Cary Kilner's Picks: Volume 50
Bill Charlap Trio – Rocker & Out of Nowhere Very interesting tunes and diverse treatment. Lots of dynamics and subtlety. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=PBqSsWyGlwM https://youtu.be/i9ezO60__F8 Rene Rosnes (with Chris Potter and Steve Nelson) – Rosie Rene is married to Bill Charlap and plays beautifully! https://youtu.be/76Bb8H9k1M8 Renee Rosnes – Rhythm of the River What a nice original samba. This is her trio with a flutist. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=h-B6lRbPS_k&feature=share Rene Rosnes Trio– Beatrice And here is her trio on a nice Sam Rivers tune. https://youtu.be/8A02rwmU48w Sam Rivers – Beatrice, Downstairs Blues Upstairs & Cyclic Episode Here is the original played beautifully on an old Blue Note album, with two more tunes from this exquisite album. Sam also has some other Blue Note albums and played for a short time with Miles Davis before Wayne Shorter and after George Coleman. You can hear Sam’s unique sound, quite different from the tenor players of his time and probably why Miles would have used him while waiting for Wayne to join his quintet. The pianist, Jaki Byard, is from the bebop era but began moving to more modernity. Hear his unique and interesting solo, especially the dissonant block chords at the end of it. He has an interesting loping touch to his solos as he builds his lines. And what a wonderful rhythm section of Ron Carter and Tony Williams. The second tune shows them off well and is a marvelous tune besides. I typically tire of jazz blues, but the first is an example an interesting blues. https://youtu.be/J2lnek_Z_Zs https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=pf_TzyBOzaQ&feature=share https://youtu.be/kz2Wgvw6YcI Larry Young – Plaza De Toros Larry is a somewhat unknown but truly unique organist and was in the first Tony Williams Lifetime. Particularly listen to his beautifully-constructed solo. Sam Rivers is also on this wonderful tune and album in a classic quartet of organ, guitar, tenor sax and drums. Elvin Jones is the master who came before Tony Williams and was John Coltrane’s long-time drummer. And Grant Green, guitarist, plays a nice solo, showing how he uses the guitar like a horn and how he supports the head (the statement of the tune before solos) – quite differently from modern-day players who exploit more of the sounds unique to the guitar. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=LTomV4BrfkY&feature=share Pat Martino with Joey DeFrancesco – Oleo This group simply kills on this old bebop standard. Listen to Joey kicking it on left-hand bass. https://youtu.be/Ql_bHgaQQZE Monty Alexander Trio – What a Friend We Have in Jesus (video) This is a great trio in the mold of the Oscar Peterson Trio. Alexander tears the piano and this hymn completely apart. Note how the sidemen support him with this conception. https://youtu.be/z2xtUrS26y4 Frank Gimbale – Felicidad Now for just a bit of smooth jazz, how about this lovely popular Brazilian standard tune with this great guitar player? He is one of what I call the big four modern fusion players, which include Chuck Loeb recently with Fourplay, Frank Gimbale with the Chick Corea Electric Band below, Allan Holdsworth with The Tony Williams Lifetime and Scott Henderson with Tribal Tech. https://youtu.be/cPejR05H9sE Chick Corea – Got a Match? Here is Frank in a video rehearal with Chick and that band, showing a whole other side of him. Check out his extended solo and see Chick loving it. His rapid-fire stacco reminds me of Pat Martino. https://youtu.be/lagNpi1v5FY |