Ran Blake & Guests - Live in Rome '10

The fourth of five concerts from the short European tour the great
Ran Blake has closed yesterday (Dec. 19 - Trem Azul Jazz Store,
Lisbon, Portugal).
Being in Rome in those days, I have obviously recorded the concert,
but the same will be probably issued on CD on the Tompkins Square
label the next year.

Rec. live at "Casa del Jazz", Rome, Italy, on December 16, 2010
(mics recording)

Ran Blake,piano
Jacopo Jacopetti,tenor sax (2/3/6)
David "Knife" Fabris,electric guitar (3)


1. Dream Worlds : Cry Wolf [R.Blake]/Magic Row [G.Schuller]/You Stepped Out Of A Dream [N.H.Brown] (09:05)

2. Guest Spot I : The Short Life Of Barbara Monk [R.Blake] (05:05)

3. Guest Spot II : Spiral Staircase [R.Webb]/Memphis [R.Blake] (06:49)

4. The Luciano Set : Field Cry [W.L.James]/Nature Boy [E.Ahbez]/ Luciano [R.Blake]/Mingus [C.Mingus/R.Blake] (07:57)

5. Inspirations [R.Blake] : Chabrol In Brazil/Abbey Lincoln/Stevie Wonder (27:24)

6. Encore : The Short Life Of Barbara Monk [R.Blake] (04:54)

Total Time 1:01:16

Ran Blake - Breakthrough (1976)

Here's a contribution from "guairao", dropped in our general section - solo piano by Ran Blake.

RAN BLAKE - Breakthru (1976).flac

The unique pianist Ran Blake is heard on this album performing brief versions (all but one of the fourteen songs are under four minutes) of a colorful variety of standards and originals. Blake's emotional playing (which emphasizes the contrast between silence and explosive sounds) is both witty and unpredictable. Among the many short sketches are versions of "You Stepped Out of a Dream," "If Dreams Come True," "Drop Me Off in Harlem," "All About Ronnie," "Tea for Two" and even "Spinning Wheel." Intriguing music. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks
01 Breakthru
(Ran Blake)
02 You Stepped Out Of A Dream
(Nacio Herb / Gus Kahn)
03 If Dreams Come True
(Mills / Simpson / Goodman)
04 No Good Man
(Irene Higginbotham)
05 All The Things You Are
(Jerome Kern)
06 Wish I Could Talk To You Baby
(Leon SylversIII)
07 Grey December
(Frank Campo)
08 Spinning Wheel
(David Clayton-Thomas)
09 Sophisticated Lady
(Duke Ellington)
10 Manhattan Memories
- Bird Blues
(Ran Blake)
- Bebopper
(H. Gordon)
- Drop Me Off In Harlem
(Duke Ellington)
11 All About Ronnie
(Joe Greene)
12 What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
(Michel Legrand)
13 Parkers Mood
(Charlie Parker)
14 Tea For Two
(Vincent Youman)

More Ran Blake (with Jeanne Lee) can be found here. And more Jeanne Lee can be found here and here.

Ran Blake / Jeanne Lee - Stockholm 1966

cd rip, 320 mp3, Columbia (France)

Number 2 from I Forgot Clifford. Who would have guessed that Ran would out pace Cecil Taylor, Paul Bley, Don Pullen ? A traditionalist with avant roots, he continues to present solo records with harmonic deconstructions of standards and older tunes. His discs with Braxton, Jeanne Lee and on Hatology brought him into the free zone. Many loved the Newest Sound
Around disc with this pairing. I think the reason there were so many downloads on this one was because for many bloggers this was a new discovery. I found it in France.... Enjoy and predict the next in the top ten.


Ran Blake - piano
Jeanne Lee - vocals


Ticket to Ride
Kind a sweet
Corocovado
Let's go
Ja-da
Bombastica
Lydiana
Crystal Trip
A Taste of Honey
Night and Day
I Can Tell
Take the A train
Living up to life
A Hard Day's Night
The Girl from Ipanema
Vanguard
Glaziation
You Stepped out of a dream
I can tell more
Desafinado
One note samba
Stars fell on Alabama
Just Friends
Free Standards
I'll remember April
Honeysuckle Rose

Stockholm 1966

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