Zach et. al: The first major jazz stylist on the French horn was Julius Watkins. There's a good cross section of his early work on a Blue Note CD. He recorded with Monk on Prestige and also lead Les Jazz Modes -- with Charlie Rouse, *before* Rouse played with Monk --which recorded for Atlantic and Dawn. Another (almost forgotten) player was the West Coast's John Grass. Then there's John Clark who played with Carl;a Bley; Bob Northern who played with Monk and Charlie Haden; and Martin Mayes with the Italian Instabile Ork, That shpuld keep you busy. Ken Waxman --- Ben Axelrad <soulfrieda@hotmail.com> wrote: > Tom Varner was already mentioned. I just wanted to
throw in my album recommendations where he appears as a sideman:
Steve Lacy "Vespers" (Soul Note) Ton Art "Mal Vu. Mal Dit." (hatART) Harabigani Brass (hatART)
(1) is probably impossible to find, but I think one of Lacy's best song cycles. (2) and (3) still should be available, at least they are in Chicago. (2) features a lot of members of Polwechsel and has some interesting Varner compositions. (3) is a really pleasant and accessible album - all brass instruments + Jean-Jacques Avenel on bass. A few Swiss tunes, a few Miles Davis, and one long (10 min) beautiful composition by Varner.
Speaking of Arkady Shilkoper (sp??) has anyone heard his albums on Boheme? I think there are 3 (or maybe some of them are listed under Misha Alperin's name). I couldn't find much info about these recs or even the label (which appears to specialize in Russian music).
Ben
From: Zachary Steiner <zsteiner@butler.edu> To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Subject: French Horn Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 23:50:58 -0500
Can any one give me the names of players, and recordings on which they appear, who play jazz or improv French Horn? Any other "strange" contexts for this pretty traditional instrument?
Thanks,
Zach
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