{"id":7801,"date":"2015-05-12T05:30:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T09:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=7801"},"modified":"2015-05-12T05:30:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T09:30:15","slug":"hundred-word-reviews-for-may-2015-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/12\/hundred-word-reviews-for-may-2015-part-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundred Word Reviews for May 2015, Part 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an all-jazz-legends day here on Musoscribe: three new compilations and two reissues document some important music from some of jazz&#8217;s innovators.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/elvin_jones.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B00M4QVJB2&#038;asins=B00M4QVJB2&#038;linkId=QRKBK7LAXDNX72UL&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine \u2013 <\/strong><em><strong>Remembrance<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPost-bop drummer Elvin Jones launched his recording career in the late 1940s as a sideman with <strong>Billy Mitchell<\/strong>; he&#8217;d go on to play on well over a hundred albums, including titles by <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=3276\"><strong>John Coltrane<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=5873\"><strong>Larry Coryell<\/strong><\/a>, and many others. His career as a bandleader on record began in 1961 and continued until the end of the century (he passed away in 2004). This timeless 1978 MPS release (now reissued) was recorded in a mere three days; Jones swings, and the ensemble crackles with excitement. Two horns, bass, guitar and drums: <em>Remembrance<\/em> is the real (not watered down) stuff. Dig it.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/joe_pass.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B00M2A9F4S&#038;asins=B00M2A9F4S&#038;linkId=SFU2OLMLPG5U7XNA&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Pass \u2013 <\/strong><em><strong>Intercontinental<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nLegendary guitarist <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=4702\">Pass<\/a> mixes classics, stands and even his interpretations of pop hits (<strong>Bobbie Gentry<\/strong>&#8216;s \u201cOde to Billy Joe\u201d) on this characteristically understated outing from 1970. His twentieth album under his own name, <em>Intercontinental<\/em> was his first and only release for German-based MPS. It&#8217;s a testament to just how much a trio (electric guitar, <strong>Eberhard Weber<\/strong>&#8216;s upright bass, drummer <strong>Kenny Clare<\/strong>) can do when the talent&#8217;s there. Decidedly mellow, there&#8217;s not a note out of place on the record. Pass&#8217; occasional scale runs are a thing of beauty. The Latin flavor of \u201cMeditation\u201d is a highlight, but it&#8217;s all great.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/jimmy_smith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B00OYTCHRW&#038;asins=B00OYTCHRW&#038;linkId=BW6RCLOOHKOBJRR2&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jimmy Smith \u2013 <\/strong><em><strong>The First Decade: 1953-62<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nJazz Hammond organist Smith recorded prolifically, and much of his work crossed over to pop success; he&#8217;s an exemplar of soul jazz. But material from the first ten years of his recording career is sometimes more difficult to locate than later output. This 4CD set aims to set things right. The sound quality on the very earliest cuts (including \u201cSonotone Bounce\u201d from <strong>The Don Gardner Trio<\/strong>) is a bit dodgy, but the energy more than offsets any sonic shortcomings. Smith&#8217;s runs on the Hammond&#8217;s two manuals seem effortless, and helped define a genre. An excellent entry point for the novitiate.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/milesdavis_1960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B00R1NNAQ0&#038;asins=B00R1NNAQ0&#038;linkId=HEHKXBMCRGDXQVMR&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Miles Davis Quintet featuring John Coltrane \u2013 <\/strong><em><strong>All of You: The Last Tour 1960<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nMiles Davis&#8217; 1960 European tour was the bandleader&#8217;s last to feature <strong>John Coltrane<\/strong>. While bits and pieces of live recordings have circulated among collectors, All of You is the first legitimate release to attempt exhaustive documentation of those dates. A compilation of radio tapes and private (cough&#8230;bootleg&#8230;cough) recordings of performances from March 21 (two shows), March 24<sup>th<\/sup> and 30, April 3 (two shows) and April 8 (the most complete recording) spanning four CDs, this is essential for fans of Miles, Coltrane, and\/or of both. Considering the age and provenance of the source tapes, the overall sound quality is very good.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/johncoltrane_1961.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B00R1NNAQ0&#038;asins=B00R1NNAQ0&#038;linkId=ONBQSW2VFUE2HMD7&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The John Coltrane Quintet \u2013 <\/strong><em><strong>So Many Things<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nShortly after Coltrane parted ways with <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?tag=miles-davis\"><strong>Miles Davis<\/strong><\/a> (see above), he embarked on his own 1961 European tour with a band of his own. Those players are all now jazz household names: <strong>Eric Dolphy<\/strong> on sax, bass clarinet an flute; pianist <strong>McCoy Tyner<\/strong>; <strong>Reggie Workman<\/strong> on bass, and <strong>Elvin Jones<\/strong> (see above) joined Coltrane in this short-lived lineup. This four-disc compilation brings together recordings of five concerts (in six days!) in Paris, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Stockholm. Multiple versions of \u201cBlue Train,\u201d \u201cImpressions,\u201d and of course \u201cMy Favorite Things\u201d make up the bulk of the set. Sound quality is surprisingly good overall.<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/the_musoscribe\">Follow \u201cthe_musoscribe\u201d on <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/the_musoscribe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/icon_twitter_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" name=\"graphics3\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" align=\"BOTTOM\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/the_musoscribe\"> Twitter<\/a> and get notified<br \/>\nwhen new features, reviews and essays are published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an all-jazz-legends day here on Musoscribe: three new compilations and two reissues document some important music from some of jazz&#8217;s innovators. 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