@mary_jo
A wise person once told me...Do not believe anything you hear and believe only a half of what you see...
Marvin Gaye's delivery of that saying is one of the great line deliveries in the history of pop music. I feel it every time I hear it. Delivery and message just match perfectly. |
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And now I see rok2id posted a link to the same tune, earlier. It was a different version, though, so I guess the repetition doesn't matter. Here's another track from that album, though, just to make up for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7saQmjDWIA |
Heh. That whole record kicks like hell.
Joe Williams was probably the first living jazz vocalist I had any awareness of. Male vocalist, at least. Johnny Carson used to have him on the show semi-regularly. Looking back, I think he may have been the fill-in guest. Anyway, it seemed like every single time he was on, he sang "Here's To Life." |
You're welcome. I knew nothing about jazz and had never heard of Joe Williams, so I really had no reason to remember him. But he looked and sounded so incredibly sad, he made an impression. I can still see/hear those performances in my head, 40 years later. Music is weird. Herbie Hancock (ft. Mr. Freddie Hubbard) / "Cantaloupe Island" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B1oIXGX0Io |
@frogman
Holy cats! How did that not catch on?? |
@frogman
Mahalia! Thanks.
@alexatpos
That's a great Baker quote. Musicians who are somewhat more limited than others may be often do some of the most interesting work. Love it. I think it was Jeff Tweedy who said creativity comes from deprivation. Maybe it's not original to him, but I'm pretty sure he's who I heard it from. (And he's a good example of it.) |
@mary_jo
You be careful out there. |
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Cannonball Adderley / Somethin' Else |
a sensitive individual who needed a big brother that he didn't have to protect and help guide him on his perilous journey as a jazz musician
A man could say that about a few jazz musicians, eh, @orpheus10 ? The sheer tonnage of talent that was lost too young in that musical form takes one off one's feet. |
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm definitely not getting my alerts that new posts are happening in this thread. I'm getting them reliably for other threads I follow, but only sometimes for this one. @orpheus10
Trent, I have "The complete Blue Note recordings of the Tina Brooks Quintets"; it's boss, three LP's that were recorded when the creative juices of the young lions at "Blue Note" were running wild: Lee Morgan, Sonny Clark, Art Blakey, Jackie McClean, Blue Mitchell, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, and there is even more.
I want you to know that I compliment your good taste, and the courage to move to your own drummers beat.
Nice! How are the liner notes with that set? Ha, thanks. I've always gone my own way. It's been good in some ways, and bad in others. But it's just how I'm wired. At this point, I've been who I am long enough to be comfortable in my own skin. |
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Trent, I do not know how this might sound but when I first heard the Willow Weep For Me by Stanley Turrentine & The Three Sounds, I was deeply moved and I cried. Yep.
Sounds human, to me. Glad to hear you're okay. You and your fellow Croatians stay stafe out there. As safe as you reasonably can under the circumstances, anyway. |
The Quintet -- JAZZ AT MASSEY HALL
Love that record. Especially them cracking themselves up during "Salt Peanuts." |
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Hawes is new to me, and so far he is *very* much a win. Looking at his catalog now. Thanks, rok. |
You guys sent me on a Hampton Hawes kick.
Hampton Hawes Trio, Vol. 1
This Is Hampton Hawes, Vol. 2: The Trio
All Night Session! 1
Are those first two actually from 2 different sets of records, or did they just change the name for some reason? Presumably to confuse people. |
@rok2id
The Trio 1 and Trio 2 are two different albums.
I get that. But they aren't named like they're even part of the same *set* of records.
Hampton Hawes Trio, Vol. 1 This Is Hampton Hawes, Vol. 2: The Trio
One would expect volume 2 of the first record to be "Hampton Hawes Trio, Vol. 2". One would expect volume 1 of the second record to be "This Is Hampton Hawes, Vol 1: ..." The fact that the names are completely different makes one think they are volume 1 and volume 2 of two completely separate sets of records. |
Haven't had a lot of listening time lately, but last night:
Dexter Gordon / Our Man In Paris
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I do not, pjw. Recently picked up the "Rollins in Holland" record, but don't have DG's Steeplechase. |
I finally got around to reading "The Things They Carried," recently. It helps me make sense of that story, O10. |
The great mystery about Rand's books is whether they're more puerile as fiction or as philosophy. It's a dead heat.
Lee Morgan / The Procrastinator |
I've lived with depression for a very, very long time, but because of that, my meds are well sorted and all this has had very little effect on me. Finding the right medicine(s) in the right dose(s) can take anywhere from a couple to several years, though. It's more art than science. The folks I worry about are those who haven't reached that point, yet. Every single day can be a devilish roller coaster during that process.
If you know folks with depression -- and you do -- keep an ear out for them. Keep in touch. Don't crowd them. Don't say, "I'm calling to see if you're okay." Just drop them a friendly little line a little more frequently than you usually might. |
@orpheus10
This is going to be more vague than I would like, owing to my bad memory, but there's a live recording of, I *think*, Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he calls Mary Lou up onto the stage and [re]introduces her to the audience after her hiatus. He was instrumental in getting her to begin performing again. It may even have been at Newport.
I'm sure somebody here knows the details off the top of their head. |
Sorry to hear you lost a friend, @keegiam . Peace to you and all his friends and family. |
You and I went to different churches, @frogman . 😇
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Roon suggested something yesterday that I enjoyed. Carla Bley's Life Goes On album. I'm probably very late to that party, but passing it along, just in case.
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@jim5559
Ha. I'll just stick to the music, I guess.
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I listened to The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery again last night. Been a while.
I don't know how I hadn't noticed it before, but does anybody know why Wes and the pianist flip sides on 2 of the tracks? The rest of the album, the piano is toward the right, and Wes is on the left. For 2 tracks, it's just the opposite. I don't think it's a channel flop; I didn't notice the bass or drums moving. Maybe I was just so puzzled by the guitar and piano that I didn't notice, though.
I wasn't paying attention to what the tracks were, so I don't know exactly which 2 it is. But it's the 3rd or 4th, and then one near the end.
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can somebody tell me what specifically they heard on the "jazz at the pawnshop" CD that made it such a collector's item?
Fun music performed in a fun atmosphere, and well recorded? |
Since we seem to be on the topic anyway: 5 favorite jazz guitarists?
I'd go with:
- Wes Montgomery
- Jim Hall
- Bill Frisell
- Grant Green
- Kenny Burrell (?)
I put the question mark on Burrell because I think my 5th slot is pretty variable. Those top 4 are clearly my favorites. The 5th would probably depend on what day you asked me.
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Currently listening to Benny Green Source.
Also took delivery today of some new records:
| Jimmy Smith |
Prayer Meetin' |
| Horace Silver |
Further Explorations |
| Sonny Clark |
My Conception |
| Kenny Burrell |
Midnight Blue |
| Horace Silver Quintet |
Doin' the Thing |
| Cannonball Adderley |
Somethin' Else |
| Dexter Gordon |
Go! |
| Wayne Shorter |
The All Seeing Eye |
The first 3 and the last are Tone Poets reissues. First of those I've gotten.
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@keegiam
I don't really qualify as an old-timer, but I'm still reading along. Just haven't had much time for listening the last couple of months, much less for posting about listening. Enjoyed that mini-doc about Christian you posted. |
"E.S.P.":
Gonsalves was a madman.
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I'm not sure jazz rates a capital anymore. Not enough people live there.
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Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I didn't mean Copenhagen doesn't have enough people. I meant jazz doesn't have enough people. The "nation" of jazz isn't big enough to need a capital city. Very few people play it anymore. Very few people listen to it anymore, and most of us don't listen to the people who currently play it. We listen to the classics.
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@jim5559
I wasn't trying to start an argument, or even disagree with you. Just pointing out that jazz (like audiophilia) is a very, very small niche in the world, and has been for quite a long time. It happens to have been on my mind recently, and your comment brought it to mind, again. That's all.
In a year jazz sells a bit more recordings than Classical does in USA .
I don't disagree. I'm just saying that's like saying more people watch field hockey than watch race-walking. Not many people watch either one.
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@mahgister
If ever "it's not the years, it's the mileage" was apt, it was apt for Chet Baker.
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I don't comment much anymore, but I still read along. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody (for those to whom it applies).
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