Good stuff! Looking forward to more! Two of my favourite cymbal players are : Frank Butler ( who papa jo Jones proclaimed as the greatest drummer in the world) his work with Curtis Counce, Elmo Hope and The Fox album by Harold Land. Next Willie Jones with Elmo Hope on Meditations and Mingus at the bohemian, to name a few. Stuff worth checking out. Peace!
Hello Ken what a wonderful suprise to see Jaki Byard 2Live at Lennie's on the Turnpike" one of my two favourite live jazz albums of all time. I bought that l.p. around 1966 when prestige records were released on Transatlantic over here. I still have the record, one of the few that I have never sold even in the dire economic straits I've found myself in over the decades. By the way the other of my top two live albums? John Handy "Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival", intrestingly I still have my original copy of that too and neither is on Blue Note.. Great post Ken, peace. Alan, Birmingham U.K.
Cool stuff, I learned alot on the finer points of Jazz. Great thing is being able to add these records to my list in Qobuz and hear what he's talking about (then eventually pick up the record).
Ah man, I love this! Mister Wells knows his stuff! And yes, Henderson's playing on La Roca Basra is amazing! Keep posting these types of vids Ken, they're great!!!
Wonderful conversation. Frank Wess - yes! Other hardly obscure but too rarely mentioned favorites: Art Farmer, James Moody, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, JJ Johnson, Erroll Garner, Zoot Sims, Benny Carter, Clifford Jordan. None of them particularly associated with a single label, but many terrific recordings.
Very good, I agree 100%. All these new collectors are so welcome, but they should invest a little more time listening to real experts and specially musicians. If you want to go into Jazz, you will have a learning curve, this music has 100+ years of history, there is so much out there. Ken, you are becoming my Nr.1 jazz channel.
I really appreciate the recognition and discussion of Pete La Roca. However, I’m wondering if anyone is hip to this LP he did called “Women at the Turkish Baths” which I happen to adore. But it is such a strange album in terms of the recording itself: so much reverb that it is suggestive of a sort of concept recording. It is intense, obtuse, enigmatic, and at times just plain beautiful. Not to mention the fact that it featured Chick Corea on piano and one of the inimitable John Gilmore’s infrequent outings apart from Sun Ra. The album was also released under Chick Corea’s name as “Bliss”. Love that record.
(Many) audiophiles are musically illiterate that's what you're saying. Love Vince Giordano. Knew him slightly in the 90s. He used to work at Sony's recording archive. Love Bobby Hutcherson's Happenings.
I couldn't agree more about the skewed sense of jazz history that seems to have arisen from the Blue Note reissues. I like the reissues and purchase many of them, but they are only a sliver of jazz during that period, and of jazz in its entirety. Interesting choices of favorites. I think one of the reasons Joe Chambers' ride seems like the guiding force of a record, like the north star, is that he played a lot of straight quarter notes. His feel also leans very modern, with the "skip" beat moving away from a triplet based figure. Sometimes it's like he just catches it at the last moment, creating and whooshing forward push in the feel. Very different than drummers rooted in the feel of the swing era, including most of the great bop drummers.
You're right about Chambers using a lot of straight quarter notes, but I don't quite hear him moving away from a triplet based figure on the skip. In fact, to me he sounds quite Elvin-esque (especially on Sam Rivers' Contours and Wayne Shorter's Etcectera) in that he overemphasises the triplet. He never quite straightens it out as much as Billy Higgins or Tony Williams did
I don't get the relentless criticism of audiophiles. Say what you want about them, but they are least paying for music and keep equipment manufacturers alive. Get rid of audiophiles, if you want everyone to exclusively listen to music through Spotify streams using a Sonos or cell phone speakers. It's a label's job to promote and reissue their discography. I will freely admit that the audiophile community is what heavily got me into jazz, and not the almost non existent marketing from the labels. Given vinyl shortage, nothing stops labels from issuing deluxe editions on CD or making it easier for reissue labels to do so, like like Audio Wave did in the past. So many of these older more obscure records are not even available on streams, and some of the albums were never even issued on CD. Also, buying these older pressings can be an absolute demoralizing crap shoot, so yeah I prefer getting the audiophile reissues (less disappointments and headaches). Blame the labels, not the people that actually spend their hard earned money supporting the genre.
How odd you find a "glass half empty" viewpoint about the TP and Classic Series LPs because you believe that they are over appreciated. That attitude just reeks of snobbery and elitism. "Click..."
Ding! Ding! Ding! Joe Chambers on Freddie Hubbard’s Breaking Point! You fellas earned your keep with that one tip! Thank you! 🙏❤️🎉🎉🎉
Good stuff! Looking forward to more!
Two of my favourite cymbal players are : Frank Butler ( who papa jo Jones proclaimed as the greatest drummer in the world) his work with Curtis Counce, Elmo Hope and The Fox album by Harold Land.
Next Willie Jones with Elmo Hope on Meditations and Mingus at the bohemian, to name a few. Stuff worth checking out. Peace!
Brilliant dialog and knowledge from Paul Wells!
Very enjoyable, hope to see the Nighthawks in a club someday, looking forward to part 2
Pure Gold! Killer interview-Kudos to Ken and Paul
Great video! Two musicians talking about music passionately, simply beautiful many thanks Paul and Ken, keep up the good work 🥁🎼
Hello Ken
what a wonderful suprise to see Jaki Byard 2Live at Lennie's on the Turnpike" one of my two favourite live jazz albums of all time. I bought that l.p. around 1966 when prestige records were released on Transatlantic over here. I still have the record, one of the few that I have never sold even in the dire economic straits I've found myself in over the decades. By the way the other of my top two live albums? John Handy "Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival", intrestingly I still have my original copy of that too and neither is on Blue Note.. Great post Ken, peace. Alan, Birmingham U.K.
Cool stuff, I learned alot on the finer points of Jazz. Great thing is being able to add these records to my list in Qobuz and hear what he's talking about (then eventually pick up the record).
Ah man, I love this! Mister Wells knows his stuff! And yes, Henderson's playing on La Roca Basra is amazing! Keep posting these types of vids Ken, they're great!!!
Wonderful conversation. Frank Wess - yes! Other hardly obscure but too rarely mentioned favorites: Art Farmer, James Moody, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, JJ Johnson, Erroll Garner, Zoot Sims, Benny Carter, Clifford Jordan. None of them particularly associated with a single label, but many terrific recordings.
Very good, I agree 100%. All these new collectors are so welcome, but they should invest a little more time listening to real experts and specially musicians. If you want to go into Jazz, you will have a learning curve, this music has 100+ years of history, there is so much out there. Ken, you are becoming my Nr.1 jazz channel.
This is fantastic 👏 can't wait for pt.2
Oh man--I LOVE the cymbal geekery!
Ha!!!
Your channel really stands out because of all these amazing interviews you have. Keep it up! Is there anyone you don't know?!? 😉
Learned a lot. Keep up the great work. Loved it! Thanks.
Thanks for sharing Ken! That was great!
Awesome episode looking forward to part 2, and now looking forward to finding that Pete La Roca - Bozra album!!!
very interesting and as always well done
Great interview an interesting man. Bet he has a great hifi system.
Great video 👍🏻
Joe chambers has a record entitled " New World " that is absolutely amazing!
Thanks guys 👏
I really appreciate the recognition and discussion of Pete La Roca. However, I’m wondering if anyone is hip to this LP he did called “Women at the Turkish Baths” which I happen to adore. But it is such a strange album in terms of the recording itself: so much reverb that it is suggestive of a sort of concept recording. It is intense, obtuse, enigmatic, and at times just plain beautiful. Not to mention the fact that it featured Chick Corea on piano and one of the inimitable John Gilmore’s infrequent outings apart from Sun Ra. The album was also released under Chick Corea’s name as “Bliss”. Love that record.
Good stuff
Joe Henderson has 11 albums on Milestone and they have been discovered a lot of them go for over $100
(Many) audiophiles are musically illiterate that's what you're saying. Love Vince Giordano. Knew him slightly in the 90s. He used to work at Sony's recording archive. Love Bobby Hutcherson's Happenings.
I couldn't agree more about the skewed sense of jazz history that seems to have arisen from the Blue Note reissues. I like the reissues and purchase many of them, but they are only a sliver of jazz during that period, and of jazz in its entirety.
Interesting choices of favorites. I think one of the reasons Joe Chambers' ride seems like the guiding force of a record, like the north star, is that he played a lot of straight quarter notes. His feel also leans very modern, with the "skip" beat moving away from a triplet based figure. Sometimes it's like he just catches it at the last moment, creating and whooshing forward push in the feel. Very different than drummers rooted in the feel of the swing era, including most of the great bop drummers.
You're right about Chambers using a lot of straight quarter notes, but I don't quite hear him moving away from a triplet based figure on the skip. In fact, to me he sounds quite Elvin-esque (especially on Sam Rivers' Contours and Wayne Shorter's Etcectera) in that he overemphasises the triplet. He never quite straightens it out as much as Billy Higgins or Tony Williams did
I don't get the relentless criticism of audiophiles. Say what you want about them, but they are least paying for music and keep equipment manufacturers alive. Get rid of audiophiles, if you want everyone to exclusively listen to music through Spotify streams using a Sonos or cell phone speakers.
It's a label's job to promote and reissue their discography. I will freely admit that the audiophile community is what heavily got me into jazz, and not the almost non existent marketing from the labels. Given vinyl shortage, nothing stops labels from issuing deluxe editions on CD or making it easier for reissue labels to do so, like like Audio Wave did in the past.
So many of these older more obscure records are not even available on streams, and some of the albums were never even issued on CD. Also, buying these older pressings can be an absolute demoralizing crap shoot, so yeah I prefer getting the audiophile reissues (less disappointments and headaches). Blame the labels, not the people that actually spend their hard earned money supporting the genre.
How odd you find a "glass half empty" viewpoint about the TP and Classic Series LPs because you believe that they are over appreciated. That attitude just reeks of snobbery and elitism. "Click..."