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Max Roach Quartet ‘Nommo LP’ (Victor Musical Industries) Live in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 1976 | B.F.T.P. Vol 391
To anyone who has heard the live Max Roach LP Nommo, there is no question as to the weight and gravity of the music contained within. This rare Japan pressing of the Max Roach Quartet live in Switzerland circa 1976 is a prized collection of musical excellence. Pressed on the Victor Musical Industries division out of Japan, the odyssey of sound the four piece worked up together is hypnotically soothing. Featuring Reggie Worman on bass, Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet, tenor saxophonist Billy Harper and of course drum extraordinaire Max Roach, Nommo is one of those live albums that stands the test of time as a stellar statement in the canon of his works. The texture and complexity in Max Roach’s playing is breathtaking and his band brings the same level of passion into the evenings professional recording. Both sides of the LP are titled “Nommo” and serve as one long continuous suite of music. This is post-bop music at its best with hints of fee jazz and other components of where jazz was going in the second half of the 70′s outside of the electric scene. Check out the streaming audio below of this rare LP and grab a copy if you can manage to find one.
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International Jazz Day | The Eddie Davis-Johnny Griffin Quintet “Tin Tin Deo” from the LP ‘Tough Tenors Again ‘n’ Again’ 1970 | B.F.T.P. Vol 390
New York City tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis remains a key figure in the expansion of 20th century music that branched out of jazz, rhythm and blues, swing, hard bop and many other genres grounded from the 30′s to the 60′s. By the time the music community had transitioned from the 60′s into the 70′s, many jazz luminaries were either going into further extensions or retracting back and going back to basics. With a string of late 60′s album for RCA Victor, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis would transition into the era of the 70′s with with a sense of duality, leaping in both directions where past, present and future all sat together simultaneously. This would see full fruition in the pivotal Tough Tenors Again ‘n’ Again LP on the German based eclectic imprint MPS. Featuring another tenor giant in Johnny Griffin, the 1970 release of Tenors Again ‘n’ Again remains a spell binding offering from Eddie’s working band at the time: Kenny Clarke (drums), Francy Boland (piano) and Jimmy Woode (bass). In celebration of the annual International Jazz Day, we welcome you to stream a pleasant offering from one of the greatest minds in 20th century music in the Gil Fuller and Chano Pozo composition “Tin Tin Deo”. Recorded in West Germany, the album is filled with a body of work that transcends our senses and is a perfect track to listen on this very special day known as International Jazz Day. Jazz is much more than entertainment and the achievements left behind are a glowing example of why the genre has become so important for the evolution of all people as one.
Celebrationg the virtues of jazz as an educational tool, and a force for peace, unity, dialogue and enhanced cooperation among people. – International Jazz Day
Thelonious Monk Quartet live in Norway and Denmark (1966) | B.F.T.P. Vol 333
Personnel:
Piano: Thelonious Monk
Tenor Sax: Charlie Rouse
Bass: Larry Gales
Drums: Ben Riley
-Live in Norway-
Songs:
1. Lulu’s Back In Town
2. Blue Monk
3. ‘Round Midnight
-Live in Denmark-
Songs:
1. Lulu’s Back In Town
2. Don’t Blame Me
3. Epistrophy
Blast From The Past Vol 121: “I’m A Fool To Want You” by Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones Live At The Lighthouse
Steve Grossman (ts, ss) Dave Liebman (ts, ss, fl) Gene Perla (b) Elvin Jones (ds)
Recorded live at “Lighthouse Club”
Hermosa Beach, CA,
2nd Set
September 9, 1972
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