Call and Response

Summer jazz is all about keeping the sounds “cool,” so, I said to myself, why not program a jazz flute show.  It proved a challenging.  And since the 4th of July is coming up this week, I thought I probably should do some “patriotic” jazz selections: jazz with themes about America and patriotism, or at least a jazzman’s interpretation of American liberty and patriotism, which is not always on key with mainstream views.  After all, this is jazz and jazz by its very nature is “revolutionary.”  The jazz titles reflect this theme

The Flutes:

Bud Shank “Sweet Georgia Brown” from California Suite (1956) on Wnts — Bud Shank (flute), Bob Cooper (oboe), Howard Roberts (guitar), Don Prell (bass), Chuck Flores (drums)

Frank Wess “Low Life” composed by Johnny Mandel from Jazz for Playboys (1956) on Hallmark — Frank Wess (flute), Joe Newman (trumpet), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Freddie Green (rhythm guitar), Eddie Jones (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)

Yusef Lateef “Playful Flute” composed by Lateef from The Sounds of Lateef (1957) on Fantasy Records — Yusef Lateef (flute), Wilbur Harden, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow & Oliver Jackson (percussion

Moe Koffman “The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues” from Step One, A Touch of Jazz (1957) — Moe Koffman (flute), Ed Bickert (guitar), Hugh Currie (bass), Ron Rully (drums)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk “You Did It, You Did It” composed by Kirk from We Free Kings (1961) on Mercury — Rahsaan Roland Kirk (flute), Hank Jones (piano), Wendell Marshall (bass), Charlie Persip (drums)

Paul Horn “Mirage For Miles” composed by Horn from Essential Jazz Masters (1961) on Stardust Records — Paul Horn (flute), Emil Richards (vibes), Paul Moer (piano), Jimmy Bond (bass), Milt Turner (drums)

Herbie Mann “Comin’ Home Baby” composed by Ben Tucker & Bob Dorough. from At the Village Gate (Live) (1961) on Rhino Atlantic — Herbie Mann (flute), Hagood Hardy (vibes), Ben Tucker & Ahmad Abdul-Malik (basses), Rudy Collins (drums), Ray Mantilla & Chief Bey. Great bass solo

Eric Dolphy “Gazzelloni” composed by Dolphy from Out to Lunch (1964) on Blue Note — Eric Dolphy (flute), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), Richard Davis (bass), Tony Williams (drums

Dave Valentin “Mountain Song” composed by Dave Valentin from Dave Valentin: Live At The Blue Note (1988) on GRP — Dave Valentin (concert flute, pan pipes, bamboo flutes, Romanian pan flute, porcelain flute, Peruvian bamboo bass flute, assorted whistles and sequencer)

Buddy Collette and James Newton “Flute Talk” composed by Buddy Collette and James Newton from Buddy Collette and James Newton: Flute Talk (1988) on Soul Note — Buddy Collette (flute), James Newton (flute)

Hubert Laws “Moment’s Notice” composed by Coltrane from In the Beginning (1974) on CTI — Hubert Laws, flute; keyboardist Bob James; guitarist Gene Bertoncini; bassist Ron Carter, drummer Steve Gadd, and Ronnie Laws (Hubert’s brother) on tenor

Jazz for the Fourth:

Charlie Haden “This Is Not America” composed by Samuel A. Ward & Katherine Lee Bates/James Weldon Johnson & J. Rosamond Johnson/Ornette Coleman from Not In Our Name (2005) on Verve — Charlie Haden (bass), Carla Bley (piano), Miguel Zenon (alto sax), Curtis Fowlkes (trombone), Chris Cheek (tenor sax), Tony Malaby (tenor sax), Steve Cardenas (guitar), Matt Wilson (drums)

Ornette Coleman “Skies of America” composed by Ornette Coleman from Skies of America (1972) on Columbia — Ornette Coleman (alto sax), London Symphony Orchestra

Gene Harris Trio “Battle Hymn of the Republic” composed by Julia Ward Howe from The Gene Harris Trio Plus One (1985) on Concord — Gene Harris (piano), Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax), Ray Brown (bass), Mickey Roker (drums).

Frank Sinatra “The House I Live In (That’s America To Me)” composed by Lyrics by Abel Meeropol (as “Lewis Allan”) & music by Earl Robinson from Frank Sinatra, Volume 2 – “The House I Live In” – Early Encores: 1943-’46 (1946) on Vintage

Bill Frisell “Open Prairie, the I” composed by B. Frisell from Have a Little Faith (1992) on Elektra Nonesuch — Bill Frisell (guitar), Don Byron (clarinet), Guy Klucevsek (accordion), Kermit Driscoll (bass), Joey Baron (drums)

Charles Mingus “Compositional Theme Story:Medleys, anthems and folklore” composed by C. Mingus from Mingus Plays Piano (1963) on decca

Louis Armstrong “Fireworks” from The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (1928) on Columbia

Billie Holiday “Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town” from I Wish I Had You

Duke Ellington “Rhapsody in Blue” composed by Gershwin from Duke Ellington – Recollections of the Big Band Era on Atlantic

The Pete Jolly Trio “Stars And Stripes Forever” from TIMELESS (1969) on VSOP Records