What jazz music are you listening to?

[clpetersen]

Originally Posted by joel_hifi

I will go with this one, NHØP playing with one of my favorite pianist

Michel Petrucciani & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Edit: Recorded at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse in 1994, released in 2009

Nice! Compelling back story as well -

[bart]

Bobby Hutcherson - The Kicker
via Qobuz




Recorded Dec. 29, '63.
We're fortunate that it eventually got released!


Bobby Hutcherson recorded frequently for Blue Note in the 1960s, though this session remained unissued until 1999. The first half features the vibraphonist in a cooking hard bop session with Joe Henderson and Duke Pearson, starting with an energetic take on the normally slow ballad "If Ever I Would Leave You" and a sizzling Hutcherson original, "For Duke P." Guitarist Grant Green is added for the second half, beginning with the first recording of Henderson's "The Kicker," which became well known from it's later rendition on Horace Silver's highly successful release Song for My Father. Because this is part of Blue Note's limited-edition Jazz Connoisseur series, don't delay in picking it up.

© Ken Dryden /TiVo

[PHC1]

A true gem indeed.



Along with his album with Count Basie (Basie and Zoot) during the same period, this is one of Sims' most exciting recordings of his career. Greatly assisted by pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Joe Pass, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Grady Tate, he explores ten songs written by George and Ira Gershwin. Somehow the magic was definitely present and, whether it be stomps such as "The Man I Love," "Lady Be Good," and "I Got Rhythm" or warm ballads (including "I've Got a Crush on You" and "Embraceable You"), Zoot Sims is heard at the peak of his powers. A true gem.

[ehoove]

Friends
Larry Carlton
Excellent Offering on vinyl
Warner Brothers 9 23834-1
Regards,
Jim

[PHC1]

West Coast talent Sonny Criss. Alto saxophone player.

1966 recording/release.

Sonny Criss is a fantastic alto sax player. Silky smooth and lots of soul.

Walter Davis on the piano, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Alan Dawson make for a very melodious quartet and a very pleasant album.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by bart

Bobby Hutcherson - The Kicker
via Qobuz




Recorded Dec. 29, '63.
We're fortunate that it eventually got released!


Bobby Hutcherson recorded frequently for Blue Note in the 1960s, though this session remained unissued until 1999. The first half features the vibraphonist in a cooking hard bop session with Joe Henderson and Duke Pearson, starting with an energetic take on the normally slow ballad "If Ever I Would Leave You" and a sizzling Hutcherson original, "For Duke P." Guitarist Grant Green is added for the second half, beginning with the first recording of Henderson's "The Kicker," which became well known from it's later rendition on Horace Silver's highly successful release Song for My Father. Because this is part of Blue Note's limited-edition Jazz Connoisseur series, don't delay in picking it up.

© Ken Dryden /TiVo

Good album! Thanks Bart

[PHC1]

"This may be Freddie Hubbard's finest moment as a leader, in that it embodies and utilizes all of his strengths as a composer, soloist, and frontman. On Red Clay, Hubbard combines hard bop's glorious blues-out past with the soulful innovations of mainstream jazz in the 1960s, and reads them through the chunky groove innovations of '70s jazz fusion. This session places the trumpeter in the company of giants such as tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Lenny White. Hubbard's five compositions all come from deep inside blues territory; these shaded notions are grafted onto funky hard bop melodies worthy of Horace Silver's finest tunes, and are layered inside the smoothed-over cadences of shimmering, steaming soul."

[PHC1]

A selection from the Post-Bop era. Joe Lovano. Nice.


One of the most celebrated saxophonists of his generation, Joe Lovano is a highly expressive improviser whose lithe, swinging style incorporates traditional bop influences with modal and free devices. A Cleveland native, Lovano first came to prominence in the early '90s, and issued a handful of highly regarded albums for Blue Note



Born Joseph Salvatore Lovano in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, Lovano was first introduced to the saxophone by his father, respected Cleveland saxophonist Tony "Big T" Lovano. Along with his father's instruction, Lovano would hear many of the prominent jazz artists who passed through town, including Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Sonny Stitt, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

He progressed quickly and began playing in local jam sessions while still in his teens. Although steeped in the bebop tradition, he also developed an interest in experimental jazz of the '60s, listening to such musicians as John Coltrane, Jimmy Giuffre, and Ornette Coleman.

After high school, Lovano honed his skills at Boston's Berklee School of Music, where he brushed shoulders with such future collaborators as John Scofield, Bill Frisell, and Kenny Werner.







Joe Lovano heads a lineup with pianist Michel Petrucciani, bassist Dave Holland, and late drummer Ed Blackwell. It's hard-edged, explosive playing all around, with Blackwell laying down his patented bombs while Petrucciani and Holland converge behind Lovano's dynamic solos.



Joe Lovano — tenor, alto, & soprano saxophones
Michel Petrucciani — piano
Dave Holland — bass
Ed Blackwell — drums

[PHC1]

This one needs no introduction.

[bart]

Originally Posted by PHC1

I wanted to zoom in and explore Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen in more detail. This album hit the spot, great bass playing and very pleasing overall.


A virtuoso who mostly played in bop-oriented settings, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen was in great demand since he was a teenager. One of many superb European bassists to emerge during the 1960s, Pedersen originally studied piano before starting to play bass with Danish groups when he was 14. He had to reluctantly turn down Count Basie's offer to join his orchestra when he was just 17, but worked steadily as the house bassist at the Club Montmartre and as a member of the Danish Radio Orchestra.

Whenever American jazzmen passed through Scandinavia, they asked for Pedersen; during the 1960s he played with Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Roland Kirk, Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell, and even Albert Ayler (although the latter's session was not too successful).

In the 1970s, Pedersen was featured in a duo with Kenny Drew. Starting in the mid-'70s, he was an occasional member of the Oscar Peterson Trio and he recorded several dates as a leader for SteepleChase. Pedersen also recorded in many different settings for Pablo Records during the era. He remained very active until his sudden death in April 2005. He was 58.




Not only is Niels Pedersen a great bassist, but he puts a lot of care into his solo projects as well. Pedersen is joined by guitarist Ulf Wakenius for a slow, percolating version of "Our Love Is Here to Stay." Johnny Griffin's tenor sax joins in on the bassist's challenging blues "The Puzzle" and jousts with the string players for top solo honors on a vigorous workout of "You and the Night and the Music." Victor Lewis and Alex Riel share the drumming duties.

A surprise guest is European pop vocalist Lisa Nilsson, who does a beautiful interpretation of Pedersen's "Those Who Were"; the leader discovered her by hearing one of her recordings on his daughter's radio. By far this is Niels Pedersen's most impressive release to date.

This is an absolute top album!