tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post1681847486892034716..comments2024-03-03T13:59:25.573-08:00Comments on If You Know What I'm Saying: 300 duetsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-700828351748328442009-02-11T14:09:00.000-08:002009-02-11T14:09:00.000-08:00hi b, and yes - i think numerous people have drawn...hi b, and yes - i think numerous people have drawn a line between roach and cyrille, certainly in this context: not least braxton and cyrille themselves, at the time of the duo sessions (or after? there are interviews with both about the date)... of course this was only the second recorded duo meeting with a drummer, so it's a pretty straightforward line in that respect! but the famously precise approach of the earlier master seems relevant here. don't know about the bitrate difference, but i wasn't listening through 'phones, and they may not even have been the same rips (?) - heard plenty of subtle textural detail in both though...centrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110896886246132385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-65856522818775243492009-02-08T11:36:00.000-08:002009-02-08T11:36:00.000-08:00I just recently tracked down an (ill-gotten) recor...I just recently tracked down an (ill-gotten) recording of the Cyrille duets. Loved the first, lukewarm on the second (although this might have something to do with the fact that the first was at a much higher bitrate, but I know better than to walk into this woodshed with that old saw!). Only heard 'em once & not too carefully, but I kept thinking throughout how much of a natural extension of B's duets with Max Roach they were. I know I've read somewhere about Cyrille coming out of the Roach school; I'm not a perceptive-enough percussion listener to verify that for sure, but the nature of B's interactions seemed consistent between the earlier Roach recordings & the later Cyrille ones. & of course those Roach sets weren't blow-outs either; just a lot of thoughtful & playful music-making.1009https://www.blogger.com/profile/16098635681599211009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-53887279780352629502009-02-07T14:21:00.000-08:002009-02-07T14:21:00.000-08:00somebody, somewhere, a while ago expressed a clear...somebody, somewhere, a while ago expressed a clear distaste for the cyrille duo sessions. may even have been an early comment on here... i get a little confused at times ;-) but i wonder if they were disappointed not to get a high-intensity "interstellar space" rerun or what. i enjoyed this pair of albums a lot and will look forward to hearing them again.<BR/><BR/>and yes, i got them as rips on the net, but no, i'm not publishing the link since (i think) the albums are still in print. hypocrisy? it's not, but i can't be bothered to explain that unless anyone *really* needs to make an issue out of it..!centrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110896886246132385noreply@blogger.com