Jazz for aficionados
@curiousjim and the rest of the "JFA crew" the concert was great. It was raining and chilly last night in NYC but once inside the cozy confines of the Village Vanguard surrounded by the ghosts of jazz legends I was HAPPY! Framed photo's on the wall included John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans and of course, the still living legend Mr. Sonny Rollins. @stuartk You should have stayed in NY.... |
Well, I didn't have a choice at the time. My dad retired while I was about to enter 9th grade and my parents decided to move the family to Guadalajara at that point. Later on, I did return to the East Coast -- my wife and I lived in Maine for 9 wonderful years. I always miss the East come fall but I have no desire to deal with those winters, although the last two have been marked by more snow than I like here in the rural Sierra Foothills. |
I like this album a lot... I even used it as a test for my acoustic soundstaging test...I like all others Martino albums but this one is special on many counts... The Hammond of Pat Bianchi goes so well with Martino guitar... And the soundfield is very well done by the recording engineer, the way the players are distributed... It is not an audiophile recording for sure but only a good one... All the pieces on this album integrated into ONE larger musical whole that lift the soul by his rythmic pulse felt trough all players here...Martino know how to implicate all the players around him...I think that he hypnotized them... 😊 His playing is pulse driven...Always melodic... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU_1MROrl9g&list=OLAK5uy_nEmiZ7GXG-7yCU9_MZERlnWxg47HD5-FI
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I think you are right! His sense of rhythm was indeed impeccable and an aspect of his playing not so often mentioned. You've heard this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBi29nU-S-I&list=OLAK5uy_lrwp53TVjMLccwjjVqQH041aeOeDUu7B8
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