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
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
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
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
Re: Just Jazz!
Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 10:54 pm
by Lurker13
I stumbled across this earlier. The music is as excellent as the album cover and the title.
Re: Just Jazz!
Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 10:53 am
by Chankgeez
^^^ Good one. Album cover is great as are the song titles.
Dandolin wrote:...plus bonus Jimmy Ponder, who i never seem to hear enough from.
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)
listen at the peril of your jazz soul
beyond Szabo and Zoller 
just need another Dane for an official summit
Nice masterclass. Will listen my way through those eventually. 
used to watch a lot of Tuba Skinny and the other bands on digitalalexa back in the old timey band days 
Album cover is great as are the song titles.
