Just Jazz!

by **Dandolin** » Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:55 pm

he has my vote

the sun ra ascendancy

that is a classic album :joy:

James Moody - Last Train from Overbrook

Andrew Hill - Diddy Wah

Clifford Jordan - Buddy Bolden's Call

AK Salim - Afro Soul/Drum Orgy

Mongo Santamaria - Yeh Yeh

John Coltrane - Africa/Brass

Journeys :excellent:

by **Chankgeez** » Sat Dec 07, 2019 8:37 am

Reminding me of musicians who became Muslim and adopted a Muslim name, I'm sure he's come up in the thread before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pYqbRGZXxE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkl9Obae4I4

by **Dandolin** » Sat Dec 07, 2019 12:37 pm

other categories opened up:

Philly legends
missing links b/w Elmo Hope and sheets of sound

that's all I got for now, but that should be enough :omg:

also, AK Salim, still kickin' @ 97 :thumb:

by **deeohgee** » Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:19 am

by **Dandolin** » Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:29 am

French connection - love late-period Bean. Nice Gretsch, Mr. Baker.... :cool:

YouTube · by **Pepe** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 5:53 am

Jazz songs stuck in my head:

2:08 min onward is fantastic! Ahmad Jamal lets the music breathe. The whole arrangement is a very clever thing as well as all the recordings from that live session. It is one of the best selling jazz albums with good cause.

I love the duets of John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy on this song. I listened to the complete Village Vanguard recordings (4 CDs) and I like all the versions of "India". I prefer the ones with Ahmed Abdul-Malik who assumedly played the tampura (and not an oud like it says in the disc notes). It gives a nice oriental feeling.

by **Dandolin** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 1:16 pm

righteous stuff, Pepe. The Pershing Lounge sessions are truly classic (as I'm sure Miles would agree), and of course Dolphy and Trane was a meeting of Titans - def a case where I enjoy the alternate verzions.... :)*

by **chromandre** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 3:39 pm

great choices pepe! def gonna check that ahmad jamal record

by **Chankgeez** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:06 pm

Ahmad Jamal

Sure I've probably posted this before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMD7qiCSGzk

YouTube · by **Pepe** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:16 pm

I also chose this album at my last visit at the library. I only knew Cannonball Adderley's album "Somethin' Else" with Miles Davis and I liked it. But "The Black Messiah" is exactly what I love! The first track is so awesome. I heard it through my Discman (Pepe = Old School) yesterday evening when I was going to the grocery store. I didn't have the booklet at hand and I was wondering who that badass keyboard player was. I thought: I have to explore more of his music. Then I read that it was George Duke (RIP! :cry:

) and I already have 2/3 of his discography. This is from 1971 and he uses modulated tape delay, ring modulation and a low pass filter. Plus he plays incredible stuff on the Fender Rhodes even without effects. :cool:

I need an own copy of that album now.

by **Chankgeez** » Mon Dec 30, 2019 3:04 pm

One of John Gilmore's forays into more mainstream Jazz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO8PDMFkdq8

by **coldbrightsunlight** » Mon Dec 30, 2019 3:31 pm

^ That sounds great from the first five minutes Chank I will definitely bookmark for the future.

EDIT: The piano solo at about 7 minutes blew my mind :excellent:

EDIT 2: Whole set is most good.

I realise this is a basic classic and everybody has heard it before except me but I've been listening to this a lot today and everything about it is fantastic.