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Miles Davis' Rubberband, Kuba Wiecek Trio & KaMaSz

By Maurice Hogue | One Man's Jazz
October 9, 2019
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Two rather contrasting recordings highlight this episode:

Dan Weiss

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Dan Weiss with his trio augmented by a second bassist and Rubberband, the once-shelved and now revived release from

" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis which was recorded after he had left Columbia. On Weiss' album, he displays the chops (often with heavy rock influences) that make him such a high-in-demand player, while Davis jumped into soul and R&B; he planned to use singers like

Al Jarreau

vocals
1940 - 2017

" data-original-title="" title="">Al Jarreau on the album but eventually the brass at Warner Brothers said "uh, no" to the music. And so are a lot of critics today.

Music from three younger players on the current Polish scene are featured as well: saxophonists

Kuba Wiecek

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Kuba Wiecek and his trio and Jerzy Maczynski plus a hard hitting trio KaMaSz led by guitarist

Marek Kadziela

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Marek Kadziela. There's plenty more fine music in this episode of One Man's Jazz originally heard on taintradio.org, including some

John Abercrombie

guitar
1944 - 2017

" data-original-title="" title="">John Abercrombie from an earlier recording by French drummer

Olivier Le Goas

drums
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Olivier Le Goas.

Playlist

Miles Davis "Maze" from Rubberband (Rhino) 00:00
Host speaks 04:03
Miles Davis "Rubberband Of Life" from Rubberband (Rhino) 06:49
Andrew Munsey
" data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Munsey "Requite" from High Tide (Birdland) 12:33
Whit Dickey
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Whit Dickey "Peace Planet" from Peace Planet -Box Of Light (AUM Fidelity) 19:35
Host speaks 29:36
Michael Eaton
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Eaton "I And Thou" from Dialogical (Destiny) 30:37
Simon Nabatov
piano
b.1959
" data-original-title="" title="">Simon Nabatov Trio "Slow Move" from Last Minute Theory (Clean Feed) 43:04
Hilliard Greene
bass
b.1958
" data-original-title="" title="">Hilliard Greene "Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray" from Spirituals (Unseen Rain) 50:45
Host speaks 53:35
Caroline Davis
saxophone
b.1981
" data-original-title="" title="">Caroline Davis &
Rob Clearfield
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Rob Clearfield "Miss Ann" from Anthems (Sunnyside) 54:40
Stephen Gauci
saxophone, tenor
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Stephen Gauci &
Cooper-Moore
piano
b.1946
" data-original-title="" title="">Cooper-Moore "Improvisation # 2" from Studio Sessions Vol. 1 (Gaucimusic) 58:27
Host speaks 1:06:06
KaMaSz "Misjo" from Eight Rocks From Grandma's Box (Multikulti Project) 1:07:09
KaMaSz "Grobracht" from Eight Rocks From Grandma's Box (Multikulti Project) 1:12:03
Jose Lencastre
saxophone, alto
b.1977
" data-original-title="" title="">Jose Lencastre "Walk In The City" from Spirit In Spirit -Live At Zaal 100 (FMR) 1:16:56
Host speaks 1:21:38
Kuba Wiecek Trio "Sugarboost" from Multitasking (Polish Jazz) 1:22:42
Kuba Wiecek Trio "Eden" from Multitasking (Polish Jazz) 1:26:15
Cristiano Calcagnile
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Cristiano Calcagnile "Cherry On" from Cherry On (Caligola) 1:32:43
Mat Maneri
viola
b.1969
" data-original-title="" title="">Mat Maneri "Two Hymns" from Dust (Sunnyside) 1:40:38
Host speaks 1:46:56
Scott DuBois
guitar
b.1978
" data-original-title="" title="">Scott DuBois Quartet "Old Man On A Platform" from Banshee (Sunnyside) 1:48:33
Jerzy Maczynski "Big Kraska" from Jerry And The Pelican System (WM Poland) 1:57:50
Host speaks 2:04:43
Dan Weiss Trio Plus 1 "Bonham" from Utica Crib (Sunnyside) 2:07:00
Mirko Cisilino "Uno" from Effetto Carsico (Auand) 2:22:49
Earprint
" data-original-title="" title="">Earprint "Trump University" from Easy Listening (Endectomorph) 2:27:36
Host speaks 2:31:40
Olivier Le Goas "Free #1" from The Gravitations Sessions (Self-released) 2:33:11
Louis Moholo-Moholo
drums
1940 - 2025
" data-original-title="" title="">Louis Moholo-Moholo "Something Gentle" from Four Blokes (Ogun) 2:40:30
Host speaks 2:5:30
Stefan Aeby
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Stefan Aeby "Misty" from Piano Solo (Intakt) 2:51:27

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