France, apparently, was the last European country celebrates the seventy legendary record company «Blue Note». Saint-Germain came to, to the former jazz squash reached the people, for the survivors, survivors of the clubs in the Saint-Michel, for example, in “The magazine”, which for decades played Grappeli, Luther, and from time to time, Claude Bolling. Alive, and survived a few years ago a substantial lift, “Olympia”, rolled five dedicated «Blue Note» concerts. But I would like to mention only a fantastic exhibition of photos of jazz musicians co-founder of the company by Francis Wolff, which opened in the gallery «YellowKorner», and in the presence of a jacket pocket forgotten steward could buy one of the treasured photos Monk, Henderson, Mingus – your choice
Good afternoon, evening or night. However, the heavenly lights so now suffers from a lack of “lyuminoznosti” that just like Diogenes – go and buy a lantern. But actually it does not change: you listen to the weekly “Jazz Time” shortwave “Freedom” and readily available from our website www.svoboda.org . At the microphone in Paris Dmitry Savitsky.
Sidney Bechet – Dear old southland – 4:01 (Sidney Bechet – Jazz Classics – Blue Note)
«Dear old southland »,« good old south “Turner Leighton. Standard 1921. Sidney Bechet – soprano saxophone; Teddy Awards – guitar; George “Pops” Foster – bass and Sydney Ketlet – drums. March 27, 1940, New York. This standard, the “good old south”, is known as well in some other form, the form of Negro spirituals, “Deep River», «Deep River».
But it’s time to start over.
You will hear, I think rude and not very politically correct, if I say that the birth of «Blue Note» blame Adolf Hitler and his regime. But so it was. In 1939, the company was founded two Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany: Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Alfred in his youth, and he grew up in Berlin, collecting gramophone jazz and was well prepared for the meeting with live jazz in New York. This is what happened: January 6, 1939 Alfred attended at Carnegie Hall in a concert «Spirituals to Swing»
The first money that went to rent recording studios and production records were communist contribution Max Margulis. First recording session was with two pianists and boogie Stride, which played in Carnegie Hall, with Albert Ammons and Meade “Lax” Lewis. But first album, released by the newborn was a lullaby Clara from Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess” by Sidney Bechet. Bechet was already known in Europe, but the big American companies did not want to deal with him. Here is the very first record in the «Blue Note»:
Sidney Bechet – Summertime – 4:09 (Sidney Bechet – Jazz Classics – Blue Note)
«Summertime», «Summer Sometimes” by George Gershwin. Sidney Bechet – soprano saxophone; Meade “Lux” Lewis – piano; Teddy Awards – guitar; John Williams – bass and Sydney Ketlet – drums. June 8, 1939, New York. This – the first caught in the record store disk «Blue Note». I am happy that no one has not yet dared to hold a re-mastered and smoothly to iron this creaking historical record. Thank heavens – cutting all the same, all the 78 rpm with late transfer to vinyl.
At the end of 1939, to Lyon and Margulis joined as well who left Germany, a childhood friend of Alfred, Francis Wolff. The assets of «Blue Note» have been several historical records: records of Earl Hines, Edmond Hall Quartet «Celeste Quartet» and orchestra «All Stars – Port of Harlem». But the main and first remained plate Sydney Bechet. In 1941, Alfred Lyon drafted and until 1943 «Blue Note» disappeared from the music scene.
Large orchestras during the war began to evaporate, melt like ice cream on a summer day. Instead of huge compositions appeared «swingtets» – usually three and four brass musician rhythm section. At the end of 1943, the young «Blue Note» has entered into a struggle for the best jazz musicians and Lion and Wolf nezmedlitelno recorded Ike Kuibeka, Tiny Grimes, John Hardy, Jimmy Hamilton, Jones’ Jones, Sidney de Paris and Benny Morten. But Dixieland and swing left by the wayside: the world of jazz filled, according to Satchmo, Chinese music, bop. And «Blue Note», scratched on the bottom of the barrel, rushed into battle. Ike became Kuibek guide Alfred and Francis on jazz jungle. It was he who led the young, the future greats of jazz musicians on the record.
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T. Monk & amp; M. Jackson – Misterioso – 3:11 (Milt Jackson & amp; The Thelonious Monk Quintet – Blue Note)
«Misterioso» Thelonious Monk, piano. Milt Jackson – vibraphone; John Simmons – bass and Shadow Wilson – drums. June 2, 1948, New York. Monk and Jackson – both are leaders on this record «Blue Note». Lion and Wolf recognized early the value of Thelonious. Just at a time when many prominent club owners and even the famous record companies felt that Monk just do not know how to play.
For Monk were recorded Bud Powell, Fats Navarro, Tadd Demron, Art Blakey, JJ Johnson, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, and, as a result, all other future classics. By the mid-fifties, almost all galaxy and young hardboperov was in the stable «Blue Note».
To be honest, I prefer not to chronological archeology, and just random selection. So I pull out from the rack dozen diabetes and randomly choose something typically blyunoutovskoe:
Lee Morgan – Filet of Soul – 8:26 (Lee Morgan – Delightfulee – Blue Note)
«Filet of Soul» – the name of the play trumpeter Lee Morgan’s better not to say in France. He was referring to the soul loin, the best part of it. This is of course a play on words, and he uses the French sounding name, creating a dubious pun. But such was the era. This is a great orchestra under the direction of Lee Morgan Oliver Nelson. I note that the alto saxophone played Phil Woods, tenor – Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner on piano, bass – Bob Krensho; drums – Philly Joe Jones. The second trumpeter Ernie Royal was invited; trombone Tom McIntosh. Don Butterfield – tuba. French Horn – Jimmy Buffington. Rudy Van Gelder recorded this disc in his New Jersey April 8, 1966.
The main initiator of the records in the living room Rudy Van Gelder Ike Kuibek often collected write friends that after this random seshn turned into the famous group. So, gathered around the young pianist Horace Silver jazz, steel – “Heralds Jazz», «Jazz Messengers»! Friends Ike helped enroll for the first time, Lyon and Wolfe potentially unique record of outstanding cats! Jazz is based on improvisation; «Blue Note», which is in the home studio Holder became the club was just based on improvisation! All the beginning was sewn on the living thread.
«Time Jazz” on the waves of “Freedom” – a history of American music. From spiritual songs and ragtime and boogie to Stride, swing and bop, hard-and-neobopa, third stream, avant-garde, and fyuzhin to folk-jazz. You can also listen to us from space via satellite HotBird and AsiaSat-7, but above all, and best of all – from our website www.svoboda.org . At the microphone in Paris Dmitry Savitsky.
Horace Silver – Señor Blues – 7:01 – (Horace Silver – 6 Pieces of Silver – Blue Note)
“Señor Blues» – one of the earliest and most famous compositions of pianist Horace Silver. Rather, it is the blues, which made him famous. In this case, his quintet for a year before he officially became a «Jazz Messengers». But, as emphasized by Scott Yanow, “… this quintet has already sounded like a” messenger “.” I should add that there was no Art Blakey only …
Total: Donald Byrd – trumpet; Hank Moubli – tenor saxophone; Horace Silver – leader and piano; Doug Watkins – bass and Louis Hayes – drums. This vinyl “Ten pieces of silver” or “Ten Silver Coins” was recorded by Rudy Van in Hackensack November 10, 1956.
In the mid-fifties «Blue Note» experienced a severe crisis. All of the first record on vinyl firm, since 1951, been sorokapyatka. When all the majors began to switch to full-length album of 33 turns, Lyon did not know what to do. You had to either rewrite and republish all or …? At some point it was almost decided to sell the entire collection records the company «Atlantic». Thank goodness it did not happen!
Jimmy Smith – It’s Only a Paper Moon – 7:28 (Jimmy Smith – Groovin ‘At Small’s Paradise- Blue Note)
«It’s Only a Paper Moon» – «It’s only a paper moon …” popular standard 1933 Harold Arlen. Words exist, author Edgar “Yip” Harburg. Jimmy the Smiths – authority and leader; Eddie Macfadyen – guitar and Donald Bailey – drums. New York club «Small’s Paradise», 15 November 1957. year. «Blue Note», roomy.
The master organ Hammond James Oscar the Smiths was relatively well known and to «Blue Note» – his music sounded eatery across the country from the slot machines. Alfred Lion, the hunt for young talents, Jimmy found in a small Philadelphia club and launched first in the all-American and then the global orbit.
Covers, Carpet, «Blue Note» easy to learn. They are engaged in another member of the team of the company, the designer Reid Miles. To sum up the entire edition in the era of its heyday, it’s Alfred Lion, Francis Wolff (Deputy chief photographer and firm), musical director Ike Kuibek, sound engineer Rudy Van Gelder and designer Reid Miles. Is the full or abbreviated list or catalog of musicians recorded «Blue Note» – useless. It will take a separate transmission. Turn to sad. Lyon remained as director until 1966. His health deteriorated and he sold «Blue Note» – «Liberty Records». By this time, Reid Miles already, as musicians say, “moved” or “was on the second floor» – in the upper room. Alfred officially headed his collection to the end of 1967. In 1971, Francis Wolfe just climbed into upper room; in 1987, a retired Lyon, joined his friends.
Style «Liberty Records» gravitated more to the fusion, although the «Blue Note» recorded almost all hard boperov and most important avant-garde. As a result, «Liberty» helicon and was covered in 1981 by the Japanese company «King» and «Toshiba» began to publish and republish most of the catalog «Blue Note». But February 22, 1985 at an evening in the City Hall of New York with the participation of the thirty largest jazz mark «Blue Note» has been brought back to life and became a battle standard on the flagship aircraft carrier recording «Capitol». And that’s not all. Since 2006, the «Blue Note» included in the group «Angel Records», «EMI Classics» and «Virgin Classics”, and the whole company is registered under the umbrella of «Narada Productions». It is the story of the series, someone who ate it. Total, still alive but our favorite Rudy Van Gelder, who in November of the second ninety years. What does he do? Sitting on the terrace in a rocking chair? No, he restores old record «Blue Note».
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The revival, though for two decades, has allowed the company to record new relatively young geniuses among them – Michel Petrucciani:
Michel Petrucciani – Lullaby – 5:16 (Michel Petrucciani – The Blue Note Years – Blue Note)
“Lullaby», «Lullaby» Michel Petrucciani, it – the piano and synthesizer; Eddie Gomez – bass; Victor Jones – drums and – Franck Coulon – perkuziya. October 5, 1989, in Los Angeles.
Let’s part we are at another historic drive «Blue Note», going in the catalog under the number BST-1577. This vinyl John Coltrane «Blue Train»:
John Coltrane – Blue Train – 7:11 (John Coltrane – Blue Train – Blue Note)
« Blue Train »- during recording Rudy van Gelder September 15, 1957 was only 33 years old. Coltrane everyone called TRAIN, so the name – a simple play on words. Ingredients: Lee Morgan – trumpet; Curtis Fuller – trombone; John Coltrane – leader, tenor sax; Kenny Drew – piano; Paul Chembers – bass and Philly Joe Jones – drums.
That’s it, diagonally, on «Blue Note» under the veil of their 75th anniversary. Sound engineer “Jazz Time” Alexander Arkad’ev, author and presenter – Dmitry Savitsky. Our podcasts, please visit www.svoboda.org . We’ll be back in your company right before Christmas. And yet – you all the benefits of blue sky, both outside and inside. Chao, orevuar, bye-bye!
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