Trio Beyond - Saudades John Scofield guitars Larry Goldings Hammond organ, electric piano, sampler Jack DeJohnette drums
Recorded live November 21, 2004 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
In 1999, a year after recording the splendid reunion album Not Two, Not One, Paul Bley’s highly innovative trio with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian took to the road with concerts on both sides of the Atlantic. When Will The Blues Leave documents a terrific performance at the Aula Magna di Trevano in Switzerland. Included here, alongside the angular freebop Ornette Coleman title track, are Paul Bley’s “Mazatlan”, brimming over with energy, Gary Peacock’s evergreen “Moor”, Gershwin’s tender “I Loves You Porgy” and much more. All played with the subtlety of master improvisers, recasting the music in every moment.
A striking album of new music from pianist/composer Carla Bley, whose trio with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow is now in its 25th year. Individual associations among the players go back much further: bassist Swallow first recorded music by Carla in 1961. So when Bley says “Life Goes On”, a lot of life is alluded to. The album, realized in the Auditorio Stelio Molo Studio in Lugano in May 2019, with Manfred Eicher producing, takes the form of three suites. The title piece begins as a stoical blues, at first melancholic then hopeful. “Beautiful Telephones”, inspired by a US president’s first observation on entering the Oval Office, has plenty of Bley’s dark wit. And “Copycat” explores the notion of call-and-response in fresh ways as the improvisers continue each other’s thoughts. Throughout, Carla’s distinctive piano, with its hints of Monk and Satie, is beautifully framed by Swallow’s eloquent, elegant bass guitar and Sheppard’s yearning saxes. This trio has a unique collective sound, reflecting – as The Telegraph recently noted – “musical mastery of a rare order”.
^Terje Rypdals valg av trommiser på album over femti år sier mye: Jon Christensen, Audun Kleive, Jack De Johnette, Svein Christiansen og Paolo Vinaccia. Listen er ikke uttømmende. Endelig fikk vi høre Pål Thowsen sitt spill for første gang på en ECM produksjon siden midt på syttitallet. Nice.
Stratocasterens herre og mester konspirerer på høyt nivå.
Eilertsen & Mediaeval på NXN, norskavdelingen til Naxos. Låter flott, bortsett fra litt fizzy s’er i blant. Perfekt til belgisk klosterøl og ost en vindfull høstkveld.
A new ECM studio album and a programme of new music from Terje Rypdal is cause for celebration. On Conspiracy the great Norwegian guitarist seems to reconnect with the wild inspiration that fuelled such early masterpieces as Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away, Odyssey and Waves, exploring the sonic potential of the electric guitar with both a rock improviser’s love of raw energy and a composer’s feeling for space and texture. Keyboardist Ståle Storløkken, who contributed to Terje’s Vossabrygg and Crime Scene albums is an ideal co-conspirator, perpetually thickening the plot with his own intuitive feeling for complementary sound-colours. Conspiracy also marks a welcome return for Pål Thowsen, whose subtle, detailed drumming was last heard on ECM with Arild Andersen’s 1970s groups. Rypdal’s best band in years is completed by gifted young bass guitarist Endre Hareide Hallre. Conspiracy was recorded at Oslo’s Rainbow Studio and produced by Manfred Eicher and Terje Rypdal.
The members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet-Redman (saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass), and Brian Blade (drums) - reunite with 'RoundAgain', the group's first recording since 1994's 'MoodSwing'. The album features seven composed songs: three from Redman, two from Mehldau, and one each from McBride and Blade.
En Storyville disc fra 1989-90 tror jeg det var jeg kjøpte denne, innspillingen er fra 1971, Amazon vil ha nå 75£ for den, det begynner å koste for noen av de förste disc utgavene...
The members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet-Redman (saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass), and Brian Blade (drums) - reunite with 'RoundAgain', the group's first recording since 1994's 'MoodSwing'. The album features seven composed songs: three from Redman, two from Mehldau, and one each from McBride and Blade.
Jeg måtte finne frem denne klassikeren igjen. Ja, den er fortsatt like bra. Og ja, Joshua spiller like innsmigrende, insisterende sexy. Ikke som i pusekatt, men som i cool cat.
Jeg måtte finne frem denne klassikeren igjen. Ja, den er fortsatt like bra. Og ja, Joshua spiller like innsmigrende, insisterende sexy. Ikke som i pusekatt, men som i cool cat.
Ved inngangen til helgen strømmes for øyeblikket Cannonball Adderleys "Transmission Through Times (Live 1969-1972), en herlig miks av live innspillinger av samme låter på ulike tidspunkt.
"Hummin´" er en av mine favoritter, her er et klipp fra 7th Newport Jazz Festival i 1971. Flott å høre og se på, ikke minst hårfrisyrer og enkelte av antrekkene, ingen tvil om at vi er på 70-tallet.
Første låten "The Life And Death Of Hugo Drax" handler om den gale skurken fra James Bond filmen "Moonraker".
Midveis i sporet kjenner vi igjen en kjent "fake piano" sekvens hvor Drax spiller piano på sitt slott. Mot slutten dreper 007 skurken med en av sine leketøy som Q gav han. Drax seiler så ut av romstasjon og ut i rommet. Kjent stoff for alle gutta dette altså.
Four years after the landmark album Wisława, the great Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko’s New York Quartet returns with another masterful recording, December Avenue. Always an insightful bandleader, Stanko here encourages spirited improvisation to flower around his characteristically melancholic and soulful themes, and all players are presented to best advantage. New band member Reuben Rogers – originally from the Virgin Islands and perhaps best-known for his work with Charles Lloyd – is a splendid addition to the team, establishing a profound understanding with Cuban-born pianist David Virelles and Detroit drummer Gerald Cleaver. JazzTimes, reviewing the band in concert, reflected on the strengths of the individual players: “Stanko has never had a piano player like Virelles. When his moments came, he configured his own lyrical domain within the world of a Stanko song. For that matter, Stanko has never had a bassist and drummer like Rogers and Cleaver, with their hard edges and their volatile energy.”
December Avenue was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in June 2016 and produced by Manfred Eicher.
JazzTimes, reviewing the band in concert, reflected on the strengths of the individual players: “Stanko has never had a piano player like Virelles. When his moments came, he configured his own lyrical domain within the world of a Stanko song. For that matter, Stanko has never had a bassist and drummer like Rogers and Cleaver, with their hard edges and their volatile energy.”
Ditto!
Jeg syntes den første var kul. Eller rettere, - jeg ville veldig gjerne at den skulle være det. Men, etter hvert måtte jeg innse at den egentlig aldri grep meg. Den ble litt grøt og var mest av alt lovende. Kanskje ikke så rart når vi senere leser at de knapt hadde spilt med hverandre. Og dessuten, de som påpekte en heller ullen og udefinert bassgjengivelse hadde seff helt rett.
Nå har de spilt mye med hverandre. Nå har de noe å melde. Nå har de det gøy. Nå minnes man på hvor bra E.S.T. var og man hører hvordan Bugge utfordrer svenskene med sin enormt brede erfaring og arsenal av verktøy. Noen ganger små flashbacks til lekenheten i NCJ. Og det låter fett. Tight, men fett!
Forøvrig første gang jeg har sett pianostemmeren ble kredittert på coveret.