As chance would have it, this blog is leaning towards Chicago jazz (see posts on Johnny Griffin and Willie Jones) which can only be a good thing.
Thanks to Konitzol
ogist (er...) Andy Hamilton's nudge on the ribs, I've been listening to Brad Goode lately. Quite a lot, actually. For those who don't know him, trumpet player Brad Goode (Chicago, 1963) is an unassuming but inventive musician, with his own take on bop, but devoid of those dreadful clichés. He is now a professor at the University of Colorado, but he did have his combo in Chicago between 1986 and 1998 which also served as the house band of the Green Mill club, where he had the chance to play any passing musicians, such as Joe Henderson, Lee Konitz, Sheila Jordan and Pepper Adams, as well as illustrious locals like Von Freeman and Ira Sullivan.
So... a definitive candidate to a "must check out" list, right? Well, now there's no excuse at all. Goode has uploaded some tapes of his on his website (see below). Ohio... is a pianoless trio, a setting I love and which Goode obviously relishes, while Midwestern... has the one and only Ira Sullivan, who we'll have to talk about someday (in the meantime, try to get hold of Larry Kart's article on his Jazz In Search Of Itself to know more about who must be one of the most proficient trumpet-cum-sax players around.)
These are the links to the "virtual albums" assembled by Goode:
Thanks to Konitzol
ogist (er...) Andy Hamilton's nudge on the ribs, I've been listening to Brad Goode lately. Quite a lot, actually. For those who don't know him, trumpet player Brad Goode (Chicago, 1963) is an unassuming but inventive musician, with his own take on bop, but devoid of those dreadful clichés. He is now a professor at the University of Colorado, but he did have his combo in Chicago between 1986 and 1998 which also served as the house band of the Green Mill club, where he had the chance to play any passing musicians, such as Joe Henderson, Lee Konitz, Sheila Jordan and Pepper Adams, as well as illustrious locals like Von Freeman and Ira Sullivan.So... a definitive candidate to a "must check out" list, right? Well, now there's no excuse at all. Goode has uploaded some tapes of his on his website (see below). Ohio... is a pianoless trio, a setting I love and which Goode obviously relishes, while Midwestern... has the one and only Ira Sullivan, who we'll have to talk about someday (in the meantime, try to get hold of Larry Kart's article on his Jazz In Search Of Itself to know more about who must be one of the most proficient trumpet-cum-sax players around.)
These are the links to the "virtual albums" assembled by Goode:
SHAPES (1997)
EMPATHY (1999)
MIDWESTERN BOP SET (2003, feat. Ira Sullivan.)
FOR BARBARA & CHARLES (2004)
OHIO DINING ROOM (2004, pianoless trio.)
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Esos cinco títulos son cinco "álbumes virtuales" que ha entresacado Brad Goode de su archivo de cintas, y que ha subido a su website, para disfrute de quien se anime a ello. A Andy Hamilton (coautor del reciente y sensacional libro de y sobre Lee Konitz, habrá reseña en breve) le debemos el aviso sobre este regalo. Goode (Chicago, 1963) es un trompetista sin pretensiones pero muy inventivo y eficaz, con su visión personal del bop, exenta de clichés. Aunq
ue ahora vive en Colorado, donde es profesor de la Universidad, entre 1986 y 1998 dirigió un combo en Chicago, que hacía las veces de "banda de la casa" del club Green Mill. Chicago es una ciudad muy atractiva desde un punto de vista musical, por el nervio que por algún motivo (¿el frío invernal?) tiene tanto su blues (South Side - Muddy Waters y toda esa generación; West Side - Magic Sam, Buddy Guy...) como su jazz (aquí surgió el movimiento de la AACM, además de que guarda tesoros escondidos como Von Freeman). Por casualidad los primeros pasos de este blog (entradas sobre Johnny Griffin y Willie Jones) se han escorado hacia las orillas del Lago Michigan, lo cual no puede ser mala cosa.Volviendo a Goode, los cinco discos que ha subido en su website, son casi todos en cuarteto, menos el Ohio... que es un trío sin piano -formato que personalmente me encanta por la libertad armónica que propicia, y en el que Goode tiene ocasión de explayarse- y Midwestern... en el que le acompaña el singular Ira Sullivan, un músico singular, excelente trompetista y saxofonista, del que un día habrá que hablar con más calma. En el repertorio de los discos predominan los standards, algunas antiguallas ("Crazy Rhythm", "Goodbye") y rarezas ("That's Earl, Brother"). Muy recomendable... y además gratis.
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