#herb-ellis — Public Fediverse posts

Illinois Jacquet - Swing's the Thing

1956 and Jacquet is making a great case for why Swing should get more respect. Just a whole lot of energetic fun, and when the tempo slows down, some beautiful ballad playing.

With Jacquet (tenor), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Jimmy Jones (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), Ray Brown (bass), and Jo Jones—no, not Philly Joe Jones—on drums.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #swing #IllinoisJacquet #RoyEldridge #JimmyJones #HerbEllis #RayBrown #JoJones

#DemandezLeProgramme :
1958 - Ella Fitzgerald Quartet & Oscar Peterson Trio - Bruxelles
- #EllaFitzgerald (voc), #LouLevy (p), Max Bennett (b), Gus Johnson (dr)
- #OscarPeterson (p), #RayBrown (b), #HerbEllis (g)

#jazz

Some great Herb Ellis records (as a leader):
Gravy Waltz: the Best of Herb Ellis
Nothing But the Blues
Roll Call
Texas Swings
Two for the Road (w. Joe Pass)

Plus, of course, he has dozens of phenomenal records with the Oscar Peterson Trio.

#jazz #herbellis

Jazztodon artist of the week: Herb Ellis!

“You can't fake guitar playing. Or you can't fake it to fool the other guitar players. Guitar playing is transparent in that you can tell immediately if a guy has learned his instrument thoroughly. On some of the horns you can perhaps fool people with so-called avant garde playing, but if you don't know your chords or progressions on the guitar, it's going to show up. In this way the strength of character of the leading guitar influences is consistent and it stands out. In my early days I formulated one road, one way to go in jazz that I liked and could identify with. Once on that road I’ve purposely stayed with it. I may like other avenues in music but they don't influence me, because I'm a firm believer in sticking with one
thing and trying to make it better.”

#jazz #herbellis

1979 - An evening with Oscar Peterson - Concertgebouw - Amsterdam

#OscarPeterson (p), #HerbEllis (g), #RayBrown (b), #JeffHamilton (dr)

#jazz

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Ella & Louis: Complete Studio Small Group Recordings, 2015 on Waxtime

Waxtime is sometimes a controversial label. Based on some differences between US and EU copyright law, they’re releasing classic jazz recordings without explicit access o the source material. This means they might be working from a CD, or even a needle-drop on a good vinyl copy- but the source material is more or less unofficial.

That said, I’m a huge fan of the work Ella and Louis did together. There are two primary releases: 1956’s Ella and Louis, which I have a 1956 pressing of, and 1957’s Ella and Louis Again, which I don’t currently have (but am on the hunt for). The latter is a 2xLP release, which includes some tracks that feature one or the other but not both.

This Waxtime release puts together then first Ella and Louis LP plus the tracks from Ella and Louis Again which feature both of them. (As they put it: “This edition includes all of their duets from these sessions while discarding the songs on which either Ella or Louis sit out”).

Note Ella and Louis are backed here by basically the Oscar Peterson Trio: Peterson, Herb Ellis, and Ray Brown, plus Buddy Rich (sides A&B) or Louie Bellson (sides C&D) on drums. These original sessions were all done in Hollywood and produced by Norman Granz.

For my money this is a great edition, despite unclear / unstated source material. (Direct-metal-mastering straight from a CD?). It’s well pressed, with a low noise floor, and the mastering makes the material sound lively and present. Now maybe on high end audiophile equipment one would notice more difference, but these are studio recordings from the 50s and they sound great. I’ll keep looking for an original (or an audiophile reissue) of Ella and Louis Again but in the meanwhile happy to have these on vinyl.

#1950s #1956 #1957 #2010s #2015 #BuddyRich #EllaFitzgerald #HerbEllis #jazz #LouieBellson #LouisArmstrong #NormanGranz #OscarPeterson #RayBrown #Reissue #Verve #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Waxtime

#DemandezLeProgramme :
1950s - Oscar Peterson - Columbia Records - Clef Series - Great Britain
#jazz #OscarPeterson #RayBrown #HerbEllis

#Jazz #MosaicRecords

Mosaic Records (the premier re-issuer of old jazz classic sets) is now accepting pre-orders for a new 11 CD set of V-Disc (V for Victory) recordings produced between 1942-1949 for the US military.

Since the US govt ordered that all of the masters & stampers be destroyed at the end of the program, Mosaic re-mastered the recordings from available 78s (& in some cases from masters that were saved from destruction).

I just ordered it & haven't heard all of it yet but clips from the set are provided in the link below. Since this music was produced during the hey-day of #SwingJazz (prior to post-war #Bop) that's what you're going to hear on this set but it's music that no one except your parents or grandparents ever got to hear when the music was originally produced & aired.

Some great jazz artists of the era are listed in performing on these CDs, including but not limited to #LouisArmstrong #ArtTatum #BenWebster #BobbyHackett #HerbEllis #JackTeagarden

https://www.mosaicrecords.com/product/classic-v-disc-small-group-limited-edition-box-set-279-11-cds/

Oscar Peterson en concert le 14 août 1990 au Festival Jazz In Marciac

#OscarPeterson (p), #HerbEllis (g), #RayBrown (b), #JeffHamilton (dr)

#jazz #podcast #francemusique en 2 parties:
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/oscar-peterson-en-concert-le-14-aout-1990-au-festival-jazz-in-marciac-1-2-2485658
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/oscar-peterson-en-concert-le-14-aout-1990-au-festival-jazz-in-marciac-2-2-3125090

#DemandezLeProgramme #jazz :
1959 - Essener Jazz Tage - Grugahalle in Essen (Deutschland / Allemagne / Germany)

#BuckClayton, #BudPowell, #EdThigpen, #EllaFitzgerald, #GusJohnson, #HerbEllis, #KennyClarke, Lou Levy, #LuckyThompson, #OscarPeterson, #OscarPettiford, #RayBrown, #RoyEldridge, #StanGetz, #TheloniousMonk, #MartialSolal, #AlbertMangelsdorff, ...

Guten Morgen mit Herb Ellis (3. August 1921 - 27. März 2010) und "The Shadow of Your Smile" (rec. 1983 mit Monty Budwig & Shelly Manne):

https://youtu.be/7nceiRMmE20

@jazz
#JazzBirthdays #OnThisDay #MusicAgainstMadness #HerbEllis