Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
*Jazz Profile* with McCoy Tyner.
What jazz have you been listening to today?
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intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
sir sunwaiter - Comon cava? :tiphat:
Off topic:
Here´s a link for you to the site:
http://discog.fleetwoodmac.net/discog.php?pid=122
You´ll find an album recorded by Mick Fleetwood and friends from England like Peter Green, from the city Accra, Ghana, West Africa 1981. The title of the album is "The Visitor".
I hope you´ll find the song of your personal choice here. If not, search on Google or Wikipedia "Mick Fleetwood recorded an album in Africa?", and you will enter a database, where you search under the letter "M" for Mick Fleetwood.
The best of luck for you sunwaiter out of France. A country I have visited many times during 30 years of traveling criss cross Europe as a political lobbyist.
PS!! I became addicted to french brie cheese only at 23 years of age, and Bourdeaux Red wine. Vie La France!! :tiphat:
On topic:
The Brazilian pianist and vocalist Eliane Elias on her album "Something For You" with the subtitle "Eliane Elias sings and plays Bill Evans", recorded at Avatar Studios, N.Y.C. on behalf of SomethingElse Records, a division of the Blue Note Records 2007.
The latest of 5 new Eliane Elias albums, I have ordered through my record dealer in Copenhagen.
The musicians:
Eliane Elias - piano, vocals
Marc Johnson - double bass
Joey Baron - drums
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Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
*Extensions* by McCoy Tyner.
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
Eliane Elias on her album "Kissed By Nature", from the RCA Victor/Bluebird Records 2002.
The musicians:
Eliane Elias - piano, vocals
Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
Rick Margitza - tenor saxophone
Paulo Andre Tavares - classical guitar
Marc Johnson - double bass
Joey Baron or Paulo Braga - drums, percussion
The musicians:
Eliane Elias - piano, vocals
Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
Rick Margitza - tenor saxophone
Paulo Andre Tavares - classical guitar
Marc Johnson - double bass
Joey Baron or Paulo Braga - drums, percussion
sunwaiter
New member
thank you so much, intet-at-tabe, though i could have thought of searching for fleetwood's discography myself ( ... ). now i know what track i fell in love with: it is "super brains". yeah, Accra, Ghana.
About brazilians: you sure know Flora Purim, since we both like the santana "jazzy" era, and there is no doubt you know about Airto Moreira. I found a record of hers that is not extraordinary, despite the impressive cast , but i mention it just because of my french pride: "everyday, everynight", in collaboration with the late Michel Colombier, one of the respected but not so famous composers.
Mister Colombier leads me to Eddy Louiss, who can't be ignored by the numerous organ aficionados posting on this site. Eddy Louiss has played for Colombier on the "Wings" album, that features the funky "Pourquoi Pas?"; for the average french he is mainly known for having played with the late Claude Nougaro ( jazz fanatic and star singer here ).
Eddy Louiss leads me to Gershwin. He played the organ along the big band led by trompet player and super-talented arranger Ivan "Big" Jullien, for an adaptation of Porgy and Bess.
That's how i got acquainted with the Gershwins.
About brazilians: you sure know Flora Purim, since we both like the santana "jazzy" era, and there is no doubt you know about Airto Moreira. I found a record of hers that is not extraordinary, despite the impressive cast , but i mention it just because of my french pride: "everyday, everynight", in collaboration with the late Michel Colombier, one of the respected but not so famous composers.
Mister Colombier leads me to Eddy Louiss, who can't be ignored by the numerous organ aficionados posting on this site. Eddy Louiss has played for Colombier on the "Wings" album, that features the funky "Pourquoi Pas?"; for the average french he is mainly known for having played with the late Claude Nougaro ( jazz fanatic and star singer here ).
Eddy Louiss leads me to Gershwin. He played the organ along the big band led by trompet player and super-talented arranger Ivan "Big" Jullien, for an adaptation of Porgy and Bess.
That's how i got acquainted with the Gershwins.
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
Dear sir sunwaiter :tiphat:
You´re always welcome.
Did you know that Flora Purim (amacing Brazilian vocalist, with an incredibly high voice) and Airto Moreira (percussion, drums) teamed up as a married couple since more than 40 years ago.
Airto was one of the first percussionists from South America/Brazil to enter the Miles Davis Band in the late 1960´s, when Jack DeJohnette at the same time played the drums for Miles, and both Chick Corea (el. piano) and Keith Jarrett (piano and organ) were in the same band. Check out the album by Miles Davis "Bitches Brew", which also has Dave Holland on the electric bass and Anthony Braxton on soprano and baritone saxophone, and Miles of course on trumpet.
I do know of Michel Columbier, though not in the context of Flora Purim, whom I was first introduced to on Chick Corea´s two albums in his acoustic quintet Return To Forever. First album, simply called "RTF", ECM Records 1972 and the second album with the same musicians "Light As A Feather", Polydor Records 1973.
So back on topic listening to "Light As Feather", by Chick Corea and RTF recorded by Polydor Records 1973.
The musicians on both albums were:
Chick Corea - el. piano, piano
Flora Purim - vocals, percussion
Joe Farrell - tenor and soprano saxophone, flute
Stanley Clarke - double bass
Airto Moreira - drums, percussion
I have two solo albums by Flora Purim. One is the very old album - 500 Miles High and the second album - Butterfly Dreams. Both of them by Milestone Records 1973.
The musicians on both albums:
Flora Purim - vocals, percussion
Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
David Amaro - classical guitar and el. guitar
George Duke - el. piano, piano, clavinet, synthesizer
Ernie Hood - zither
Stanley Clarke - double bass, el. bass
Airto Moreira - drums, percussion
You´re not gonna believe this. One of my favourite french vocalists in jazz and french ballads was Charles Aznavour (sorry if the spelling is wrong). I have attended two concerts by him. The first in Lyon and the second in Marseille, two years in between. I have attended a consert with Mirielle Mathieu and Nina Simone, who is not a french of birth, but American. But her breakthrough came with "Porgy and Bess", and she stayed for a number of years in Europe, where she spoke the case of civil rights for all black human beings, I have seen twice too in France. She also had a lot of personage and a great jazz voice.
Of course many years ago Jean-Luc Ponty introduced me to the violin in jazz on a lot of his albums. sir Corno Dolce on this thread is very fond of Jean-Luc Ponty on a number of his albums. He also made two albums with John Mclaughlin´s and The Mahavishnu Orchestra, introducing the el. violin.
Not to mention the late french jazz pianist Michel Petrucciani, who Mat and I are very fond of on this thread. A french double bass player made a huge impact on me. His name was J. F. Jenny-Clark.
The french love small clubs for jazz or typical french traditional popular music, almost sitting outside on the pavement, at least during the summer. One of my very best concerts on a small cafe in Paris in the Montmartre arendissement (probably not the right word), some time I think in the late 1970´s was the french composer, singer and poet George Brassens. A real macho frenchman, with lots of karishma and a great voice.
I am almost lost when talking classical music and in particular organ performances, whether in church or on records.
Btw. I don´t read music, I have never studied professional, I can´t play one single instrument, except the comb synthesizer (lols) also known as the toy of children - the Kazoo. Favourite instrument in jazz and rock though for me are the drums, though I have never played the drums - except air-drums (to keep a friendly neighbourhood).
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sunwaiter
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Dear intet-at-tabe
Georeges Brassens is an icon in france. a great songwriter and a very very good guitar player ( all these complicated chords!! ). and yes, quite a macho, but very sensitive. he called himself "le pornographe du phonographe"...
Jean Luc Ponty is indeed one of the rare true jazz violin "stars".
Michel Petrucciani is THE french jazzman of the eighties. he played with so many great men, you know who. i never was really interested by his music, but one day when i'm older i'll have another listen. i like when music gets old and different.
JF Kenny-Clark is a big reference on double-bass, as much as Henri Texier nowadays.
Charles Aznavour is like a UFO to me. i mean, how can such a career be? His roots are in Armenia. He became ( not very early ) famous as a french singer and took his little body and great voice on stages all over the world. He even was a guest star in the Muppet Show! ( think what you want about this, but this show, as stupid as it was, always starred very big names ).
Nina Simone doesn't have much to do with france, besides her name, but she's very appreciated here. i like the cover of claude francois "comme d'habitude" ( which became "my way" of course ). she also made a cover of jacques Brel's "ne me quitte pas", singing in french, with her lovely shaky accent.
Mireille Matthieu is uh... something else
well let's say she represents the most popular side of french musical culture. She never, i mean, NEVER changed her hairdo!!!
i have most of the return to forever albums up to 1975, and the album butterfly dreams, with the killer funky track doctor jive!!! i simply adore that one. i used to put it into my mix in the bars i played my records in. stanley clarke at his simplest and best!
Airto. i have to get more of his music, which is not too hard to find in record shops. i already have "Identity", a good and quite rare LP, on which Flora sings. great instrumental parts again, and the unique brazilian touch.
Last but not least, Chick Corea. My favourite LP of his is "the leprechaun", a magical record.
That leads me to one of the most impressive and above all COOL drummers of all time, Steve Gadd.
Georeges Brassens is an icon in france. a great songwriter and a very very good guitar player ( all these complicated chords!! ). and yes, quite a macho, but very sensitive. he called himself "le pornographe du phonographe"...
Jean Luc Ponty is indeed one of the rare true jazz violin "stars".
Michel Petrucciani is THE french jazzman of the eighties. he played with so many great men, you know who. i never was really interested by his music, but one day when i'm older i'll have another listen. i like when music gets old and different.
JF Kenny-Clark is a big reference on double-bass, as much as Henri Texier nowadays.
Charles Aznavour is like a UFO to me. i mean, how can such a career be? His roots are in Armenia. He became ( not very early ) famous as a french singer and took his little body and great voice on stages all over the world. He even was a guest star in the Muppet Show! ( think what you want about this, but this show, as stupid as it was, always starred very big names ).
Nina Simone doesn't have much to do with france, besides her name, but she's very appreciated here. i like the cover of claude francois "comme d'habitude" ( which became "my way" of course ). she also made a cover of jacques Brel's "ne me quitte pas", singing in french, with her lovely shaky accent.
Mireille Matthieu is uh... something else
well let's say she represents the most popular side of french musical culture. She never, i mean, NEVER changed her hairdo!!!i have most of the return to forever albums up to 1975, and the album butterfly dreams, with the killer funky track doctor jive!!! i simply adore that one. i used to put it into my mix in the bars i played my records in. stanley clarke at his simplest and best!
Airto. i have to get more of his music, which is not too hard to find in record shops. i already have "Identity", a good and quite rare LP, on which Flora sings. great instrumental parts again, and the unique brazilian touch.
Last but not least, Chick Corea. My favourite LP of his is "the leprechaun", a magical record.
That leads me to one of the most impressive and above all COOL drummers of all time, Steve Gadd.
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
*Live At The Village Vanguard: McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane*.
methodistgirl
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The Jazz Singer soundtrack. Some of this music had some jazz in it
like ragtime for Robert E. Lee.
judy tooley
like ragtime for Robert E. Lee.
judy tooley
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
Dear sir sunwaiter :tiphat::clap::trp::banana:
What a great post from you.
I do know of Henri Texier and I have seen him too, during a french promotion week in Denmark back in the 1990´s, around the European Mastership in soccer 1992 - though it took place in Sweden, where the danish team won for the first and probably the only time. I have his album "Respect", by Label Bleu 1997.
The musicians:
Henri Texier - double bass
Lee Konitz - alto saxophone
Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone
Steve Swallow - el. bass
Paul Motian - drums
I have Chick´s album The Leprechaun and I totally agree with your reviews of this album. Unfortunately someone "borrowed" (without my knowledge) another vinyl record of mine from that time "The Mad Hatter" Chick, Joe Farrell, Eddie Gomez and Steve Gadd + a brass big band, impossible to find in Denmark these days, I don´t think it has been remastered and re-released on a CD. I miss this album very much. I only have it on a very old TDK tape, sounds not appropriate for Chick Corea, who incidently was my first inspiration to contemporary jazz. I have had the great luck to attend three very diffent concerts with Chick in Denmark during the 1970´s. In duo with Gary Burton (vibraphone, marimba). In the RTF electric band from the album "Romantic Warrior" feat. Stanley (every bass in the world) Clarke, Al Di Meola (acoustic and el. guitars) and Lenny White (drums) and finally in the quartet "Three Quartets" feat. Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone), Eddie Gomez (double bass) and again Steve Gadd (drums).
Steve Gadd as a drummer in my book among the top 5 drummers in jazz for the past 35 years. He also did the drums on Simon & Garfunkel´s double album "Central Park Live". His drumming on the Paul Simon composition "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" - is just AWESOME. It sounds simple, but it´s not. Of course his drumming on Chick´s "My Spanish Heart" says it all about Steve Gadd.
Steve Gadd, proberbly the most all round technical sublime drummer throughout the 1970´s - 2008.
On topic:
So in honor of you sir sunwaiter and France and Steve Gadd the jazz this morning will be Michel Petrucciani on his trio album from Japan "Trio Live in Tokyo", recorded by Disques Dreyfus 1997.
The musicians:
Michel Petrucciani - piano
Anthony Jackson - fretless acoustic bass guitar
Steve Gadd - drums
I noticed you mentioned that you live around the incrdible beautiful Versailles Castle, reminding me of my historical passion - The French Revolution 1789. The french king Louis XIV liked to spend lots of money. His nickname in history books was The King of The Sun, very young and a womaniser like few, completely controled at the time by the Roman Catholic Church though.
I guess you could awake me at 3AM any given sunday and force to give a lecture on Danton or Robbes Pierre or even Marat, three major figures during the French Revolution and the Paris Community. The musical Les Miserable also from that time, and of course Victor Hugo and his novels.
You have a great day sir sunwaiter.
PS! Can I ask you how old you are?
What a great post from you.
I do know of Henri Texier and I have seen him too, during a french promotion week in Denmark back in the 1990´s, around the European Mastership in soccer 1992 - though it took place in Sweden, where the danish team won for the first and probably the only time. I have his album "Respect", by Label Bleu 1997.
The musicians:
Henri Texier - double bass
Lee Konitz - alto saxophone
Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone
Steve Swallow - el. bass
Paul Motian - drums
I have Chick´s album The Leprechaun and I totally agree with your reviews of this album. Unfortunately someone "borrowed" (without my knowledge) another vinyl record of mine from that time "The Mad Hatter" Chick, Joe Farrell, Eddie Gomez and Steve Gadd + a brass big band, impossible to find in Denmark these days, I don´t think it has been remastered and re-released on a CD. I miss this album very much. I only have it on a very old TDK tape, sounds not appropriate for Chick Corea, who incidently was my first inspiration to contemporary jazz. I have had the great luck to attend three very diffent concerts with Chick in Denmark during the 1970´s. In duo with Gary Burton (vibraphone, marimba). In the RTF electric band from the album "Romantic Warrior" feat. Stanley (every bass in the world) Clarke, Al Di Meola (acoustic and el. guitars) and Lenny White (drums) and finally in the quartet "Three Quartets" feat. Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone), Eddie Gomez (double bass) and again Steve Gadd (drums).
Steve Gadd as a drummer in my book among the top 5 drummers in jazz for the past 35 years. He also did the drums on Simon & Garfunkel´s double album "Central Park Live". His drumming on the Paul Simon composition "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" - is just AWESOME. It sounds simple, but it´s not. Of course his drumming on Chick´s "My Spanish Heart" says it all about Steve Gadd.
Steve Gadd, proberbly the most all round technical sublime drummer throughout the 1970´s - 2008.
On topic:
So in honor of you sir sunwaiter and France and Steve Gadd the jazz this morning will be Michel Petrucciani on his trio album from Japan "Trio Live in Tokyo", recorded by Disques Dreyfus 1997.
The musicians:
Michel Petrucciani - piano
Anthony Jackson - fretless acoustic bass guitar
Steve Gadd - drums
I noticed you mentioned that you live around the incrdible beautiful Versailles Castle, reminding me of my historical passion - The French Revolution 1789. The french king Louis XIV liked to spend lots of money. His nickname in history books was The King of The Sun, very young and a womaniser like few, completely controled at the time by the Roman Catholic Church though.
I guess you could awake me at 3AM any given sunday and force to give a lecture on Danton or Robbes Pierre or even Marat, three major figures during the French Revolution and the Paris Community. The musical Les Miserable also from that time, and of course Victor Hugo and his novels.
You have a great day sir sunwaiter.
PS! Can I ask you how old you are?
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Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
*Looking Out* by McCoy Tyner.
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
Eliane Alias on her album "Dreamer", recorded at The Abbey Road Studios, London, England, by Bluebird Records, co/BMG Records 2004.
The thing with Eliane Elias (piano, vocals), Brazilian born is, she never try to singing in a fluently english, there is always this Brazilian dialect always reminding the audience/the listenor of the sensual Bossa Nova and Samba rhytms. On this particular album the songs "Call Me", composed by Tony Hatch and "A House Is Not A Home", for piano and double bass, composed by Burt - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - Bacharach, are incredibly beautiful.
The Brazilian acoustic guitarists Oscar Castro Neves and Guilhermo Monteiro and the drummer Paulo Braga participate, to keep it all half Brazilian/American jazz like.
The musicians:
Eliane Elias - piano, fender-rhodes, vocals
Oscar Castro Neves and Guilhermo Monteiro - acoustic classical guitars
Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone
Michael Mainieri - vibraphone
Marc Johnson - double bass
Paulo Braga - drums, percussion
Background vocals - Vaneese Thomas, Diva Grey and Martee Lebov
and an unidentified strings orchestra.
The thing with Eliane Elias (piano, vocals), Brazilian born is, she never try to singing in a fluently english, there is always this Brazilian dialect always reminding the audience/the listenor of the sensual Bossa Nova and Samba rhytms. On this particular album the songs "Call Me", composed by Tony Hatch and "A House Is Not A Home", for piano and double bass, composed by Burt - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - Bacharach, are incredibly beautiful.
The Brazilian acoustic guitarists Oscar Castro Neves and Guilhermo Monteiro and the drummer Paulo Braga participate, to keep it all half Brazilian/American jazz like.
The musicians:
Eliane Elias - piano, fender-rhodes, vocals
Oscar Castro Neves and Guilhermo Monteiro - acoustic classical guitars
Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone
Michael Mainieri - vibraphone
Marc Johnson - double bass
Paulo Braga - drums, percussion
Background vocals - Vaneese Thomas, Diva Grey and Martee Lebov
and an unidentified strings orchestra.
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
*Land Of Giants* by McCoy Tyner.
sunwaiter
New member
Hi again everybody and particularly my fellow intet-at-tabe.
actually i don't live nor in versailles neither around it, but in paris, in a tiiiiiiiny room not far from the... Eiffel tower. I guess you can't find more french than me!
i have never listened to the famous simon n garfunkel central park live, but i will do. i didn't know Mister Gadd played the drums, though i'm not so surprised, since he can play with virtually anybody in the world. that remembers me i finally saw "the graduate" with Dustin Hoffmann, but unfortunately missed the end. Great movie, and of course, Scarbourough fair. that leads me to Sergio Mendes and his wonderful cover of this song. i discovered it on the original sound track to "Fritz the cat", an animated movie based on Robert Crumb's cool cat... Fritz.
i will also have a listen to Eliane Elias, a person i knew only by name, and it seems you like her quite a bit. lately i found back my cd "Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine", on the CTI label. Astrud Gilberto also sings english the waya she feels, and it is the most sensual thing to hear. Nobody ever said she had a great voice or technique, and i assume it's true, but i like the way she sings. Eumir Deodato did all the arrangements and played the piano parts on this album. Stanley Turrentine, as precised in the re-issue notes, is not heard so often. "Mulher de rendeira" is one of my favourite tracks.
I entered my thirtieth year ( is that the way we spell it? ) on D-Day of 2008.
actually i don't live nor in versailles neither around it, but in paris, in a tiiiiiiiny room not far from the... Eiffel tower. I guess you can't find more french than me!
i have never listened to the famous simon n garfunkel central park live, but i will do. i didn't know Mister Gadd played the drums, though i'm not so surprised, since he can play with virtually anybody in the world. that remembers me i finally saw "the graduate" with Dustin Hoffmann, but unfortunately missed the end. Great movie, and of course, Scarbourough fair. that leads me to Sergio Mendes and his wonderful cover of this song. i discovered it on the original sound track to "Fritz the cat", an animated movie based on Robert Crumb's cool cat... Fritz.
i will also have a listen to Eliane Elias, a person i knew only by name, and it seems you like her quite a bit. lately i found back my cd "Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine", on the CTI label. Astrud Gilberto also sings english the waya she feels, and it is the most sensual thing to hear. Nobody ever said she had a great voice or technique, and i assume it's true, but i like the way she sings. Eumir Deodato did all the arrangements and played the piano parts on this album. Stanley Turrentine, as precised in the re-issue notes, is not heard so often. "Mulher de rendeira" is one of my favourite tracks.
I entered my thirtieth year ( is that the way we spell it? ) on D-Day of 2008.
sunwaiter
New member
Hi Joerfe! Glad you got acquainted with mc Solaar. nowadays he doesn't do anything interesting but "Nouveau Western stems from the best period of his career. The sample used for this track is from Serge Gainsbourg, the song is "Bonnie and Clyde".
hey scandinavian buddies, now i need to learn about your artists!!
hey scandinavian buddies, now i need to learn about your artists!!
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
*Reaching Fourth* by McCoy Tyner.
sunwaiter
New member
Joerfe, since we're on Solaar, i would say that his first two albums are worth the listen, and he was featured on a track by GangStarr american rapper Guru. it's called "le bien, le mal" ( "the good, the bad" ), which you can find on the first volume of Guru's "jazzmatazz", albums that featured renowned jazz artists like Roy Ayers, for example. quite hardcore beats on this track but not too agressive, 1993 i think, when hip-hop was still interesting by my standards.