drums
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This guy is great! Unfortunately he didn't have a long career. I love his playing on the first few Hubbard albums. I don't think I've heard that record however, I'll be sure to check it out though; anything with Freddie Hubbard on it is alright with me. After Miles, he is my favorite trumpet player. Sky Dive was one of the first jazz albums I really loved.
 
He really helped Hubbard, also wrote two songs for his debut. I think he didn't play on other Hubbard albums.

What do you think of Jackie McLean? Now this album is what I call a must: One Step Beyond.
Outstanding line-up.
If not mistaken this was the first album release with Tony Williams (16 years)!
One of the songs:
Check how the tempo changes so amazingly. Love Hutchersons backing vibes.
 
Ah you're right. Goin' Up had Hank Mobely on sax. I could've sworn it was Brooks on that album too. I'll have to listen to those albums again. My favorite song on Open Sesame happens to be Gypsy Blue, which was one of the Brooks compositions.

Jackie McLean is on my list of players to check out but I haven't gotten to him yet. When I do I'll be sure to check out One Step Beyond first. That said, there is one album with him on horn that I absolutely love. Blues and Roots by Charles Mingus.

I posted Moanin' in the random song thread before, it's maybe my favorite jazz song. It's a great album. Mingus had a great way of channeling a big band sound out of a medium/small sized combo.
 
Yep, that's Mingus.
Yea, that's one of my favorite things about his music. He's so enthusiastic and the songs have so much energy.
 
Let me know what you think of the McLean track. If you're into this, also check these Grachan Monchur II albums:

Evolution (1963)
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"With such an inventive debut, it's a shame Moncur didn't record more as a leader, which makes Evolution an even more important item for fans of Blue Note's avant-garde to track down"


Some Other Stuff (1964)
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And I am pretty sure that you might like pianist Andrew Hill. You could start with this album (unless you know it) because it features Dolphy (one of his last studio recordings, if it isn't his very last!
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Some Other Stuff and Point Of Departure look really good, as far as lineups go. I'll put all three on the list.
 
In the last days I enjoyed playing Cool Blues, by organist Jimmy Smith. An energetic live album from 1958 with special guests Art Blakey and Tina Brooks. Besides the leader, especially Lou Donaldson plays some great solos. Drummer Donald Bailey does some cool bass/snare patterns during his steady accompaniment.
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Now busy with this Freddie Hubbard album: The Body & the Soul (1963).
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It features performances by Hubbard with an orchestra and string section, and with a septet featuring Curtis Fuller, Eric Dolphy, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Reggie Workman and Louis Hayes.
 
The Body And The Soul is one of my favorite Hubbard albums, he really started to find his voice around this time I think. One of the best lineups too. Chocolate Shake is my favorite tune on that record.

I picked up two Dolphy albums yesterday, only had a chance to listen to a bit of one though.

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And
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Not a lot of info on these, I guess they're posthumous. I like everything I've heard from Dolphy though so they should be good.
 
Wow, looks good, because 1963 sounds like an interesting period from him. And they feature a young Bobby Hutcherson. I really like Hutcherson's stuff (both as leader and sidemen) and still have quite some records on my wishlist.

From Dolphy, I only have a few studio recordings, from 1961 (Out There) and 1964 (Out to Lunch!), and a couple of live recordings (The Illinois Concert and Last Date).

Today I picked up: Mal Waldron - 7 classic albums. One of these albums, The Quest, is with
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  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Ron Carter – cello
  • Joe Benjamin – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
 
Out There and Out To Lunch are my favorites of his. Haven't heard Last Date. Have you heard any of the stuff he did in Mingus' band? Those were some of his best moments I think. There's some full concert footage out there. One concert is called "Farewell Eric" which is pretty good.

Those 7 album sets are good. Great way to get started on a new artist. I'll have to check Mal Waldron's out because I haven't heard anything by him.
 
Last Date is extra special for me, because it was recorded in the Netherlands and he plays with 3 Dutch guys, of which the drummer (Han Bennink) is still very active.

I know Mal Waldron via Coltrane who played on Mal/2. Elvin Jones played on Mal/3. :)
His album The Dealers (also with Trane) is high on my wishlist. It isn't on that 7 set album. :/

I haven't explored Mingus that much yet. I have a Savoy Jazz Collection box which features a 1954 album.
So this clip was my first encounter with Dolphy. Man, funny piano! And what a role for Dolphy! :)
Mingus went to the toilet? Hahehehe!
 
You'd certainly like Mingus. His arrangements were awesome and his music was so positive and filled with energy. Ah-Um is his classic album, a great place to start.
 
Wait, I do have one more Mingus album via a Columbia boxset, and it is Ah-Um!
I guess his discography is a bit too overwhelming to start now but I will do later.

Forgot to say that Maldron also played on 3 Coltrane albums from 1957:
Dakar + Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette + Coltrane.
 
Yea I find most of those jazz artists to be like that.

Haven't heard those
 
1985 TV-documentary called The Coltrane Legacy (with Dutch subtitles).

There's an annoying kind of sound in the background (probably because it was digitized from an old video tape?).

Interviews with Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Cobb.
YouTube description:
The Coltrane Legacy (1985) profiles the stunning career of jazz legend John Coltrane (1926-1967). Via interview footage, television clips and performances by Coltrane, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Cobb, the tribute program creates a collage of visual images and musical rhapsodies. Viewers experience Coltrane's extended saxophone interpretation of Rogers and Hammerstein's {&"My Favorite Things."}. Coltrane, who died at a young age, was considered a star of the golden age of jazz. This documentary celebrates his restless, chaotic and ultimately soothing art.
 
Forostar said:
1985 TV-documentary called The Coltrane Legacy (with Dutch subtitles).

There's an annoying kind of sound in the background (probably because it was digitized from an old video tape?).

Interviews with Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Cobb.
YouTube description:
The Coltrane Legacy (1985) profiles the stunning career of jazz legend John Coltrane (1926-1967). Via interview footage, television clips and performances by Coltrane, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Cobb, the tribute program creates a collage of visual images and musical rhapsodies. Viewers experience Coltrane's extended saxophone interpretation of Rogers and Hammerstein's {&"My Favorite Things."}. Coltrane, who died at a young age, was considered a star of the golden age of jazz. This documentary celebrates his restless, chaotic and ultimately soothing art.
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Forgot to comment on this. Looks good, I plan on watching soon. Never enough docs!
 
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