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Kurze Cues und ein paar längere Jams – eine verlorene Session aus dem März 1962, von der ich erst vor ein paar Tagen Notiz nahm – zu hören sind: Richard Williams (t), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Yusef Lateef (ts, fl, ob), Tommy Flanagan (p), Arthur Phipps (b) und Max Roach (d) sowie ab und zu Streicher der New Yorker Philharmoniker unter Leitung von Seiji Ozawa. Erschienen ist das ganze 1992 auf Access/Virgin France.
Die Band gemahnt schwer an Mingus (der Richard Williams auch mal seinen Lieblingstrompeter nannte, aber ihn leider nie wirklich auf Platte in den Vordergrund rückte), aber als Komponist angegeben wird ein Charles Mills.
Aufmerksam wurde ich durch einen jüngst hervorgeholten Thread auf Org, in dem Guy Kopelowicz folgendes schrieb:
Got this CD a couple of years ago (a French Virgin release). Played it once.
Found the music intriguing and forgot all about it until this thread came up.
The liner notes also lists bass player Arthur Phipps.
Phipps‘ name does not appear in the Tom Lord discography where the
session is not listed under a musicians‘ name but simply under ‚Track in
the Sands‘. The session was recorded in March 1962 in New York (at
RKO Pathe Studios according to the liner notes).
This ia quite an intriguing date. I may be offtrack (in the sands ;) but I have
a strong feeling that Charles Mingus had something to do with this music.
The lineup is very Mingus Workshop-like. The music is quite Minguish.
There is even an unlisted alto player who sounds very much like Charles McPherson,
who played with Mingus at the time.
I even hear Mingus bass lines on several of the tracks.
The music composer is listed as one Charles Mills who left no trace anywhere.
Charles Mingus was the one who found the Charlie Chan alias for the Debut
release of the Jazz at Massey Hall Quintet of the Year LP.
Charlie Chan Parker. Charles Mills Mingus.
There is no mention of this music in the Mingus bios I have read. Brian Prestley’s
book was written before the release of the music. Gene Santoro’s ‚Myself When
I’m Real‘ ignores this but the Santoro book is far from perfect as an accurate
biography (he even confuses Oscar Pettiford and Oscar Peterson).
Might be worth checking with someone like Max Roach on this soundtrack.
Also the liner notes list Albert and David Maysles as having taken part in the
film photography. The ‚Tracks in the Sand‘ film does not appear in their filmography.
Talk about a mystery film.
I’ll file the CD under Charles Mingus now unless proven wrong.
Allen Lowe brachte jüngst den Namen Kenyon Hopkins ins Spiel … scheint mir musikalisch vom ersten Eindruck her nicht abwegig, einen „Mingus Touch“ höre ich jedenfalls eher nicht.
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