David X. Young's Jazz Loft: 1954-1965

David X. Young's Jazz Loft: 1954-1965

David X. Young's Jazz Loft: 1954-1965

ASIN: B00004YL9T

Track Listings
 
1. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
2. Spuds - Bob Brookmeyer
3. Dark Cloud
4. This Can't Be Love
5. Zoot and Drums
6. Stompin' at the Savoy
7. Dog Story
8. There Will Never Be Another You - Bob Brookmeyer
9. Wildwood - Bob Brookmeyer
10. 821 Blues
11. When the Sun Comes Out
12. Groovin' High

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David X. Young's Jazz Loft: 1954-1965
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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 David X. Young's Jazz Loft: 1954-1965
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Jazz Magnet
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004YL9T
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

  1. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  2. Spuds - Bob Brookmeyer
  3. Dark Cloud
  4. This Can't Be Love
  5. Zoot and Drums
  6. Stompin' at the Savoy
  7. Dog Story
  8. There Will Never Be Another You - Bob Brookmeyer
  9. Wildwood - Bob Brookmeyer
  10. 821 Blues
  11. When the Sun Comes Out
  12. Groovin' High

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars listen first, while viewing reproductions.......2001-03-14

Great fun listening, and a bird's eye view of a great scene and time when some better-than-good jazz players converged to unwind, have fun and create. Everyone was in good form among friends, and Young provided the locus.

Instructions for use: 1: Bypass the drivel by Howard Mandel (he apparently didn't find it necessary to do even basic research, e.g.: he talks about the loft scene moving after the golden days of Young, et al---and mentions "Barry Harris's 'Jazz Center'" on 7th Avenue, which in fact was the Jazz Cultural Theater on 8th Avenue (I should know---I was on the scene as musician for its entire 5 year run). 2: Proceed immediately to your CD player and put disks on to hear some of the better players of the day (or any day)having a ball in a nurturing, incubating environment. 3: Flip through the leaflet to view terrific reproductions of David X. Young's highly individual and first-rate paintings (and photographs). 4: Read remarks by participants Brookmeyer, Crow, Charles.

If one bypasses the ancillary and useless commentary as indicated and goes to the meat of the art, a splendid time with a first-rate project that bears repeated revisiting is guaranteed.

4 out of 5 stars jazz loft.......2000-11-22

This two-disc set features Zoot Sims on several occasions (most from a Christmas Eve, 1959 session) and Bob Brookmeyer with Jim Hall and Jimmy Raney (two sessions)at jam sessions recorded at artist David Young's loft in the flower district of Manhattan during the great flourishing of modern jazz in New York, 1955-1965. Sims, who thrived in this sort of informal environment, is wonderful throughout. Hall and Raney, especially on "Spuds," create some very exciting interplay. Brookmeyer (the notes hedge on his identity, but I think they are correct) has a wonderfully sui generis piano solo on one of the tracks featuring Zoot. Excellent reproductions of some of Young's paintings, some great photographs taken at these sessions, and some funny reminiscences from the participants. Howard Mandel's intro, though, is a rehash of the usual cliches about the 50s. I hope we get to hear more from these sessions.

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  6. Feelin' It
  7. Fillet of Soul
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