Just Jazz!

[Dandolin]

yes, i went there: the 1968 not-so-modest program music and sample darling debut of the Eastman Studio Dominators rhythm section, a/k/a Levin/Gadd listen at the peril of your jazz soul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQXaq5l6D6s

[Chankgeez]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIdEfA1DnW4

[Dandolin]

beyond Szabo and Zoller just need another Dane for an official summit

been sittin' on this for no particular reason


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZYLdDDGvl4

[Chankgeez]

Love Gigi Gryce!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vRKUqzuAuk

[Dandolin]

love that of course bc Tchicai, but the whole thing is solid

let's head back south again - Czech these out:

1961, the biggest big band in Czechoslovakia, pretty proto stuff, featuring Karel Velebný on vibes on the MJQ classic, the variously named Taneční Orchestr Čs. Rozhlasu Řídí Karel Krautgartner (a/k/a The Karel Krautgartner Orchestra):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-BhD4mbuL0

recorded just before the Prague Spring and released just after it, this Karel Velebný-led effort, SHQ, features a whole lotta woodwind love, with both Karel and Jiří Stivín, who features below, doubling it up big time on an assortment of saxes and flutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtNh3wAiJfA

later, Jiří Stivín's bringing some fusion with Modrý Efekt, a/k/a The Blue Effect, a band better known with progheads:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzIpANrK-6w

and later still, a mix of fusion and third stream from Jiří on a variety of woodwinds and synths:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO4mKrPxCUI

couldn't skip Hammer and Vitouš of course, here in the Junior Trio from '64 with Miroslav's brother Alan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUr7JKpXeKc

this is kinda interesting if a mite dry; featuring George Mraz's old trio-mate Rudolf Dašek (who also worked a bunch with Jiri) on gtr, with Andrew Cyrille as the ringer


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFs_PySCWNg

and let's conclude our little tour with Mraz, who left and got "big" in the States, but never forgot his roots:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqTitLAhefU

and w/ Billy Hart:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZjnB0i0-F4

dag i didn't plan to go on that long merhumblegrumble

[Chankgeez]

Nice masterclass. Will listen my way through those eventually.

[Dandolin]

that was fun
youtube makin' it easy for me tonight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwJRIiuJzIk

[Chankgeez]

That is nice. ^^^

So's this:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMllPza9_pA

[Dandolin]

yass used to watch a lot of Tuba Skinny and the other bands on digitalalexa back in the old timey band days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2auDwCIIM3s

lil bit o'Chloe in honor o'my shortiest pooch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL_qxclOmDg

one more stomp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jft3BVoxqjo
#heydancebackoverhereyoutwo
#ifellinlovewithaonehandedtrumpetista

some bonus street'n'alley music, only tangentially jazzy:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Fp_rgsMIY
#danceawaytheendofdays

i love street'n'alley music best
i wanna get back to it
and now that me aulde singer lady's moved back local-like
i will!

[Chankgeez]

Yeah, Tuba Skinny're great.

Also, this:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vadm2kaES5s

[Dandolin]

classic - a bridge during the time i was somewhat strangely obsessed with Andrew and Lee at the same time...plus bonus Jimmy Ponder, who i never seem to hear enough from.

i came back to post this nice afternoon into evening slice from the great Jerry Gonzalez Ya yo me cure lp

https://youtu.be/LNBM-fJUkc8

[Lurker13]

I stumbled across this earlier. The music is as excellent as the album cover and the title.

[Chankgeez]

^^^ Good one. Album cover is great as are the song titles.

...plus bonus Jimmy Ponder, who i never seem to hear enough from.

Yeah, difficult not to love this guy:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TqU_GYiwag



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-KkhvhMzsA



Jerry Gonzalez is fabulous too!

[Dandolin]

a beagle named boogie

i'll admit neither the cover nor the title inspired much confidence in me, but i listened and was surprised - not that i enjoyed a japanese jazz album - that has happened many times - but at how hard hitting it was rhythmically and sonically

i came here this morning hoping to post some Jeremy Steig & Eddie Gomez, especially Rain Forest from 1980 bc Ray Barretto is on it and i'm on a major
son montuno/mambo/bomba/plena/guaracha/pachanga/merengue iow salsa/songo kick, and was re-discovering my Ray Barretto stuffs, so, yeah.

but there's no evidence of a single streamable track from Rain Forest that i can find, so i'll just share the credits:

Jeremy Steig – flute, bass flute, digital delay Mu-Tron biphase, Mu-Tron octave divider
Eddie Gómez − bass
Mike Nock − electric piano, synthesizer (tracks 2-4 & 6)
Karl Ratzer − electric guitar (track 1)
Jack DeJohnette (tracks 2 & 3), Steve Gadd (tracks 1 & 4) – drums
Naná Vasconcelos − cuíca, berimbau, talking drum, shaker, cowbell, triangle, tambourine (tracks 3-5 & 7)
Ray Barretto − congas (tracks 3 & 7)



anyway, as a consolation, here's Shrek's brother and Eddie by themselves with a lot of effects in a better Sunday morning vibe than Rain Forest has (probably)


Full album playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCnCiKY ... pbkybMb8_o

some nice credits here too:

Jeremy Steig – alto flute, bass flute, Mu-Tron III, Mu-Tron biphase, Mu-Tron octave divider, echoplex, ring modulator
Eddie Gómez − bass

edit: thanks for the JP, Chank - Steel City, yinz

[Chankgeez]

I wanted to post some Jimmy Ponder from Jump, but there wasn't any on YouTube.

So, here's this nice date instead:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wggZd_sqQ1w