tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601754535479665787.post2465464651559388309..comments2023-10-06T05:54:50.632-04:00Comments on Hot House: a blog dedicated to jazz criticism: List: 8 Essential Trumpet SolosAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670608297638919750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601754535479665787.post-62546123625791142912009-04-15T23:36:00.000-04:002009-04-15T23:36:00.000-04:00Wild Man Blues never struck me as one of the best ...Wild Man Blues never struck me as one of the best of Louis' Hot Five/Seven recordings, but to each his own. I'd like to add the solos on Melancholy, Alligator Crawl, Hotter Than That, and Gully Low Blues, and the final trumpet break on That's When I'll Come Back to You. Plus the trumpet lead to the final ensemble chorus of Potato Head Blues.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04456263723602277462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601754535479665787.post-14724563583087403842009-04-15T04:55:00.000-04:002009-04-15T04:55:00.000-04:00Emerging from my prehistoric cave, I would add FRO...Emerging from my prehistoric cave, I would add FROM MONDAY ON by Bobby Hackett (with Eddie Condon on Columbia, now on Mosaic); any Roy Eldridge ballad; Bill Coleman's I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Paris, c. 1936); any Buck Clayton blues from the 1950s Jam Sessions on Columbia; Ruby Braff's PLEASE with Ellis Larkins on Vanguard. Essential to the history of jazz? Perhaps not. Lovely and instructive? Hell yes. Or a simple place to start would be with any Joe Thomas solo on Keynote: bet your readers, as hip as they are, have never heard Joe Thomas, whose pure-spring-water playing is one of the great delights, not only of jazz, but of music. Good job! Michael Steinman, www.jazzlives.wordpress.comMichael Steinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566477105284146502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601754535479665787.post-60085610819894987262009-04-13T12:08:00.000-04:002009-04-13T12:08:00.000-04:00Clifford ended up being the odd man out among he, ...Clifford ended up being the odd man out among he, Morgan, Hubbard, and Little. I didn't want so many hard bop trumpeters on the list, and was going for variety. My choice of Clifford Brown solos would probably be Once in a While, from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' Live at Birdland Vol. 1. Clifford's ballad playing was overshadowed by his chops on uptempo tunes, methinks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670608297638919750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601754535479665787.post-92139712275092781972009-04-13T09:15:00.000-04:002009-04-13T09:15:00.000-04:00The list needs to have some Clifford Brown but sel...The list needs to have some Clifford Brown but selecting which few from his catalogue is tough. I think Joy Spring from <I>Clifford Brown and Max Roach</I> would be my #1 choice, with consideration also going to I'll Remember April from <I>At Basin Street</I> and the underrated ballad of I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You on <I>Brown and Roach, Inc.</I>Ted Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096182603306384625noreply@blogger.com