[vcirelli]

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Listeining to Nintey Miles right now - man does Christian Scott blow a mean trumpet! Excellent Cuban-American jazz for those interested.
 

Good call on this one. I'm surprised this thread isn't more than just a few pages... Also digging "Roy Hardgrove - Earfood". 

 

[mrpink44]

Yeah, I really dig Hargrove's "Earfood" - the pianist, Gerald Clayton, is one of my favorite young musicians at the moment!!
 
I was a happy camper yesterday after a 6 hour listening session   I followed up Ninety Miles with another Latin/Afro-Cuban-influenced ablum - Arturo Sandoval's "Dear Diz"
 
It's Sandoval's tribute album to Dizzy, but the arrangements are all for big band. Sandoval not only delivers with his big band arrangements, but kills it on trumpet. It was my first listen to this album, but I was thoroughly impressed - enjoyed it way more than I anticipated!!! As a side note - I read that Sandoval is the last of the Dizzy disciples
 

 

[tru blu]

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Pat Metheny's "Unity Band" should sweep album of the year awards.  Any doubts, just listen.  Ben Williams on bass could be the only weak link but I say that very tongue and cheek,  These guys gel amazingly!

…caught this band up at the Newport Jazz Festival a few weekends ago…tight ensemble. Since I'm not much a Metheny fan, I was surprised by how much it engaged me, but then I realized something…that saxist Chris Potter's contribution makes it feel an awful lot like some of the late Michael Brecker's music from the '70s. Got me thinking: I'm all for folks having the opportunity to hear good music in the flesh as long as we call it what it is. Jazz of the '50s and '60s really sounded different from jazz of the '20s, '30s and '40s, so your ears could always kinda tell you where you were on the chronological spectrum. I think it's a bit easier to pass off a lot of jazz that came later as "contemporary" or "now" music, though admittedly, I haven't quite figured out why…

 

[tru blu]

…btw, here's one of the best young bands I heard in Rhode Island: drummer Dafnis Prieto's sextet…this sh-t's fi-ya!…
 
http://www.npr.org/event/music/158004992/dafnis-prieto-sextet-live-in-concert-newport-jazz-2012
 
 
…and another: The Bad Plus with guitarist Bill Frisell…confession: I almost cried when they played Paul Motian's "It Should Have Happened A Long Time Ago"…
 
http://www.npr.org/event/music/158004697/the-bad-plus-with-bill-frisell-live-in-concert-newport-jazz-2012

 

[Oteil]

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…caught this band up at the Newport Jazz Festival a few weekends ago…tight ensemble. Since I'm not much a Metheny fan, I was surprised by how much it engaged me, but then I realized something…that saxist Chris Potter's contribution makes it feel an awful lot like some of the late Michael Brecker's music from the '70s. Got me thinking: I'm all for folks having the opportunity to hear good music in the flesh as long as we call it what it is. Jazz of the '50s and '60s really sounded different from jazz of the '20s, '30s and '40s, so your ears could always kinda tell you where you were on the chronological spectrum. I think it's a bit easier to pass off a lot of jazz that came later as "contemporary" or "now" music, though admittedly, I haven't quite figured out why…

 


Chris Potter's Underground - Live at the Village Vanguard. is a killer recording. Chris Potter's playing is so inventive and the band is so tight. It has provided lots of listening enjoyment. Also if you like Christian Scott, Amazon has his new double cd

Christian aTunde Adjuah for mp3 download for 5.00  Lots of good music for a great price.

 

[tru blu]

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Chris Potter's Underground - Live at the Village Vanguard. is a killer recording. Chris Potter's playing is so inventive and the band is so tight. It has provided lots of listening enjoyment. Also if you like Christian Scott, Amazon has his new double cd

Christian aTunde Adjuah for mp3 download for 5.00  Lots of good music for a great price.

 
Well, I'll put it this way…if I have the itch to see a live band and Chris Potter's (or Christian Scott's) group is in town, I'd definitely check 'em out. But when I wanna put on records, I'd be more likely to reach for Joe Henderson or one of the other saxists that Potter is channeling. Joe Henderson made some stunning records, both groovy and post-bop.

 

[mrpink44]

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Well, I'll put it this way…if I have the itch to see a live band and Chris Potter's (or Christian Scott's) group is in town, I'd definitely check 'em out. But when I wanna put on records, I'd be more likely to reach for Joe Henderson or one of the other saxists that Potter is channeling. Joe Henderson made some stunning records, both groovy and post-bop.

 
Get the best of both worlds this fall when Chris Potter will be part of a Joe Henderson tribute at Lincoln Center

 

[WayTooCrazy]

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Get the best of both worlds this fall when Chris Potter will be part of a Joe Henderson tribute at Lincoln Center

That's not far from me... I might have to check that out....

 

[mrpink44]

For those interested, the new Dave Douglas album "Be Still" will be dropping this fall......including a LP release
 

 

[tru blu]

…a fine double-CD is about to drop…the late, great Sam Rivers with bassist Dave Holland and drummer Barry Altschul…
 

 

[anoxy]

One of my all time favorite vocal jazz albums. So relaxing. When I close my eyes I imagine sitting in a dark smokey jazz club, with a glass of whiskey. 

 

[mrpink44]

I've been enjoying these two releases over the past week and thought I'd share:
 
Bromberg's album is a hard driven, swinging album. It sounds like a big band at times as most of the tracks are backed by either a 5-piece horn section or a small orchestra. One of the tracks, "Hayride," is a jazz/bluegrass mix with Bela Fleck featured on banjo. This album is a lot of fun and worth a listen.
 

 
 
The second album is Michel Camilo's "Spirit of the Moment" - another fun, swinging album, but this time from a piano trio. Most of it's upbeat and has a great foot-tapping rhythm to bounce along to. Dafnis Prieto on drummers is always a treat to listen to.
 

 

[tru blu]

…interview with Christian Scott, who seems to have changed his name…
 
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/08/christian_scott_interview.php

 

[mrpink44]

Thanks for sharing tru blu! I'm going to see Scott in November with the Ninety Miles Project and I'm really excited. Some interesting reading....anyone who thought the racial boundaries were erased with the election of an African-American president should read his frustrations.
 
I really...really want to see Neil Evans from Soulive create something with Christian Scott!!! Man, that would be a treat!

 

[Spyro]

Marcus Miller's best ever...and perhaps another Grammy.  Terrific release!
 
http://www.amazon.com/Renaissance-Marcus-Miller/dp/B008BGNKIO