'Join the players' has become a favourite past time of mine when making Jazz compilations for my cohorts. The rule is deceptively simple: each track must be followed by another track by a different leader, but with one or more of the same players (unless they're all the same players, that's just cheating). Although this may seem quite easy, it often verges on being quite taxing... a great way to get your geek on! As an example of this I thought I would share a recent compilation with whoever looks at my blog and can further be bothered to download it.
DOWNLOAD: Join the Players
1. ORNETTE COLEMAN, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell - Blues Connotation
2. ARCHIE SHEPP, Charlie Haden, Beaver Harris, Tommy Turrentine, Grachan Moncur, Roswell Rudd, Howard Johnson, Perry Robinson - Mama Too Tight
3. JOHN COLTRANE, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell - Invisible [those with a keen eye will see how I've cheated here]
4. MILES DAVIS, John Coltrane, Cannonball Aderley, Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb - Straight, No Chaser
5. CHARLIE PARKER, Miles Davis, Max Roach, Duke Jordon, Tommy Potter - My Old Flame
6. MAX ROACH, Coleman Hawkins, Booker Little, Abby Lincoln, Walter Benton, Julian Priester, James Schenck - Driva' Man
7. ERIC DOLPHY, Booker Little, Ed Blackwell, Mal Waldron, Richard davis - Status Seeker
8. CHARLES MINGUS, Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson, Danny Richmond - Original Faubus Fables
9. DUKE ELLINGTON, Charles Mingus, Max Roach - Money Jungle
10. SONNY ROLLINS, Max Roach, Oscar Pettiford - Shadow Waltz
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Friday, 8 May 2009
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
For Music Geeks: the Five Best Starts to Jazz Records I have Heard.
Not that I'm an authority on the matter, I just listen to a lot of jazz.
In no particular order:
1. Eric Dolphy - The Illinois Concert (1963)
2. The Art Ensemble of Chicago - A Jackson in Your House (1969)
3. Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972) (it was a toss up between this and "Kind of Blue" (1959). "On the Corner" won for shock purposes)
4. Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1972) (although it may not count because it's a little long winded, but the opening horn melody is a killer)
5. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1960) (after careful considertion because it's kind of an obvious choice, but perhaps some things are obvious for a reason)
Afterthought:
If "Poise" by Ornette Coleman was the opening track on "This is Our Music" (1959), that would have be in place of "Free Jazz", but it isn't so its not. I also contemplated Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite "We Insist!" (1960), but it was too long winded (it's worth checking out though, when the band kick in it's one of the best things you can lay your ears on). Freddie Hubbard's "Here to Stay" (1962) was a considered, but it didn't quite cut the biscuit.
And it almost goes without saying: the openings to "Giant Steps" (1960), "My Favourite Things" (1961), and "A Love Supreme" (1965) by John Coltrane strongly contend to outdo any openings ever, but I thought I would give some other records a chance... because I'm nice like that.
In no particular order:
1. Eric Dolphy - The Illinois Concert (1963)
2. The Art Ensemble of Chicago - A Jackson in Your House (1969)
3. Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972) (it was a toss up between this and "Kind of Blue" (1959). "On the Corner" won for shock purposes)
4. Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1972) (although it may not count because it's a little long winded, but the opening horn melody is a killer)
5. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1960) (after careful considertion because it's kind of an obvious choice, but perhaps some things are obvious for a reason)
Afterthought:
If "Poise" by Ornette Coleman was the opening track on "This is Our Music" (1959), that would have be in place of "Free Jazz", but it isn't so its not. I also contemplated Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite "We Insist!" (1960), but it was too long winded (it's worth checking out though, when the band kick in it's one of the best things you can lay your ears on). Freddie Hubbard's "Here to Stay" (1962) was a considered, but it didn't quite cut the biscuit.
And it almost goes without saying: the openings to "Giant Steps" (1960), "My Favourite Things" (1961), and "A Love Supreme" (1965) by John Coltrane strongly contend to outdo any openings ever, but I thought I would give some other records a chance... because I'm nice like that.
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