Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]town hall is on vinyl in my closet in little washington huge dolphy fan! On Sep 5, 2012, at 11:28 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > That whole album is incredible - the sheer energy of his duet with > Elvin Jones (Chasing the Trane) is unbelievable. I just like the live > version of that album better - which is the first Village Vanguard > album. If you like Dolphy, it is worth searching out his live albums > from Europe with the peerless Charles Mingus, recorded shortly before > his death in 1964 - especially the "Town Hall" and "At Antibes" > albums. Dolphy's style and tone seems to perfectly complement Mingus' > compositions. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: >> India (on Impressions) with its harmonies Dolphy/Coltrane bass >> clarinet/soprano sax harmonies may be the most sublime thing I ever heard. >> >> ric >> >> >> On Sep 5, 2012, at 10:44 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> My absolute favourites are the first Village vanguard album (for >>> tenor) and My Favorite Things (for soprano) - followed by his seminal >>> Miles Davis first quintet recordings, where you can hear him slowly >>> perfecting his unique "sheets of sound" method of playing tenor. >>> Another brilliant and under-appreciated side of Coltrane is seen in >>> his collaboration with vocalist Johnny Hartman called Lush Life, which >>> probably has the best version of the great Billy Strayhorn (Duke >>> Ellington's alter ego) standard I have ever heard. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Hunted this down a few years ag. >>>> >>>> Dug it out of the files the other day for some reason. >>>> >>>> <http://cartersxrd.net/Site/First_Draft/Entries/2012/9/5_John_Coltranes_Boyhood_Home.html> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/9fp3ade >>>> >>>> Ric Carter >>>> www.CartersXRd.net >>>> http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information