Double Bass Free Jazz content- Documentary

[pbass888]

I want to recommend a documentary on youtube to those of us who are involved or into free jazz. I was lucky enough a few years ago to work with trumpeter Hugh Ragin and dig deep into this world. A great Documentary with excellent sections on Trane, Eric Dolphy, Archie Sheep, Anthony Braxton, Marshall Allen etc.

I have linked to part 1 of the Documentary below

part 1 of Documentary on Free Jazz

EDIT: If this is posted in the wrong section I will move it.

 

[ardgedee]

Thanks for this post! I'll have to make time to view these and look forward to it.

Part 1:


Part 2:


There's only a trailer for the final part so far:

 

[Low Main]

Great, thanks for posting, I look forward to it.

Some people (like me) came of age hearing things out of sequence. So I often heard avant versions of tunes before I heard the originals.

Dolphy's bass clarinet rendition of Come Sunday long before Ellington's original for example.

The Wire recently published a great Sonny Simmons feature and playlist. A favorite player of mine who remained less known because he resisted the career lure of NYC.

Wire playlist: Sonny Simmons - The Wire

Pierre Crépon selects tracks from the catalogue of US saxophonist Sonny Simmons, with input from Marc Chaloin, co-author of new autobiography Better Do It Now Before You Die Later

www.thewire.co.uk

 

[edwinhurwitz]

I want to recommend a documentary on youtube to those of us who are involved or into free jazz. I was lucky enough a few years ago to work with trumpeter Hugh Ragin and dig deep into this world. A great Documentary with excellent sections on Trane, Eric Dolphy, Archie Sheep, Anthony Braxton, Marshall Allen etc.

I have linked to part 1 of the Documentary below

part 1 of Documentary on Free Jazz

EDIT: If this is posted in the wrong section I will move it.

I had the pleasure of playing a gig with Mr. Ragin almost 20 years ago. I was totally out of my league, but it was fun.

I'm also a big fan of those players, especially Eric Dolphy, who I got turned on to by my oboe teacher when I was 16 (ca. 1977). It was a bass clarinet and upright bass duet that sounded more like something out of a Grateful Dead feedback session from the Fillmore in 1968 than any jazz I'd heard. From there, I explored his work with Mingus and I was hooked.

 

[Fathomer1977]

I watched the full series recently and really enjoyed it.