John Coltrane – Offering: Live at Temple University (rec. 1966; 2CD, Resonance Records/Impulse!)
Bereits erschienen (bei Jazzmessengers günstig zu kriegen), hier eine Kritik dazu:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/offering-live-at-temple-university-john-coltrane-impulse-review-by-robert-bush.php#.U_3CA2ec-Ep
Und hier der Eintrag von „Coltrane Reference“ (wobei Jimmy Garrison wohl tatsächlich nicht spielt):
http://www.wildmusic-jazz.com/jcr_1966.htm#jcrd661111
Charles Lloyd – Manhattan Stories (2LP bzw. CD, Resonance Records)
Deluxe 2 CD Digi-pack Edition:
•Two 1965 New York Concerts, Recorded at Judson Hall & Slugs‘.
•Features Lloyd with His Previously Unreleased Quartet of Gabor Szabo, Ron Carter, & Pete La Roca.
•Deluxe 2 CD digi-pack contains a rich booklet with notes liner notes by Stanley Crouch, Willard Jenkins, Don Heckman & Michael Cuscuna.
•This is a must have for Charles Lloyd fans, jazz collectors & audiophiles.
DELUXE 2-LP LIMITED-EDITION PRESS OF 1,000
Includes:
Audiophile 180-gram vinyl pressed on 12″ LP’s at 33 1/3 RPM by Record Technology Incorporated (R.T.I.).
Hand-numbered gatefold.
•Beautiful four panel insert with liner notes by Stanley Crouch, Willard Jenkins, Don Heckman & Michael Cuscuna.
•Mastered by Bernie Grundman.
In the words of a classic TV show, there are eight million stories in the Naked City. Resonance Records uncovers a pair of long-untold tales from New York City’s fabled jazz past on Manhattan Stories, due for release on September 16. These two performances capture the always-extraordinary saxophonist and flutist Charles Lloyd in 1965, leading a remarkable and previously unreleased quartet featuring three jazz giants: guitarist Gábor Szabó, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Pete La Roca.
The story told by these two concerts is one of an already-distinctive voice at the outset of a now-legendary career. In 1965, when these sets were recorded at the now-defunct venues Judson Hall and Slugs‘, Lloyd was fresh from his stint with drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton, where he’d first crossed paths with Szabó. Lloyd already had two albums to his name; both Carter and Szabó are heard on his second for Columbia, Of Course, Of Course, from which two titles on these new dates are culled. Within a year he would form his groundbreaking quartet with Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee and Jack DeJohnette.
Szabó himself was on the verge of cementing his name in the jazz canon, starting his acclaimed run of Impulse! releases the next year. Carter was midway through his stint with the second great Miles Davis quintet, while La Roca had already worked with a host of names from the music’s pantheon, including John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans and Joe Henderson.
„It was a specific time and place,“ Lloyd told Manhattan Stories annotator Don Heckman. „We all felt like the boundaries were being dissolved and we could do or try anything. This is a music of freedom and wonder — we were young and on the move.“
Together, the band embarks on a series of adventurous excursions through pieces like Lloyd’s classic „Sweet Georgia Bright“ and „Dream Weaver“ as well as Szabó’s „Lady Gabor,“ originally recorded by the Chico Hamilton Quintet. Nothing on either disc clocks in at under ten minutes, allowing every member to stretch out and fully explore this mesmerizing material. Manhattan Stories showcases, with more than 80 minutes of music, a truly expressive group interaction that remains otherwise undocumented.
„The first time I heard these recordings, I was blown away and knew immediately how special they were,“ says co-producer Zev Feldman. „This just might be the holy grail for longtime Charles Lloyd fans like myself who think they’ve heard it all. No way. Not yet! There have been archival recordings released over the years with the classic quartet featuring Jarrett and DeJohnette, but there’s never been a release with this group before — and not just a group, but a group with four legendary masters. The music and spirit are very exciting. The interplay between Charles and Gábor alone is a testament to their genius. It’s a real gift for us to share this with the world.“
The Judson Hall recording comes from the archives of Resonance founder George Klabin, whose trove has previously yielded treasures from Bill Evans and Jimmy Giuffre. In fact, the first disc included here was recorded on a festival date shared with Giuffre that was released this year on the Elemental Music label. The occasion was Charlotte Moorman’s Avant Garde Festival of New York, produced by saxophonist and jazz critic Don Heckman, who contributes an essay to Manhattan Stories.
Klabin, then a 19-year-old student at Columbia University, had recently been appointed head of the jazz department at university radio station WKCR-FM and sought to present original recordings as part of his show. He recorded the Judson Hall show with up-close microphone placement techniques and state-of-the-art engineering — well ahead of 1965 standards. The Slugs‘ performances were recorded by Bjorn von Schlebrugge, who accompanied Lloyd to his Manhattan gigs.
In 2009, Feldman brought Klabin’s tapes to Lloyd’s California home to play for the saxophonist, who raised the ante with his own recordings of the quartet. Those tapes, which comprise Disc 2, were made the same year at Slugs‘, which Feldman calls „one of the most important jazz shrines there ever was. I wanted to celebrate the memory of that club as well.“ The release thus received not only Lloyd’s blessings, but his wife, Dorothy Darr, signed on as co-producer.
For Record Store Day last month, Resonance offered a limited-edition pressing on orange, marble-colored 10-inch, 140-gram vinyl of Live at Slugs‘, designed to be a collector’s piece for fans and as a pre-release teaser of the full release to come. The 10-inch featured two cuts from Manhattan Stories.
Manhattan Stories features the pristine sound quality, extensive liner notes, and meticulously designed artwork that have become Resonance Records‘ trademarks. In addition to Heckman’s reminiscences, the set includes liner notes by Feldman, Willard Jenkins, Stanley Crouch, and renowned producer Michael Cuscuna (who shares executive producer credit with Klabin on this project). The music, which was mixed at Resonance’s Los Angeles studios, will also be available as a 2-LP set pressed by audiophile-respected R.T.I. (Record Technology Inc.). It was mastered for CD and vinyl by Bernie Grundman.
„I was determined to build perhaps the most exciting package for Charles ever assembled for one of his releases,“ Feldman says. „I think we’ve accomplished that in a way that truly celebrates this master.“ Manhattan Stories showcases stellar music in an ideal setting — much as those two NYC venues did on a pair of unjustly forgotten evenings nearly fifty years ago.
Disc 1 (Judson Hall):
Sweet Georgia Bright (17:49)
How Can I Tell You (11:57)
Lady Gabor (12:50)
Disc 2 (Slugs‘):
Slugs‘ Blues (12:57)
Lady Gabor (13:53)
Dream Weaver (15:25)
http://www.resonancerecords.org/release.php?cat=HLP-9016
Charles Lloyd – Live at Slugs‘ (10″ LP, Resonance Records)
Charles Lloyd leads a remarkable& previously unrecorded quartet featuring three jazz giants:
Gábor Szabó, Ron Carter & Pete La Roca.
Limited Edition Pressing of 2,000 Hand Numbered Copies on 10 inch 140 Gram Opaque Orange Colored Vinyl
Featuring the Tracks “Lady Gabor” & “Dream Weaver”.
The music you’re about to hear is a rare document of Charles Lloyd’s 1965 quartet featuring
iconic bassist Ron Carter, legendary guitarist Gábor Szabó, and drum master, Pete LaRoca. These
recordings are presented here as part of a special limited edition 10” record to commemorate
Charles Lloyd: Manhattan Stories, which will be released later this year on Resonance Records as
a 2-CD deluxe digipak and a limited 2-LP gatefold edition. Manhattan Stories features historic
Lloyd performances captured at two long-departed New York venues, Judson Hall and Slugs’
Saloon. When we began this project I felt it was appropriate to recognize the importance of the
Slugs’ recording by creating a stand-alone limited edition release. These recordings present a
rare opportunity to hear Charles Lloyd with a formidable rhythm section that predates his famous
recording Forest Flower with Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee, and Jack DeJohnette.
Located in New York City’s Lower East Side, Slugs’ was a staple of the
Manhattan jazz scene from 1965 to 1972, and was at the intersection
of music and counterculture. It hosted an array of legends including
Ornette Coleman, Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Larry
Young, Wayne Shorter, Roy Haynes and countless others.The
club had a wide range of clientele from musicians and music fans
including many artists and writers, as well as local drug dealers and
pimps. Slugs’ became a unique neighborhood venue vying for
attention with the city’s more mainstream establishments. The music
lived and thrived there. This recording gives us an opportunity to
reflect on Lloyd’s early, budding career as a leader and composer and
on this legendary jazz shrine.
Live at Slugs’ which was recorded by Swedish visionary Bjorn von
Schlebrügge, who accompanied Lloyd to his Manhattan gigs
with a portable Nagra, features the earliest released recording of the Charles Lloyd’s classic
composition, “Dream Weaver” (which would later be recorded with Jarrett, McBee and
DeJohnette for Atlantic Records on the album of the same name). Gábor Szabó’s “Lady Gabor,”
is heard on both the Slugs’ and Judson Hall recordings. The interplay between the musicians is
remarkable, especially the musical dialogue between Lloyd and Szabó which goes back to their
days together playing with the late, great Chico Hamilton.
It’s with great pleasure that we present to you, Charles Lloyd: Live at Slugs’.
– ZEV FELDMAN, Los Angeles, 2014
http://www.resonancerecords.org/release.php?cat=HLT-8016
Charlie Haden-Jim Hall (rec. Montréal 1990; CD, Impulse!)
1. Bemsha Swing (Thelonious Monk/Denzil Best)
2. First Song (Charlie Haden)
3. Turnaround (Ornette Coleman)
4. Body & Soul (John Green/Edward Heyman/Robert Sour)
5. Down From Antigua (Jim Hall)
6. Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer)
7. Big Blues (Hall)
8. In The Moment (Haden)
http://jazztimes.com/articles/136154-impulse-to-release-live-jim-hall-charlie-haden-album
Kurzkritik:
http://www.marlbank.net/12-reviews/1914-charlie-haden-jim-hall-charlie-haden-jim-hall-impulse
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