MetaChat is an informal place for MeFites to touch base and post, discuss and
chatter about topics that may not belong on MetaFilter. Questions? Check the FAQ. Please note: This is important.
≡ Click to see image ≡
Welcome to another 2 hours of jazz on Radio Mecha. As I have before, I'll be posting some links, comments and credits as the set plays, which I hope are of interest to those listening, as well as to those who come to this thread later.
In this program, our Thursday Spotlight Tune is the 1947 theme from the Oscar winning movie "Green Dolphin Street" by Bronislaw Kaper and Ned Washington entitled "On Green Dolphin Street," and we'll have 4 very different versions of it in the first part of the program. Then, we'll hear a "live" version of "Straight, No Chaser" from Miles Davis, and a smoky number by Diana Krall, as well as plenty of other great music on this "Zweet Zurzday." Relax, fill your glass, and enjoy!
From a February 18, 1928 recording in NYC, here is Bix Beiderbecke on cornet, as a member of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, with a 1927 tune by James Cavanaugh & Harry Barris. Bing Crosby and Irene Taylor (the first female vocalist Whiteman had ever hired) are the vocal soloists.
From the last studio date Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie would play together, on June 6, 1950, here's the cream of the crop, by Parker, of all the tunes recorded that day, With Thelonious Monk on piano, Buddy Rich on drums, and Curley Russell on bass. Via the 2 CD box set "Yardbird Suite."
The Duke Ellington Orchestra in a December 28, 1940 recording in Chicago of the Charles B. Lawlor and James W. Blake tune, via the 2003 3 CD box set "Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band". The order of solos for this tune are Barney Bigard (clarinet), Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (trombone), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Harry Carney (baritone sax), and Bigard again.
From the CD re-issue of the 1962 album "Very Tall," here are Oscar Peterson and Milt Jackson with our Spotlight Tune. With Ray Brown on bass, and Ed Thigpen on drums.
The Bill Evans Trio (with Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums), via the 1998 compilation CD "Bill Evans: Jazz Showcase", with a version of our Spotlight Tune originally recorded January 19, 1959 for the album "'Peace Piece' and Other Pieces" and later re-issued on the album "On Green Dolphin Street."
Too long, despite the 2 hour lunch meeting that broke it up. :) I'm going out for a run in about an hour - maybe it'll clear out some of the cobwebs that have been in my head lately. How was your day?
My day was pretty hectic. Trying to put the cap on a couple of business projects, and get ready for a weekend trip to Memphis. Run to the dry cleaners, the grocery store, pay some bills, and in the middle of it, my cell phone battery died. No replacement at the phone store, and so I've ordered a battery to be sent to me in Memphis.
Sometimes, techology sucks.
How far are you running these days? Do you log miles on the Metafilter running group?
Art Tatum (piano), Buddy DeFranco (clarinet), Red Callender (drums), and Bill Douglass (bass) with a 1956 recording of the Michael Edwards - Bud Green tune, from the compilation CD "The Tatum Group Masterpieces Vol. 7."
Miles Davis with the Thelonious Monk standard, from the CD re-issue of the 1973 album "Jazz at the Plaza Vol. 1 ." Although the music was recorded in 1958 at a music industry showcase session at The Plaza Hotel in NYC, it took years for the rights to be cleared, and for Davis to see it as an album with commercial potential.
I've only recently started running outside so I'm trying to run a steady 5K on a consistent basis since my goal is to take part in the CIBC Run for the Cure in late September which benefits breast cancer research. I don't log miles on the metafilter group, mostly because I'm not quite sure how far it is that I run, which reminds me that I should look into finding something to help me gauge the distance covered...something else to add to my to do list... :)
John Coltrane with an alternate take of his tune, via the CD re-issue of his 1960 album "Giant Steps" which did not originally include this take. Too bad for the folks that bought the vinyl in 1960, because I like this take a lot better than the one that made it on the original album. Yet another illustration of the good that CD re-issues have brought to the world.
5K is good distance for a recreational runner. Not so much you get into injury and fatigue territory, but enough to get all the blood pumping. And, it's nice to look forward to helping Run for the Cure. Keeps you out doing miles (or kilometers, I guess), doesn't it?
From the 1997 CD re-issue of his 1963 album "Bluesy Burrell: Kenny Burrell with Coleman Hawkins" here is guitar legend Kenny Burrell exchanging phrases with his boyhood idol and saxophone legend Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), on a tune Burrell wrote. With Tommy Flanagan (piano), Major Holley (bass), Eddie Locke (drums), and Ray Barretto (conga), it's a funky little bundle of gently swinging, bluesy fun. After Burrell introduces the tune, and Major Holley adds his bowed bass solo and doubles that with his rich baritone voice (for one of the strongest solos any bass player ever put on vinyl), Hawkins takes over for 32 bars, until Ray Barretto's cool bop congas come out of the background to bring it all together, and then Burrell and Hawkins "cut back" on each other, to take the tune home. If you were Kenny Burrell, life wouldn't get any better than this.
The recording date for Thelonious Monk's 1957 album "Monk's Music" produced more music than would fit on a 12 inch LP. Producer Orrin Keepnews had the good sense to hang on to the excess, of which this alternate take of "Off Minor" is a part. Which is what makes CD re-issues the worthwhile endeavors for both listeners and musicians that they are.
Ya, my long(ish)-term goal is to run a 10K next spring...but I suspect I'm a fairweather runner so we'll see how that goes! One step at a time! I'm off now, so I'll catch you later. :)
The Ramsey Lewis Trio from the CD re-issue of their 1965 album "The In Crowd" with the title track from that album, a tune written by Billy Page, and first recorded in 1965 by Dobie Gray. But The Ramsey Lewis Trio had the chart success with this number, probably due to the infectious "groove" they get from it, in a "live" setting. Unfortunately, the commercial success The Ramsey Lewis Trio enjoyed from this didn't translate into continued music output. Bassist Eldee Young, and drummer "Redd" Holt left within a few months of this recording, and later founded some pop groups together, most notably Young-Holt Unlimited, under which group name, they recorded this tune yet again, but without the commercial success they'd first enjoyed with it.
Glad you could join us, Joe Invisible! Always nice when people join in around here! We generally do this 7 - 9 p.m. EDT, Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Stan Getz accompanied by the Russ Garcia Orchestra, with Dave Hildinger (vibraphone), Jan Johansson (piano), Freddie Dutton (bass), Sperie Karas (drums) Blanchie Birdson (harp), string section, and Russ Garcia (arranger & conductor) doing a tune by Ralph Burns. Recorded March 1960 in Baden-Baden, Germany for the album "Cool Velvet," but here via the 1991 CD box set compilation "The Artistry of Stan Getz Vol. 1."
Hiya, paulsc. Some great songs here, as per usual. The funkier tunes are a nice surprise.
And phoenixc, the Metafilter running folks use that Nike iPod gadget. I mention this because it might be good if you're trying to log (approximate) distances, keep an eye on your pace, etc.
Remember how, during the O.J. Simpson trial, people were briefly looking for 'clues' (quotes because it doesn't seem like quite the right word, but I'm not sure of the right one) in his workout video? I'm reminded of that because he says something on there about getting the blood flowing.
The Duke Ellington - Billy Strayhorn tune from the 1990 CD re-issue of the 1960 album "Three Suites." This tune is from "Thursday Suite," which was a tribute to writer John Steinbeck. So, it's kind of the "title tune" for that suite, I guess, but mostly, just Ellington and Strayhorn being a bit corny/whimsical.
The Keith Jarrett Standards Trio, with Gary Peacock on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums, with a lovely, lightly swinging interpretation of the Jerome Kern and Leo Robin classic from the 1946 movie "Centennial Summer." Via the 1986 CD "Standards Vol. 2."
Once again, The Bill Evans Trio, with Eddie Gomez on bass and Eliot Zigmund on drums, takes us out with the title track from the 1977 album of the same name. To recap, in this set, we heard:
1. McCoy Tyner - The Greeting (2:27)
2. Art Tatum - In A Sentimental Mood (6:03)
3. Beiderbecke, Bix - Mississippi Mud (3:29)
4. Charlie Parker - Bloomdido (3:27)
5. Sarah Vaughan - On Green Dolphin Street (3:01)
6. Duke Ellington - The Sidewalks Of New York (3:16)
7. Oscar Peterson - Green Dolphin Street (7:31)
8. George Shearing - September Song (2:34)
9. Evans, Bill - On Green Dolphin Street (8:10)
10. Joe Williams - I Got It Bad (6:50)
11. Joe Pass - On Green Dolphin Street (7:43)
12. Art Tatum - Once In A While (5:13)
13. Miles Davis - Straight, No Chaser (10:57)
14. John Coltrane - Syeeda's Song Flute [Alternate Take] (7:04)
15. Kenny Burrell (with Coleman Hawkins) - Montono Blues (4:47)
16. Thelonious Monk - Off Minor (Take 5) (5:09)
17. Ramsey Lewis Trio - The 'In' Crowd (5:51)
18. Stan Getz - Early Autumn (4:42)
19. Duke Ellington - Zweet Zurzday (3:59)
20. Diana Krall - All Night Long (6:41)
21. Keith Jarrett - Gary Peacock - Jack DeJohnette - In Love In Vain (7:14)
22. Bill Evans Trio - I Will Say Goodbye (3:30)
"Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body."
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
So far:
Cassandra Wilson - Let's Face the Music
Air - The Ragtime Dance
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Makin' Whoopee
Oliver Nelson - Hoe-Down
Jimmy McGriff - Frame for the Blues
How does that work, when two musical acts have the same name? Air is a '70s/'80s jazz trio, and it's a '90s/'00s French electronic group. Is it because the jazz group is really obscure, or disinclined to litigation, or unlikely to confuse any record buyers, or for other reasons entirely, that the French group gets to use the name, rather than having to change it, like the London Suede or Charlatans UK?
I wish I could take some credit for the wise words of a man with Wendell for a middle name (and those words are extra-good, paulsc). Instead, I'll just be thankful I'm not Oliver.
Dizzy Gillespie - Hot Mallets
Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich - Drum Boogie
Herbie Hancock - Quasar
Guillermo E. Brown - Gimme Time Tiempo
Mulatu Astatke and his Ethiopian Quintet - The Panther (Boogaloo)
Ahmed Abdul-Malik - The Hustlers
Solomon Ilori - Aiye Le (The Troubled World)
Archie Shepp and Dollar Brand - Ubu-Suku
Cannonball Adderley & John Coltrane - Limehouse Blues
Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd - Rentals
Plus, phoenixc, if you entered the Metafilter running contests, it'd be good for your motivation, maybe, if you're into that kind of thing, and you'd be almost certain to beat at least one person. I walk, a little.
Peter Brotzmann & Bill Laswell - Locomotive
Cecil Taylor - Leaf Taken Horn
Bud Powell - Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas
Charles Mingus - Eat That Chicken
photo by splunge
photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
photo by ethylene
