The Sophisticated Audiophile

October 5, 2011 • 9:13 am 4

The Elmo Hope Sextet – Informal Jazz

For one reason or another, there are many talented musicians who never became famous. Elmo Hope is one of those musicians. His brilliance on the piano can be heard on Sonny Rollins’ album, Moving Out. Hope was a musician’s musician, in the sense that his colleagues and contemporaries knew how good he was, but he never achieved wider acknowledgment from the public. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: bebop, Hard bop, Jazz, Video, bebop, Donald Byrd, Elmo Hope, Hank Mobley, Hardbop, Herbie Nichols, John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Prestige, Prestige Records, Sonny Rollins

September 8, 2011 • 9:58 am 1

Kenny Dorham and The Jazz Prophets

Despite being an original member of The Jazz Messengers, Kenny Dorham is overshadowed by the trumpeters that came after him in the Jazz Messengers lineup; like Lee Morgan, and Freddie Hubbard. The fact of the matter is that Kenny Dorham’s history goes back to the burgeoning of bebop. He played with Billy Eckstine’s big band. The talent that passed through Eckstine is mind boggling. Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, Dexter Gordon, and Art Blakey were some of the big names that honed their skills with Eckstine. Dorham was one of these men, and the names listed were his contemporaries.
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Filed under: 45 RPM, Analog, Audiophile, bebop, Hard bop, Jazz, Video, Vinyl, Art Blakey, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Arthur Edgehill, Billy Eckstine, Bobby Timmons, Freddie Hubbard, hard bop, Hardbop, J.R. Monterose, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Sam Jones, The Jazz Messengers, The Jazz Prophets

July 21, 2011 • 10:00 am 0

John Coltrane Live In Germany And Belgium (Full Concerts)

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John Coltrane concert: ‘Live in Germany (1960/1961) and Belgium (1965)‘

The three performances on this DVD show in dramatic relief the most important phases of his career. These newly discovered 1960 performances with the Miles Davis rhythm section find him near the end of his ‘sheets of sound’ period. Coltrane was anxious to form his own group and this final tour with Davis was a favor to the trumpeter. His restlessness shows through in his playing here and elsewhere at the time. It is fascinating to hear him with one of his early idols Stan Getz and his playing seems to challenge Getz to a new level.
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Filed under: bebop, Hard bop, Jazz, Video, Elvin Jones, Eric Dolphy, hard bop, Hardbop, Jimmy Cobb, Jimmy Garrison, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Oscar Peterson, Paul Chambers, Reggie Workman, Stan Getz, Wynton Kelly