On March 27, 1965, at Carnegie Hall, March 27, a concert was held to honor the tenth
anniversary of the passing of Charlie Parker.
The musicians who played that night were a "who's who" of the Jazz world:
The musicians who played that night were a "who's who" of the Jazz world:
Dizzy Gillespie — trumpet
James Moody — tenor sax and alto sax
Kenny Baron — piano
Chris White — bass
Rudy Collins — drums
Roy Eldridge — trumpet
Coleman Hawkins — tenor sax
JJ Johnson (credited as C.C. Siegel) — trombone
Roy Haynes — drumsDave Lambert — vocals
Billy Taylor — piano
Tommy Porter — bass
Lee Konitz — alto sax
Kenny Dorham — trumpet
Howard McGhee — trumpet
James Moody — tenor sax and alto sax
Kenny Baron — piano
Chris White — bass
Rudy Collins — drums
Roy Eldridge — trumpet
Coleman Hawkins — tenor sax
JJ Johnson (credited as C.C. Siegel) — trombone
Roy Haynes — drumsDave Lambert — vocals
Billy Taylor — piano
Tommy Porter — bass
Lee Konitz — alto sax
Kenny Dorham — trumpet
Howard McGhee — trumpet
This album is way more than just a Charlie Parker tribute. A few highlights include two of the best cuts by Gillespie's mid 60s
group with James Moody on "Um-Hmmm" and "Groovin High", both of which
have James Moody playing in an incredibly passionate tone that's just outstanding! Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge fronting a group with
Billy Taylor on a long version of "Now's The Time". Billy Taylor also makes
an appearance on Dave Lambert's (on what would be his final
recording) scatted vocal version of "Donna Lee", Lee
Konitz solo version of "Blues For Bird", his own composition, played as a
spare solo tune on alto, and a and a medley of "Bird Watcher" and "Disorder at the Border". Bud Powell played "'Round Midnight" at the concert, but this track was released separately on the album 'Ups'n Downs'.
Tracklist
1. Um-Hmm!(Ode to Yard)
2. Groovin' High
3. Blues (From Gillespiana)
4. A Night in Tunisia
5. Now's the Time
6. Donna Lee
7. Cherokee
8. Blues for Bird
9. Medley: Bird Watcher/Disorder at the Border
Tracklist
1. Um-Hmm!(Ode to Yard)
2. Groovin' High
3. Blues (From Gillespiana)
4. A Night in Tunisia
5. Now's the Time
6. Donna Lee
7. Cherokee
8. Blues for Bird
9. Medley: Bird Watcher/Disorder at the Border
This album was originally given to me for my eighteenth birthday, in 1965, which I still have. In the freeload, which is from a CD, I've included scanned original artwork (it's worth seeing), with liner notes by Nat Hentoff.
For the freeload, what albums (in any format) do you still have from your teenage years?
Sadly, none survived Katrina. I have a ton that I subsequently reacquired in vinyl (Beatles, Stones, Allmans, Miles, Duke, Mingus), even in pressings from the years I first acquired them. But, the heirlooms themselves are gone.
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DeleteThankfully, I've come to grips with everything that happened, and now am able to just compartmentalize it. It was either learn how to do that, or drink myself into an early grave.
DeleteI have lots but they sit in a couple of peach crates on a shelf in the basement. (4 Way Street, In A Silent Way, Hendrix, Allmans, ELP, Sly & The Family Stone, E. Power Biggs, Zappa & many, many others) I'll look at them occasionally & wish that I had my old audio gear set up & running. I haven't listened to an album in my house since 1994 & probably even before that. I jumped to cds & tried convincing myself they sounded better. They did not.
ReplyDeleteThese day I like to listen to vinyl rips on my computer. They sound better. I like flac, hi res flac, stereo & mono. I can still here differences and intricacies, (at least I believe I can).
I also have tinnitus, constant ringing in both ears, I'm used to it now. Do to my condition I miss some high frequencies, I know because my grandsons have pointed it out to me.
Thanks to generous folks like Babs, I'm able to relive listening favorite albums from my teenage years. Big, big thanks Babs.
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DeleteI have most of my "teenage" record collection. Nico- Drama of Exile. Iggy Pop & James Williamson, Tabu Ley - On Amour Y A Pas de Calcul.
ReplyDeleteWhen I rip cds and vinyls and put them in Audacity I can clearly see the difference in dynamics etc between cd and lp. Cd looks better The joy of vinyl is for me a subjective one. Maybe it also has to do with the medium it was made for. Original 7''s sound better than their album versions, original 12''s idem, original cd's often sounds better than their contemporary vinyls.
Many. Byrds Beatles Dylan Zappa Who Firesign...etc... Born in '50.
ReplyDeleteI have pretty much all the records I bought (and shoplifted) during my misspent youth apart from those made off with by friends many of whom are undoubtedly now reaping the karma. Most are 45 singles and they're mostly quite scratchy so I don't really play them. I think I largely keep them around because they've been a part of my life for so long. But as I age, I'm giving more thought to jettisoning the nonessential. My old man was a collector of records, books, and art, and when he died it was a chore in the end to dispose of a lot of it—a chore I don't want to burden my kids with.
ReplyDeleteMy eldest grandson is getting my collection, plus all the Hi-Fi gear, when I shed this mortal coil.
DeleteMy kids are ardent music fans, but they can't imagine dealing with the massive amount of vinyl and tapes I've accumulated. Nor the crate-sized speakers and attendant hi-fi gear that admittedly I don't use much these days. I've succumbed to the allure of having a vast digital music library on tap everywhere—even if the sonics aren't always top-notch.
DeleteI have most and some of my most prized are ones my high school girlfriend, a bona fide badass I'm still friends with who carried an enormous purse she could pack for the weekend, boosted for me with a grace & aplomb well beyond her years.
ReplyDeleteBut the the earliest one, which my parents got me for my 7th birthday so I had a record of my own, is Mickie Most Presents English In-Groups: Herman’s Hermits (“Wonderful World; “Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter”); The Animals (“Bring It on Home to Me”; “House of The Rising Sun,” original uncut version);
The Cherokees (“I Will Never Turn My Back on You”; “Rejected”);
The Moquettes (“You Came Along”; “Right String Baby, But the Wrong Yo-Yo”); The Symbols (“Don't Go”; "You Are My Girl”).
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DeleteAnonymous RF: Believe it or don't, Introducing The Beatles on VeeJay records. Disc was used as a frisbee/dolly's hotplate/nail file by my sister, but it's still there in a perfectly lovely original sleeve.
ReplyDeleteAll of my teenage favourites (Axis, Trout Mask, Absolutely Free etc etc) only exist in the digital realm these days, at least in our house! It is (or may be) strange that what I really dug back then I dig still.
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Some of them - they had to survive various house moves including one overseas. I especially kept the ones with elaborate covers like 'Thick as a brick', 'Sticky fingers',& 'Physical graffiti'.
ReplyDeleteI have albums from the 60s, I don't want to part with, for sentimental reasons. Take John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme'. It's one of my favorite albums, and over the years, I've bought it in different incarnations. But I kept the first one I bought, it's completely worn out, but I just can't bear to part with it. The same goes for Miles, The Stones, Monk, The Dead, Mingus and many, many more.
ReplyDeleteI doubt it will be surprising given I'm a self confessed vinyl junkie to hear that I have all of them (in vinyl and some also on CD as well) and naming anywhere near all of them would be difficult because by the time I hit my early 20's the number of albums ran into the hundreds. Amongst the earliest I suppose would be Alice Cooper, David Bowie's early albums, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Marc Bolan & T. Rex and Tyrannosaurus Rex , Slade, Beatles Blue & Red Double Albums plus a number of the original albums, Stones, Who, The Sweet, The Yardbirds, Kinks, Moody Blues, Zombies etc etc
ReplyDeleteI also still have my singles collection of pop, punk and new wave singles which rain into thousands from the same time. From the time I started work a large percentage of my income went on vinyl and I knew my way around the bargain bins, boot fairs and junk shops.
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I have all of them, including the embarrasing ones. I can't get myself to throw out CDs, and there's no point trying to sell them, so there they are...
ReplyDeleteAlmost all of the LPs that I purchased in high school are still with me, along with a few Joan Baez and Judy Collins albums my sister bought before that. For sure, I have copies of "Who's Next" and "Close To The Edge" that went to Ohio for college with me and then came back.
ReplyDeleteI also still have the very first CD I was given by my lovely spouse: "Shaking the Tree" by Peter Gabriel (with the remake of "Here Comes The Flood").
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