JazzyRandy Wrote:Got in two Jazz albums this morning:
Myron Walden Countryfied 2010 and Christian Scott Yesterday You Said Tomorrow 2010

Since its release earlier this year, the latter has received effusive praise from Jazz reviewers. I don't hear it yet, but I hear enough good things to keep listening. It's just that the songs that don't get me going really turn me off. This is distinctly post-bop and not as peppy as Blue Note 60s jazz, lacking a certain melodic glue that keeps less sophisticated listeners (like me) engaged. Sometimes, I think any jazz with a guitar included induces some Jazz reviewers to increase their ratings. But I digress...

Countryfied is simply a good time listen. This one grabbed me right away and kept up the getting. Walden says this is his tribute to the sound of the south of his youth, and it sounds like it. Think groovy jazz with hints of James Brown, rockabilly/country, and good times; the liner notes refer to "roots music". Very enjoyable and very likely to get played a lot around my ears.

Tiggi Wrote:

The King of Big-Band Swing.

All of these tunes were recorded under the shadow of WWII, so optimism is the key. Romantic songs, or good-time dance tunes make up the vast majority, and when the emphasis turns to the Army Air Force Band, with GM becoming part of the US war machine, even more so.

The standard of these recordings is remarkable, given that they are all at least 65 years old...

JazzyRandy Wrote:Chris Potter Moving In 1996
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JazzyRandy Wrote:Brian Blade Brian Blade Fellowship 1998
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AllMusicGuide says:
Brian Blade Fellowship is an impressive debut as a leader for Brian Blade, one of the best young jazz drummers of the '90s. Producer Daniel Lanois doesn't follow jazz conventions, letting Blade run wild and blend genres, as on "Folklore," where the adventurous, searching jazz meets pygmy chants. All across the album, there is the sigh of a steel guitar, which adds an unusual, exotic texture to a debut that is uniquely daring and richly rewarding.

Mr.Soul Wrote:
A friend just turned me onto this today. Already knew Brad through his recent work with Pat Metheny. There are some incredible cover versions here on this album I would never have dreamed of hearing, let alone liking!

One in particular is a cover of Oasis' 'Wonderwall' featuring an alternate intro and extended piano improvisation. A band not known for their musical adversity or unique creativity which is so evident in this version! Not often I'll say this but it outclasses the original in every sense of the word!

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Tiggi Wrote:

1960 recording which focusses on RC's Jazz playing. He wanted to make an album featuring himself on Hammond Organ, and he's backed by either the Basie Band, or another Big Band put together for the recording. There are a couple of songs with RC taking the vocals, but it's mostly instrumental Jazz.

The Hammond sounds quite out of place in a Big Band environment at first, but once you get past that, this is a solid album.


AllMusic 3+/5 stars.

bahama Wrote:Wardell Gray! Dude was awesome tenor man

bjgeiger Wrote:Mississippi Number One
by Eden Brent
2008
Listen to the whole album at http://edenbrent.bandcamp.com/album/mississippi-number-one


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1. Mississippi Flatland Blues 03:14
2. He'll Do The Same Thing To You 03:58
3. Darkness On The Delta 03:20
4. Love Me 'Til Dawn 03:25
5. Fried Chicken 03:55
6. Mississippi Number One 03:56
7. The Man I Love 04:10
8. Careless Love 03:46
9. Meet You Anywhere 03:24
10. Why Don't You Do Right 04:14
11. Afraid To Let Go 03:41
12. Close The Door 02:35
13. All Over Me 03:34
14. Trouble In Mind 05:52
15. Until I Die 04:21


Ain't Got No Troubles
by Eden Brent
2010
Listen to the whole album at http://edenbrent.bandcamp.com/album/aint-got-no-troubles


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1. Someone To Love 03:15
2. Ain't Got No Troubles 05:08
3. Blues All Over 04:35
4. Later Than You Think 03:33
5. Right To Be Wrong 02:45
6. Leave Me Alone 03:50
7. Let's Boogie-Woogie 04:31
8. My Man 03:08
9. Beyond My Broken Dreams 04:10
10. If I Can't 03:23
11. In Love With Your Wallet 03:20
12. Goodnight Moon 03:43

Tiggi Wrote:

This collection is unusual in that it intersperses Patton songs with those from other Blues artists to illustrate the development of the form in the early years of recorded Blues. If you think plagiarism is a new phenomenon, think again. They were all pinching ideas for all they were worth