Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival
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Kerava Jazz Festival in Kerava , Finland |
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Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival is a jazz album by the Henry Grimes Trio with David Murray and Hamid Drake . The recordings made on June 5, 2004 at the Kerava Jazz Festival in Kerava , Finland were released on February 9, 2005 on Ayler Records . This album was the first Grimes was able to release under his name since 1965, when his only album to date was released as a leader, The Call ( ESP disc ).
background
Grimes was recorded here on one of his first recordings in decades, a year after his return with a guest appearance at New York's Vision Fest in 2003 when he starred with William Parker's Jeanne Lee Project and Rob Brown 's Resonance. In 2004, the 70-year-old Grimes performed live in Finland with two musicians of the next generation, David Murray (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet) and Hamid Drake on drums, both born in 1955. Of the compositions that were played, two were by Grimes and one each by Drake and Murray , from the latter his well-known title “Flowers for Albert”. The program begins with Grimes' composition "Spin", in which he roams around with his bass, Rex Butters noted, and Murray and Drake quickly accompany him in a simple, unstructured intro. Murray plays bass clarinet in a casual duo with Grimes in "Eighty Degrees". After Murray's "Flowers for Albert" and the ovations of the audience, the encore, Grimes' "Blues for Savannah", a Monk- esque theme follows.
Track list
- Henry Grimes Trio: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival (Ayler Records aylCD-028)
- Spin (Henry Grimes) 22:21
- Eighty Degrees (Hamid Drake) 25:49
- Flowers for Albert (David Murray) 7:48
- Blues for Savannah (Henry Grimes) 7:34
reception
Rex Butters wrote in All About Jazz : Although Murray and Drake are a generation younger, they share an approach with Grimes that involves virtuosity and technical ability to generate an active onslaught of ideas. The author particularly highlights Grimes' "interstellar bass solo" that goes directly to Murray's "Flowers for Albert"; the piece refers to Grimes' old boss Albert Ayler , Buters wrote, "with playful melody fragments that appear as set pieces for Ayleresque melodies." The author contradicts the tendency to underestimate the performance of Grimes, which was down for thirty years, to finally to return more evenly with the same force. "For fans who can't see the man in action, Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival is proof that this jazz Orpheus has returned a greater light from the underworld."
Chris Kelsey, who reviewed the album on JazzTimes , had reservations: “Even the most skeptical of us would have to admit that the re-emergence of bassist Henry Grimes after a decade-long absence is a great story of human interest. Sure, it's encouraging - even heartwarming - but let's put it into perspective. In its prime in the mid-1960s, Grimes was neither LaFaro nor Mingus . He was more of a sideman of choice, a versatile team player who was skilled both indoors and outdoors [from free jazz] - a valuable but not unique asset then as now. About thirty years later, he's pretty much the same ”. The author praises Grimes' percussive attack and rhythmic drive along with Drake to lift David Murray to some amazing heights. In Kelsey's opinion, Hamid Drake is acting wonderfully. Grimes' solos may be incomplete, the author sums up, but his rhythmic work is beyond reproach. Despite the hype about his return, this is an excellent result.
Andrey Henkin also noted in All About Jazz: “The album is one of those rare intergenerational events where listeners can follow a direct line through jazz. Grimes' work from the 1960s undoubtedly influenced Murray and Drake, the Coltrane and Cyrille of their generation. To hear the trio come together is fascinating, just to see how Grimes is inspired by those whom he himself inspired. "
Web links
- Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival. Bandcamp, May 6, 2019, accessed April 18, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Henry Grimes: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival. All About Jazz, May 1, 2005, accessed April 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 18, 2020)
- ^ A b Henry Grimes Trio: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival. All About Jazz, June 21, 2005, accessed April 18, 2020 .
- ^ Henry Grimes Trio: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival at Discogs
- ↑ Chris Kelsey: Henry Grimes Trio: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival. JazzTimes, April 1, 2005, accessed April 18, 2020 .