George Adams- L.P. Reccomendations?
Christo
I recently was turned on to George Adams, the great tenor sax/woodwind
player that played with Mingus. I first heard him on the Mingus 'Epitaph'
and his playing just blew me away! I have one CD, 'Melodic Excursions' w/
Don Pullen, that has some wonderful music. Any reccomendations for other
recordings? BTW, if my memory doesn't mistake me, I think he passed away
in the last two years or so =(
John & Bonnie
chr...@cwo.com (Christo) wrote:
Mingus' "Changes One" and "Changes Two", McCoy Tyner's "The Greeting",
(if its ever reissued), and any of the George Adams-Don Pullen Band
recordings.
John Nicholas
Dave Egan
Christo wrote:
>
> I recently was turned on to George Adams, the great tenor sax/woodwind
> player that played with Mingus. I first heard him on the Mingus 'Epitaph'
> and his playing just blew me away! I have one CD, 'Melodic Excursions' w/
> Don Pullen, that has some wonderful music. Any reccomendations for other
> recordings? BTW, if my memory doesn't mistake me, I think he passed away
> in the last two years or so =(
I think George probably passed away early in 1993. I'd like to recommend the Don
Pullen / African-Brazilian Connection CD, _Live...Again_, recorded at the Montreux
Jazz Festival in 1993. This contains a very sweet ballad titled _Ah George, We Hardly
Knew Ya_. Also this album could probably make anyone (even the dead!) dance, it's so
full of joy.
I didn't get a chance to see George Adams before he passed away but I did get a chance
to see Don Pullen once. I have a lump in my throat just thinking about that show. He
was obviously very sick by then, but he really gave us his all and put on the most
wonderful performance. I'll never forget that one.
- Dave
Piotr Michalowski
> I recently was turned on to George Adams, the great tenor sax/woodwind
>player that played with Mingus. I first heard him on the Mingus 'Epitaph'
>and his playing just blew me away! I have one CD, 'Melodic Excursions' w/
>Don Pullen, that has some wonderful music. Any reccomendations for other
>recordings? BTW, if my memory doesn't mistake me, I think he passed away
>in the last two years or so =(
I have always liked the recordings he did with Don Pullen. By the way, I just
poske to pianist Hugh Lawson who informed me that he and Adams recorded quite
a number of albums in Japan together that have not been released here. has
anyone got any information on these?
Martin Margulis
In article <31C43B...@ix.netcom.com>, Dave Egan <dae...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
> Christo wrote:
> >
> > I recently was turned on to George Adams, the great tenor sax/woodwind
> > player that played with Mingus. I first heard him on the Mingus 'Epitaph'
> > and his playing just blew me away! I have one CD, 'Melodic Excursions' w/
> > Don Pullen, that has some wonderful music. Any reccomendations for other
> > recordings? BTW, if my memory doesn't mistake me, I think he passed away
> > in the last two years or so =(
>
> I think George probably passed away early in 1993. I'd like to
recommend the Don
> Pullen / African-Brazilian Connection CD, _Live...Again_, recorded at
the Montreux
> Jazz Festival in 1993. This contains a very sweet ballad titled _Ah
George, We Hardly
> Knew Ya_. Also this album could probably make anyone (even the dead!)
dance, it's so
> full of joy.
>
> I didn't get a chance to see George Adams before he passed away but I
did get a chance
> to see Don Pullen once. I have a lump in my throat just thinking about
that show. He
> was obviously very sick by then, but he really gave us his all and put
on the most
> wonderful performance. I'll never forget that one.
>
> - Dave
Adams died this year. IMHO the greatest tenor player since Coltrane.
Also IMHO, Lovano is now the man.
tomb...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
I caught George with Gil Evans' band during the 80s.
Don't know if they ever recorded together.
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Alistair Poore
Christo wrote:
>
> I recently was turned on to George Adams, the great tenor sax/woodwind
> player that played with Mingus. I first heard him on the Mingus 'Epitaph'
> and his playing just blew me away! I have one CD, 'Melodic Excursions' w/
> Don Pullen, that has some wonderful music. Any reccomendations for other
> recordings? BTW, if my memory doesn't mistake me, I think he passed away
> in the last two years or so =(
George Adams comes very close to being my favorite saxophone player. I can highly
recommend most of the George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet recordings with my
favorites being 'City Gates', 'Earth Beams' (both on Timeless) and 'Breakthrough'
(Blue Note). These are more rewarding than the duo record you mentioned. Of his
solo records I have 'Paradise Space Shuttle' (Timeless) which I enjoy a great deal.
Also of interest is his work with James 'Blood' Ulmer, of which I only have 'Original
Phalanx' (DIW). He is also on several Mingus albums, as you know, and some of
McCoy Tyner's, the most recent being 'Things ain't what they used to be' (Blue Note)
- two tracks only.
Alistair Poore
a.p...@unsw.edu.au
Charles R. Sullivan
tomb...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu () writes:
>I caught George with Gil Evans' band during the 80s.
>Don't know if they ever recorded together.
They did---he is on at least one of Evans' recordings, and takes some
great solos. I'd say that and "Melodic Excursions" are my favorite
recordings of his that I've heard. Only thing is I can't remember off
the top of my head which Evans he is on. I think it is either Live at
the Public Theatre Vols. I and II, or Live at Sweet Basic Vol. I and II.
I Hope to remember to check.
Charlie Sullivan
W.Hery
In article <piotrm.39...@umich.edu>,
Piotr Michalowski <pio...@umich.edu> wrote:
>
>I have always liked the recordings he did with Don Pullen. By the way, I just
>poske to pianist Hugh Lawson who informed me that he and Adams recorded quite
>a number of albums in Japan together that have not been released here. has
>anyone got any information on these?
At least 3 by Adams with Lawson were released in the US: America
(1989) and Nightingale (1988) were released in Japan by Toshiba and
licensed to Blue Note for US release; Hand to Hand (1980, Soul Note)
was an album by Geroge and Dannie Richmond which included Lawson.
In another response on this thread, it was mentioned that George
played in Gil Evans bnad in the early 80s, and the question was asked
if they recorded together. I know of 3 CDs of Evans with Adams: Little
Wing (DIW), Live at Sweet Basil Vol I and II (both Gramavision). The 2
Sweet Basil releases were each 2 LP sets in their original release, so
there is a lot of great music there. In a similar vein, George is on
Ornage Than Blue's CD "Where Are You."
Correcting an error in another post, george did not die "this year."
The memorial service for him was Jan 27, 1993; I don't recall the date
of death, but I believe it was late 92. It certainly wasn't AFTER Jan
1993.
Bill Hery
Bell Labs, Whippany NJ
w.h...@bell-labs.com
Christo
> I caught George with Gil Evans' band during the 80s.
> Don't know if they ever recorded together.
Come to think of it, there's 'Gil Evans and the Monday Night Orchestra
Live at Sweet Basil' (1986, Gramavision) which features George Adams.
He's most prominently featured on Mingus' "Orange was the Color of Her
Dress...." I'm pretty sure there's another 'Live at Sweet Basil'
recording too.
Thomas M Keith
>player that played with Mingus. I first heard him on the Mingus 'Epitaph'
>and his playing just blew me away! I have one CD, 'Melodic Excursions' w/
>Don Pullen, that has some wonderful music. Any reccomendations for other
>recordings? BTW, if my memory doesn't mistake me, I think he passed away
>in the last two years or so =(
You are correct. 8(
With Mingus, try Changes One and Changes Two. Post Mingus:
Don Pullen (Don't recall title offhand, but it was a Cadence
$2.50 special w/Randy Brecker, Hannibal, Michael
Urbaniak. Features George on ts, ss, bc. Real
nice playing on Autumn Song and Kaji {which is
ripoff of McCoy Tyner's "Sahara"} by George.)
George Adams Paradise Space Shuttle
w/Ron Burton p; Don Pate b; Al Foster dr;
Azzedin Weston perc. 3 or 4 out of 6 are real
nice tunes.
George Adams Sound Suggestions
w/Kenny Wheeler tp; Heinz Sauer ts; Richie
Beirach p; Dave Holland b; Jack DeJohnette dr.
Personal Fave, though VERY ECM.
George Adams/Archie Shepp/Heinz Sauer
Tenor Saxophone Workshop
European Musicians (alex riel dr?)
Not all that great, but worth the Shepp ballad.
George Adams/Don Pullen 4tet
Earth Beams
Pullen p; Cameron Brown b; Dannie Richmond dr.
All out BLowing Session!
George Adams/Don Pullen 4tet
City Gates
Same as above.
George Adams/Dannie Richmond
Hand to Hand
Jimmy Knepper tbn; Hugh Lawson p; Mike Richmond b;
Dannie Richmond dr. Excellent tunes, good solos.
Much of the stuff on Timeless is like the Adams/Pullen 4tet stuff above.
I personally try to avoid anything they did for Blue Note, nice tunes,
but just not very good music. Others will disagree. Any of Georges
stuff you can find on Horo, SoulNote, or BlackSaint is worth the money.
He also did some work later in his life with Mingus Dynasty which is ok.
Unfortunately, like Archie Shepp, his best work is within a window of
about '74-'80.
Thomas M Keith
In article <jazzpsy-1606...@204.17.148.19> jaz...@nlis.net (Martin Margulis) writes:
>In article <31C43B...@ix.netcom.com>, Dave Egan <dae...@ix.netcom.com>
>wrote:
>
>
>Also IMHO, Lovano is now the man.
Adams died in 93, Pullen this year.