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So... after discussing it last week, has anyone else listened to the CD yet? I picked it up today. I'm listening NOW! Listening to Brecker's tenor tour de force on his solo rendition of 'Trane's "Naima". OOOOOOEEEEEEE! Damn, but he's every bit as I've ever heard. This is real jazz, state of the art. Otherwise, too much, too many fine solos, too much fine unison playing, too nice a rhythm section to comment on just now. This is one fine current live jazz CD though. Too bad its somewhat marred by audience applause, my only complaint.
Mike, I read the entire thread that you posted above, and was impressed enough by what you had to say about jazz in general that I thought I'd take a chance on this new release. So, I'll be thanking you in the future if it impresses me half as much as it does you.I confess to not being much of a Hancock fan, and frankly haven't been able to hear what others get so excited about. But then, the only Hancock ablbums I've been exposed to didn't really sound much like jaxx as I perceive it (we are allowed to have opinions on artists, aren't we?).
In response to your question about modern-day music listeners not being able to identify who's playing what, I could pretty much tell you when it was Brubeck or Thelonious or Bill Evans at the piano (or maybe even Ramsey Lewis - if that's what you call jazz - or the Duke or Guaraldi), but I wouldn't be able to single out a Lennie Tristano or Walter Bishop Jr., say, from a host of other excellent jazz pianists who never quite reached the stature of the aforementioned few who sit atop the list of many an enthusiast's list of favorite artists. And it's becoming second nature to me now to distinguish any number of great saxophone players even if I've never heard a particular piece they're playing before.
I've been listening to jazz for about 20 years, now, although I've spent less than an hour over those past years reading magazine articles or record reviews to help me determine what artists I might enjoy. Instead, I picked up several books on recorded jazz, such as one of the earlier editions of Barry Kernfeld's Blackwell Guide, along with a few biographies of the greats - Coltrane, Miles, etc - and sampled a few recordings from each and moved on from there.
Recently, I thought it was time to explore beyond the established names, and came to appreciate some who never quite made it - Rocky Boyd, for example, who made only a few recordings and then slipped out of the public eye, or Bill Watrous, whose recorded output is just as limited. But I've always passed over Herbie Hancock. Maybe now's the time.
I now like the traditional Herbie of "Maiden Voyage" et al though I was first introduced to jazz through its fusion incarnation, specifically "Watermelon Man" and "Thrust" by Hancock. As my jazz tastes changed, I left funky Hancock behind. Glad both of us (Hancock and I) rediscovered his traditional side. I really like "Gershwin's World" and the CD hifitommy recommended, "New Standard."Hancock's a little like Miles Davis--just 'cause you don't like "Bitches Brew" don't dismiss "Kind of Blue."
Bruce
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