OK. I'm wrapping up for the day, so it's an excuse for another Coltrane from the same period, also released posthumously.
John Coltrane - Sun Ship, The Complete Session
The above is the original album, released in 1971, and re-released on CD sometime in the 90s, if I remember correctly (I remember the excitement when it came out then).
For no other reason than I like it, have two early albums by Mc Tyner....
It's as good a reason as any!
I saw the trio twice and found them disappointing because they only exhibited one side of Tyner's art, the steamrollering energy that he evolved, presumably, to survive onstage between Coltrane and Elvin Jones. The gigs were exhausting. The gig you found seems to have more light and shade.
But I also saw Tyner's Latin Big Band at the Barbican sometime in the 90s, and the gig was fantastic! Tyner stopped for breath, and the noise of the big band was somehow a natural place for him (there is a studio album released a bit after I saw them - McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars. I'm listening to it now).
I never knew this existed. Fantastic stuff, and you can hear why Williams added Jack Bruce to the band. I'm not a great Bruce fan, but his playing fits in here like nowhere else! And a rare chance to see my favourite Hammond player, Larry Young.
Wonderful to hear this line-up - Robert Wyatt on drums, Hugh Hopper on bass, Mike Ratledge on keys and Elton Dean on sax. Possibly the jazziest the Softs got? I don't know
It's Sunday morning, what do you say to a little spirituals?
James Brandon Lewis, Red Lily Quintet - For Mahalia, With Love
Open your ears. Open your heart. To James Brandon Lewis channeling the spirit of singer Mahalia Jackson, who his grandmother saw singing in church during the 1940s.
I've heard their "Ethanopium" on RP a few times a d meant to dig in.
Today was that day!
Mostly stuff I'm a bit adversely sensitised to due to over exposure of Thai pop but there are a few gems. Stay away from covers, there original material is much better. I also prefer the Khmer singer not being lead and the English speaking songs, that's more down to my difficult-to-please attitude to female singers in general, finding many too screachy or over confident in their own wailing abilities!
Mostly stuff I'm a bit adversely sensitised to due to over exposure of Thai pop but there are a few gems. Stay away from covers, there original material is much better. I also prefer the Khmer singer not being lead and the English speaking songs, that's more down to my difficult-to-please attitude to female singers in general, finding many too screachy or over confident in their own wailing abilities!
I'm not convinced by either of the singers, but I know what you mean about the woman singer, although I don't usually have your difficult-to-please thing going on
The band that later became Prime Time. At this stage, they had James 'Blood' Ulmer on guitar and Ronald Shannon Jackson on drums, who would soon depart for their own projects.
This music is looser than that played by the later band. A fascinating document.
IMHO Shipp is sometimes fantastic, other times unlistenable. This is a brilliant reworking (extending?) of some of Ellington's most well-known tunes. It's avant-garde, of course, but the trio honour Ellington's work, rather than just pull it apart and kick it around the park.
For years (decades), Jackie McLean was overshadowed in my estimation and listening by other alto titans (Ornette Coleman, Art Pepper, Eric Dolphy, Arthur Blythe, and so on), but he grew on me. Now, his albums on Blue Note in the 60s are played as much as any of the others'.
So here, McLean's last for Blue Note, Demon's Dance:
Is this the start of Lewis's amazing current wave of creativity? This album has the late-lamented Jaimie Branch (jaimie branch, I think) on trumpet, matching the incendiary Lewis.
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This is amazing! Even with the DJ interrupting proceedings and the odd audio dropout.
The quartet are absolutely on fire. It's easy to focus on Coltrane and Elvin Jones, but Jimmy Garrison and McCoy Tyner are fearsome, too.
I can't work listening to this!
John Coltrane - Sun Ship, The Complete Session
The above is the original album, released in 1971, and re-released on CD sometime in the 90s, if I remember correctly (I remember the excitement when it came out then).
I saw the trio twice and found them disappointing because they only exhibited one side of Tyner's art, the steamrollering energy that he evolved, presumably, to survive onstage between Coltrane and Elvin Jones. The gigs were exhausting. The gig you found seems to have more light and shade.
But I also saw Tyner's Latin Big Band at the Barbican sometime in the 90s, and the gig was fantastic! Tyner stopped for breath, and the noise of the big band was somehow a natural place for him (there is a studio album released a bit after I saw them - McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars. I'm listening to it now).
JJ Cale - Number 10
I hope this collection of tracks is the album, I listened to Sam's CD. Nice stuff on this one.
John Scofield Band - Uberjam
Funky, groovy, jazzy, spacy...
Terje Rypdal, Miroslav Vitous and Jack DeJohnette
The opening track. I can't see much else on YT, though
Tomorrow Comes The Harvest - Evolution
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Dynamic Maximum Tension
The title? Borrowed from Buckminster Fuller, a kind of hero of mine.
The Detroit Experiment
There's a lot of the album on YT, but not assembled into an easy playlist, as far as I can see.
Hendrix at his finest (even if someone can't spell
I never knew this existed. Fantastic stuff, and you can hear why Williams added Jack Bruce to the band. I'm not a great Bruce fan, but his playing fits in here like nowhere else! And a rare chance to see my favourite Hammond player, Larry Young.
Wonderful to hear this line-up - Robert Wyatt on drums, Hugh Hopper on bass, Mike Ratledge on keys and Elton Dean on sax. Possibly the jazziest the Softs got? I don't know
Public Image Limited - Happy?
The first track, Seattle, is a belter!
I'll continue thinking about what jazz it could be.
Does this count as Ugly, I wonder?
Ornette Coleman Sextet - Live in Germany 1978
The band that later became Prime Time. At this stage, they had James 'Blood' Ulmer on guitar and Ronald Shannon Jackson on drums, who would soon depart for their own projects.
This music is looser than that played by the later band. A fascinating document.
Enjoy!
IMHO Shipp is sometimes fantastic, other times unlistenable. This is a brilliant reworking (extending?) of some of Ellington's most well-known tunes. It's avant-garde, of course, but the trio honour Ellington's work, rather than just pull it apart and kick it around the park.
Even better than the original, I'd say.
For years (decades), Jackie McLean was overshadowed in my estimation and listening by other alto titans (Ornette Coleman, Art Pepper, Eric Dolphy, Arthur Blythe, and so on), but he grew on me. Now, his albums on Blue Note in the 60s are played as much as any of the others'.
So here, McLean's last for Blue Note, Demon's Dance:
Ugliness rating: zero.
Jackie McLean - New and Old Gospel
With Ornette Coleman in a rare sideman appearance, playing trumpet, of all things. McLean was right in his choice of frontline partner, too.
Is this the start of Lewis's amazing current wave of creativity? This album has the late-lamented Jaimie Branch (jaimie branch, I think) on trumpet, matching the incendiary Lewis.
Try this guy.