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I mentioned in my previous post here I've been picking out one album from the Blue Note 75th anniversary reissue series each week and focusing some listening time to that album, usually once a day for that week. This week's album is catching up on one I ran out of time for in its reissue month of July:
Joe Henderson | Mode For Joe
Thoughts: Damn, look at the personnel on this one: Joe Henderson (tenor sax), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Cedar Walton (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Joe Chambers (drums). Every last one of them is a bonafide legend. They don't all get a chance to fully shine, unsurprisingly the solos are heavily skewed towards Joe and Lee. And Lee is the real standout here for me. Don't get me wrong, Joe's performance through this album are fantastic, but Lee really takes it to another level. Each one of his solos here is jaw dropping.
Have a listen:
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Antonio Carlos Jobim has two solo albums I think should be part of jazz canon in Wave and Stone Flower. Hugely important in bossa nova, but decent odds you only know him for writing "The Girl from Ipanema." Wave is probably my favourite bossa nova album and I think arguably the most important one not named Getz/Gilberto (which Jobim was also a part of).
I've linked Stone Flower below because while it's certainly still bossa nova it's from later in Jobim's career when he'd been stateside for some time. As a result there's times when it's closer to what we tend to think of when we hear the word jazz. It's a wonderful blend that comes out during both "Children's Games" and the title track.
Needing some help here Jazz-heads. What are some really somber, slow, sax influenced jazz artists to get into? Most of the time I want to listen to Jazz, I find myself really wanting something matching that description, but I'm usually not sure where to go. Something to reflect on.
Needing some help here Jazz-heads. What are some really somber, slow, sax influenced jazz artists to get into? Most of the time I want to listen to Jazz, I find myself really wanting something matching that description, but I'm usually not sure where to go. Something to reflect on.
Needing some help here Jazz-heads. What are some really somber, slow, sax influenced jazz artists to get into? Most of the time I want to listen to Jazz, I find myself really wanting something matching that description, but I'm usually not sure where to go. Something to reflect on.
I'm sure you've heard this particular track, but just so I have an idea of what you mean... more tracks like this?
Needing some help here Jazz-heads. What are some really somber, slow, sax influenced jazz artists to get into? Most of the time I want to listen to Jazz, I find myself really wanting something matching that description, but I'm usually not sure where to go. Something to reflect on.
I'm sure you've heard this particular track, but just so I have an idea of what you mean... more tracks like this?
Yes. I'm often scrolling through a lot of coltrane (obviously being a bit more popular). Just haven't ever really dug much deeper.
Needing some help here Jazz-heads. What are some really somber, slow, sax influenced jazz artists to get into? Most of the time I want to listen to Jazz, I find myself really wanting something matching that description, but I'm usually not sure where to go. Something to reflect on.
You've gotten some great suggestions so far - also try the Round Midnight Soundtrack
Dexter Gordon was underrated, and this was a great work with him playing melancholy, moody tunes combined with Hancock on keys, McFerrin wailing some sad vocals and Freddie Hubbard on trumpet. There's some real somber stuff here - especially The Peacocks.
tackitt - also, would you consider trying an album with basically no saxophone that meets your somber, slow criteria?
I submit one of my favorite albums of any genre ever - it has a somber tone, it has Spanish, Moorish/Arab influences and it closes with a song that the Grateful Dead used to do a melancholy jam to, Solea.
This was right after Coltrane left and Miles got inspired by the music of Joaquin Rodrigo and he and the producer, Gil Evans, gave it a slow, moody orchestral spin. Miles' playing of the fluglehorn and trumpet dominates the record and it is one of the most "visual" pieces of music I've ever heard. It was dismissed when it was released because it was Miles and it "wasn't jazz" but as Miles put it - "I don't know about that, but it's music, and I like it, so I'm going to play it." I've always found the trumpet more somber than the saxophone anyway, so give it a shot and let me know your thoughts. I won't get mad if you don't like it.
You've gotten some great suggestions so far - also try the Round Midnight Soundtrack
Dexter Gordon was underrated, and this was a great work with him playing melancholy, moody tunes combined with Hancock on keys, McFerrin wailing some sad vocals and Freddie Hubbard on trumpet. There's some real somber stuff here - especially The Peacocks.
Question: if you could assemble your jazz dream band, who would be in it? There are two categories: historical and contemporary (still alive).
I'm partial to what's sometimes referred to as Mles Davis' "second great quintet."
Miles Davis - Trumpet
Ron Carter - Bass
Herbie Hancock - Keyboards
Tony Williams - Drums
George Coleman - Tenor sax
I suppose, in a perfect world, I'd replace Coleman with Coltrane. Also, while I like Monk on keys better than Hancock, I think Herbie's more versatile.
Okay, I'm keeping up better than I thought I would.
Here's a lesser known one. When I was a little kid, I had my first "girlfriend" (or whatever that means at ages 3-6). We were inseparable... until I moved to Australia and she moved to Croatia, never to see each other again. Umm, I guess we were separable after all. So it goes.
She had a distinctive name, so I Googled her a few years ago on a whim; of course, she just so happens to be a very talented jazz singer, who's also none too tough on the eyes. You ever get the feeling you peaked at age 5?
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Yes. I'm often scrolling through a lot of coltrane (obviously being a bit more popular). Just haven't ever really dug much deeper.
No winds and at times may not be as brooding as you may want, but The Bill Evans Trio - Moon Beams fantastic.
Conversations With Myself is a better album in my opinion but a bit less suited to your request.
Bohren & der Club of Gore is really far on the ambient side of Jazz. If you think you're up for that then Black Earth may appeal. I almost said strike a chord there, and I would have felt so incredibly bad about myself.
I don't know how I missed this when NPR streamed it back in March, but I'm glad I got to it eventually. Ambrose Akinmusire is easily one of the best young trumpeter out there right now. And I love what a lot of these young musicians are doing lately - teaming up with hip hop or folk or other genre musicians or lyricists/singers and expanding the horizons of what postmodern jazz means. On his latest album, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint, Akinmusire has the OSSO string quartet - four young string players who have already worked with The National, New Pornographers and Kanye. He also has several guest vocalists who wrote their own lyrics to go with his music, including Cold Specks, Jim James' latest fave. It also has a song with Becca Stevens, who is the jazz Bjork (seriously - listen to some of her stuff and tell me you don't hear Bjork).
The trumpet is still the main thing going on here and the biggest downfall is it seems like Akinmusire tried to cram too many good ideas into one album so it's overly long and meanders a bit. But overall, it's great that there are still young masters at work and not just rehashing old tunes, but really composing fresh new pieces. Another big score for Blue Note. Check it out.
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