A Jazz Thread

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‘Soul’ from the self-titled 2017 album by Cat Toren’s Human Kind, with Toren on piano/keyboards, Xavier Del Castillo tenor saxophone, Yoshie Fruchter oud/guitar, Jake Leckie bass and Matt Honor drums.

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Most of the articles written about the late Charlie Watts in the last couple of days will have mentioned his great love of jazz, but I suspect that few if any referenced the album that he made in 2000 with fellow drummer Jim Keltner. All nine tracks were named after drummers that Watts was inspired by in his early days on the drum stool – Shelly Manne, Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Tony Williams, Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Airto Moreira, Billy Higgins and Elvin Jones. This is ‘The Elvin Suite’, with Watts on drums of course, Keltner percussion, Keith Richards guitar, Emmanuel Sourdeix piano/programming, Philippe Chauveau programming of African voices/percussion, Remy Vignolo bass and Blondie Chaplin vocals.

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This is ‘Airto’ from the Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project, with Watts on drums, Keltner percussion, Vignolo bass, Chauveau keyboards/percussion, Sourdeix piano and all other instruments (bandoneon, strings, trombone, voices) programmed by Chauveau and Sourdeix.

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Finally (and because this is where I first heard of the album), one of three remixes of ‘Airto’ by Modaji (the late Dominic Jacobson) that appeared on a 12” alongside another four remixes of the same track by Restless Soul (Phil Asher/Luke McCarty).

[ad hoc]

Loved the first one. (the remix one not so much)

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Following on from yesterday’s post, Brazilian drummer/percussionist Airto Moreira is worth a feature in his own right. This is ‘Flora’s Song’ from his 1972 album ‘Free’, with Hubert Laws flute, Joe Farrell soprano saxophone and flute, Keith Jarrett piano, Garnett Brown, Joe Wallace and Wayne Andre trombones, Alan Rubin, Burt Collins and Mel Davis trumpets. Jay Berliner guitar, Ron Carter bass. Horn arrangement by Don Sebesky.

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‘Summer Night’ from singer Flora Purim’s 1973 album ‘Butterfly Dreams’, with husband Airto on drums/percussion, Joe Henderson tenor saxophone and flute, George Duke keyboards, David Amaro guitar, Stanley Clarke bass and Ernie Hood zither.

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The astonishing title track from Hermeto Pascoal’s 1977 album ‘Slaves Mass’, featuring Pascoal on flute, soprano saxophone, keyboards and vocals, Flora Purim vocals, Airto drums/percussion, David Amaro guitars, Raul De Souza trombone, Ron Carter bass, with an uncredited piglet providing assorted grunts and squeals.

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‘Time//Traveler’ from the 2019 album ‘Airships Are Organisms’ by Belgian band John Ghost – Jo De Geest guitar/electronics, Karel Cuelenaere keyboards, Rob Banken alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet, Wim Segers vibraphone, marimba. Glockenspiel and percussion, Lieven Van Pee bass and Elias Devoldere drums.

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‘Salacians Of Trans-Neptunia' from the 2018 ‘Battagon Symphony’ EP by Planet Battagon – Martin Slattery bass clarinet, alto saxophone and effects, Mickey Ball trumpet, Nathan Curran synth bass/drums and effects, Jack Baker drums and Oli Savill percussion.

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‘35 Years’ from the 2020 album ‘Going Down The Well’ by MoonMot – Oli Kuster electric piano and effects, Dee Byrne alto saxophone and effects, Cath Roberts baritone saxophone, Simon Petermann trombone and effects, Seth Bennett bass and Johnny Hunter drums.

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‘Starfish’ from the 2020 album ‘Please Do Not Ignore The Mermaid’ by Australian harpist/vocalist Tara Minton, with Phil Merriman piano, Tommaso Starace soprano saxophone, Ed Babar bass and David Ingamells drums.

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‘Ifs’ the recent single by French band Circe – Arthur Delaleu guitar, Alix Beucher guitar, Paul Cadier tenor saxophone, Lea Ciechelski alto saxophone, Nicolas Zentz bass and Florentin Hay drums.

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‘Teelukissa’ from Oiro Pena’s 2020 Ep ‘2’, with Antti Vauhkonen flute, balalaika and percussion, Joona Hulmi piano and Keijo Koskenharju guitar, bass and percussion.

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‘Astral Pleasures’, the title track from the 2008 album by composer/arranger Issie Barratt, with Sid Gould, Steve Waterman, Anders Bergkrantz and Mark Armstrong trumpets/flugelhorns, Mark Bassey, Pete North and Jeremy Price trombones, Jim Rattigan French horn, Rowland Alexander flutes, Pete Whyman, MarkLockheart, James Allsop, Mick Foster and Rob Townsend saxophones/clarinets, Liam Noble piano, Mike Outram guitar, Rob Millet vibraphone, Dudley Phillips bass, Fiona Clifton-Welker harp, Simon Pearson drums and Chris Wells percussion.

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‘Shapeless Dancer’ from the 2019 album ‘Assembly Of Shadows’ by Remy Le Boeuf, with Ben Kono and John Lowery tenor saxophones and clarinets, John Lake, Matt Holman, Philip Dizack and Toby Glausi trumpets, Eric Miller, Isaac Kaplan, Jennifer Wharton and Natalie Cressman trombones, Vito Chiavuzzo alto saxophone and flute, Martha Kato piano, Alex Goodman guitar, Matt Aronoff bass, Peter Kronreif drums, James Shipp percussion and Le Boeuf on alto/soprano saxophones and flutes.

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‘The Presidents’ from the 2009 album ‘A Single Sky’ by trumpeter Dave Douglas with the NDR Big Band conducted by Jim McNeely. Featuring Oliver Leicht, Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea, Rainer Heute, Tony Lakatos and Steffen Weber saxophones, flutes and clarinets, Martin Auer, Axel Schlosser, Chad Shoopman and Thomas Vogel trumpets, Christian Jaksio, Gunter Bollmann, Peter Feil and Manfred Honetschlager trombones, Martin Scales guitar, Peter Reiter piano, Thomas Heiderpriem bass and Jean-Paul Hochstadter drums.

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Three tracks from Norway’s wonderful and determinedly left-field Hubro record label this morning. First up, ‘Bells’ from the 2013 album ‘Transfixed’ by Cakewalk – Stephan Meidell guitar, bass and electronics, Oystein Skar synthesizer and Ivar Loe Bjornstad drums.

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‘Kongekrabbe’, the title track from the 2013 album by Skadedyr - Torstein Lavik Larson trumpet, Henrik Munkeby Norstebo trombone, Adrian Loseth Waade violin, Anja Lauvdal keyboards, Lars Ove Fossheim guitar, Marius Klovning guitar, Ina Sagstuen vocals, Ida Lovli Hidle accordion, Heioa Karine Johannesdottir Mobeck tuba/bass, Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson bass, Hans Hulbaekmo drums and Joakim Heibo drums.

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‘Starry Night’ from composer and guitarist Oyvind Torvund’s 2019 release ‘The Exotica Album’, with Kjetil Moster saxophone, Rune-Alexander Trygg trumpet, Christopher Dudley trombone, James Lassen bassoon, Hakon Nilsen trumpet, Sigrid Holmstrand flute, Danilo Kadovic horn, Jorgen Traen synthesizer, Jarle Rotevatn piano, Johannes Wik harp, Peter Kates vibraphone/percussion, Agnese Rugevica cello, Liene Klava viola, Jutta Morgenstern violin, Martin Shultz violin, Grieg Koeller bass and Manuel Hofstatter timpani/percussion.

[Tony C]

Following on from yesterday’s post, Brazilian drummer/percussionist Airto Moreira is worth a feature in his own right. This is ‘Flora’s Song’ from his 1972 album ‘Free’, with Hubert Laws flute, Joe Farrell soprano saxophone and flute, Keith Jarrett piano, Garnett Brown, Joe Wallace and Wayne Andre trombones, Alan Rubin, Burt Collins and Mel Davis trumpets. Jay Berliner guitar, Ron Carter bass. Horn arrangement by Don Sebesky.

I’m getting more and more into Brazilian jazz over the last fews years (my interest initially sparked by Gilles Peterson’s excellent compilation albums) and this is the sort of stuff I really enjoy. I’m a relative jazz novice but it seems a pretty reliable signal that when Ron Carter is involved in a musical project it’s going to be worth a listen.

[Satchmo Distel]

1) Thelonious Alone In San Francisco [Monk's 3rd solo album, "recorded in Fugazi Hall, San Francisco, California, on October 21 and 22, 1959, but without an audience present].

Side One

1. "Blue Monk" - 3:44
2. "Ruby, My Dear" - 3:56
3. "Round Lights" - 3:34
4. "Everything Happens to Me" (Adair, Dennis) - 5:37
5. "You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart" (Rainger, Robin) - 4:01

Side Two

1. "Bluehawk" - 3:37
2. "Pannonica" - 3:51
3. "Remember" (Irving Berlin) - 2:41
4. "There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie" (Meskill, Richman, Wendling) - 4:18
5. "Reflections"- 5:06

2) Brilliant Corners (Musicians: Thelonious Monk (piano, celeste) Ernie Henry (alto saxophone) Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone) Oscar Pettiford (double bass) Max Roach (drums, timpani) Clark Terry (trumpet) Paul Chambers (double bass))

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‘From Before’ from the 1965 album ‘Spring’ by drummer Tony Williams, with Wayne Shorter tenor saxophone, Sam Rivers tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock piano and Gary Peacock bass.

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‘By The Red Sea’ from drummer Idris Muhammed’s 1971 album ‘Black Rhythm Revolution’, with Virgil Jones trumpet, Clarence Thomas soprano saxophone, Harold Mabern electric piano, Melvin Sparks guitar, Jimmy Lewis bass and Buddy Caldwell percussion.

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‘Bachafillen’ from the 1967 album ‘Heavy!!!’ by the Booker Ervin Sextet, with Ervin on tenor saxophone, Jimmy Owens flugelhorn, Garnett Brown trombone, Jaki Byard piano, Richard Davis bass and Alan Dawson drums.