Tonight I listened Bobby Hutcherson’s Color Schemes, an excellent session from the same year as Phantom of the City. In addition to being a musician, John Heard was a fine painter, and the cover painting of Cables is by Heard. How wonderful to hear Tony Williams in this sort of situation as well. Then there’s George Cables’s Phantom of the City with Tony Williams, which for my money is one of the best piano trio records of the era (1985) and certainly one of the best showcases for the compositional brilliance and virtuosic piano style of the leader. His inspirations seem to be Ron Carter and Ray Brown, each note lands with sure-footed grace, and at times he leans on the front end of the beat. It’s hard to know if that is true, but Heard is nothing less than perfect in this relaxed and exposed mainstream setting. A quote on the internet says that Heard was Basie’s favorite bassist. Early on I got the LP Night Rider, a two-piano date with Count Basie and Oscar Peterson accompanied by Heard and Louis Bellson, and I listened to that damn thing over and over. Two of those sessions are in my private pantheon.
His name is a little less familiar only because he spent most of his career on the West Coast, but there are well over one hundred LPs in the discography, including many led by significant names such as George Duke, Count Basie, George Cables, and Bobby Hutcherson. John Heard played bass at the highest level. On June 25, there’s a tribute to John Heard at The 222 in Healdsburg, California. If you want to support Do the Math and also get updates about gigs, masterclasses, and new DTM posts, subscribe to Transitional Technology. Westlake, Charles Willeford, a few others. Newgate Callendar: Crime fiction essays about Donald E. Sonatas and Études: Classical music essays about Glenn Gould, Igor Stravinsky, a few others. Rhythm and Blues: Jazz music essays about McCoy Tyner, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, Geri Allen, Bud Powell, Lester Young, many others. Interviews: Over 40 discussions, mostly with musicians: Billy Hart, Ron Carter, Keith Jarrett, Marc-André Hamelin, Carla Bley, Wynton Marsalis, many others.Ĭonsult the Manual: Lessons, mainly material written for my piano students at New England Conservatory of Music. The most significant DTM posts are “pages,” organized by topic: Twitter is my evil social media drug of choice, where I post frequently.Īt the moment you are looking at Do the Math, a blog (but really more like an internet magazine) that began in 2004 and runs well over a million words. To keep up with my current events including articles and gigs, subscribe to my newsletter, Transitional Technology. Greetings! Thanks for stopping by! If you are new here, you might want to look at the Bio page.
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