cris the man Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) im really hooked on the avante garde radio station on my jazz radio app on my HTC ( really great free app, look into it ) playing in a big band, one of the trumpet players showed me ambros akinmusire great trumpet player, such a dark tone Edited June 20, 2011 by Bilbo Quote
yorks5stringer Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 [quote name='Bilbo' post='1276045' date='Jun 20 2011, 04:43 PM']That amounts to just about every set at every wedding played by a jazz trio this side of 1970 I've gotta get me a better gig Glad to hear you enjoyed it, though.[/quote] What , no "Moondance"? Quote
Bilbo Posted June 20, 2011 Author Posted June 20, 2011 [quote name='cris the man' post='1276054' date='Jun 20 2011, 04:51 PM']im really hooked on the avante garde radio station on my jazz radio app on my HTC ( really great free app, look into it ) playing in a big band, one of the trumpet players showed me ambros akinmusire great trumpet player, such a dark tone[/quote] We like that a lot! Who's on sax? Quote
cris the man Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 wish i could answer! they're a fantastic group! Quote
Bilbo Posted July 2, 2011 Author Posted July 2, 2011 Some guy called Walter Smith on tenor, I discovered . Not heard of him. I thought it was an alto at first (I went straight to the middle of the track to hear the blowing). Nice player and worth looking out for. Quote
purpleblob Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 [quote name='cris the man' post='1276054' date='Jun 20 2011, 04:51 PM']im really hooked on the avante garde radio station on my jazz radio app on my HTC ( really great free app, look into it ) playing in a big band, one of the trumpet players showed me ambros akinmusire great trumpet player, such a dark tone [/quote] Wow thanks for sharing - that's fantastic !!! Quote
xgsjx Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 A bit of Kurt for Bilbo. And to wake you back up... Hope you like Quote
retrohelix Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 Wicked thread (blows my mind to smithereens every time) Quote
lojo Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 Freddie hubbard, I loved the track Mr Clean for years, but never came across anything similar, any suggestions? Quote
bassace Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 Freddy Hubbard features on my favourite album The Blues and the Abstract Truth. The band was put together by Oliver Nelson and it follows Kind of Blue by approx two years. Bill Evans and Paul Chambers were on both albums. BATAT, while not being overtly modal still follows the trend to simple chord structures that KOB introduced. It also has Eric Dolphy on it. Oliver Nelson made quite a good living composing TV and film music such as Ironside, Columbo, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, but in spite of that he was a great jazz inovator as well. I'm rubbish at putting YouTube links into posts but the tracks from the Album can all be found on Spot. Notable ones are Stolen Moments and Hoedown but they're all good. Quote
ZMech Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 Well my google+ now has a jazz news feed, which kicked out this gem: Quote
fatback Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) [quote name='ZMech' post='1294575' date='Jul 6 2011, 12:04 PM']Well my google+ now has a jazz news feed, which kicked out this gem: [/quote] Oh I do like that Edited July 6, 2011 by fatback Quote
Bilbo Posted September 7, 2011 Author Posted September 7, 2011 Am having a strange time at the moment. All I seem to want to do is practice, compose and play my own stuff, rather than keep absorbing anyone else. Maybe I have last reached a point where I am ready to 'eat my father', to quote Steve Swallow. I have a trio gig this Sunday in Bury St Edmunds with these guys.... [url="http://www.nicfrance.co.uk/"]http://www.nicfrance.co.uk/[/url] [url="http://www.kevinflanagan.net/"]http://www.kevinflanagan.net/[/url] [url="http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/alss/deps/mpa/staff/kevin_flanagan.html"]http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/fac...n_flanagan.html[/url] Quite excited, really...... Quote
Bilbo Posted September 15, 2011 Author Posted September 15, 2011 Just revisted a Branford Marsalis CD called 'Eternal'. Absolutely stunning. Beautiful lyrical playing, great compositions. I have liked BM for many years and still enjoy pretty much everything he releases. Saw him at ROnnies a few years ago and was absolutely blown away. Eric Revis on bass - monster player. Quote
Bilbo Posted September 30, 2011 Author Posted September 30, 2011 Listening to Alex Sipiagin's Prints Cd. Good writing. Been trying to listen to 'new' stuff (for me, not neceessarily new in chronological terms). David Binney is doing some nice stuff. Chris Cheek is an interesting player. There's also Ryan Kisor, a Dave Holland sideman who has done a couple of nice cds, one a quartet with Chris Potter and no harmony instrument. Kevin Eubank's 'Zen Food' is a great CD (I have liked him since his tenure with Holland for the Extensions LP - saw that band at the Bath Jazz Festival. This cd is really strong on performance and content. I listened to that Wyntn Marsalis interview on Jamie Cullem's Radio 2 programme last Tuesday and he said something that strucka chord. HE was talking about his father showing him the 'joy of seriousness', the idea that taking something seriously and commiting to and investing in it brings its own pleasure, its own fun. A lot of people here talk about ;its supposed to be fun'. Well, I agree and working hard at this stuff is the [i]best[/i] fun I just wish I could go home now and write some tunes. Quote
Bilbo Posted September 30, 2011 Author Posted September 30, 2011 Oh and I have jsut noticed Kenny WHeeler's Windmill Tilter has finally been released on CD. That's gone right to the top of my wish list!! Quote
Doddy Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1317379146' post='1390037'] I listened to that Wyntn Marsalis interview on Jamie Cullem's Radio 2 programme last Tuesday and he said something that strucka chord. HE was talking about his father showing him the 'joy of seriousness', the idea that taking something seriously and commiting to and investing in it brings its own pleasure, its own fun. A lot of people here talk about ;its supposed to be fun'. Well, I agree and working hard at this stuff is the [i]best[/i] fun .[/quote] I agree,I love working on something new,struggling a bit,and then working harder until I get it. It's immensely satisfying. I've just bought the new Miles Davis Quintet live in Europe box set. There is some great stuff happening there as you'd expect from that band. Quote
fender73 Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 [quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1317380327' post='1390059'] I agree,I love working on something new,struggling a bit,and then working harder until I get it. It's immensely satisfying. [/quote] Well said that man Quote
blamelouis Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyDe9sl1gNI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyDe9sl1gNI[/url] Great interplay here. Edited October 5, 2011 by blamelouis Quote
blamelouis Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9DDiS8KMBU&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9DDiS8KMBU&feature=related[/url] Part 2 with bass solo. Quote
ZMech Posted November 6, 2011 Posted November 6, 2011 Am currently randomly flicking through my realbook to find tunes to call at the jam night I run, and stumbled upon this gem: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGtq7ytJ1sE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGtq7ytJ1sE[/url] On that note, if anyone has any good suggestions of songs to play over, it would be much appreciated. We try to keep the balance between beginner-friendly but still fun to play (i.e. a good melody, that doesn't have 20 chord changes a second), and nothing that's too close to lounge jazz, funk is definitely allowed and encouraged. Quote
bassace Posted November 7, 2011 Posted November 7, 2011 (edited) Cannonball used Sam Jones on bass a lot (not particularly well recorded here). You won't see too many mentions of Sam on BC but he was a great player. Try to hear the Adderley Bros playing Dat Dere and listen to Bobby Timmons's piano solo. You just won't find a better example of a pulsing bass driving a great rhythm section along, specially in the second chorus. Edited November 7, 2011 by bassace Quote
Bilbo Posted November 7, 2011 Author Posted November 7, 2011 SAm was a great time/groove player, absolutely. Not sure underrated is the right word but certainly under-reported! Not enough solos or double thumbing, I guess. Spent a couple of hours on the weekend with a copy of Jazztimes and Spotify listening to new things. Time well spent!! Quote
Bilbo Posted November 15, 2011 Author Posted November 15, 2011 Got hold of a great download this week: Marcus Strickland 'Idiosyncrasies; featuring bassist Ben Williams and drummer E.J. Strickland. Not heard of Ben before but he's a monster player and has a cv that includes Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis and Stefon Harris. The Strickland album includes a bizarre rendering of Portrait of Tracy on sax but is generally a really hot little recording in the vein of Branford Marsalis' Trio with Jeff Watts and Rob Hurst. Recommended. Quote
BottomE Posted November 15, 2011 Posted November 15, 2011 Sat in on a Jazz jam last night. Was doing really well playing a song called "The Jody Grind" a Horace Silver tune. We were grooving and then the bast**ds turned, looked at me and shouted "bass solo"! I nearly poo'd myself. It was terrible. Quote
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