Luca D. Majer
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Music for moments: alto sax

 

Eric

 

Art

 

Ornette

 

Roscoe

 

Charlie

 

Cannonball

 


Don't play the saxophone: let it play you.
Charlie Parker

 

Playlist
 
1.     Bird
 
a.      Koko (The Charlie Parker Story - 1945)
b.      Groovin' High (Live at King Rooster - 1948) (The Immortal Charlie Parker)
c.      Parker's Mood (Bird - The Soundtrack - 1948)
d.      April in Paris (Charlie Parker with strings - 1949)
e.      Night & Day (Big Band - 1953)
 
2.     Art Pepper
 
a.      Blues In (Modern Art - 1956)
b.      Bewitched  (Modern Art - 1956)
c.      Dona Lee (Art Pepper + Eleven - 1959)
d.      My Funny Valentine (Live at the Jazz Showcase - 1977)
e.      Diane (So In Love - 1980)
 
3.     Lee Konitz
 
b.      Round about Midnight (Lee Konitz with strings; An Image - 1958)
c.      You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Motion - 1961)
d.      What Is This Thing Called Love (Alone Together- 1997)
 
4.     Cannonball Adderley
 
a.      Oleo (Miles Davis Sextet, Live at the Plaza - 1958)
b.      Love for sale (Miles Davis Sextet - 1959)
c.      Work Song (Cannonball A. Sextet, live at the BBC - 1964)
d.      Gumba Gumba (Accent on Africa - 1968)
e.      Humming (with George Duke, live at the Olympia, Paris - 1972)
 
5.     Ornette Coleman
 
a.      When will the blues leave (Something Else! - 1958)
b.      Chronology (The Shape Of Jazz To Come - 1959)
c.      Faces & Places (At The Golden Circle Stockholm - 1965)
d.      Broad Way Blues (New York is Now!- 1968)
e.      Voice Poetry (Body Meta - 1978)
 
6.     Eric Dolphy
 
a.      Miss Ann (Far Cry - 1960)
b.      G.W. (Here And There- 1961)
c.      Impressions (John Coltrane Quintet Live at the Congress Halle, Frankfurt - 1961)
d.      Fire Waltz (Live at the Five Spot, NYC - 1961)
 
7.     Roscoe Mitchell
 
a.      Ornette (Roscoe Mitchell Sextet's Sound - 1966)
b.      Oh Susanna (Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble - 1967)
c.      Theme de Yoyo (A.E.O.C. - Les Stances a Sophie - 1970)
d.      Ericka (Noonah- 1977)
e.      Alto solo (Live at Cankarjev Dom, Lljbljana - 2013)
 
8.     Julius Hemphill
 
a.      Hard Blues (Coon Bid'ness - rec. 1972)
b.      Echo Two (Evening) (Live in New York - 1976)
 
9.     Kenny Garrett
 
a.      Human Nature (Live with Miles Davis at the Zenith, Paris - 1989)
b.     Sing a Song of Song (Live at Juan Les Pins - 1995)
 
 

 

Published in Italian on BlowUp, Feb. 2015 issue.