Musical intake this week has been boogie and electronica on the drive to/from work, with 8 hrs of hardbop on the headphones in between. I am teaching myself some new computer shit and it's mad boredom without the vybz.
Booker Ervin (Thanks again HORSE for the tip) - Blantantly underrated.
Miles @ the Blackhawk, SF
Joshua Redman, @ the VV, "Second Snow" for the piano.
BAT knows the score in a HEADPHONES-ON,VOLUME-UP,D.E.L.E.T.E. dem folls sty-lee.
Not to be nit picky, but that is a pic of Big Jay McNeely a R&B artist. In fact if you have ever seen Bird, the Charlie Parker biopic...Charkie has a tantrum that people are packing the house to hear some guy "play just one note"...it was a dig at folks like Big Jay...
Not to be nit picky, but that is a pic of Big Jay McNeely a R&B artist. In fact if you have ever seen Bird, the Charlie Parker biopic...Charkie has a tantrum that people are packing the house to hear some guy "play just one note"...it was a dig at folks like Big Jay...
Booker Ervin (Thanks again HORSE for the tip) - Blantantly underrated.
Off the top of my head the only Booker Ervin I have is the album with Roy Haynes (the one with "Dorian" on it).
Any other recommendations?
Hard to go wrong with any of his albums, he was still pretty much in his prime when he died.
His Prestige dates, particularly the 'book' series (Space Book, Blues Book etc) are probably the best place to start.
I also like his records on Candid, Savoy and Bethlehem, but those are a bit harder to find and are pricier. For whatever reason I haven't got into his Blue Note or World Pacific records quite as much - I need to revisit.
He's also good as a sideman on records like Roy Haynes - Cracklin' and Horace Parlan - Up And Down.
The Mingus sessions he's on are pretty classic also.
Ervin turns out some great solos on Pony Poindexter's Gumbo, though if you don't like soul jazz it might not be your thing. It's pretty rootsy soul jazz though. Not the later 60s pop influence stuff
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Will be spinning this at a Mardi Gras party I'm deejaying on Saturday...
DOR
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Booker Ervin (Thanks again HORSE for the tip) - Blantantly underrated.
Miles @ the Blackhawk, SF
Joshua Redman, @ the VV, "Second Snow" for the piano.
BAT knows the score in a HEADPHONES-ON,VOLUME-UP,D.E.L.E.T.E. dem folls sty-lee.
Just bought this:
Go man go!
Who knew Jim Carrey was that old?
YES
Not to be nit picky, but that is a pic of Big Jay McNeely a R&B artist. In fact if you have ever seen Bird, the Charlie Parker biopic...Charkie has a tantrum that people are packing the house to hear some guy "play just one note"...it was a dig at folks like Big Jay...
But regardless...great pics!
Bros, do you even sax?
:weird:
Also, heard the term "Jazz Cigarettes" for the first time the other day.
(what a squaaare!)
Off the top of my head the only Booker Ervin I have is the album with Roy Haynes (the one with "Dorian" on it).
Any other recommendations?
Hard to go wrong with any of his albums, he was still pretty much in his prime when he died.
His Prestige dates, particularly the 'book' series (Space Book, Blues Book etc) are probably the best place to start.
I also like his records on Candid, Savoy and Bethlehem, but those are a bit harder to find and are pricier. For whatever reason I haven't got into his Blue Note or World Pacific records quite as much - I need to revisit.
He's also good as a sideman on records like Roy Haynes - Cracklin' and Horace Parlan - Up And Down.
The Mingus sessions he's on are pretty classic also.
Some more Booker Ervin is on Andrew Hill's "Grass Roots" - the title track is exactly the kind of soul/jazz I try to avoid, but these two work: