Jazz for aficionados
o10, alex, I've had that album (Elevator/Lift to the Gallows, or Jazz Track) since the early '60s. Actually make that two copies, they have different covers and slightly different liner notes. I admit I never bother with the soundtrack side (1). And no, I've never seen the film. However side 2 includes Coltrane, Cannonball, Evans, Chambers, and Cobb (think Kind of Blue) and offers three beautiful ballads - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nic4lb02ANw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ItyaYgvKM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MnohCMudG4 If you're a fan at all of the most influential and enduring jazz album of all time (IMHO), how could you not love these? |
Pryso, now it's coming back to me; I first heard that in a ladies apartment who was a Miles Davis fanatic, and she had everything he had recorded; this must have been in 1960. Funny thing, I don't remember the cover, but now I remember the tracks; that was a most unforgettable "On Green Dolphin Street"; it always brings back pleasant memories. |
I do love those tracks, pryso; the “Ascenseur” tracks, while enjoyable and mood setting, not as much. I’ve had the record “Jazz Track” for many years and as you imply have often thought of it as a precursor and partner (of sorts) to KOB. For me, one of the most interesting things about “Jazz Track” is Bill Evans’ playing on it. Those tracks were recorded a mere month or so after Miles’ “Milestones” recording. On “Jazz Track” Bill Evans replaced Red Garland in a band in which with the exception of the drummer the personnel was essentially the same; same horns and same bass player as in “Milestones”. It is fascinating to me how on “Jazz Track” Bill Evans plays in a style which is remarkably like that of Red Garland with very little use of single note lines in his solos and relying mostly on chord movement, like guitar strumming; precisely the style that set Red Garland aside from most piano players and a technique and style that Garland pioneered. Coincidence? |
