Jazz for aficionados
O-10, a couple of things that you may find interesting about the brilliant Fred Hersch. First, there is not a single one of his ten plus records that is not worth hearing. In 2008 he was in a pneumonia induced coma. When he came out of the coma he wrote a performance piece about the dreams that he had while in his state of coma. On this record, “Though The Forest” is completely improvised and “of the moment”. Amazing musician! |
frog, another interesting thing about Rollins' playing is to me it somehow sounds like there is more there, but not due to flurries of notes. This is the best example I can think of, for me, it always seemed like it was more than just a trio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5rCZcTfr2s |
Classic record! And I completely agree. He was one of the first (possibly the first) to have the courage to play without a harmony instrument (piano, guitar). He didn’t need it. His command of harmony and creativity was so high that the listener “hears” the underlying harmonies of the tune as if there were a piano or guitar playing. There is, as you say, the feeling that there is more there. His solos were concise with very choice notes that clearly outlined the chord changes is an extremely logical way. Take most jazz performances by other players, even many great ones, and somehow edit out the harmony instrument and the music is not nearly as effective. He is also a master of note inflections and color; little note bends and subtle growls that add variety without relying on a lot of notes. Great observation! |
I do try to look for New Jazz. This is one of my newest CDs, but when I put it in the player, Old Jazz comes out. What's An Aficionado to do?? Caution: OLD JAZZ may cause Ear Hemorrhaging. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BTB3BfIcrw Cheers |
