Have you already written about Miles Davis and his choice of pianists to play in his bands? Care to speculate on what Davis saw in Ahmad Jamal's playing and what might have transpired if he had played under Miles' leadership? I'm sure whatever you choose to write about it will be full of insights. Thanks for your work.
Thanks Ethan for mentioning the Ron McClure book. I was in touch with Ron and bought the book yesterday. I told him how much my friends and I loved 'Lookout Farm' and Quest. Got a lovely note back from him and am really looking forward to reading Ron's accounts of his career and collaborations.
Ethan I never get tired of listening to your playing on Charvez from the Billy Hart Quartet album. It's a really beautiful tune. The whole band sounds great on it but you add some 'special sauce' to the mix with all your really imaginative rhythmic and harmonic colorings.
Not familiar with Kush Abadey, but Thomas Morgan is one of those players who make any project better. Saw him perform for the first time San Antonio 2017 with Charles Lloyd and Bill Frisell, another musician who makes every project better. That concert became the first of Charles’ Trio of Trios recordings on Blue Note. Wish I were able to hear this group. It’s been a minute since I’ve seen you in performance. Good luck.
Re: what to write about Trane—and I warn you, this is dumb—but having heard Elvin Jones give a great impressionistic account of driving from gig to session to gig in Coltrane's car during the winter of A Love Supreme, I got slightly obsessed with learning what kind of driver JC was (aggressive? timid? infinitely patient?) I've read the testimonials about his gentle, introspective, searching nature, the quiet intensity and the rest of the mystique, but always wanted that kind of incongruous, complicating, or humanizing apocrypha, from anyone who knew him (or knew someone who knew someone who...)
Elvin J spoke at a reading for that A Love Supreme book years ago and probably said a bunch of other perceptive things, but the driving thing grabbed me.
Have you already written about Miles Davis and his choice of pianists to play in his bands? Care to speculate on what Davis saw in Ahmad Jamal's playing and what might have transpired if he had played under Miles' leadership? I'm sure whatever you choose to write about it will be full of insights. Thanks for your work.
Thanks Ethan for mentioning the Ron McClure book. I was in touch with Ron and bought the book yesterday. I told him how much my friends and I loved 'Lookout Farm' and Quest. Got a lovely note back from him and am really looking forward to reading Ron's accounts of his career and collaborations.
What do you know! I hope you enjoy the book as much as me.
Ethan I never get tired of listening to your playing on Charvez from the Billy Hart Quartet album. It's a really beautiful tune. The whole band sounds great on it but you add some 'special sauce' to the mix with all your really imaginative rhythmic and harmonic colorings.
Not familiar with Kush Abadey, but Thomas Morgan is one of those players who make any project better. Saw him perform for the first time San Antonio 2017 with Charles Lloyd and Bill Frisell, another musician who makes every project better. That concert became the first of Charles’ Trio of Trios recordings on Blue Note. Wish I were able to hear this group. It’s been a minute since I’ve seen you in performance. Good luck.
Thanks so much! Thomas Morgan is AMAZING
Re: what to write about Trane—and I warn you, this is dumb—but having heard Elvin Jones give a great impressionistic account of driving from gig to session to gig in Coltrane's car during the winter of A Love Supreme, I got slightly obsessed with learning what kind of driver JC was (aggressive? timid? infinitely patient?) I've read the testimonials about his gentle, introspective, searching nature, the quiet intensity and the rest of the mystique, but always wanted that kind of incongruous, complicating, or humanizing apocrypha, from anyone who knew him (or knew someone who knew someone who...)
Interesting idea! Where were the Elvin Jones comments?
Elvin J spoke at a reading for that A Love Supreme book years ago and probably said a bunch of other perceptive things, but the driving thing grabbed me.
I was pretty excited yesterday to see the Bad Plus on my dance card for the Melbourne international jazz festival in October.
But no you coming.
😢
aw. I'm sure it will be a good gig though