modern quintets?

[Keith Ridenhour]

I saw Mo better Blues for the 100th time tonight and was wondering what modern trpt, sax quintets were out there sounding as hip as the Marselis soundtrack??? I'm not up on current jazz? Ideas? K

[BlueNote]

Check out the album Payton's Place. Nicholas Payton Quintet (Tim Warfield on tenor sax). Great tunes!

I'd say it's a traditional/contemporary blend of jazz.

[tdeane]

Didn't you find Mo'Better Blues more than slightly offensive?

[Chris S]

Not a quintet in the traditional sense, but there's the Dave Holland Quintet - bass, trombone, sax (Chris Potter), drums and vibes. Killer players and really cool tunes.

Chris S

[Keith Ridenhour]

tdeane, I really had 99% of my attention on the music and 1% on the story line. Like I said I'd seen it before. Great music. K

[tdeane]

Sorry, I just really hate that movie. What was Spike Lee thinking? Check out Jeremy Pelt, you might like his stuff. Plus, he has lots of free mp3s on his website.

[Keith Ridenhour]

Thanks T, I used to play trpt and I do like Jeremy alot. good stuff. K

[altoist]

I saw Mo better Blues for the 100th time tonight and was wondering what modern trpt, sax quintets were out there sounding as hip as the Marselis soundtrack??? I'm not up on current jazz? Ideas? K

I have no idea what you think will sound hip, but I like Bobby Watson &
Horizon, Horizon Reassembled.

[tophatcane]

OK, maybe dramatically it's a nit lacking. But to me (and this is true of most of Spike's movies for me) the lush cinematography and soundtrack/score are almost always worth the price of admission. They did well with the music in MBB, I thought, and Bill Lee's score is quite lovely. Just my 2 cents.

[tdeane]

Sorry Keith, I realize this is a little off topic. The reason I found the moving insulting, as a musician, is because of why Spike Lee said he was going to make the movie. He said he was going to make it because of movies like Round Midnight and Bird and their inaccurate portrait of jazz musicians. He said he wanted to make a realistic jazz movie. Are you kidding me? What jazz musicians have a steady gig in the nicest jazz club ever, live in penthouse apartments, drive fancy cars and carry around gold cards. It was the most unrealistic jazz movie ever and insulting to jazz musicians everywhere.

[tophatcane]

tdeane - if you don't mind my interjecting - i was wondering (and yes, i agree,
this was not the truth telling vehicle spike intended it to be): did you find any of the jazz sequences well done? were you impressed by denzel washington's impersonation of a jazz trumpet master? just curious.