Good Morning

Irakere

A bright and sunny morning and it looks like another dry day ahead. Slept in for a while and then finished off the reports. Now onto my second cup of coffee and listening to my recent finds. Irakere is on at the moment - a live gig at Ronnie Scotts jazz club in 1991. They play a percussive conga oriented Latin jazz groove. Toe-tapping stuff!

Irakere - Tributo A Peruchin

The music of Irakere is the fusion of American Jazz elements and, Afro-Cuban musical influences. The Resulting Latin Jazz has, therefore, spread around the whole world. Recorded live in London, England in 1991.

Enjoy.

Just Because....

Just Because....

Hee, I can relate.

Like Minds

Okay, you jazz heads ...


Burton, Metheny, Holland, Corea, Haynes - Like Minds

Like Minds (Album Version)
Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland

Enjoy.

Suspicion

Some big band jazz now -

Charles Tolliver Big Band - Suspicion

From "With Love" 2006, Blue Note, Mosaic Records
Recorded by Malcolm Addey on June 2-3, 2006 at Bennett Studios, Englewood, New Jersey

Composed, arranged & conducted by Charles Tolliver
Produced by Charles Tolliver & Michael Cuscuna
Executive Producer - Bruce Lundvall

Trumpet (solo) - Charles Tolliver

- - The Charles Tolliver Big Band - -

Lead Trumpet - David Guy
Trumpets - Chris Albert, David Weiss, James Zollar
Trombones - Clark Gayton, Stafford Hunter, Jason Jackson
Bass Trombone, tuba - Aaron Johnson
Alto Sax, clarinet - Todd Bashore
Alto & Soprano saxes, clarinet, flute - Craig Handy
Tenor sax - Billy Harper
Tenor sax, clarinet - Bill Saxton
Baritone sax, bass clarinet - Howard Johnson
Piano - Robert Glasper
Acoustic Bass - Cecil McBee
Drums - Victor Lewis

--- with special guest ---
Guitar - Ched Tolliver

Book 85 - Roland Barthes "Camera Lucida"

Roland Barthes "Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography" (Vintage)




Personally, I found this book to be of uneven quality. It has flashes where it is very good indeed, and then there are sections where I thought that he was meandering.

This is one of those books I have read before as it needs a close read to get the best of it. The overall tone is sombre, and the parts that I like are when he discusses a photograph because this made me a lot more sensitive to what is in the photo, and what the story could possibly be. This is the singular most achievement of these sets of writings. I enjoyed it as a philosophical journey, an intellectual inquiry into the preception of photography and what it reveals or leaves hidden.

I am not sure about that section on his mother, but the pain of her loss and his love for her shine through. This part is deeply personal, and I must admire him for being able to share this.