Another trip in Europe and a bag full of re-issues with some surprises.
1. Herbie Mann, originally a tenor player decided to break the rules and play the very mellow flute against any odds.
2. Charlie Mingus, the Clown was also a story teller.
3. Cecil Taylor in 1959 was cranking up record after record playing mostly standards but in a way that prefigured the rest of his very successful career.
4. Jelly Roll Morton in the '20 was doing his own re-issues merely by releasing piano rolls.
5. Ran Blake, Steve Lacy and Ricky Ford in 1990 were deconstructing the George Gershwin songbook
6. Herbie Hancock in 1972 was starting to experiment with electric sounds
7. Finally Clarinetist Lajos Dudas pushed the concept a step further by re-issuing a sample of his recordings over a 50 years career period.
Among those re-issues, lots are from the end of the '50s. Needless to say that I will focus on each of these CDs in the upcoming months.
| yardbird suite Herbie Mann - yardbird suite - real gone jazz |
| the clown Charles Mingus - the clown - atlantic |
| love for sale Cecil Taylor - love for sale - real gone jazz |
| tom cat blues Jelly Roll Morton - mister jelly lord - harmonia mundi |
| 's wonderful Ran Blake - that certain feeling - hatology |
| un poco presto Lajos Dudas - 50 years with jazz clarinet - jazzsick |
| quasar Herbie Hancock - crossings - WB |
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