redbeansandricewitzig, wusst ich gar nicht; Wes war ja mal kurzeitig sechster Mann in Coltranes Quintet mit Dolphy… falls ich es noch nicht gesagt hab: das oben verlinkte Interview mit Jimmy Maddin ist sehr zu empfehlen… danke!
Die haben einige Gigs gespielt als Sextett:
Feb 11-21, 1960 – Sutherland Lounge, Sutherland Hotel, Chicago, IL
Reviewed in the Chicago Daily News („At the Sutherland: Jazz Styles by Miles Davis,“ by „B.W.“ [probably Buck Walmsley], Saturday, Feb. 20, 1960, p. 14):
Jazz patrons of the Sutherland Lounge are hearing as much musical experimentation as polished jazz music as they listened to the Miles Davis sextet.
For the most part the Davis group is exciting and refreshing. Miles‘ trumpet work is beautiful, though hampered by a sputtering microphone system; Paul Chambers proves he is one of the best string bassists around; and Wynton Kelly’s piano work is always interesting.
A recent happy addition to the group is vibraphone player Buddy Montgomery, late of the Mastersounds.
The there is John Coltrane.
Jazz practitioners are constantly in search for novelty in rhythm, harmony or dynamic. But Coltrane is taking as long as a half hour on some numbers to hunt and feel his way on tenor sax into new harmonic structures. It is interesting, perhaps, to other musicians, but agonizing to the casual listener who expects to hear something polished and assured from a jazz artist of Coltrane’s stature.
The practice session is a much better place for experimentation.~ Coltrane Reference, 186f.
An diesem Gig hat Coltrane offenbar zum ersten Mal Sopransax gespielt („Coltrane Reference“, 187 gibt mehrere Versionen, wie er dazu kam, von Don Cherry und Coltrane selbst).
Dann gibt’s ebda auch einen lustigen Hinweis auf Miles‘ Album „Sketches of Spain“:
„Miles Davis, appearing at the Sutherland Lounge, said he is in the process of completing one of his ‚most rewarding albums.‘ The complete album features, he said, the sole instrumentation of – castanets, Miles?“ (Down Beat, Mar. 3, 1960, p. 51)
:lol:
Feb. 27, 1960 – Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA
(mit dem Modern Jazz Quartet, Jackie and Roy und dem Paul Horn Quintet)
Ca. late Feb.-early March 1960 – San Diego, CA (not confirmed)
March 3, 1960 – San Jose Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA
(mit dem Golson/Farmer Jazztet, dem Ramsey Lewis Trio und Jimmy Witherspoon)
March 4, 1960 – San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
(mit Nina Simone, dem Jazztet, Witherspoon und Virgil Gonsalves‘ Big Band – s.o. zu „Moment’s Notice“)
Mach 5, 1960 – Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, CA
Anscheinend waren einige dieser Konzerte ziemlich schlecht besucht, was als Hinweis auf die Übersättigung Kaliforniens mit Jazzkonzerten gedeutet wurde.
Alles nach/aus „Coltrane Reference“, 186-190.
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