Jazz On The Beach 83
Burrell & Turrentine, Miles, Harry Bosch's Hi-Fi
This week’s Jazz On The Beach playlist opens with two Blue Note tracks that fit together perfectly and feature two of my favourite jazz musicians, guitarist Kenny Burrell and tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. The first is Burrell’s iconic Chitlins Con Carne from the album Midnight Blue released in 1963, gliding on the late night groove of Ray Barretto’s congas with Bill English on drums and double bassist Major Holley. The second track is Turrentine’s The Hustler from Hustlin’, released just a couple of years later in 1965. It’s another blues, but this time a more uptempo affair driven along by Turrentine’s wife Shirley Scott’s Hammond B3 organ along with double bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Otis Finch. Burrell and Turrentine both sound terrific as they always do and play together like brothers from another mother.
Last week I played Tubby Hayes’ sensational version of Seven Steps To Heaven recorded at The Hopbine, Wembley, in 1972 that was released by Gearbox in 2013. This week it’s Miles Davis’ version recorded at the more salubrious Philharmonic Hall on New York’s Upper West Side in 1964 and released on ‘Four’ And More by Columbia in 1966. The line up is four-fifths of Miles’ second great quintet; pianist Herbie Hancock, double bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams, but instead of Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone it’s George Coleman, who subsequently left the band shortly after this concert and Shorter joined. Incidentally, Coleman is another tenor saxophonist who was married to an organist, Gloria Coleman. He’s 88 years old and still performing, I played a track from his recently released Live At Smalls Jazz Club a couple of weeks ago.
Also this week there’s Mellow Kisses by M.E.B. (formerly Miles Electric Band), from the album That You Dare Not Forget, a new ‘Miles inspired project’. This track features album producer Vince Wilburn Jr ( Miles’ nephew) on drums, double bassist Ron Carter, co-producer Lenny White playing drums and keyboards, soprano saxophonist Emilio Modeste, guitarist Quintin Zoto, percussionist Pedrito Martínez and one of the final performances of the great trumpeter Wallace Roney.
A few more new releases…..Phlox from the wonderful young saxophonist Emma Rawicz, a previously unreleased So What from pianist Walter Bishop, Jr recorded in 1967 with Harold Vick on tenor saxophone, and a phenomenal unreleased Yesterdays recorded in 1977 from guitarist Louis Stewart and pianist Noel Kelehan.
A couple of things…
I wrote about Taj Mahal’s excellent new album for London Jazz News. I’ve played a few tracks over the last month, so if you’re a regular listener you’ve heard just how much fun it is.
Lou Reed’s 100 favourite songs of all time
I’m a year late to this great list in Far Out magazine (thanks Mojo for pointing it out). So many great records and also a few surprises including Charlie Dore - Pilot Of The Airways and The Easybeats - Falling Off the Edge of the World.
Harry Bosch’s Hi-Fi
Michael Connelly’s Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch (portrayed on TV by Titus Welliver) not only has wonderful musical taste but a highly covetable vintage stereo system. In the photo below, Bosch’s daughter Maddie looks out at the city from his living room which features a Marantz 6300 turntable, a McIntosh MC240 amplifier, a McIntosh MX110 tuner/preamp and a pair of Ohm Walsh 4 speakers.
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