One of the all time best! I saw much of his TV sketches as a kid and although hilarious then, when you back to them as an adult they have an extra depth and lunacy that really sets him apart.
One of the all time best! I saw much of his TV sketches as a kid and although hilarious then, when you back to them as an adult they have an extra depth and lunacy that really sets him apart.
My Dad had three comic heroes. Tommy Cooper, Stanley Unwin and Spike. All three have left a lingering stain on my psyche to this day.
Amazed to see one of James Blood Ulmer's finest (one of the Village Voice's top jazz albums from 2006) is not represented on YT!
His name, incidentally, doesn't appear on the cover because this is an improvising trio, with violinist Charles Burnham and drummer Warren Benbow. They grab hold of the blues and chuck it way, way over there!
Daniel Pemberton, hot composer for the film industry at the mo. The film the above was written for is a fun retelling of the story and deffo worth a look.
Daniel Pemberton, hot composer for the film industry at the mo. The film the above was written for is a fun retelling of the story and deffo worth a look.
Marilyn Crispell with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian - Amaryllis
Albums like this piano trio are where I continue to feel the huge hole Paul Motian left. Somehow, he and a few fellow conspirators evolved a style of jazz/free improvisation that nails me to the chair every time. But with Motian and bassist Charlie Haden gone, and Gary Peacock into his 80s, this decades-long run of albums is probably over.
Doesn't make this album any less of a masterpiece, though :-)
And YouTube made the great (and slightly obvious) connection to:
Tethered Moon - Triangle
It's a CD I found in Japan, I think - must have been right when it came out if it was. Anyhow... Tethered Moon was Masabumi 'Poo' Kikuchi, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian. See the connection? And Kikuchi has passed, too.
I suspect this may be the easier listen of the two - 'tending towards lounge jazz at times', as an uninformed ear once said. Perish the thought!
Doctor John - Gris Gris
Playing quietly as I relax after a packed Bank Holiday weekend.
It's one of those records, like organist Larry Young's psychedelic masterpiece, Lawrence of Newark, where on a middling system, all you hear is the distortion and muddiness.
But as you chuck more money at your system, you realise there's so much tucked away in the mix that you were wrong. And the distortions are part of the music's sound palette.
Chills quick you Voices pick you Crows hex you [You love some?] post-'em avion Wizard Kiss and all be gone Scenes Dreams Boats to forever Boated ether Creep to ether feather Sue Egypt Sue Egypt Boing pong hocus pocus avion I think of all those people that ride on my bones I think of all of those people that ride on my bones That nobody hears That nobody sees that nobody knows Sue Egypt Sue Egypt I think of all I think of all I think of all those people who ride on my bones That nobody sees, that nobody dares That nobody hears, that nobody cares I think of the dust that collects on the chairs and under her eyes and through her eyes and out her body and in her body and in her ha[ir/fa]ce Big smoke fingers wave Come here Come hear "Bring me my scissors" and those are waters [?] The moon was a wisdomatic pristocratic vagabond Bad vuggum a pitcher of red-hot juice a picture of red garnet juice Chills quick you Voices pick you Crows hex you [Elects-some postem?] avion Wizard Kiss and All Be Gone Scenes Dreams Boats to forever Boated ether Creep the ether feather Sue Egypt Sue Egypt
Herbie Hancock - Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings
Herbie made these before the more well-known Headhunters albums, but to my ears, they're better. Further out, a bit more experimental, but sometimes devilishly funky, too.
Many liken these albums to Miles' Bitches Brew. I'm not so sure. I like to think of Bitches Brew as the crucible that led to Miles' 70s masterpieces, early Weather Report and Mwandishi. Three different streams of electric jazz.
Having played On The Corner, there's just one place to go for sheer sonic challenge in that era:
Tony Williams' Lifetime - Emergency!
Tony Williams playing, perhaps, the best drums of his career, John McLaughlin playing even more out than he did with Miles, and Larry Young ripping the guts out of his Hammond.
They made two albums, the second adding Jack Bruce on bass, but this double lp is the one. If I were to say organised chaos, I'd be shortchanging everyone. It's all-embracing in its own special kind of ugliness ;-)
Only Larry Young went further out than this - Williams and McLaughlin fell by the wayside - with his Lawrence of Newark album, which I've droned on about earlier in this thread.
One of Dave's recommendations (from way back).
Really enjoying this with my lunchtime coffee today...
You are a man of taste!
When I was at university, I was given a tape of it by a photographer I saw at jazz gigs. He was an old guy with a penchant for cool west coast jazz and whisky. He said he'd never been able to get into Blues and Roots, but I might like it. Bingo!
Impulse! – AS-9261 (US, 1974)
https://www.discogs.com/Pharoah-Sande...00:00 A1. Elevation
17:41 A2. Greeting To Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner)
21:40 B1. Ore-Se-Rere (Nigerian Juju HiLife)
27:12 B2. The Gathering
40:49 B3. Spiritual Blessing
Recorded in performance at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles, California on September 7, 1973 (tracks 3 & 4) and September 9, 1973 (tracks 1 & 5) and at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, California on September 13, 1973 (track 2).
Personnel:
Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, shaker, vocals, bells, percussion
Joe Bonner - piano, harmonium, cow horn, wood flute, percussion, vocals
Calvin Hill - bass, vocals, tambura
Michael Carvin - drums, vocals
Lawrence Killian - conga, bell tree, vocals
John Blue (tracks 3 & 4), Jimmy Hopps (tracks 1, 2 & 5) - percussion, vocals
Michael White - violin (track 2)
Kenneth Nash - percussion (track 2)
Sedatrius Brown - vocals (track 2)
One of Dave's recommendations (from way back).
Really enjoying this with my lunchtime coffee today...
You are a man of taste!
When I was at university, I was given a tape of it by a photographer I saw at jazz gigs. He was an old guy with a penchant for cool west coast jazz and whisky. He said he'd never been able to get into Blues and Roots, but I might like it. Bingo!
It's great how these things get passed on; make their way through populations.
One of Dave's recommendations (from way back).
Really enjoying this with my lunchtime coffee today...
You are a man of taste!
When I was at university, I was given a tape of it by a photographer I saw at jazz gigs. He was an old guy with a penchant for cool west coast jazz and whisky. He said he'd never been able to get into Blues and Roots, but I might like it. Bingo!
It's great how these things get passed on; make their way through populations.
I love Braxton's periodic returns to the jazz tradition. His sax playing is totally his own, although I'm always surprised how straight the arch-avant gardist plays much of the material.
Current-generation alto sax wizardry. Perhaps a bit Jackie McLean-like in sound, but a rhythmic approach all of his own, based on Indian classical music.
My favourite Rollins album by a mile - except, perhaps, for East Broadway Rundown ;-)
The album has a bit of a bonkers line-up if you're into that kind of thing.
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Sax ▪ Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson - Trombone ▪ Phil Woods - Alto Sax ▪ Bob Ashton - Tenor Sax ▪
Danny Bank - Baritone Sax ▪ Roger Kellaway - Piano ▪ Kenny Burrell - Guitar ▪ Walter Booker - Bass ▪ Frankie Dunlap - Drums ▪
Oliver Nelson - Conductor
I have to think Oliver Nelson's presence has something to do with the overall wonderfulness of the album.
In which Coltrane's rhythm section spurs Rollins to greater heights than his usual choices did. Although Rollins still doesn't respond to Elvin Jones' fearsome juggernaut drums the way Coltrane did.
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Daniel Pemberton, hot composer for the film industry at the mo. The film the above was written for is a fun retelling of the story and deffo worth a look.
Unfortunately not the only band called Egypt so not the easiest to search for.
Voices pick you
Crows hex you
[You love some?] post-'em avion
Wizard Kiss and all be gone
Scenes
Dreams
Boats to forever
Boated ether
Creep to ether feather
Sue Egypt
Sue Egypt
Boing pong
hocus pocus avion
I think of all those people that ride on my bones
I think of all of those people that ride on my bones
That nobody hears
That nobody sees that nobody knows
Sue Egypt
Sue Egypt
I think of all
I think of all
I think of all those people who ride on my bones
That nobody sees, that nobody dares
That nobody hears, that nobody cares
I think of the dust that collects on the chairs
and under her eyes
and through her eyes
and out her body
and in her body
and in her ha[ir/fa]ce
Big smoke fingers wave
Come here Come hear
"Bring me my scissors"
and those are waters [?]
The moon was a
wisdomatic
pristocratic
vagabond
Bad vuggum
a pitcher of red-hot juice
a picture of red garnet juice
Chills quick you
Voices pick you
Crows hex you
[Elects-some postem?] avion
Wizard Kiss and All Be Gone
Scenes
Dreams
Boats to forever
Boated ether
Creep the ether feather
Sue Egypt
Sue Egypt
Really enjoying this with my lunchtime coffee today...
And what do you mean "re-wind"...? No re-wind necessary for me. I'm permanently there!