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.
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.
Liked that.
I'm glad you did! I play it pretty regularly 'cos I like it.
Now give East Broadway Rundown a go and marvel at what Elvin gets up to on the drums. He's absolutely burning.
Elvin's not quite as good on this as on EBR - it was 25 years later - but he makes the album. I can't think of anyone who'd power Pharoah Sanders and Sonny Sharrock along like this. I just wish Elvin had played in more challenging situations after he left Coltrane.
From YT:
Ask the Ages (1991) was the last album released by jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock before his death in 1994
"Promises Kept" --9:43
"Who Does She Hope to Be?" --4:41
"Little Rock" --7:12
"As We Used to Sing" --7:45
"Many Mansions" --9:31
"Once upon a Time" --6:26
(all compositions by Sonny Sharrock)
This album is so sick. It always takes me to new levels each time I play it. Sonny was my uncle. I hate he passed three years after this dropped. But if you're gonna bow out, this is how you leave the world. A mic drop with a timeless piece entitled "Ask the Ages." These cats are jamming hard on here. Damn, get you a drink and chill on this one.
John Zorn's Masada String Trio - Azazel: Book of Angels, Vol 2
Composed music by Zorn, played by three musicians who straddle the classical, Jewish (Zorn refers to some of his output as Radical Jewish Music) and avant/improv/jazz worlds. I don't know what classical music fans would think of it, but to my ears, it's brilliant. Sometimes challenging, often with a groove that's missing in the classical world, the String Trio's albums always manage to put a smile on my face.
The kitten scene did seem a bit incongruous... ;-)
What were the other 5 records?
How else are we supposed to know that Blondie is The Good ??(it's all relative I suppose!)
Rumours, Hotel California (a rather unusual print as it turns out), Parallel Lines, Coppelia, and bizarrely some Nana Mouskouri. Tbf, I think that was pretty much my parents' whole musical catalogue at the time ! oh no, now I think about it I did leave them the Rod Stewart and Abba.
The kitten scene did seem a bit incongruous... ;-)
What were the other 5 records?
How else are we supposed to know that Blondie is The Good ??(it's all relative I suppose!)
Rumours, Hotel California (a rather unusual print as it turns out), Parallel Lines, Coppelia, and bizarrely some Nana Mouskouri. Tbf, I think that was pretty much my parents' whole musical catalogue at the time ! oh no, now I think about it I did leave them the Rod Stewart and Abba.
Without debating the musical merits, or otherwise, of your haul... You do realise how uncool it is to be seen with your parents' choice in music? :-)
I think i accepted a long time ago that whatever it is i do bring to this world, coolness isnt it Interesting to remember tho that,tho radio played day and night at 'home', there was very little bought music.
You
do realise how uncool it is to be seen with your parents' choice in
music?
As I've aged I find myself enjoying a fair amount of my parents (mother mainly) taste! Some she played on seemingly endless loop, Neil Diamond, Elkie Brookes, bits of classical, Crystal Gayle, Simon & Garfunkel etc. It's like a slow rot, starting with you humming/whistling tunes you're not sure of why, it bugs you so you track them down, play them properly and finally like them. Others are banned, Richard Clayderman, James Last....
I suddenly remember this collection of frustratingly unwelcome earworms...
MMW are the dog's danglies. Only John Medeski comes anywhere near the outer-space forays of Larry Young on the Hammond (see wafflings the other day in this thread). And Billy Martin and Chris Wood are the funkiest rhythm section anywhere.
You
do realise how uncool it is to be seen with your parents' choice in
music?
As I've aged I find myself enjoying a fair amount of my parents (mother mainly) taste! Some she played on seemingly endless loop, Neil Diamond, Elkie Brookes, bits of classical, Crystal Gayle, Simon & Garfunkel etc. It's like a slow rot, starting with you humming/whistling tunes you're not sure of why, it bugs you so you track them down, play them properly and finally like them. Others are banned, Richard Clayderman, James Last....
I suddenly remember this collection of frustratingly unwelcome earworms...
I think i accepted a long time ago that whatever it is i do bring to this world, coolness isnt it
Interesting to remember tho that,tho radio played day and night at 'home', there was very little bought music.
That was the way at my parents' place, too.
I found, from the time I left home, I was the one who supplied music to them.
I thought I had escaped my childhood unharmed. However, it would seem the seed of some psychosymatic (addict insane) illness was planted and slowly spread though hidden deep within the delta brainwaves, until later, in a cruel twist of soft torture, it spored into the ugly fungal beast it has become....
I thought I had escaped my childhood unharmed. However, it would seem the seed of some psychosymatic (addict insane) illness was planted and slowly spread though hidden deep within the delta brainwaves, until later, in a cruel twist of soft torture, it spored into the ugly fungal beast it has become....
It's almost a Thomas Morgan album, with the US bassist's contribution being as prominent as the leader's. It's a piano trio, BTW. On ECM, and sounds much as you'd expect.
Just like on his piano trio album, Chants, his earlier solo piano effort, Avenging Angel, goes completely in his own direction without being wilfully avant-garde.
I have a pile of Taborn’s albums, stretching over a decade. And every one is different. The man is just a cauldron of creativity!
I've been playing it to death over the past few days. It's poptastically brilliant! A complete inversion from my usual reaction to his albums, where I find one or two tracks I like. This one has one or two I don't like.
I don't know why they've released it now, though. A summer album in October? Perhaps he's big in New Zealand :-)
Fela Kuti's fellow Afrobeat conspirator's first album for Blue Note. And on initial listening, it's an absolute scorcher. Apparently recorded with Allen's Paris-based band, Allen's unique drumming style fits like a glove with these jazz tracks. And the band is excellent, too.
I've been playing it to death over the past few days. It's poptastically brilliant! A complete inversion from my usual reaction to his albums, where I find one or two tracks I like. This one has one or two I don't like.
I don't know why they've released it now, though. A summer album in October? Perhaps he's big in New Zealand :-)
Anyway, here's one of the singles:
Just caught up with this for a first listen. It's a good ride, first time around "dreams" stood out for me.
I've been playing it to death over the past few days. It's poptastically brilliant! A complete inversion from my usual reaction to his albums, where I find one or two tracks I like. This one has one or two I don't like.
I don't know why they've released it now, though. A summer album in October? Perhaps he's big in New Zealand :-)
Anyway, here's one of the singles:
Just caught up with this for a first listen. It's a good ride, first time around "dreams" stood out for me.
I think I like Colors for similar reasons to why I loved Prince at his peak - the mixture of musical genres, the musical intelligence driving the pop, and damn good tunes.
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What were the other 5 records?
Interesting to remember tho that,tho radio played day and night at 'home', there was very little bought music.
As I've aged I find myself enjoying a fair amount of my parents (mother mainly) taste! Some she played on seemingly endless loop, Neil Diamond, Elkie Brookes, bits of classical, Crystal Gayle, Simon & Garfunkel etc. It's like a slow rot, starting with you humming/whistling tunes you're not sure of why, it bugs you so you track them down, play them properly and finally like them.
Others are banned, Richard Clayderman, James Last....
I suddenly remember this collection of frustratingly unwelcome earworms...
I thought I had escaped my childhood unharmed. However, it would seem the seed of some psychosymatic (addict insane) illness was planted and slowly spread though hidden deep within the delta brainwaves, until later, in a cruel twist of soft torture, it spored into the ugly fungal beast it has become....
~:>
No useful YT linky...but right now, Fool In The Rain.
3:-O
Just like on his piano trio album, Chants, his earlier solo piano effort, Avenging Angel, goes completely in his own direction without being wilfully avant-garde.
I have a pile of Taborn’s albums, stretching over a decade. And every one is different. The man is just a cauldron of creativity!
Stormwatch.
Children Running Through
(In particular the incredible 'Heavenly Day')
Mirage, however, is streaming right now.
A pleasant enough listen but no surprises or highs. No doubt all clever stuff but sadly a little underwhelming.
https://open.spotify.com/album/6h0wIWFJY2SyjL10ojsajL
It's certainly no Stratosphere or even Underwater Sunlight....