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Science fiction is filled with storylines where history takes a different path emerging as an alternate timeline or reality. One oddity of great jazz recordings is that they are never to be repeated as the majority of the content is improvised on the spot. Each performance reflects the exact feeling of the musicians at that moment in time. Certain recordings are well known classics where each solo is known note by note by those who've studied in depth. Yet, the fact that a particular recording has become definitive, was some what a matter of chance. In this hour, we'll listen to some alternate takes of classic recordings and challenge ourselves to step outside of the well ingrained and rediscover the essence of the jazz art form, improvisation. After all, you can never play the same solo twice.
Artist | Track | Album |
Elmo Hope Quintet | Crazy (Alt Take) | Blue Note: a Story of Modern Jazz |
Art Pepper Quartet | Blues at Twilight (Alternate) | The Art Pepper Quartet |
Fats Navarro with Bud Powell & Tadd Dameron |
Bouncing with Bud (Alternate 1) | Complete Blue Note & Capitol Recordings of Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron |
Charles Mingus | Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (Alt Take) |
Passions of a Man: the Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961) |
Freddie Hubbard | Super Blue (Alternate) | Super Blue |
Miles Davis | Flamenco Sketches (Alt Take) | Kind of Blue |
Sonny Clark | Melody for C (Alt Take) | Leapin' and Lopin' |