Organ Trios
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Topic: Organ Trios
Posted By: liontime
Subject: Organ Trios
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2017 at 2:44pm
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Hi there, Does anyone know any organ/bass/drums trio albums that are on the cooler side of things? Not looking for anything super bluesy or hard, but if it's a must-listen I'll check it out. Was just listening to Stanley Cowell's Illusion Suite and was really into the tracks where Cowell played organ. Thanks!
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2017 at 2:48pm
| Someone who is different from the others is Larry Young, not as much blues as the others. Try his albums in the mid 60s. Check our site's entry for Young to see the albums. |
Posted By: liontime
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2017 at 3:00pm
| Thanks!! I'm looking at an album of his that has Elvin Jones, Grant Green, Sam Rivers on it which looks like it's really gonna hit the spot. |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2017 at 3:33pm
Yeah, thats a good one. I'll be back later, got lessons to teach now. 
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2017 at 6:10pm
| Its funny, but I guess there weren't too many 'cool' B3 players, it definitely became an instrument for the soul jazz, hard bop and blues crowd. I'm still trying to think of some one, but nothing else yet. |
Posted By: liontime
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 10:10am
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Yeah it seems like my best bet will be some laid back soul jazz. This will have to be an ongoing search... It'd be really interesting to find a modern jazz quartet style group with an organ and vibes. But I think this 'post-modern quartet' probably doesn't exist haha
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 10:25am
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"Pork Chop" and "Midnight Special" are two very laid back Jimmy Smith blues songs. "The Sermon" is a little more uptempo (not much), but it goes on for about 20 minutes which is nice. In a Latin rock/fusion vein, there is always Santana's "Cravanserai" (sp?) album which has a lot of 'mysterious' swirling B3 courtesy of Richard Kermode, obviously influenced by Larry Young.
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Posted By: liontime
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 10:50am
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I don't know Pork Chop or Midnight Special but I'll check them out today. Sermon is really cool, I love a song that takes up a whole LP side. Caravanserai is one of my favorite jazz/prog albums! Probably my favorite of Santana's. There's a lot of great organ work in prog rock. I wonder if Charles Earland ever cooled off for an album or two.. I think he had work later in his career that was pretty subdued (and unfortunately boring..) but maybe there's a happy medium somewhere.
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 11:09am
| Forgot about Earland, that is a definite possibility. I have some of his records to check out, let me see. |
Posted By: liontime
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 11:10am
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Another possibility is a piano guy who did a few organ albums. But that's hard to search for as well haha
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 11:27am
| I just checked out my 3 Earland albums, they are all supercharged funk/fusion/hard bop, very energetic. |
Posted By: liontime
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 11:43am
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Yeah definitely, I have Black Talk! (70) and Kharma (75) which are as you described. But I could have sworn I had an early 80's album that was really laid back....
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 11:44am
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Here is a trio with vibes and organ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG_3XxLmdv4
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Posted By: liontime
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 11:45am
| Oops! I was thinking of Lonnie Liston Smith. I have a few of his later 80's albums that are.... a bit too smooth for my liking haha |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 11:52am
also this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qN_8HpAgw8 and there is also The Organik Vibe Trio, I think they are on this site, let me see.
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js wrote:Posted By: liontime
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 11:53am
| Thanks for the link! This is a really nice group, very cool track. I wish they would cut an album! |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 11:55am
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These guys have a couple albums: http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/organik-vibe-trio" rel="nofollow - http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/organik-vibe-trio
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Posted By: liontime
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 12:00pm
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Oh awesome! Thanks for finding all of this for me I really appreciate it. Looks my music listening schedule is full for the rest of the day
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 12:01pm
D.O.V.E. has some albums out too, we need to add them to the site. In a total non-sequiter, I seem to recall that DOVE was also the name of a DEVO easy listening spin off.
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 12:09pm
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^ here is D.O.V.E.'s album: http://www.giovanniperin.com/album/d-o-v-e-drums-organ-vibes-ensemble/
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Posted By: liontime
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 5:19pm
| Thanks very much once again!! |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 6:26pm
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You're welcome, i enjoyed all that and it got me thinking, its no surprise that DOVE is Italian. i own a lot of compilations that feature soundtrack excerpts by 60s and early 70s Italian jazz bands, and as I recall, combos with organ and vibes are fairly common, its definitely a hip Southern European sound in the 60s. You might want to check out compilations like Easy Tempo, Loungeisimo and the Plastic label, and you might find more Italian jazz with that sound.
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