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[RayDunzl]

Charlie Hunter Trio

7 (or 8) string guitar, sax, and drums

 

[Thomas savage]

You guys need to get this thread back on track. I know Miles, Coltrane, Mingus, and other "classics", but I'm pretty new to this jazz stuff, and I need more tips! Keep 'em coming!

Look up Bill Evans start with anything between 58-64 tbh

 

[Thomas savage]

Try this..,

 

[Dynamix]

Thanks!

 

[Thomas savage]

This is fantastic plus she's smoulderingly hot..,

 

[Thomas savage]

This is a great place to start for both Gerry and Ben , great guys ..,

 

[Thomas savage]

Bud Powell coolest mofo in the universe

 

[Thomas savage]

Try this on for size ( a lot of bud Powell is a little old fidelity wise but screw it he's a genius)

 

[Thomas savage]

Just bill, imo better than the first - conversations with myself - album

 

[Thomas savage]

Classic records,

 

[Thomas savage]

@Dynamix chow down on those, be Intresting to see what you make of them..

 

[JoeWhip]

All great selections Thomas!

 

[Thomas savage]

All great selections Thomas!

Thanks, certainly a decent place to start

Jerry mulligan got me into jazz ( his records) , never really got it until I bought his recording ' live fron the village vanguard ' . The fidelity of that record shocked me ( in a good way) . From Jerry I found Ben Webster, they seem to enjoy playing together . Certainly more than many of those collaborative efforts of the period, many are stale and forced imo.

Bud Powell I heard though some crapy system in a record shop, that then naturally led to Bill Evans .. He's my man, his ability to communicate emotively ( I know he's technically brilliant too but I don't have the knowledge to appreciate him technically) at least to me marks him out as the best jazz man in history. His first trio before his Bass player tragically died driving into a tree was his best, at least to my uneducated ears ..

There's loads more, I have a decent jazz collection from that period but those four guys are my stand outs.

 

[JoeWhip]

Yes, check out Gerry's work with Mel Torme too. Ben Webster is my favorite tenor man. I have tons of his recordings. The Bill Evans recordings with Scott Lafaro are in heavy rotation here.

 

[Thomas savage]

Yes, check out Gerry's work with Mel Torme too. Ben Webster is my favorite tenor man. I have tons of his recordings. The Bill Evans recordings with Scott Lafaro are in heavy rotation here.

I'm listening to the Evans trio evening session from June 25th 1961 ( village vanguard) right now .. With Scott of course on bass those two 'got on' ..

Oh it's fabulous, the fidelity is great too.

 

[JoeWhip]

Indeed, you can even follow some of the conversations.

 

[Thomas savage]

Indeed, you can even follow some of the conversations.

Yes , hearing Scott and Bill talking to each other is lovely..

 

[watchnerd]

I'm listening to the Evans trio evening session from June 25th 1961 ( village vanguard) right now .. With Scott of course on bass those two 'got on' ..

I thought you were boycotting Evans because of heroin or somesuch?

 

[Thomas savage]

I thought you were boycotting Evans because of heroin or somesuch?

That was a joke watchnerd .. I was taking the piss .

 

[watchnerd]

That was a joke watchnerd .. I was taking the piss .

Around here, one never knows.

Speaking of jazz and drugs, there is an excellent Playboy interview with Ellington, Adderley, Gillespie, and others about how they dealt with rampant drug use among their peers and sidemen of the time:

http://www.cannonball-adderley.com/article/lapin01.htm