Jazz for aficionados
Thank you Frogman, and Rok; now that I can see the instrument when it's being played, I know precisely what sound it makes, fortunately I like Bolero, because I'll be playing it over and over. I can pipe it into the big rig and check my speakers. Maybe this is my first lesson in "objectivity". Enjoy the music. |
David Pike is someone I haven't heard a lot of, or about, and I can't figure why not? I have him on a CD, "Pike's Peak", that doesn't have one weak cut on it, they all rate 4 stars at least, plus Bill Evans is on piano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NHC_CNpBLk David Samuel Pike (March 23, 1938 – October 3, 2015) was a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. He appears on many Herbie Mann albums as well as those by Bill Evans, Nick Brignola, Paul Bley and Kenny Clarke. He also recorded extensively as leader, including a number of albums on MPS Records. All Smiles (MPS, 1968) With Herbie Mann The Family of Mann (Atlantic, 1961) Herbie Mann Returns to the Village Gate (Atlantic, 1961 [1963]) Herbie Mann Live at Newport (Atlantic, 1963) My Kinda Groove (Atlantic, 1964) Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Atlantic, 1965) Monday Night at the Village Gate (Atlantic, 1965 [1966]) Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965) Well Frogman, according to "There's a reason they are not well Known", how does David Pike fit? Enjoy the music. |
O-10, I believe my words were "there's USUALLY a reason they are not well known"; iow, there are exceptions to every rule. Having clarified that, just because any one of us is not familiar with a player doesn't mean that he's not better known to others. I have known about Dave Pike for years from his work with Nick Brignola (one of my favorite baritone players) and the Francy Boland/Kenny Clark big band, the great European big band. That band, by the way, featured Johnny Griffin on tenor and Benny Bailey the trumpet player in the often discussed Les McCann "Swiss Movement". Pike recorded over twenty (!) records as a leader so he is clearly well known to some. Lastly, I don't think jazz vibes is all that popular. I know some listeners who unfortunately downright dislike the vibraphone, so I think there's probably a smaller "market" for vibes players than most other, and more popular, instruments; so, room for fewer players to be in the limelight. Imo. |
