drum-taps:

Miles Davis—“Red China Blues”

Get Up With It (Columbia 1974).

Play loud.

jazznightly:

Blue Rondo A La Turk by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

(Source: jazznightly)

bainer:

Thelonious Monk - Well You Needn’t [Alternate take] (1947)

From a Michael Cuscuna interview:

The greatest finds were the Monk material, especially the alternate take of “Well You Needn’t.” If that had been chosen as the master take, nobody ever would’ve played it because the way he plays the melody is so much more complex. It’s just brilliant and exciting.

jazz-swing:

Thelonious Monk -April in Paris - Thelonious Himself 1957

atane:

Listen: Traneumentary - Michael Cuscuna discusses Blue Train by John Coltrane (Source)

drum-taps:

Ornette Coleman—“Civilization Day”

Science Fiction (CBS 1971).

atane:

Archie Shepp on John Coltrane and Malcolm X - “I equate Coltrane’s music very strongly with Malcolm’s language, because they were just about contemporaries, to tell you the truth. And I believe essentially what Malcolm said is what John played. If Trane had been a speaker, he might have spoken somewhat like Malcolm. If Malcolm had been a saxophone player, he might have played somewhat like Trane.”

bainer:

Sonny Clark - Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You (1958)

More of the good stuff.

drum-taps:

John Coltrane—“Ascension (Edition II)”

Ascension (Impulse! 1966).

bainer:

Inspired by Atane’s post, I wanted to play music to accompany an image. 

Stanley Turrentine’s sound almost always strikes a perfect tone in these down-home, organ-driven proceedings. Together with the original down-home groove merchant, Jimmy Smith, amidst the empathetic coaxing and cajoling of Quentin Warren and Donald Bailey, the blues on hand steadily walks the walk while the memorable solos deliver the feeling.

20 minute excerpt from an interview with Rudy Van Gelder, from the DVD ‘Perfect Takes’.

intifada:

Joe Henderson - Black Narcissus - Power To The People (1969)

ladansedesfous:

Gorgeous, magnifying. Currently on repeat.

bainer:

Hank Mobley - Base on Balls (1957)

What better way to saunter into this new year than with a languid jaunt down to first base with Mobley, Blakey, Silver and the boys.

stillgotit:

Bill Evans - Suicide is Painless (1981)

w/ Eddie Gómez - bass

Eliot Zigmund - drums