The dog trots freely thru the Rolling Jazz Canto Thread 2016

Listening to Clifford Jordan's Firm Roots on Spotify. He made about five albums with the same band heard here: Cedar Walton on piano, Sam Jones on bass, Billy Higgins on drums. Three of them were recorded at a single concert—On Stage Vols. 1-3—and then there's this disc and The Highest Mountain. I can definitely see listening to all five; this is a great band, and Jordan's tone is fantastic.

Went at last minute and Friday to see Pharoah Sanders and gotta say this time he was a little too on the mellow side for me. Sounded fine playing the melodies on the heads but played abbreviated solos that didn't go anywhere deep on every tune. Tain was killing it throughout though.

Yeah, that's why I'd really only want to see him in a context that guaranteed weirdness, like that Pharoah & the Underground thing he did with Rob Mazurek in Portugal a few years ago - him, Mazurek, and members of the Chicago and São Paulo Underground(s). There's an album and a CD, both on Clean Feed, with completely different music on each. I've never been able to find a DL link for the LP.

I saw him a few years back at the exact same venue and he was grebt. There was a palpable moment in every tune were he went from the pretty, inside playing to the overblown, outside playing. You could hear the saxophone sound slowly breaking up, you could imagine the white wisps of his beard to be smoke coming out of the bottom of a giant Saturn rocket upon liftoff, you could feel the earth tremble. Maybe this time he was a little tired or ill, or saving his energy for the second set, or some combination thereof.

Slightly regretting not implementing my alternate plan, going to see Scott Robinson at Kitano.

Throughly enjoying Monk Birthday Broadcast on WKCR.

About to check out some early Ahmad Jamal stuff I've never heard (his drumless trio recordings with guitarist Ray Crawford, and some later quintet stuff the two did together).

Chamber Music of the New Jazz is the one I often go to from Ahmad's early stuff, it's delightful.

Speaking of xpost Erroll Garner, heard his "Fandango" on the radio last night, got pulled into it pretty quickly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEj6UdQsKao

M-W online entry for "fandango":
1: a lively Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time that is usually performed by a man and a woman to the accompaniment of guitar and castanets; also : music for this dance
2: tomfoolery

Maybe also with Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Scott Joplin somewhere in the family tree.

(And Monk?)

New Yorkers might want to check out this Fri. October 28th event at Symphony Space

“The American Slave Coast: Live” is a spoken word-and-music performance piece drawn from the pages of the book. Alto saxophonist and composer Donald Harrison will lead the band. Speakers will include Jonathan Demme, Nona Hendryx and Carl Hancock Rux, plus the authors Ned Sublette and Constance Sublette.

This dude is obviously insanely talented, although it sorta ends up sounding like Squarepusher with worse sound design in the end:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saX2-OHr__M
https://kimcass.bandcamp.com/album/kim-cass

I had assumed I'd heard Brilliant Corners already for some reason. I hadn't. I know it's canon and everything, but my god.

In other Monk news, apparently on this day in 1947 he first recorded "Well, You Needn't." Think I just might have to order that Monk fake book I have been eyeing after all.

my Monk listening of recent times is the '61 album with Coltrane or the Trio album with Roach and Blakey playing half each.

Listening to a new BGO (Beat Goes On) reissue of 3 early 80s albums by fusion guitarist Steve Khan on 2 CDs: 1981's Eyewitness, 1982's live Modern Times, and 1983's Casa Loco. It's smooth in a yacht-rock sort of way, without being so greasy it feels like it's dribbling out of your headphones. Some occasionaly dubby echoes around the margins. Not something I'd have been happy about paying for, but mildly diverting.

BGO is the same label that reissued Arthur Blythe's first four Columbia albums as a 2CD set earlier this year. I also have a disc from them that combines Muddy Waters' Electric Mud and After The Rain, so they're OK by me.

Playlist is updated through October; we're at over a hundred songs and 13+ hours. You could do worse if you want something to walk around to.

ILM's Rolling Jazz Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

Trumpeter Terell Stafford has a new album out, Forgive and Forget, on a tiny label run by saxophonist Herb Harris (he was one of the Tough Young Tenors back at the dawn of the '90s, but dropped out of the scene). All the compositions are Harris's; the band is Stafford, Tim Warfield (another ex-Tough Young Tenor) on sax, Kevin Hays on piano, Greg Williams on bass, and Rodney Green on drums.

I liked his Brotherlee Love album last year.

Yeah, me too. And I've liked his playing on a bunch of Warfield's albums on Criss Cross.

"Streams" is a beautiful album on ECM by Jakob Bro with Thomas Morgan and Joey Baron, you can hear some of it on http://player.ecmrecords.com/bro-2499

I listened to the Fred Frith/Darren Johnston a couple of days ago. I really liked it. Sounded like Frith was either using direct guitar or very clean amplification and very good recording. Pretty good review here

The Jakob Bro track on the ECM site is a stunner, you're right, niels. Right up my alley. I'm looking further.

Huh, he plays a Telecaster. Not what I would have guessed.

Glad to hear you like it!

This clip gives you an idea of what you'll get if you catch a show with them - I really love Baron's expression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc6baRyUDu4

The song they're playing is from the great record Balladeering wich features Lee Konitz on sax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6IgSEUotiM

any buzz whatsoever on some of the savory collection stuff coming out commercially? i'm kind of interested in that coleman hawkins set, though the whole "apple exclusive" thing is pretty obnoxious

http://www.stereogum.com/1914711/the-10-best-jazz-albums-of-2016/franchises/2016-in-review/

I'm hoping Stereogum will be open to more jazz coverage in 2017.

Some ace albums on there, and am even tempted to try the one with the awful hash tag title if Ron Carter is on board :p

I thought of Battle Trance as contemporary 'classical'/compositional music but it's really really great.

(Obv the greatness matters more than the classification + there are obv jazz influences so)

I wasn't sure either, but I initially reviewed it for the New York City Jazz Record so I figured it counts. (Its genre fluidity is why I paired it with the Borbetomagus album, obviously.)

Oh ha, I didn't notice that you were the author. Good stuff!

that JD Allen Americana album is growing on me and it segues nicely into older jazz blues type albums I have been listening to earlier today by Archie Shepp and Ben Webster.

can't remember if this was posted but it is excellent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE-w9kPIhg8

there has been loads of top class stuff on ECM this year, especially the Wadada Leo Smith/Vijay Iyer and Jack DeJohnette releases. But another that has sneaked up on me recently is the Wolfgang Muthspiel - appropriately titled - Rising Grace one, it is a real slow burning piece of beauty.

it has Brad Mehldau on board and in top form which probably helps

Jazz thread, please tell me: Do I want/need to go see The Bad Plus live early next year in a room that holds ~100?

You might, rabbit, you might.

I saw them in 09 (?) at Wayne State and thought they were great so I think that's a yes? I haven't kept up with most of their albums since then, though, although the one with Joshua Redman sounded good. xp

Saw The Bad Plus once in City Hall Park across the street from J&R Music World about a decade ago, but at the time I wasn't really into what theiy were doing. But I have seen Ethan a couple of times doing some excellent playing with his friend Tootie Heath (who apparently refers to this band as "The Bad Pus" ) so I say go.

I've seen them about a dozen times and they've ranged from good to spectacular; generally better in small rooms imo

same, otm. although maybe the best i've ever seen them was in a theater on the tour with Wendy Lewis on vocals.

why would you not go, is it hella expensive?

$50+ tix (times two if I make it a date night)
2 small kids = baby$itter
general laziness / it's easier to stay home and half-watch Flip Or Flop while refreshing twitter

currently leaning toward going, tho

aight makes sense

I'd definitely go though, always good to get out and hear live music

if you've never seen them before, i would say definitely but a $150 to $200 night out is tough no matter how you slice it