今年前半に書きかけだった駄文に追記したものです。謎はまだ解けず。さて真実はいかに? This short article is a revised edition of what I was writing bits and pieces earlier this year. Still one mystery survives – what and how will be the real truth coming out? Stitt’s Bits: The Bebop Recordings…
Tag: Prestige
Trinkle Tinkle / Thelonious Monk
My little baby, I know you still don’t even understand what the hell the music is on this 78rpm right here by your side, but maybe someday you will surely come to know “the genius of modern music” . . . .
Max Roach a la carte
Last night I picked up two LP albums by Max Roach and put ’em on my turntable to pray R.I.P. Both albums recorded in the 1970s, both released only in Japan, both not so popular as Roach’s other masterpieces, and both not his best albums ever. But they have given me very interesting insights of the percussion artistry of how Max Roach can “sing” with the drums.
Old Record Catalogues, Pt.4
Part 1 (Bethlehem, Fantasy, Pacific Jazz)、 Part 2 (Roost, Atlantic, Blue Note)、 Part 3 (Riverside) に続く第4回は、1956年発行の、とある有名なジャズレーベルのカタログです。 今回は SP やシングル盤もばっちり掲載されている、いかにも過渡期らしいものです。…
After the ball, after the fascination…
海外のオークションサイトからいろいろSP盤が到着。しばらく楽しめそうです。