Yes, I listened to Yes, and the earliest King Crimson and some Gentle Giant. . . but Miles pulled me into jazz about the time that I returned from six years in Africa to rural Ohio. . . I felt completely disconnected from America until I got into jazz and eventually that just consumed all my musical interest.
After listening to “On the Corner” I went off on a thought tangent of how important bass players were to the Miles Davis ensembles, and how he had innovative and important players anchoring his music for long stretches. Paul Chambers. . . just an amazing player in all facets of bass playing. Then Ron Carter, who was so flexible and propulsive, and then Michael Henderson who has always captivated and intrigued me, a rock and also a hard place in the best way within the music. These three are present in so much of the music that really drew me deeply into jazz.
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Thanks, I forgot about that one and I found out when I go on Music there’s plenty of live of the group so I put them in my discovery playlist!
Thanks again
A nice cool morning. Starting off with a great recording, “Long Gone” Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade, on Nonesuch cd
And on to another quartet recording, Gerry Mulligan “Lonesome Boulevard” A&M cd
Baritone Saxophone : Gerry Mulligan
Piano : Bill Charlap
Bass : Dean Johnson
Drums : Richard De Rosa
Up too early in the stuffy morning. Decided to listen a bit, the external world is so quiet and the system sounds wonderful.
Starting with Wayne Escoffery “Like Minds” Small Sessions cd from 2023.
Bass – Ugonna Okegwo
Drums – Mark Whitfield Jr.
Guitar, Guest [Special Guest] – Mike Moreno \
Percussion, Guest [Special Guest] – Daniel Sadownick
Piano – David Kikoski
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Escoffery
Trumpet, Guest [Special Guest] – Tom Harrell
Vocals, Guest [Special Guest] – Gregory Porter
Recorded live March 31, 2022 at Sear Sound Studio, New York City.
On to some solo piano, a field of music I have neglected a while. Keith Jarrett, “La Fenice,” ECM 2 cd set, disc 2
Splendid engineering.
Yet another early morning with a pre-sunrise wake-up call from our nesting pair of loons. They had been calling through the night, pre-sunset to just to the point of the sun breaking the eastern horizon. Now for some Brain Damage, and an early morning paddle about the lake. The loons have been known to follow my wife as she rows the lake in her scull.
found yesterday a beautiful Bialetti espresso coffee machine, With the QR code we saw on the web, That for the best coffee it shouldn’t be turned to high on the stove but a mighty medium low high For the best coffee cup
With the sunshine before the storm a nice cup of Joe is a good thing to take slow slowly
With my favorite show on the radio Until 10:
Francis morning show, that played new classical music!
If something amazes me go on the wet Page to see what’s playing!
Happy Saturday morning all