Don Cherry, Billy Higgins, Charlie Haden, Paul Bley.
Why have I never heard of this til now?
― Oilyrags, Monday, 18 June 2007 23:48 (nineteen years ago)
these recordings were usually issued under Paul Bley's name (as I think he was the leader)
― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 00:27 (nineteen years ago)
Bley is barely audible on this Charlie Parker song, though. Even during his own solo.
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 00:32 (nineteen years ago)
I don't think I've ever listened to with-piano Ornette.
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 00:40 (nineteen years ago)
Well, it's taken me to the third song, and the first Coleman original ("The Blessing" in this case) but this is finally in full swing.
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 00:48 (nineteen years ago)
well is it good or not
― cutty, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 01:28 (nineteen years ago)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6763111.stm
send him good thoughts
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 04:23 (nineteen years ago)
Indeed - I'm still looking forward to seeing him at the South Bank next month and I hope he recovers.
The above album I got on vinyl years ago under the title The Fabulous Paul Bley Quintet. Not bad but more of a signpost to what was going to happen rather than a thing in itself.
Ornette + piano - offhand I can only think of Something Else! which was a bit of a compromise (Walter Norris is OK but gets in the way of the flow) and the duo album he did with Joachim Kuhn a couple of years ago which is fair but not outstanding. Otherwise you have the odd things like the blues numbers on Science Fiction/Broken Shadows with Cedar Walton serenely comping and the various electric keyboards on Tone Dialing but that's not quite the same thing. Jim Hall was on Jazz Abstractions but offhand I can't remember whether there was a pianist as well.
― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 07:04 (nineteen years ago)
FWIW the Hillcrest Club is a posh country club in LA, w/outrageously beautiful golf course tucked in between freeways. 99.9% jewish members and not coincidentally a history of hosting jazz gigs in 1940s/50s.
― m coleman, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 09:52 (nineteen years ago)
Good job Paul Bley was Jewish then wunnit?
― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 09:54 (nineteen years ago)
Don't forget the two albums he made with the quartet that had Geri Allen (Sound Museum: Hidden Man/Sound Museum: Three Women) and the Geri Alen record where he played on a couple of tracks. Those are both about ten years old, I guess.
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 11:56 (nineteen years ago)
Also, I heard about that fainting spell at the outdoor concert. I'm glad it doesn't seem to be serious, just that the guy needs to stay hydrated and maybe take it a little easy on the heat and sun. Maybe take a pass on daytime summer gigs outside.
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 12:20 (nineteen years ago)
We won't be seeing him at Glastonbury, then.
― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 12:29 (nineteen years ago)