[Dixielandjazz] Anachronic Jazz Band

[Steve barbone]

Gary Kiser <gary at kiser.org> wrote (polite snip)

> Hi all,
> 
> The subject of the Anachronic Jazz Band comes up on this list now and
> then.  Here I go reviving the subject.  But with sound to back up the
> text.  I propose the audio tracks from the double CD issued (I think) in
> 1992.  The two disks contain the AJB's two vinyl LPs (1976 & 1978) plus
> undistributed live cuts made by a fan with decent equipment.  These
> latter seven were recorded at a concert in Nantes in Nov 1978.

Snip to:

> * Round Midnight -
> http://www.mayakiser.com/ajb/cd1/02-Round_Midnight.mp3 - I don't care
> what anyone says, almost everything Monk wrote is wonderful.  Rather
> than a ballad, the AJB treats this as a bouncy 2-beat medium.

Snip to:

> * Ask Me Now - http://www.mayakiser.com/ajb/cd2/01-Ask_Me_Now.mp3 -
> Jeez, I like Monk.

Now you've done it Ollie, this is another fine mess you've gotten us into.
MONK? :-) VBG.

I whole heartedly agree with you. Monk swings. But then, what do you expect
from a stride pianist whose earliest mentor was a neighbor on San Juan Hill
NYC, (now Lincoln Center) the veritable James P. Johnson? IMO, Lots of Monk
tunes make for some wonderful Dixieland. Their short interval style as I
hear it is clearly related to the earliest forms of jazz and are clearly not
bebop as so many folks opine. Harmonics? That's a different matter as Monk
was Monk. In that department, like Bix, . . . an individualistic genius

Anachronic is a wonderful band. Thanks for posting these and bringing back
some memories of both Monk & Anachronic.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone