I was fortunate to attend and record a talent-packed songwriter's conclave at the Will Geer Arboretum, in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, in June of '96 (out west to commemorate my mom's 75th birthday two days later).
After several false starts, I finally learned how to upload this video to the blog, a major achievement from an alter cocker. Please enjoy it here, in four parts:
IN ROTATION:
Vinyl mania!
- The Beach Boys, "Happy Endings" (Critique, 1987), featuring Little Richard)
- Duke Ellington, "Retrospection," "Nobody Was Lookin'" b/w "Afro-Bossa Piano Summations (D.E.T.S., 1962, 1964) Jerry Valbern, Duke Ellington Study Group Convention, Detroit, May 16-17, 1984
- Duke Ellington, Treasury Series No. (D.E.T.S. LP, 1945)
- Duke Ellington, The Legendary Duke Ellington (Everest ER-7, 4-LP box set)
Lightly and Politely
- Abdullah Ibrahim, Water from an Ancient Well (Ekapa/ Black-Hawk, 1986)
Lightly and politely
another batch from LCPL:
- Abdullah Ibrahim, The Balance (Gearbox, 2019)
It's hard to overstate my esteem for this peerless musician, one of whom I was aware early on but came to really appreciate much later, thanks to the person on the Duke-LYM list who recommended Water from an Ancient Well. What a long, distinguished discography Ibrahim has given us. I greatly regret never having had the pleasure of hearing him in concert and the decreasing possibility that it will ever happen.
This 2019 release (his next to last) is extraordinary in itself. Ibrahim's longstanding ensemble Ekaya, which together with the leader formed a nonet of five reeds and winds, one trombone, and three rhythm to produce a sound unique unto itself, however personnel have varied over many years. I don't recognize the names of any of the sidemen on this recording, though I surely expect to do so in the future.
- Larry Coryell and The Eleventh House, Seven Secrets (Savoy, 2017)
- Sonny Rollins, Road Shows Vol. 4: Holding the Stage (Sony/ Doxy/ OKeh, 1979-2012) released 2016; various live performances from Europe and America
- Lennie Tristano, Chicago April 1951, Uptown)
- Paul Bley, Gary Peackock, and Paul Motian, When Will the Blues Leave (ECM, ????)
NEXT: Sweet Insanity
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