In this excerpt from the latest episode of The Tonearm Podcast, Tomeka Reid reflects on the photographs brought into 'dance! skip! hop!' as documents of unencumbered Black life—people walking dogs, girls posing for fun—and describes it as a kind of social injustice that images of Black people simply existing are as scarce as they are.
Don't miss the full conversation: https://podcast.thetonearm.com/tomeka-reid-the-low-seat-the-long-haul-and-dance-skip-hop-cellist/
In this excerpt from the new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, cellist and composer Tomeka Reid describes deliberately setting out to write music with dance energy—a push against the cello's reputation for long, sustained lines—and realizing she'd pulled it off only once the compositions actually took shape.
Listen in to the full conversation: https://podcast.thetonearm.com/tomeka-reid-the-low-seat-the-long-haul-and-dance-skip-hop-cellist/
Clark Terry (also released as Introducing Clark Terry and Swahili) is the debut album by American jazz trumpeter Clark Terry featuring tracks recorded in early 1955 and released on the EmArcy label.
Allmusic awarded the album 4+1⁄2 stars, stating: "There are no losers in this swinging meeting". - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ5X7phs7_Y&list=RDaJ5X7phs7_Y&start_radio=1
#ClarkTerry #Jimm Cleveland #HoraceSilver #OscarPettiford #JazzCello #ArtBlakey #QuincyJones #Jazz #JazzTrumpet #Music #EmArcy
Out There is an album by Eric Dolphy which was released by Prestige Records in September 1961. It features Dolphy in a quartet with bassists Ron Carter (here playing cello) and George Duvivier, and drummer Roy Haynes. It was Dolphy's second album as a leader, released following his time with Charles Mingus.
Dolphy's group on Out There resembles the late 1950s ensembles of Chico Hamilton, with whom Dolphy played and recorded during that time, in that it features both a cello and a bass; however, unlike Hamilton's group, Dolphy's does not contain a guitar or other chordal instrument.
Writing for PopMatters, Will Layman called the album "a dream come true", and noted how Dolphy and Carter are "free to explore harmony above the minimal barriers of George Duvivier's bass lines and Roy Haynes' snap-crackle-pop stick work.".. - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAkXNfUh-iQ
#EricDolphy #RonCarter #JazzCello
#GeorgeDuvivier #RoyHaynes #Jazz #Music #ThirdStream #PostBop #PrestigeLabel
More Music from the Soil is an album by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks recorded in 1961 and released on the Argo label.
Horace Silver, commenting for DownBeat magazine in 1961, said that the piano was badly out of tune and compared Lewis's playing unfavorably with that of Ahmad Jamal. AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is a typically enjoyable and accessible early Ramsey Lewis Trio recording" - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ7mSAmo7oc&list=RDUJ7mSAmo7oc&start_radio=1
Straight Ahead / Free At Last by Abdul Wadud, Leroy Jenkins released on Red Records in 1979
Excellent improvised cello and violin duets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCRBOteRZAc
#leroyjenkins #abdulwadud #violin #cello #jazzviolin #jazzcello #freejazz #improvisedmusic #1979inmusic
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