Frank Wright Trio is the debut album by saxophonist Frank Wright. It was recorded in November 1965 in New York City, released by ESP-Disk in 1966.. On the album, Wright is joined by bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Tom Price

In an article for All About Jazz, Clifford Allen commented:

The opening 'The Earth' starts with a brief vibrato-heavy and bluesy slow theme on unaccompanied tenor that quickly erupts into a frantic screamer of a solo, a mix of buzzing upper-register cries and low bleating honks, occasional recognizable stock R&B phrases making their way into the melange... Unlike Ayler, there is not a significant amount of solo construction, for it appears Wright was throwing together ideas in a spirit of jubilation. The rhythm section is certainly strong and experienced, and are given ample duet room after Wright's solo ends."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfB5JApHKDg&list=RDyfB5JApHKDg&start_radio=1

#FrankWright #HenryGrimes #FreeJazz #Jazz #ESPDisk #Music #TenorSax

Sonny's Time Now is an album by American free jazz drummer Sunny Murray, his first as a leader. It was recorded in New York City on November 17, 1965 and first released on LeRoi Jones' Jihad label.

Thurston Moore included Sonny's Time Now in his "Top Ten From The Free Jazz Underground" list, first published in 1995 in the second issue of the defunct Grand Royal magazine.Moore wrote: "This recording is super-lo-fi and is awesome... This music is very Ayler but more fractured and odd." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_-3wYuix8&list=RDzQ_-3wYuix8&start_radio=1&t=6s

#SunnyMurray #AlbertAyler #DonCherry #HenryGrimes #FreeJazz #LeRoiJones
#Music #ThurstonMoore

On This Night is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1965. The album contains tracks recorded by Shepp, bassist David Izenzon and drummer J. C. Moses in March 1965 and with a larger band in August of that year that included vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Henry Grimes and percussionists Ed Blackwell, Joe Chambers and Rashied Ali.

The AllMusic review by Al Campbell states: "Among the highlights are a passionate reading of Duke Ellington's 'In a Sentimental Mood' and the title piece, a moving tribute to W. E. B. Du Bois, featuring the haunting soprano vocalist Christine Spencer employing a distinct 20th century classical influence, with Shepp on piano. Shepp is the solo horn on these dates, playing at peak form." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuY_Y3c9-C8&list=PLfyg_SuY7fEIGd2sc44f_90pPZ20QG2K6&index=1

#ArchieShepp #FreeJazz #DavidIzenzon #HenryGrimes #BobbyHutcherson #EdBlackwell #RashiedAli #ImpulseRecords #Jazz #WEBDuBois #Ellington

Marzette Watts and Company, also known as Marzette and Company, is the debut album by saxophonist and composer Marzette Watts. It was recorded in December 1966 in New York City, and was released by ESP-Disk in 1968.

John Garratt, writing for PopMatters, stated: "Marzette Watts was caught in the very middle of the civil unrest of 1960s America.... Watts struggled to belong somewhere. The music of Marzette Watts & Company reflects this turmoil and the list of soon-to-be-famous names accompanying him on the album suggests that misery loved company... Half these musicians have passed on, but their 'Backdrop for Urban Revolution' continues to stay in motion, thanks to gut-punching artifacts like this one."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEz1tQIgS0M&list=RDSEz1tQIgS0M&start_radio=1

#MarzetteWatts #ByardLancaster #CliffordThornton #SonnySharrock #KarlBerger #HenryGrimes #FreeJazz #Jazz #ESPDisk #Music

Tauhid is a jazz album by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. It was the second album released under his name, and his first album on the Impulse! label.

Andy Beta stated: "Drawing on his travels through Japan with Coltrane's group, as well as his reading about ancient Egypt, Tauhid balanced the incendiary sax shredding of Sanders' years with Coltrane with a newfound lyricism and patience, letting each song unfold at a natural pace. And with the guitar of Sonny Sharrock adding both furious noise and nimble R&B chording that gave the sidelong 'Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt' its melodic hook, Sanders' work began to resonate beyond jazz as The Stooges and MC5 incorporated the spirit of Sanders into their proto-punk sound." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBVlfcPXho&list=RDkWBVlfcPXho&start_radio=1

#PharoahSanders #SonnySharrock #DaveBurrell #HenryGrimes #ImpulseRecords #FreeJazz #Jazz #Music #TenorSax #RogerBlank #AncientEgypt

Ended the week and started the first weekend of the year after a ride on which I saw my first kingfisher of the year with Tranquility an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz's Quartet recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label

Jason Ankeny of Allmusic states "crafted with startling precision and economy, Tranquility extols the virtues of mood and shape with Talmudic zeal, towering astride thought and expression. ...Rarely is music so profoundly cerebral also so deeply heartfelt" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy3UK-HdUBc&list=PLRyNJMEq0OwL59Qa8JOsAM_mGYdQecEaV&index=1

#LeeKonitz #Jazz #Music #VerveRecords #BillyBauer #HenryGrimes #DaveBailey #AltoSax

Conquistador! is a 1968 studio album recorded in 1966 by free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, released by Blue Note Records.

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 4 stars, calling it "an all but flawless record," and commenting: "Dark, difficult, unique, yet operating at an artful tangent to some of the other 'difficult' Blue Note music of the period, this is Taylor at his most devious."

Writing for Vinyl Me Please, Brian Josephs stated: "Conquistador!... swerves away from Unit Structures' fire and evokes the coolness of its cover, which features a turtlenecked Taylor slightly out of focus, hiding behind shades as he mysteriously stares into the distance. The musical elements don’t combust as much as they melt into each other.." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yJWcxzZBVE&list=RD5yJWcxzZBVE&start_radio=1

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Funk Dumpling by Perry Robinson 4, released on Savoy in 1962.

Funk Dumpling Review by Scott Yanow

Clarinetist Perry Robinson has recorded relatively few sessions as a leader during his career. In fact, this album, last available as a 1987 reissue LP, was his only chance to head his own recording date prior to 1975. Robinson is joined by pianist Kenny Barron (on one of his earliest recordings), bassist Henry Grimes, and drummer Paul Motian for seven originals -- four by the clarinetist and three by the long-lost Grimes. In general, the music is warm, lyrical, and thoughtful, although Robinson proved at this point to already be a pretty adventurous player. Collectors of early creative jazz will want this set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQZMvE2hXwI

#PerryRobinson #HenryGrimes #PaulMotian #KennyBarron #Jazz #Music #JazzClarinet

Symphony for Improvisers is an album by American jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, released by Blue Note Records in August 1967. It features Gato Barbieri, Henry Grimes, and Ed Blackwell, all of whom appeared on Cherry's previous album Complete Communion, along with Karl Berger, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, and Pharoah Sanders. Symphony for Improvisers was recorded in 1966. The front cover photograph was taken at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Upper West Side, New York City.

Ollie Bivens, writing for All About Jazz, commented: "Symphony for Improvisers is a lesson in controlled chaos that remains eminently musical... This music is cerebral without being cold, freewheeling without degenerating into a lot of blowing for the sake of blowing. Never boring, Symphony for Improvisers is for jazz fans with lengthy attention spans and open ears." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS-BEy80p5k&list=RDhS-BEy80p5k&start_radio=1

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Where Is Brooklyn? is an album by Don Cherry featuring Henry Grimes, Ed Blackwell, and Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label.

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album "a great piece of work," and commented: "Though it seems to go back to the less adventurous format of Complete Communion and to focus on discrete compositions rather than flowing improvisation, it has enough detail and enough thoughtful energy stashed away in each track... to create the same feel." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi0jhWktRXk&list=RDoi0jhWktRXk&start_radio=1

#DonCherry #FreeJazz #Music #BlueNote #EdBlackwell #HenryGrimes #PharoahSanders #Jazz