{"id":9295,"date":"2018-03-22T22:17:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T05:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=9295"},"modified":"2018-03-24T14:04:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T21:04:12","slug":"catching-up-well-giving-it-a-good-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2018\/03\/catching-up-well-giving-it-a-good-try\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching Up (Well…Giving It A Good Try)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The John Coltrane project described in this post<\/a> is completed and awaiting release by Concord Jazz. However\u00e2\u20ac\u201dI am happy to report\u00e2\u20ac\u201dother free lance assignments have developed. Rifftides<\/em> progress slows a bit while I work on them, but in the next few posts we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll call your attention to recent listening that may interest you. Some of the albums have been out a while. Others are quite new. First, an invaluable Larry Young discovery made in Paris:<\/p>\n

Larry Young<\/a><\/strong> In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)<\/p>\n

\"\"Resonance Records specializes in jazz archeology, releasing music by figures who might otherwise fade in the memories of jazz listeners. One not likely to disappear is the organist Larry Young (1940-1978), who made several successful Blue Note and Prestige albums. His presence in one of the more adventurous bands of Miles Davis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s semi-rock period gave him additional exposure, as did his role in drummer Tony Williams\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Lifetime, a trio that also included guitarist John McLaughlin. Resonance acquired recordings that Young made in live broadcasts in Paris in the mid 1960s. They remained in the archive unheard until now. The Paris recordings recall Young\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s relatively restrained approach to the organ during an era dominated by players like Jimmy Smith and Jimmy McGriff who were capable of using the instrument as a sonic battering ram. Six tracks of the ten in the Resonance set find Young with the trumpeter Woody Shaw, who was amazingly advanced at the age of 18. The set also gives us the opportunity to hear two superb tenor saxophonists, the American Nathan Davis and the Frenchman Jean-Claude Fohrenbach, who combined aspects of Stan Getz and John Coltrane. The two CDs thrive on blues and blues-tinged pieces and, in the case of Young\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Luny Tune,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the harmonies of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I Got Rhythm,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that perennial source of jazz originals. Not from the Resonance album but from that period of Young\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life, here is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tyrone.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d It’s on his Into Something!<\/em> Blue Note CD, with Sam Rivers, tenor saxophone; Elvin Jones, drums; and Grant Green, guitar.<\/p>\n

\n