Lester Young, Brew Moore, Gene Ammons, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Bob Cooper, Illinois Jacquet, Budd Johnson, Dexter Gordon, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Henri Renaud, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Quinichette, Sonny Stitt, Bobby Jaspar, Bill Perkins …
Lester Young, Brew Moore, Gene Ammons, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Bob Cooper, Illinois Jacquet, Budd Johnson, Dexter Gordon, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Henri Renaud, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Quinichette, Sonny Stitt, Bobby Jaspar, Bill Perkins …
Review by Scott Yanow
A masterful improviser who stayed creative within the boundaries of advanced chordal improvisation, tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh is heard in excellent form throughout this 1997 CD. Heading a pianoless trio that also includes bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson and drummer Alan Levitt, Marsh digs into a dozen of his favorite standards (which for once are not disguised with "original" new melodies) including "Confirmation," "I Can't Give You Anything but Love," "All the Things You Are," "When You're Smiling" and "Takin' a Chance on Love." This is a rather sparse setting and, despite occasional bass solos, the focus throughout is primarily on Marsh. Fortunately he was in fine form that day and the results are a fine effort.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/unissued-copenhagen-studio-recordings-mw0000596795
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Reseña de Scott Yanow
Warne Marsh, un improvisador magistral que se mantuvo creativo dentro de los límites de la improvisación armónica avanzada, se muestra en excelente forma a lo largo de este CD de 1997. Al frente de un trío sin piano que también incluye al bajista Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson y al baterista Alan Levitt, Marsh se adentra en una docena de sus estándares favoritos (que por una vez no están disfrazados con nuevas melodías «originales»), entre los que se incluyen «Confirmation», «I Can't Give You Anything but Love», «All the Things You Are», «When You're Smiling» y «Takin' a Chance on Love». Se trata de una formación bastante escasa y, a pesar de los ocasionales solos de bajo, la atención se centra principalmente en Marsh. Afortunadamente, ese día estaba en plena forma y el resultado es un trabajo excelente.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/unissued-copenhagen-studio-recordings-mw0000596795
Biography by Matt Collar
An icon of
West Coast cool jazz, Chet Baker rose to fame in '50s with his lyrical
trumpet lines and spare, romantic singing. After being handpicked for a
West Coast tour with Charlie Parker, he burst onto the scene as a member
of Gerry Mulligan's pianoless quartet, whose recording of "My Funny
Valentine" made him a star even beyond his cult jazz audience. Signed to
Pacific Jazz, he released a series of popular albums beginning with
1954's Chet Baker Sings, which featured his definitive vocal take of "My
Funny Valentine;" from then on his signature song. By the end of the
decade, he had topped both the Downbeat and Metronome Magazine reader's
polls, famously beating out two of the era's most renowned trumpeters
Miles Davis and Clifford Brown. He was also named DownBeat top jazz
vocalist in 1954. At the height of his success, drug addiction and
numerous incarcerations dimmed his spotlight and found him living and
working a peripatetic lifestyle in Europe for much of the '60s and '70s.
He also suffered the loss of his teeth, which hampered his playing
until he worked his way back to health and launched a comeback with
1974's She Was Too Good To Me. He was also the subject of fashion
photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber's Oscar-nominated 1988
documentary Let's Get Lost, which helped renew interest in his work.
Tragically, he died that same year after falling out of a second story
window of his Amsterdam hotel. Baker recorded prolifically during the
last few decades of his life, leading to a wave of posthumously released
albums, including My Favorite Songs, Vol. 1-2: The Last Great Concert,
which captured one of his final concerts in Germany with the NDR Big
Band and Radio Orchestra Hannover. In 2001, in recognition of the
album's lasting influence, Chet Baker Sings was inducted into the Grammy
Hall of Fame. Ethan Hawke portrayed Baker in the 2015 film Born to Be
Blue, and yet more archival recordings surfaced with 2023's Blue Room:
The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland.
Born in 1929 in Yale,
Oklahoma, Baker's early years were marked by a rural, dustbowl
upbringing. His father, Chesney Henry Baker,Sr., was a guitarist who was
forced to turn to other work during the Depression; his mother, Vera
(Moser) Baker, worked in a perfumery. The family moved from Oklahoma to
Glendale, CA, in 1940. As a child, Baker sang at amateur competitions
and in a church choir. Before his adolescence, his father brought home a
trombone for him, then replaced it with a trumpet when the larger
instrument proved too much for him. He had his first formal training in
music in junior high and later at Glendale High School, but would play
largely by ear for the rest of his life. In 1946, when he was only 16
years old, he dropped out of high school and his parents signed papers
allowing him to enlist in the army; he was sent to Berlin, Germany,
where he played in the 298th Army Band. After his discharge in 1948, he
enrolled at El Camino College in Los Angeles, where he studied theory
and harmony while playing in jazz clubs, but he quit college in the
middle of his second year. He re-enlisted in the army in 1950 and became
a member of the Sixth Army Band at the Presidio in San Francisco. But
he also began sitting in at clubs in the city and he finally obtained a
second discharge to become a professional jazz musician.
Baker
initially played in Vido Musso's band, then with Stan Getz. (The first
recording featuring Baker is a performance of "Out of Nowhere" that
comes from a tape of a jam session made on March 24, 1952, and was
released on the Fresh Sound Records LP Live at the Trade Winds.) His
break came quickly, when, in the spring of 1952, he was chosen at an
audition to play a series of West Coast dates with Charlie Parker,
making his debut with the famed saxophonist at the Tiffany Club in Los
Angeles on May 29, 1952. That summer, he began playing in the Gerry
Mulligan Quartet, a group featuring only baritone sax, trumpet, bass,
and drums -- no piano -- that attracted attention during an engagement
at the Haig nightclub and through recordings on the newly formed Pacific
Jazz Records (later known as World Pacific Records), beginning with the
10" LP Gerry Mulligan Quartet, which featured Baker's famous rendition
of "My Funny Valentine."
The Gerry Mulligan Quartet lasted for
less than a year, folding when its leader went to jail on a drug charge
in June 1953. Baker went solo, forming his own quartet, which initially
featured Russ Freeman on piano, Red Mitchell on bass, and Bobby White on
drums, and making his first recording as leader for Pacific Jazz on
July 24, 1953. Baker was hailed by fans and critics and he won a number
of polls in the next few years. In 1954, Pacific Jazz released Chet
Baker Sings, an album that increased his popularity beyond his core jazz
audience; he would continue to sing for the rest of his career.
Acknowledging his chiseled good looks, nearby Hollywood came calling and
he made his acting debut in the film Hell's Horizon, released in the
fall of 1955. But he declined an offer of a studio contract and toured
Europe from September 1955 to April 1956. When he returned to the U.S.,
he formed a quintet that featured saxophonist Phil Urso and pianist
Bobby Timmons. Contrary to his reputation for relaxed, laid-back
playing, Baker turned to more of a bop style with this group, which
recorded the album Chet Baker & Crew for Pacific Jazz in July 1956.
Baker
toured the U.S. in February 1957 with the Birdland All-Stars and took a
group to Europe later that year. He returned to Europe to stay in 1959,
settling in Italy, where he acted in the film Urlatori Alla Sbarra.
Hollywood, meanwhile, had not entirely given up on him, at least as a
source of inspiration, and in 1960, a fictionalized film biography of
his life, All the Fine Young Cannibals, appeared with Robert Wagner in
the starring role of Chad Bixby.
Baker had become addicted to
heroin in the 1950s and had been incarcerated briefly on several
occasions, but his drug habit only began to interfere with his career
significantly in the 1960s. He was arrested in Italy in the summer of
1960 and spent almost a year and a half in jail. He celebrated his
release by recording Chet Is Back! for RCA in February 1962. (It has
since been reissued as The Italian Sessions and as Somewhere Over the
Rainbow.) Later in the year, he was arrested in West Germany and
expelled to Switzerland, then France, later moving to England in August
1962 to appear as himself in the film The Stolen Hours, which was
released in 1963. He was deported from England to France because of a
drug offense in March 1963. He lived in Paris and performed there and in
Spain over the next year, but after being arrested again in West
Germany, he was deported back to the U.S. He returned to America after
five years in Europe on March 3, 1964, and played primarily in New York
and Los Angeles during the mid-'60s, having switched temporarily from
trumpet to flügelhorn. In the summer of 1966, he suffered a severe
beating in San Francisco that was related to his drug addiction. The
incident is usually misdated and frequently exaggerated in accounts of
his life, often due to his own unreliable testimony. It is said, for
example, that all his teeth were knocked out, which is not the case,
though one tooth was broken and the general deterioration of his teeth
led to his being fitted with dentures in the late '60s, forcing him to
retrain his embouchure. The beating was not the cause of the decline in
his career during this period, but it is emblematic of that decline. By
the end of the '60s, he was recording and performing only infrequently
and he stopped playing completely in the early '70s.
Regaining
some control over his life by taking methadone to control his heroin
addiction (though he remained an addict), Baker eventually mounted a
comeback that culminated in a prominent New York club engagement in
November 1973 and a reunion concert with Gerry Mulligan at Carnegie Hall
in November 1974 that was recorded and released by Epic Records. Also
that year, he again marked his comeback with the excellent studio album
She Was Too Good To Me, which featured altoist Paul Desmond. By the
mid-'70s, Baker was able to return to Europe and he spent the rest of
his life performing there primarily, with occasional trips to Japan and
periods back in the U.S., though he had no permanent residence. Other
notable albums released during this period are 1977's Once Upon a
Summertime, 1977's Don Sebesky-produced You Can't Go Home Again (which
found him surrounded by luminaries, including Desmond, Michael Brecker,
Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, among others), and 1980's Chet
Baker/Wolfgang Lackerschmid (a gorgeously atmospheric collaboration with
the German vibraphonist).
By the '80s, he started to attract the
attention of rock musicians, with whom he occasionally performed, for
example adding trumpet to Elvis Costello's recording of his
anti-Falklands War song "Shipbuilding" in 1983. In 1987, photographer
and filmmaker Bruce Weber undertook a documentary film about Baker. The
following year, Baker died in a fall from a hotel window in Amsterdam.
Weber's film, Let's Get Lost, premiered in September 1988 to critical
acclaim and earned an Academy Award nomination.
Baker recorded
often throughout the latter-half of his life and consequently there has
been a steady stream of posthumously released albums. My Favorite Songs,
Vol. 1-2: The Last Great Concert arrived soon after his passing and
captured one of his final concerts in Germany with the NDR Big Band and
Radio Orchestra Hannover. His work has also been collected in several
superb boxsets, including Mosaic's The Complete Pacific Jazz Studio
Recordings Of The Chet Baker Quartet Wi… and Chet Baker: the Pacific
Jazz Years, as well as The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings Of The Gerry
Mulligan Quartet With …. In 1997, Baker's unfinished autobiography was
published under the title As Though I Had Wings: The Lost Memoir and the
book was optioned by Miramax for a film adaptation, though never
produced. A semi-fictional biopic starring Ethan Hawke as Baker, Born To
Be Blue, arrived in 2015, though none of the trumpeter's actual
recordings were featured in the film. In 2023, a long out-of-print
collection of archival recordings, Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio
Sessions in Holland, appeared featuring Baker with both pianist Frans
Elsen's trio, as well as his own touring ensemble, including pianist
Phil Markowitz, bassist Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, and drummer Charles
Rice.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chet-baker-mn0000094210#biography
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Colaborador / Contributor: Ketmokin
Review
by Scott Yanow
This unusual two-CD set not only reissues the original LP of the same name but three other rare Verve LP's from the 1950's. Altoist Lee Konitz (on "An Image") is showcased during a set of adventurous Bill Russo arrangements for an orchestra and strings in 1958, pops up on half of Ralph Burns' underrated 1951 classic Free Forms (the most enjoyable of the four sets) and meets up with baritonist Jimmy Giuffre, whose arrangements for five saxes (including the great tenor Warne Marsh) and a trio led by pianist Bill Evans are sometimes equally influenced by classical music and bop. The least interesting date showcases Giuffre's clarinet with a string section on his five-part "Piece For Clarinet And String Orchestra" and the 16 brief movements of "Mobiles." Overall this third-stream two-fer contains music that is easier to respect and admire than to love although Lee Konitz fans will probably want to acquire the obscure performances.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/lee-konitz-meets-jimmy-giuffre-mw0000080454
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Reseña
por Scott Yanow
Este inusual set de dos CDs no sólo reedita el LP original del mismo nombre sino otros tres raros LPs de Verve de los años 50. El contralto Lee Konitz (en "An Image") se exhibe durante un conjunto de arreglos aventureros de Bill Russo para orquesta y cuerdas en 1958, aparece en la mitad del clásico infravalorado de Ralph Burns de 1951 Free Forms (el más agradable de los cuatro conjuntos) y se reúne con el barítono Jimmy Giuffre, cuyos arreglos para cinco saxos (incluido el gran tenor Warne Marsh) y un trío dirigido por el pianista Bill Evans están a veces influidos a partes iguales por la música clásica y el bop. La fecha menos interesante muestra el clarinete de Giuffre con una sección de cuerda en su "Piece For Clarinet And String Orchestra" de cinco partes y los 16 breves movimientos de "Mobiles". En general, esta tercera entrega contiene música que es más fácil respetar y admirar que amar, aunque los fans de Lee Konitz probablemente querrán adquirir las oscuras interpretaciones.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/lee-konitz-meets-jimmy-giuffre-mw0000080454
Review
by Scott Yanow
A masterful improviser who stayed creative within the boundaries of advanced chordal improvisation, tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh is heard in excellent form throughout this 1997 CD. Heading a pianoless trio that also includes bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson and drummer Alan Levitt, Marsh digs into a dozen of his favorite standards (which for once are not disguised with "original" new melodies) including "Confirmation," "I Can't Give You Anything but Love," "All the Things You Are," "When You're Smiling" and "Takin' a Chance on Love." This is a rather sparse setting and, despite occasional bass solos, the focus throughout is primarily on Marsh. Fortunately he was in fine form that day and the results are a fine effort.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/unissued-copenhagen-studio-recordings-mw0000596795
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Reseña
por Scott Yanow
El saxofonista tenor Warne Marsh, un improvisador magistral que se mantuvo creativo dentro de los límites de la improvisación acorde avanzada, se escucha en excelente forma a lo largo de este CD de 1997. Al frente de un trío sin piano que también incluye al bajista Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson y al batería Alan Levitt, Marsh se adentra en una docena de sus estándares favoritos (que por una vez no están disfrazados con nuevas melodías "originales"), incluyendo "Confirmation", "I Can't Give You Anything but Love", "All the Things You Are", "When You're Smiling" y "Takin' a Chance on Love". Se trata de un escenario bastante disperso y, a pesar de ocasionales solos de bajo, la atención se centra principalmente en Marsh. Afortunadamente, ese día estaba en plena forma y el resultado es un buen álbum.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/unissued-copenhagen-studio-recordings-mw0000596795
Review
by Scott Yanow
The
music on this collection is consistently brilliant, but all of the 13
performances are easily available elsewhere on seven Warne Marsh
Storyville CDs. The cool-toned and always adventurous tenor saxophonist
is heard in two different quintets with altoist Lee Konitz, playing trio
numbers with bassist Niels Pedersen and drummer Alan Levitt, performing
duets with bassist Red Mitchell, and jamming with the Kenny Drew Trio.
The music, taken from Marsh's visits to Copenhagen in 1975 and 1980,
features Marsh jamming over familiar chord changes and effortlessly
coming up with one fresh melodic idea after another. He was in prime
form during this period and is quite inspired throughout, making this
set a fine introduction to his playing, although veteran fans will want
the complete sessions.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/marshlands-mw0000036436
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Reseña
por Scott Yanow
La
música de esta colección es consistentemente brillante, pero las 13
interpretaciones están fácilmente disponibles en siete CDs de Warne
Marsh Storyville. Se escucha al saxofonista tenor de tono fresco y
siempre aventurero en dos quintetos diferentes con el contralto Lee
Konitz, tocando números en trío con el bajista Niels Pedersen y el
batería Alan Levitt, haciendo dúos con el bajista Red Mitchell, e
improvisando con el Kenny Drew Trio. La música, tomada de las visitas de
Marsh a Copenhague en 1975 y 1980, muestra a Marsh improvisando sobre
cambios de acordes familiares y proponiendo sin esfuerzo una idea
melódica fresca tras otra. Marsh estaba en plena forma durante este
período y está muy inspirado en todo momento, por lo que este disco es
una buena introducción a su forma de tocar, aunque los fans veteranos
querrán las sesiones completas.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/marshlands-mw0000036436
Review
by Ken Dryden
Warne Marsh was one of Lennie Tristano's most important students. Following the pianist's lead, he enjoyed exploring complex reworkings of standards, whether penned by a fellow student like Lee Konitz or one of his own. Joined by guitarist Don Overberg, bassist Carson Smith, and drummer Frank Severino, this informal recording (possibly made by one of the participants during a rehearsal, since there is some conversation at the end of performances with no audience response), documents the quartet in 1962. The audio quality varies widely, suggesting that the tapes were made over several session. "317 E. 32nd Street" is marred with dropouts and a few spots where it sounds like the microphone was bumped, while the recorder seems to have been set up very close to the drums, with the result that Marsh's tenor sax is somewhat distant sounding. It also sounds a little labored. Marsh uncharacteristically emits a few reed squeaks in the breezy setting of "Joy Spring." Things gel best in the uptempo romp, through Konitz's "Subconsciouslee" (based on "What is This Thing Called Love") and an easygoing "The Best Things in Life." While this cheaply packaged CD (which lacks liner notes or composer credits) falls short of being an essential purchase for Warne Marsh fans, the performances and audio quality are sufficient to merit its listen.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-las-vegas-1962-mw0000056989
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Reseña
por Ken Dryden
Warne Marsh fue uno de los alumnos más importantes de Lennie Tristano. Siguiendo el ejemplo del pianista, disfrutaba explorando complejas reelaboraciones de estándares, ya fueran de un compañero de estudios como Lee Konitz o de uno de los suyos propios. Acompañado por el guitarrista Don Overberg, el bajista Carson Smith y el batería Frank Severino, esta grabación informal (posiblemente realizada por uno de los participantes durante un ensayo, ya que hay alguna conversación al final de las interpretaciones sin respuesta del público), documenta al cuarteto en 1962. La calidad del audio varía mucho, lo que sugiere que las cintas se grabaron a lo largo de varias sesiones. "317 E. 32nd Street" se ve empañada por cortes y algunos puntos en los que parece que el micrófono se ha golpeado, mientras que la grabadora parece haber sido colocada muy cerca de la batería, con el resultado de que el saxo tenor de Marsh suena algo distante. También suena un poco forzado. Marsh emite de forma poco habitual algunos chirridos de lengüeta en el alegre ajuste de "Joy Spring". Las cosas se gelifican mejor en el retozo uptempo, a través de "Subconsciouslee" de Konitz (basado en "What is This Thing Called Love") y un desenfadado "The Best Things in Life". Aunque este CD barato (que carece de notas o créditos del compositor) no llega a ser una compra esencial para los fans de Warne Marsh, las interpretaciones y la calidad de audio son suficientes para merecer su escucha.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-las-vegas-1962-mw0000056989
Biography
by Scott Yanow
Along
with Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh was the most successful "pupil" of Lennie
Tristano and, unlike Konitz, Marsh spent most of his career exploring
chordal improvisation the Tristano way. The cool-toned tenor played with
Hoagy Carmichael's Teenagers during 1944-1945 and then after the Army,
he was with Buddy Rich (1948) before working with Lennie Tristano
(1949-1952). His recordings with Tristano and Konitz still sound
remarkable today with unisons that make the two horns sound like one.
Marsh had occasional reunions with Konitz and Tristano through the
years, spent periods outside of music, and stayed true to his musical
goals. He moved to Los Angeles in 1966 and worked with Supersax during
1972-1977, also filling in time teaching. Marsh, who collapsed and died
on stage at the legendary Donte's club in 1987 while playing "Out of
Nowhere," is now considered legendary. He recorded as a leader for
Xanadu, Imperial, Kapp, Mode (reissued on V.S.O.P.), Atlantic, Wave,
Storyville, Revelation, Interplay, Criss Cross, and Hot Club.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/warne-marsh-mn0000193802/biography
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Review by Ken Dryden
Bassist Red Mitchell joined forces with tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh for a duo engagement at the Fasching Club in Stockholm, with music from two separate nights being recorded and subsequently issued on two separate CDs. This release combines all of the music in one set. The combination of these two instruments without additional accompaniment is not unheard of, and as Don Byas and Slam Stewart revealed during their meeting at Town Hall in 1945, there are viable possibilities for this pairing if the players are on the same wavelength. Mitchell was a virtuoso bassist who also knew his way around the piano very well, so he was skilled at conversing on his instrument with his partners, rather than just playing traditional lines. The saxophonist -- along with Lee Konitz -- was one of Lennie Tristano's best-known students, so he was adept at creating intricate reworkings of familiar chord changes. That said, most of the material consists of standards and jazz compositions by others, with only one original by either musician (Mitchell's introspective "Undertow," a dazzling reworking of "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise." They find surprising new ground with the popular "Lady Be Good" and come up with an inventive route through "You Stepped Out of a Dream," while some of the lesser-known tunes (Jimmy McHugh's "South American Way" and guitarist Billy Bauer's "Background Music") also are of great interest. Even though this is a live recording, the audience is extremely respectful, focusing exclusively on the intimate performances.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/big-two-mw0001934688
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Reseña de Ken Dryden
El bajista Red Mitchell unió fuerzas con el saxofonista tenor Warne Marsh para un dúo en el Fasching Club de Estocolmo. La música de dos noches distintas se grabó y posteriormente se publicó en dos CDs separados. Esta edición reúne toda la música en un solo disco. La combinación de estos dos instrumentos sin acompañamiento adicional no es inaudita, y como Don Byas y Slam Stewart revelaron durante su encuentro en el Town Hall en 1945, hay posibilidades viables para este emparejamiento si los músicos están en la misma longitud de onda. Mitchell era un bajista virtuoso que también se manejaba muy bien con el piano, por lo que era hábil conversando en su instrumento con sus compañeros, en lugar de limitarse a tocar las líneas tradicionales. El saxofonista -junto con Lee Konitz- fue uno de los alumnos más conocidos de Lennie Tristano, por lo que era experto en crear intrincadas reelaboraciones de cambios de acordes conocidos. Dicho esto, la mayor parte del material consiste en estándares y composiciones de jazz de otros, con sólo un original de cualquiera de los dos músicos (la introspectiva «Undertow» de Mitchell, una deslumbrante reelaboración de «Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise». Encuentran un sorprendente nuevo terreno con la popular «Lady Be Good» e idean una ruta inventiva a través de «You Stepped Out of a Dream», mientras que algunas de las melodías menos conocidas («South American Way» de Jimmy McHugh y «Background Music» del guitarrista Billy Bauer) también son de gran interés. Aunque se trata de una grabación en directo, el público es extremadamente respetuoso, centrándose exclusivamente en las interpretaciones íntimas.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/big-two-mw0001934688
www.storyvillerecords.com ...
Biography
by Scott Yanow
Along
with Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh was the most successful "pupil" of Lennie
Tristano and, unlike Konitz, Marsh spent most of his career exploring
chordal improvisation the Tristano way. The cool-toned tenor played with
Hoagy Carmichael's Teenagers during 1944-1945 and then after the Army,
he was with Buddy Rich (1948) before working with Lennie Tristano
(1949-1952). His recordings with Tristano and Konitz still sound
remarkable today with unisons that make the two horns sound like one.
Marsh had occasional reunions with Konitz and Tristano through the
years, spent periods outside of music, and stayed true to his musical
goals. He moved to Los Angeles in 1966 and worked with Supersax during
1972-1977, also filling in time teaching. Marsh, who collapsed and died
on stage at the legendary Donte's club in 1987 while playing "Out of
Nowhere," is now considered legendary. He recorded as a leader for
Xanadu, Imperial, Kapp, Mode (reissued on V.S.O.P.), Atlantic, Wave,
Storyville, Revelation, Interplay, Criss Cross, and Hot Club.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/warne-marsh-mn0000193802/biography
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Colaborador / Contributor: Ketmokin
Biography
by Scott Yanow
Along
with Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh was the most successful "pupil" of Lennie
Tristano and, unlike Konitz, Marsh spent most of his career exploring
chordal improvisation the Tristano way. The cool-toned tenor played with
Hoagy Carmichael's Teenagers during 1944-1945 and then after the Army,
he was with Buddy Rich (1948) before working with Lennie Tristano
(1949-1952). His recordings with Tristano and Konitz still sound
remarkable today with unisons that make the two horns sound like one.
Marsh had occasional reunions with Konitz and Tristano through the
years, spent periods outside of music, and stayed true to his musical
goals. He moved to Los Angeles in 1966 and worked with Supersax during
1972-1977, also filling in time teaching. Marsh, who collapsed and died
on stage at the legendary Donte's club in 1987 while playing "Out of
Nowhere," is now considered legendary. He recorded as a leader for
Xanadu, Imperial, Kapp, Mode (reissued on V.S.O.P.), Atlantic, Wave,
Storyville, Revelation, Interplay, Criss Cross, and Hot Club.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/warne-marsh-mn0000193802/biography
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Review by Scott Yanow
A masterful improviser who stayed creative within the boundaries of advanced chordal improvisation, tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh is heard in excellent form throughout this 1997 CD. Heading a pianoless trio that also includes bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson and drummer Alan Levitt, Marsh digs into a dozen of his favorite standards (which for once are not disguised with "original" new melodies) including "Confirmation," "I Can't Give You Anything but Love," "All the Things You Are," "When You're Smiling" and "Takin' a Chance on Love." This is a rather sparse setting and, despite occasional bass solos, the focus throughout is primarily on Marsh. Fortunately he was in fine form that day and the results are a fine effort.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/unissued-copenhagen-studio-recordings-mw0000596795
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Reseña de Scott Yanow
El saxofonista tenor Warne Marsh, un magistral improvisador que se mantuvo creativo dentro de los límites de la improvisación acorde avanzada, se escucha en excelente forma a lo largo de este CD de 1997. Al frente de un trío sin piano que también incluye al bajista Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson y al baterista Alan Levitt, Marsh se adentra en una docena de sus estándares favoritos (que por una vez no están disfrazados con nuevas melodías "originales"), incluyendo "Confirmation", "I Can't Give You Anything but Love", "All the Things You Are", "When You're Smiling" y "Takin' a Chance on Love". Se trata de un escenario bastante escaso y, a pesar de los ocasionales solos de bajo, la atención se centra principalmente en Marsh. Afortunadamente, estaba en buena forma ese día y el resultado es un buen esfuerzo.
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Biography
by Scott Yanow
Along
with Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh was the most successful "pupil" of Lennie
Tristano and, unlike Konitz, Marsh spent most of his career exploring
chordal improvisation the Tristano way. The cool-toned tenor played with
Hoagy Carmichael's Teenagers during 1944-1945 and then after the Army,
he was with Buddy Rich (1948) before working with Lennie Tristano
(1949-1952). His recordings with Tristano and Konitz still sound
remarkable today with unisons that make the two horns sound like one.
Marsh had occasional reunions with Konitz and Tristano through the
years, spent periods outside of music, and stayed true to his musical
goals. He moved to Los Angeles in 1966 and worked with Supersax during
1972-1977, also filling in time teaching. Marsh, who collapsed and died
on stage at the legendary Donte's club in 1987 while playing "Out of
Nowhere," is now considered legendary. He recorded as a leader for
Xanadu, Imperial, Kapp, Mode (reissued on V.S.O.P.), Atlantic, Wave,
Storyville, Revelation, Interplay, Criss Cross, and Hot Club.
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Biografía
por Scott Yanow
Junto
con Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh fue el "alumno" más exitoso de Lennie
Tristano y, a diferencia de Konitz, Marsh pasó la mayor parte de su
carrera explorando la improvisación de acordes a la manera de Tristano.
Este tenor de tono frío tocó con los Teenagers de Hoagy Carmichael
durante 1944-1945 y, después del ejército, estuvo con Buddy Rich (1948)
antes de trabajar con Lennie Tristano (1949-1952). Sus grabaciones con
Tristano y Konitz todavía suenan de forma notable, con unísonos que
hacen que las dos trompas suenen como una sola. Marsh se reunió
ocasionalmente con Konitz y Tristano a lo largo de los años, pasó
periodos fuera de la música y se mantuvo fiel a sus objetivos musicales.
Se trasladó a Los Ángeles en 1966 y trabajó con Supersax durante
1972-1977, ocupando también tiempo en la enseñanza. Marsh, que se
desplomó y murió en el escenario del legendario club Donte's en 1987
mientras tocaba "Out of Nowhere", es considerado ahora una leyenda.
Grabó como líder para Xanadu, Imperial, Kapp, Mode (reeditado en
V.S.O.P.), Atlantic, Wave, Storyville, Revelation, Interplay, Criss
Cross y Hot Club.
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Colaborador / Contributor: Ketmokin
Review by Scott Yanow
This superior set was a logical idea. One of pianist Bill Evans' earlier influences was Lennie Tristano, so for this date, Evans' trio (with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Eliot Zigmund) was teamed with Tristano's two top "students": altoist Lee Konitz and tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh. The quintet performs four standards (all of which fit easily into Evans' repertoire) plus "Pensativa" and Steve Swallow's "Eiderdown." Konitz and Marsh always worked very well together and their cool-toned improvising makes this outing by Bill Evans something special. Recommended.
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Crítica de Scott Yanow
Este conjunto superior era una idea lógica. Una de las primeras influencias del pianista Bill Evans fue Lennie Tristano, así que para esta fecha, el trío de Evans (con el bajista Eddie Gómez y el batería Eliot Zigmund) se asoció con los dos mejores «alumnos» de Tristano: el contralto Lee Konitz y el saxofonista tenor Warne Marsh. El quinteto interpreta cuatro estándares (todos los cuales encajan fácilmente en el repertorio de Evans) más «Pensativa» y «Eiderdown» de Steve Swallow. Konitz y Marsh siempre trabajaron muy bien juntos y su fresca improvisación hace de esta salida de Bill Evans algo especial. Recomendado.
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Biography
by Scott Yanow
Along
with Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh was the most successful "pupil" of Lennie
Tristano and, unlike Konitz, Marsh spent most of his career exploring
chordal improvisation the Tristano way. The cool-toned tenor played with
Hoagy Carmichael's Teenagers during 1944-1945 and then after the Army,
he was with Buddy Rich (1948) before working with Lennie Tristano
(1949-1952). His recordings with Tristano and Konitz still sound
remarkable today with unisons that make the two horns sound like one.
Marsh had occasional reunions with Konitz and Tristano through the
years, spent periods outside of music, and stayed true to his musical
goals. He moved to Los Angeles in 1966 and worked with Supersax during
1972-1977, also filling in time teaching. Marsh, who collapsed and died
on stage at the legendary Donte's club in 1987 while playing "Out of
Nowhere," is now considered legendary. He recorded as a leader for
Xanadu, Imperial, Kapp, Mode (reissued on V.S.O.P.), Atlantic, Wave,
Storyville, Revelation, Interplay, Criss Cross, and Hot Club.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/warne-marsh-mn0000193802/biography
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Colaborador / Contributor: Ketmokin