A blowing session????

There used to be many jazz album review books, that were good at identifying a blowing session from a well rehearsed album...after a while you could almost tell by looking at the group of sidemen...

@daveyf

IOW, if you have heard one great blowing session, maybe you have heard them all?

Sure, I guess, if you’re not much of a fan of the genre.

It’s not as though we can easily place all Jazz recordings into one of two categories.

There are plenty of albums that feature strong original compositions by leaders but also include a simpler bluesy/funky vehicle for improvising/"blowing". Many Blue Notes come to mind!

One could also argue that there are "blowing sessions" that are equal to some well rehearsed recording dates. Both the quality of the material and its execution/interpretation are important. Great players can take a simple progression and "off the cuff" make it transcendent. Middling players can rehearse more complex compositions and be less compelling. 

Let’s not oversimplify.

daveyf

Bop, Hard Bop and Modal Jazz will give the listener many blowing sessions. Freddie Hubbard, Coltrane and Miles are tops in my book. Check out Clifford Brown, Dexter Gordon and Houston Person as well. These discs are going to sound very sweet with your DV-60 player.

Happy Listening!

daveyf

2nd Note;

More modern Jazzmen like the Marsalis family, Joshua Redman and Nicholas Payton carry the torch.

Happy Listening!