Stefon Harris
( Naar de Nederlandse vertaling.)
Duke Ellington is the uncrowned king of suites. Although a typically element from the classical music, Paul Whiteman and Duke Ellington made it to an art in jazz. Duke Ellington made a lot of suites, like Black Brown & Beige, the Liberian Suite, Far Eastern Suite and the New Orleans Suite. The most well known suites by Duke Ellington are recorded between the 1930s up to the 1950s. Thanks to a young vibes player Stefon Harris, some of these, most contemporary neglected suites composed by Duke Ellington, have been recorded. The record is called: Stefon Harris - African Tarantella - Dances with Duke. On this 2006 Blue Note album Stefon Harris selected parts of the New Orleans Suite ( originally from 1970 ) and the Queens Suite ( from 1958 ); both by Duke. A third selection is from his own suite, titled The Gardner Meditations. One of the parts is titled African Tarantella, which is the name of the album.
Duke Ellington is the uncrowned king of suites. Although a typically element from the classical music, Paul Whiteman and Duke Ellington made it to an art in jazz. Duke Ellington made a lot of suites, like Black Brown & Beige, the Liberian Suite, Far Eastern Suite and the New Orleans Suite. The most well known suites by Duke Ellington are recorded between the 1930s up to the 1950s. Thanks to a young vibes player Stefon Harris, some of these, most contemporary neglected suites composed by Duke Ellington, have been recorded. The record is called: Stefon Harris - African Tarantella - Dances with Duke. On this 2006 Blue Note album Stefon Harris selected parts of the New Orleans Suite ( originally from 1970 ) and the Queens Suite ( from 1958 ); both by Duke. A third selection is from his own suite, titled The Gardner Meditations. One of the parts is titled African Tarantella, which is the name of the album.
Stefon Harris is one of those young booming talents. He was born in March 1973 and studied at the Manhattan School of Music. He was influenced by the legendary vibes player Milt Jackson. During his short carreer up to now, he won several awards, like the Dutch Bird Award for Artist Deserving Wider Recognition, a kind of incentive price for young talents, at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague in 2002. You can find Stefon Harris' name on all major lists as best mallet player in all kinds of polls. I liked this album, with the great harmonical structures, like Duke Ellington loved to make, played by a great orchestra with names like Steve Turre, the trombone player and Xavier Davis, the pianist, who plays a great solo in African Tarantella, the second part of Harris' suite The Gardner Meditations. Also Greg Tardy on clarinet makes some great music in Thanks for The Beautiful Land on the Delta ( first part of the New Orleans Suite). A great piece of music is The Single Petal of Rose, featuring Stefon Harris on vibes and marimba and Derrick Hodge on bass.
AT RANDOM:
The Mooche - ARNE DOMNÉRUS QUARTET: Arne Domnérus alto saxophone and clarinet, Jan Lundgren piano, Tom Warrington bass and Paul Krelbich drums. Recorded at Entourage Studios in Hollywood, 12 - 13 September 2000
Time exposure for the 20th of December:
1947:
PLAYLIST
john coltrane/the atlantic records - 4 (my favorite things) = stefon harris/african tarantella - dances with duke = helen kane/boop boop-a-doop = fay claassen/sings two portraits of chet baker (2) = joe henderson/big band = choro-cd sampler - a social history of a brazilian popular music = antonio adolfo/chiquinha com jazz
Nederlands ( To the English translation )
Duke Ellington kun je wel de ongekroonde koning van de suite noemen. Hoewel de suite een typische muziekvorm is uit de klassieke muziek, maakten musici als Paul Whiteman en Duke Ellington er een echte jazzvorm van. De Duke maakte een heleboel suites, waarvan de bekendste zijn: Black Brown & Beige, the Liberian Suite, Far Eastern Suite en de New Orleans Suite. Duke Ellington maakte zijn bekendste tussen 1930 en 1960 maar dankzij vibrafonist Stefon Harris, zijn nu ook een paar minder bekende, jongere op de plaat gezet. Dat album heet Stefon Harris - African Tarantella - Dances with Duke. Op deze Blue Note plaat uit 2006 heeft Stefon Harris verschilende delen van de New Orleans Suite ( het origineel dateert uit 1970 ) uitgevoerd en de Queens Suite ( uit 1958 ). Een derde suite is een eigen compositie: The Gardner Meditations. Eén van de delen, African Tarantella, heeft de plaat zijn naam gegeven,zodat de spin op de hoes meteen verklaard is.
SPEELLIJST
john coltrane/the atlantic records - 4 (my favorite things) = stefon harris/african tarantella - dances with duke = helen kane/boop boop-a-doop = fay claassen/sings two portraits of chet baker (2) = joe henderson/big band = choro-cd sampler - a social history of a brazilian popular music = antonio adolfo/chiquinha com jazz
I love to share two fragments. The tune San Francisco Holiday, composed by Thelonious Monk by the SFJazz Collective, featuring Stefon Harris ( July 2007) and preceded by a master class at the Maple Street Magnet School for Arts. It's great to see this young musician ( 34 years old) working with these young kids.
AT RANDOM:
The Mooche - ARNE DOMNÉRUS QUARTET: Arne Domnérus alto saxophone and clarinet, Jan Lundgren piano, Tom Warrington bass and Paul Krelbich drums. Recorded at Entourage Studios in Hollywood, 12 - 13 September 2000
Time exposure for the 20th of December:
1947:
- how high the moon / my baby like to be-bop/ no sense = begin the beguine = ella fitzgerald
- crying sands / lemon drop / shishka / crown pilots = chubby jackson fifth dimensional jazz group
1957:
- clifford's kappa / filidia / paul's pal / two sons / under the paris skies = ray draper quintet (featuring john coltrane)
- tune up = max roach plus four
1967:
- hello dolly / operation entertainment / what a wonderful world / when it's sleepy time down south = louis armstrong all stars
PLAYLIST
john coltrane/the atlantic records - 4 (my favorite things) = stefon harris/african tarantella - dances with duke = helen kane/boop boop-a-doop = fay claassen/sings two portraits of chet baker (2) = joe henderson/big band = choro-cd sampler - a social history of a brazilian popular music = antonio adolfo/chiquinha com jazz
Nederlands ( To the English translation )
Stefon Harris is een jonge, zich snel ontwikkelend talent. Hij werd geboren in maart 1973 en studeerde aan de Manhattan School of Music. Hij werd in zijn vibrafoonspel beinvloed door de grote meester Milt Jackson. Tijdens zijn nog maar korte carriere speelde hij met vele grootten en ontving hij heel wat prijzen, waaronder de, in goed Nederlands, Bird Award for Artist Deserving Wider Recognition, een soort aanmoedigingsprijs voor jong talent. Deze prijs werd uitgereikt op het Northsea Jazzfestival in 2002 in Den Haag. De laatste jaren kom je zijn naam ook nog al eens tegen in lijsten en polls als de beste vibrafonist.
Ik vind het een mooi album, met prachtige harmonische lijnen zoals alleen Duke Ellington dat zo goed kon, gespeeld door een orkest met daarin namen als Steve Turre, de trombonist en Xavier Davis, aan de piano. Xavier speelt een prachtige solo in African Tarantella, het titelstuk, het tweede deel van de Gardner Meditations. Ook de klarinet van Greg Tardy klinkt heel goed in on Thanks for The Beautiful Land on the Delta ( het eerste deel van de New Orleans Suite). Een mooi stuk is verder The Single Petal of Rose, met daarin Stefon Harris op vibrafon en marimba en Derrick Hodge op bas.
Ik vond twee fragmenten. Het laatste is het nummer San Francisco Holiday, gecomponeerd door Thelonious Monk en gespeeld door het SFJazz Collective, waarin Stefon Harris de mallets vast heeft ( juli 2007); voorafgegaan door een masterclass, waarin het leuk is te zien hoe Stefon, zelf 34 jaar, op de Maple Street Magnet School for Arts de jongelui weet te inspireren.
AT RANDOM:
The Mooche - ARNE DOMNÉRUS QUARTET: Arne Domnérus altsax en klarinet, Jan Lundgren piano, Tom Warrington bas en Paul Krelbich slagwerk. Opgenomen in de Entourage Studios in Hollywood, 11 - 13 september 2000.
The Mooche - ARNE DOMNÉRUS QUARTET: Arne Domnérus altsax en klarinet, Jan Lundgren piano, Tom Warrington bas en Paul Krelbich slagwerk. Opgenomen in de Entourage Studios in Hollywood, 11 - 13 september 2000.
- how high the moon / my baby like to be-bop/ no sense = begin the beguine = ella fitzgerald
- crying sands / lemon drop / shishka / crown pilots = chubby jackson fifth dimensional jazz group
1957:
- clifford's kappa / filidia / paul's pal / two sons / under the paris skies = ray draper quintet (featuring john coltrane)
- tune up = max roach plus four
1967:
- hello dolly / operation entertainment / what a wonderful world / when it's sleepy time down south = louis armstrong all stars
SPEELLIJST
john coltrane/the atlantic records - 4 (my favorite things) = stefon harris/african tarantella - dances with duke = helen kane/boop boop-a-doop = fay claassen/sings two portraits of chet baker (2) = joe henderson/big band = choro-cd sampler - a social history of a brazilian popular music = antonio adolfo/chiquinha com jazz
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