08 Aug 10
Originally posted by ThinkOfOneTwo of my favourites.
Bobo Stenson "War Orphans"
Anders Jormin
Jon Christensen
Marilyn Crispell "Amaryllis"
Gary Peacock
Paul Motian
To me, the piano trio is the basic Earth's core of jazz - trumpets and saxes and guitars, as wonderful as they may be, are mere elaborations of the basic jazz truths that a piano trio can communicate. Personal opinion/taste only - not an objective attempt to identify the essence of jazz.
08 Aug 10
Originally posted by badmoonIt's a very rich time for strikingly pulchritudinous women, often with northern European names, singing standards. If only a bit more music industry money could find its way to composers and to singers who perhaps don't pass the glamour test so easily. I wonder whether then - creatively speaking - we would enjoy even richer times in terms of vocal jazz of the lady variety! 😀
Jazz has so many great lady singers today. A very rich time for them.
09 Aug 10
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Originally posted by FMFNot sure if I'd limit it to piano trios. There's something to be said about trios in general. A number of my favorite albums feature trios having various instrumentation.
Two of my favourites.
To me, the piano trio is the basic Earth's core of jazz - trumpets and saxes and guitars, as wonderful as they may be, are mere elaborations of the basic jazz truths that a piano trio can communicate. Personal opinion/taste only - not an objective attempt to identify the essence of jazz.
Three is a magic number,
Yes it is, it's a magic number.
Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity
You get three as a magic number.
--Bob Dorough
11 Aug 10
Originally posted by FMFWell sure, it's always nice if they're pretty. You must be knocking the Krall, Monheit etc. crowd.
It's a very rich time for strikingly pulchritudinous women, often with northern European names, singing standards. If only a bit more music industry money could find its way to composers and to singers who perhaps don't pass the glamour test so easily. I wonder whether then - creatively speaking - we would enjoy even richer times in terms of vocal jazz of the lady variety! 😀
So..
Krall - good phrasing and timing. Competant pianist. She can swing or swoon.
Monheit - pretty voice, nice album covers...love it when she sings french to me.
Mora Jones - don't ask me why but I enjoy the heck out of sthis inger/writer. She writes and creates the songs unencombered and sparse, it unmasks the melody and structure which makes it easy to get in to. And that twang.
11 Aug 10
Benny Carter "Elegy in Blue"
Derek Bailey "Ballads"
For those who have trouble "getting" Bailey, this album of standards may help to bridge the gap.
The Modern Jazz Quartet "At Music Inn, vol. 2"
with Sonny Rollins sitting in on two tracks
Derek Bailey "Trio Playing"
John Butcher
Oren Marshall
12 Aug 10
Originally posted by badmoonNo. I am referring to the plethora of glamour cover picture/standards packages that accountants have been arranging to have churned out in the wake of Krall, Monheit and Jones. Cassandra Wilson has been doing the business and hitting the nail on the head with her blend of original material, inimitable ensembles and idiosyncratic and genuinely interesting cover versions for yonks. Reminds me of how it was Essex-boy-in-Armani Clapton who could make millions out of playing the same blues that for some reason couldn't lift often superior black blues players up and out of hand to mouth on-the-road drudgery.
Well sure, it's always nice if they're pretty. You must be knocking the Krall, Monheit etc. crowd.
15 Aug 10
Originally posted by badmoonMoundsee Variations VI - Paul Bley. This is an enchanting and peculiar album.
Detour Ahead from Waltz With Betty - Bill Evans Trio (But most of you know that).
Moundsee Variations VI - Paul Bley. This is an enchanting and peculiar album.
I was listening to "Solo in Mondsee" just a couple of weeks ago. All things considered, Bley is probably my favorite living pianist. What do you find "peculiar" about the album?
Detour Ahead from Waltz With Betty - Bill Evans Trio (But most of you know that).
I'm thinking "Debby" is going to be none to pleased about this. 🙂