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Here's a chance to list out all the recordings of one of the most under-rated but extremely important sideman of jazz guitar lore. Barry Galbraith was a great teacher (my teachers had him as a teacher), an excellent sight reader, a sort after single line player on a lot of the modern jazz arrangements happening in the late 40s and 50s (more so), and a family man who kept to himself.
So, care to join me in going through his discography. I strongly encourage youtube examples so people can hear everything this man has created on his guitars.
Neatomic, I am looking at you to start us off, brotha!
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12-29-2015 10:11 PM
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hey bud..wouldn't fail ya
got this one from sgcim here
good one
cheers
ps- lush bg intro
Last edited by neatomic; 12-29-2015 at 10:21 PM. Reason: ps-
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another good one..this bg's session
from around the same time -1958
cheers
ps this cut -winter 58..benson brooks- summer 58
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There isn't a lot on video and much of what's out there has Galbraith taking a backseat role as a superb accompanist. For instance, he features throughout the TV series "The Subject is Jazz" but most of the solos are taken by his onscreen partner, Mundell Lowe. Here's a clip from "After Hours", a proposed TV series that never got off the ground with BG soloing at 13'55":
Last edited by PMB; 12-29-2015 at 11:15 PM.
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Those are both great. Hearing Cannonball with Barry G is a real treat, because Cannonball is my favorite alto player and Barry plays behind him like they were long lost friends.
His own album as a leader I still have to get into.
How about his stuff with Hal McKusick?
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yeah, i get you..guitar and the wind more of an acquired taste
mckusick i have to delve into more..i like that type of arranger/player horn ie giuffre, gil melle, hambro etc...love oliver nelson, though a bit more overtly rootsy
cheers
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One of Galbraith's finest moments, "Love is For the Very Young" from the film "The Bad and the Beautiful" along with my transcription:
There's also a great duo version of this tune on "The John Lewis Piano" album that sounds something like a precursor to the Bill Evans/Jim Hall "Undercurrent" session:
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that john lewis track is exquisite..two masters
cheers
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Here's another fave - love that low C tuning!
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Jimmy Hamilton - Sweet But Hot (1954)
http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-But-Hot-Jimmy-Hamilton/dp/B000005OEQ
Hank Jones - The New York Rhythm Section (1956)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005MH8VGQ?
Marilyn Moore - Moody (1957)
http://www.amazon.ca/Moody-Marilyn-Moore/dp/B00004UFX3
Ruby Braff - Blowing Around The World (1959)
http://www.discogs.com/Ruby-Braff-Bl...elease/3569629
Freddie Cole - Waiter, Ask The Man To Play The Blues (1964)
Freddy Cole - Waiter Ask the Man to Play the Blues - Amazon.com Music
Galbraith was such a tasteful, inventive and supportive sideman. He really swung too!
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Some personal favourites,
I'm much obliged to forum member thegrandwazoo for recommending the Mckusick/Galbraith quartet studio album "East Coast Jazz 8" (same line-up as the "At The Academy" album).
He's also on the Joe Puma album "East Coast Jazz 3"
And not forgetting "The Tal Farlow Album". Farlow's first recording for the Verve label.
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Let's not forget Sheila Jordan - Portrait of Sheila
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BG was on most of George Russell's early records, because they couldn't find anyone else who could read and play his charts.
The Russell LP that best shows off BG's playing is "The Jazz Workshop" album, with Bill Evans, Art Farmer and Hal McKusick.
That was the recording that "Concerto For Billy the Kid" came from.
On one tune, BG has to play a difficult ostinato that goes on for about a minute.
Another record that has a lot of good blowing by BG is a record he made with Bobby Jaspar called "Clarinet Marmalade".
Johnny Carisi wrote a big band feature for BG called "Barry's Tune" that's featured on the Gil Evans LP "Out Of the Cool"- a kind of modern day "Solo Flight".
BG was supposed to be on the 'Birth of the Cool' album with Miles Davis and Gil Evans, but they decided to ditch the guitar for some reason.
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I'm loving this thread. What a musician!
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12-30-2015, 06:44 AM #15destinytot Guest
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Originally Posted by neatomic
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12-30-2015, 06:49 AM #16destinytot GuestOriginally Posted by PMB
Last edited by destinytot; 12-30-2015 at 07:27 AM.
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12-30-2015, 06:50 AM #17destinytot GuestOriginally Posted by Rob MacKillop
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Originally Posted by PMB
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This is a great one
1957
Kenny Burrell - Barry Galbraith Quartet
Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith (guitar) Leonard Gaskin (bass) Bobby Donaldson (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 10, 1957
1246Billie's BounceStatus ST 8318; Prestige PR 7448
1247Prelude To A Kiss-
1248It Don't Mean A Thing-
1249unknown titlePrestige rejected
* Status ST 8318 Various Artists - Guitar Soul
* Prestige PR 7448 The Best Of Kenny Burrell
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as trumpeted by sgcim..the very far out george russell
check this...not only is bg playing almost contemporary classical (very outside) parts, but check his muted reverby tone.. at around the 4:10 mark ...very ahead of its time for 1956!!
this track approaches moondog territory
cheers
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Originally Posted by neatomic
You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead—your next stop, the Twilight Zone!
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Originally Posted by neatomic
Here's the real stuff from the LP:
It's a shame that Russell disavowed and refused to grant performance rights to all of his pre-Lydian Chromatic Concept music.
He was writing great stuff like this and then he got obsessed with the LCC, and wrote music that lacked the drive, excitement, harmonic richness and swing of his pre-LCC music, IMHO.
Imagine playing Barry's chair in a group like this.
I remember reading in a Martin Williams book (Jazz Masters in Transition) that Barry was out of town one week, and they got Jim Hall to take his place in a concert with music like this, with Gunther Schuller conducting.
They got a few bars into the piece, and Gunther Schuller stopped the band and asked Jim Hall what was the matter.
Schuller then said, "Oh, I didn't know you can't read music like this." He then asked someone, "Where is Barry?"
They told him BG would be out of town for the concert, so they let Hall take the piece home and woodshed it, and Hall did a great job at the concert.
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Originally Posted by sgcim
happy new year to you too!! hahaha
cheers
ps - btw, i posted it cause it was bg in an unusual setting and with an unusual tone for him
pss- i'd imagine you don't care much for moondog either!! hahLast edited by neatomic; 01-01-2016 at 07:02 PM. Reason: pss-
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I still love "Bird's Lament". My brother-in-law used to see him on the street every day, dressed up like a viking!
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Originally Posted by Irez87
Boulou Ferre solo performance
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