Been a while since I posted here.
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Sonny Rollins. Absolutely love “The Bridge”.
funny story, I went to HS near the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges, would walk across to the city, and occasionally used to see this guy playing Saxophone. Being young and stupid never spent much time listening…
Yeah, Sonny Rollins, or that’s what someone said much later.
Way back in 2018 I mentioned not appreciating Keith Jarret’s The Koln Concert. at the advice of folks here I did get a copy and ‘forced’ myself to listen. well forced is an exaggeration as I found it very interesting and listen to it from start to finish now and really like it. Thanks guys!
I just “re” discovered this group. I had forgotten about them, until Roon Radio surfaced them again. I am appreciating them even more this time. In most trios, the piano leads and is supported by the bass and drums, with obligatory solos by them. In this case, I get the impression that each instrument has equal billing, and they all support each other equally. I am inspired to do a deeper dive into the Alboran Trio’s discography.
I recently had the pleasure of hearing Gilad Hekselman live @ Village Vanguard, playing with Shai Maestro & Eric Harland (two of my favorites!), and the performance was nothing short of MAGIC. Check out his new album “Far Star” - it’s spectacular!
I’m a big fan of jazz guitar, and I recently bought two albums on Bandcamp, which I think are exceptional. The first one by Jure Pukl features guitarist Charles Altura which I had the pleasure to hear a couple of times in NYC. The second one is by guitarist Gabriel Vicéns which I also had the pleasure of seeing with his band in NYC back in 2020, right before the pandemic. I highly recommend these two records. Great sound and excellent performance.
One of the pleasure of this hobby is to revisit great recordings of the past. Opie Bellas is a jazz vocalist who had a great initial album, but haven’t heard much from her lately. It is one of my favorites in a favorite genre. True emotion, well recorded.
Was looking on Qobuz track info at work (yeah right, what am I doing at work looking at Qobuz track info???) on Vital Information, and came across “All Star Group Steps Ahead” which I appear to have never heard. This is pretty nice.
ON Qobuz, I was browsing the new releases and listened to most of this rather nice - but sparsely documented album. After doing a bit of research, I found that the primary artist of The Sorcerers is “Neil Innes”. None of the Neil Innes (that I know from Bonzo Dog Band, the Ruttles, Monty Python) children is a junior. I wonder if perhaps a grandson.
I don’t know maybe it’s because I’ve matured since I first heard it, or my tastes have changed but I was able to get through the entire recording. Found it quite interesting not displeasing at all.
Well Koln was pretty early in Jarrett’s career. It was the first of the famous recorded concerts known by their cities. If you compare to Braxton, he was doing “Creative Orchestra Music” album at roughly the same time. He was also recording a lot with the American Quartet, so if all piano is not accessible for you, look to an album like Fort Yawuh or Eyes of the Heart for early Jarrett.
Paris/London, Rio, Munich (2016) and Budapest are the other great solo concert albums, more mature Jarrett, perhaps more to your taste.