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Track Selection 1: King Cobra (Hancock) Track Selection 2: Tribute to Someone (Hancock) Artists Donald Byrd (t) Grachan Moncur III (trb) Hank Mobley (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Grant Green (g) Chuck Israels (b) Tony Williams (d) recorded Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood … Continue reading
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Track Selection 1: Venture Inward (Hill) Bristling angular theme with with an urgent rhythmic undertow Track selection 2: Bayou Red (Hill) Supposedly a tribute to the creole and mulatto heritage via New Orleans, though I like it for itself rather than because of … Continue reading
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 Track selection 1: Well You Needn’t (Monk) . . . Thelonious Monk gets kudos on “Well, You Needn’t.” The quintet makes short work of the intricacies of the arrangement, adding the double horn lead on the choruses, redefining this … Continue reading
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Selection 1: Search for Peace (Tyner) . . . Beautiful tune, tranquil and perfectly paced, Tyner does what he does best – an exploration of the strong melody for its rhythmic and harmonic potential, punctuated with cascading rippling arpeggios; on cue, … Continue reading
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Photos updated text refreshed January 28, 2020 Track selection 1: I’ve got the world on a string (Arlen/ Koehler) . . . Track selection 2: Stairway to the Stars (Maineck/Signorelli/Parish) . . . Artists Serge Chaloff, baritone sax; Sonny Clark, … Continue reading
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Track Selection: A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie/Paparelli) . Selected because it’s a tune I can’t get enough of. I read Gillespie turned down a generous offer from the Tunisian National Tourist Board, to rename the tune Two Nights in Tunisia, with full board, inclusive of airport charges and … Continue reading
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Track selection 1: New Monastery If you are an avant-garde pianist, the “elephant in the room” is Monk. Hill pays tribute, in his own way. Track Selection 2: Dedication A poignant piece under an ambivalent title, a simmering, towering, emotional work. … Continue reading
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Track Selection: Snap Crackle (Haynes) . . . “.. that ‘Shulie a Bop’ with Sarah Vaughan , which was in 1954 – where she introduces the trio in the song (Youtube at 1:28secs) and just before she says my name I say, … Continue reading
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Track Selection 1: Triangle (not Succotash, everyone knows Succotash) . . . A dreamy floating extended improvisation, kick off the shoes and lie back, ten minutes required, beauty therapy for brains Track Selection 2: A Jump Ahead . . . The … Continue reading
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More Vinyl talk, while I prepare records to blog next. The record cleaning mix muddle Tired of paying £20 for a litre for record cleaning fluid for your vacuum machine, and waiting weeks for the postman to call each time you run … Continue reading
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A occasional post on matters pertaining to Hi-Fi, introducing “man-in-a-shed” productions With more than half my records in mono, and a stereo system with no mono switch, some attention to the mono-stereo issue has been long overdue. If you already … Continue reading
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Track Selection: Dorian . . . “Dorian”, an electrifying modal jazz composition, credited to Haynes’ pianist Ronnie Mathews, sounds as fresh and modern today as it did 1963. Artists Booker Ervin (ts) Ronnie Mathews (p) Larry Ridley (b) Roy Haynes (d) recorded … Continue reading
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Track Selection: El Barrio . . . Artists Joe Henderson (tenor sax) McCoy Tyner (piano) Bob Cranshaw (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) recorded Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 30, 1964 Recorded at Van Gelders studio just one week after … Continue reading
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