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Cary Kilner's Picks: Volume 69
By Cary Kilner Robert Glasper Trio – Downtime He is an interesting player. I gave you “One for Grew” in a past column. Some of his stuff is not up my alley, but these two tunes are. https://youtu.be/s5TVYCwXLd8?si=6rvfJVBRYRSkNIcQ Nicholas Peyton – Relaxin’ with Nick This sounds like a quartet with him on trumpet, but he is actually comping with left hand while playing the horn in his right. And this is what is did at Jimmy’s recently, appearing as a trio. It’s a really nice medium swing tune – you’ll like it. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yfX3i2C6uT8&si=p_2rP8fD_3jUmhiG Bob James – Moment’s Notice, Winchester Lady, Three Mice Blind (sic) & The Secret Drawer “Moment’s Notice” is on his first album from 1963. As you can hear, it’s quite a change from his long-time relaxed smooth jazz playing, most notably with Fourplay. The second link is an example of his smooth jazz playing and arranging. The third is an outstanding 1995 trio recording with Christian McBride (bass) and Brian Blade (drums). Brian plays fairly sedately here, but he is very much in the post-modern tradition, playing aggressively in Wayne Shorter’s last quartet with John Patitucci and Danilo Perez. The fourth is an interesting and highly arranged with him playing a variety of keyboards. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=aZV9JWwtu8Q&si=z7RuVaSnXMvhHy_f https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=CziBCRut_fE&si=3ylC1x0W3KHNhSEf https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWay2TZwfU0&si=WuwfsVByqHqp9_Nw https://youtu.be/Xig3PQn2o48?si=zCoiFZg3ngv2RbSn Jacky Terrasson – Nardis This treatment is unusual as the tune is usually played as a medium-swing tune. Miles wrote it but never played it on LP. But Bill Evans really popularized it, also playing it beautifully. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=pGhaj1t6Mq8&si=DSj2G9gWaBy9PVM- Bill Evans – Come Rain, Come Shine, My Foolish Heart, I Fall in Love too Easily and solo Medley. I can’t get enough of Bill. He is simply astonishing – his touch, his harmony, his early trio. Enough said. And the last link – more recent than the other three. Listen to how he “milks” the beauty out of these tunes. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=v5eypUpQc7M&si=qdSsj9_Fg_8EW5Gh https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cSH2L4G-Y6c&si=TlC6IsvPpHvczJc2 https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tbsnHs5-Ufk&si=Q-lwnCaaZNPQ-NQb https://youtu.be/ma8z-aS0CkY?si=BKtdDPOlPSrelIa6 Roy Haynes – Milestones This is not the “Milestones” from Miles. But it was written for Miles by John Lewis. It’s a helluva quintet – listen to that classic bounce of Roy’s. And his solo is very musical with the bass player continuing to play giving Roy something to work with. https://youtu.be/9Nlr9RQgm1I?si=EBHevPl0jDOTp6zZ Wayne Escoffery – Like Minds I didn’t know this artist; there are so many great tenor sax players out there. This is some hard-driving music; the drummer is kicking ass! It’s a quintet with guitar, however Tom Harrell on trumpet is on other tracks. With David Kikosky who I saw at Jimmy’s with Jeff Berlin Trio, but was overpowered by Jeff. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MhCRQ8r56FA&si=gbNRKvSx4IloZn0i Pat Martino – Just Friends In an organ trio (left-hand bass), just dig the lines he rips off! And he keeps on keepin’ on -- https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MhCRQ8r56FA&si=gbNRKvSx4IloZn0i Mark Elf – People Will Say We’re in Love Let’s end with another great guitarist whom we haven’t heard from in a while. It’s a quartet with David Hazeltine on piano, whom was also at Jimmy’s. He credits his inspiration from Cedar Walton. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=jGpj6FpsKjI&si=s-UsNcFVTQ8WP1rv |
About Cary
When Cary was 8 years old he began playing flutophone, then cornet in the high school concert band and began piano lessons. He played in the Michigan State Marching Band and Jazz Band. He abandoned a career as a chemical engineer after college to move to Boston to study jazz piano. There he took lessons with Bob Winter and vocal coach, Eddie Watson, and learned to play electric bass in a trio with Al Vega. Cary has played with Claudio Roditi, Joe Hunt, John Lockwood, Greg Hopkins, and many other Boston musicians from the 1970s, including that cohort of Brazilians who taught him a lot about samba and bossa-nova. In 1980, he moved to the Seacoast to teach chemistry at Exeter High School and PEA Summer School. In 2004, he matriculated to UNH as the first doctoral student in a new program in chemistry education research. Graduating with a Ph.D. in 2014 he did some teaching but is now retired and has returned to practicing the piano. About jazz he writes, "What I like most about playing jazz is how melody, harmony and rhythm interact spontaneously."
You can email Cary at: [email protected]
When Cary was 8 years old he began playing flutophone, then cornet in the high school concert band and began piano lessons. He played in the Michigan State Marching Band and Jazz Band. He abandoned a career as a chemical engineer after college to move to Boston to study jazz piano. There he took lessons with Bob Winter and vocal coach, Eddie Watson, and learned to play electric bass in a trio with Al Vega. Cary has played with Claudio Roditi, Joe Hunt, John Lockwood, Greg Hopkins, and many other Boston musicians from the 1970s, including that cohort of Brazilians who taught him a lot about samba and bossa-nova. In 1980, he moved to the Seacoast to teach chemistry at Exeter High School and PEA Summer School. In 2004, he matriculated to UNH as the first doctoral student in a new program in chemistry education research. Graduating with a Ph.D. in 2014 he did some teaching but is now retired and has returned to practicing the piano. About jazz he writes, "What I like most about playing jazz is how melody, harmony and rhythm interact spontaneously."
You can email Cary at: [email protected]