whose unimaginative title hides a pretty idiosyncratic film. Quentin Tarantino recently saidDeath Huntwas a movie that was better than you remember. At one point in my teens I could dream the entirety ofDeath Huntduring uneasy nocturnal slumbers. ...
Every once in a while I remember that Bill Evans made a “mood” album, Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs. Huge production with orchestra, chorus, and tasteless percussion. Bill banging out portentous octaves and big chords, “concerto” style. (sounds kinda like e...
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the piano has such a range from soft, gentle notes to dramatic, full chords. Artists like Elton John and Billy Joel showcase the piano so beautifully in their music.
And then, you know, then I got into the next group of piano players with Miles – Herbie of course, you know, then Chick and Keith. EI: Both Chick and Keith arrived on the scene with a splash. It’s hard to get a sense for what it was like at this point. Do you remember hear...
(***) — Forget Your Memories (and They’ll Remember You). Naturally, the freer, more Ornette-y repertoire also takes on new gravity with Redman in the front line. The melodies are phrased together in the sax and piano, but there’s a charismatic looseness as well. Great piano solo, ...
close at hand. However, even on the page, Bird’s riffs exude a cool sophistication unlike the Basie riffs from a decade before. “Now’s the Time” is a little too complicated to be called a riff blues, but if you don’t know “Now’s the Time,” then you aren’t a jazz ...
During the 2020 pandemic, I had time to revisit my stash. Reviewed below: I Remember Bebop Al Haig, Duke Jordan, John Lewis, Sadik Hakim, Walter Bishop, Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Rowles Cafe Society J.C. Heard, Mary Lou Williams, Edmond Hall, M
I remember the rhythmic pedal has seventeen values and the harmonic loop consists of twenty-nine chords, and you have this incredible fluid birdsong that’s occurring in both the clarinet and the violin, and I believe you have a rhythmic pedal of five notes in the cello. I have to go ...
The first ones I heard were those Chick Corea solo ones, then Facing You, then the duet with Jack and Keith, it was hard to find for a while, but I love that record. And Dave Holland, Conference Of The Birds, Sam Rivers, that was a major kind of model. I remember trying to ...