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Frisell and Costello also made a rec together.
EC isn't fit to kiss the shoes of the man who played bass on 'Spiritual Unity', tho' someone told me that GP is known to be "a grouchy old asshole". That's what happens when you play with Jarrett for twenty years!
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Sunday, 30 November 2003 11:05 (twenty years ago) link
Mr. Costello and Mr. Konitz had a bond that included Mr. Konitz playing a solo on Mr. Costello's new album, "North" (Deutsche Grammophon).
I know it's NYT style and all but I just find this sentence incredibly funny to read. it sounds like a game of "clue"...
mr. costello in the iridium with the cake.
― amateur!st (amateurist), Sunday, 30 November 2003 16:47 (twenty years ago) link
Frisell and Costello also made a rec together.I'm no Costello scholar, but Deep Dead Blue: Live at Meltdown (1995), is the only "torch song" record of Costello's that I've enjoyed. The stark arrangements are a major boost to his style and it sounds like he's singing the songs for the sake of singing them, not to impress anybody; also, it mixes his own material in with a couple standards and Mingus songs ("Gigi" kills), so you don't get the feeling that he's "dressing up for the occasion." (The version of "Poor Napoleon" on there, in my mind, kills the original.)
They also worked together on Sweetest Punch, a jazz version of the Costello-Bachrach album, arranged by Frisell, but I'm lukewarm on it - I think Frisell could've pushed it a little farther out, and the few songs with vocals are a lot more interesting than most of the instrumentals. On the other hand, I think the vocals are better than on the original record - there's a cool performance of "Toledo" that's worth checking out.
tho' someone told me that GP is known to be "a grouchy old asshole". That's what happens when you play with Jarrett for twenty years!
When the Boston Globe reviewed the trio's performance in Boston, they started off quoting Jarrett bitching about how rude or incompetent everyone had been. Maybe someone forgot to give him the key to the mini-bar or something and it was downhill from there.
― Chris Dahlen (Chris Dahlen), Sunday, 30 November 2003 17:11 (twenty years ago) link
There's a wonderful interview w/ Lee Konitz in Richard Cook's Jazzwise mag this month, where Konitz goes on and on abt how much he liked marijuana as a creative stimulant/inspiration - he was stoned out of his gourd when he made that great duo rec w/ Warne Marsh in 55 - and urges the non-toking interviewer to get mashed asap 'cos it utterly improves the jazz listening experience!
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 21:28 (twenty years ago) link
Sounds like Gary Peacock was being the asshole, but it's still funny. I wonder what he and Matt Wilson are like as a rhythm section, since Matt is like the nicest guy ever. I really want to hear that duo album that he and Lee Konitz made.
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 21:42 (twenty years ago) link
Seems to me the professional thing to do would have been to sing the song acapella; Costello is a professional musician, right?
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 22:51 (twenty years ago) link