Today’s Listen: Louis Armstrong -- LOUIS ARMSTRONG THE HOT FIVES VOL 1 Possibly as close as you can get, on record, to the source. This is what Jelly Roll meant by ’Jazz’. I think this is Armstrong’s first recording under his name. Lineup includes: Armstrong, Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds, Lil Armstrong, Johnny St. Cyr. FTW!!! Excellent Booklet. Short history of Pop’s move from New Orleans to NYC and Chicago etc... Recording date and personnel for each track. 16 tracks, most around three minutes in length. It occurred to me that this entire, historic / priceless album, is about the length of a Coltrane solo. Well, it’s close. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzkb0QChBAk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D073KT_gLQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU3t_lxko_M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfEierqlcrs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arQjYnW3x8Y Ain’t got it? Shred that ’aficionado’ card. Cheers Compare the names of the tunes to modern day Jazz. Can you imagine Miles/Trane playing a tune named ’Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa'?? |
Frogman, there is no call for outrageous provocations.
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Richard Adams, author of the book, "Watership Down", has died at age 96. One of those books that was a life changer for me. Should be read by everyone.
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The lives of a warren of rabbits, from the perspective of the rabbits. However, like most great books, it's about us. I have never thought about animals the same since reading it.
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Rabih Abou-Khalil – Blue Camel :
Excellent!!! The horns made the difference.
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Got new stuff by Les McCann and Dee Dee Bridgewater over the holidays. Will report later.
Alex: I received the Christmas CD by Kenny Burrell that you posted. Thanks
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O-10:
I read that book 41 years ago. Senility prevents me writing a book review / report. It was a serious book, which your cartoon movie does not do justice. It will give you a great appreciation of animals and the struggles they face. How the most innocuous and normal things to us, are deadly to them. Dogs, Highways, and farming are just a few.
Our pet dog chasing rabbits is funny or cute, but we should think of it, as us being chased by a full grown male lion or even Tyrannosaurus Rex! :)
Read it. It's never too late to read.
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I'm enjoying LP's like never before.*****
I will never understand how you 'audiophiles' can spend a small fortune on Amps, Pre-Amps and 'wire' in an attempt to hear perfection, and then nullify it all by using an ancient technology like LPs as a listening source. Have the clicks and pops gone? How can a cheap $400 per foot piece of wire cause ear bleeding, but the noise and distortion of LPs does not.
I need answers!!
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That also means I will refrain from those lively "new jazz, old jazz" debates. According to Dr. John, that great Louisiana Philosopher; "There are only so many croaks in a frog, so many barks in a dog, so many grunts in a hog, and so many beats in a heart". Seeing as how people younger than me been dropping like flys, I'm going to heed his advice and not waste another precious beat of this week heart of mine.*****
By Jove, I think he has finally got it!!! All answers to Jazz are found in Nawlins.
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Good for what ails ya!
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The old self was open to any and everything, while the new self is not nearly as accommodating as the old self.*****
You could have fooled me. Does this mean you won't be posting anymore "Jazz" from Madagascar?
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Today's Listen: Les McCann -- LES McCANN LTD. IN SAN FRANCISCO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15nuTmg7rNohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Bd1WnSRgoA nice enough album, but nothing ground breaking here. I don't know if McCann is searching for the next "Swiss Movement", or I just judge everything he does by Swiss Movement. He does try hard on all outings to please his audience and get them involved. I applaud him for that. The clips are of the two tunes I liked best. It's that sort of album where the fast stuff, played LOUD, is the more satisfying. I lost focus on the standards. I missed the horns of Swiss Movement. Cheers |
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Out of the many female jazz vocalists, I don't recall anyone mentioning Dianne Schuur.*****
Remember The Frogman's first law of Jazz? I will confess / admit that I spent real money on two of her CDs.
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It appears as if our OP has finally experienced an Epiphany. Welcome to the club. Better late than never.
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Roland Kirk:
Great clips. You have to admire this man on so many levels, his talent, overcoming blindness, and most of all, having the balls to walk out on stage with 5 or 6 horns hanging around his neck. And, it's not a gimmick, he plays them all at a professional level.
Tete:
Great clips. Not familiar with this player, but he can play. He is blind also. I always judge players to a large degree by who they have played with. He has played with some of the greatest. He plays Jazz. No prefix needed.
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It would be strange indeed, if a Jazz lover did not have a copy of music recorded by a person he knew personally. How he felt about the music does not enter into it.
I played trumpet in high school with a guy who is HUGE in the ’Free’ Jazz scene. I have his most highly regarded recorded output, and I think it’s all pure noise. But, we went to school together and I dated his sister. How can I not have it?
Keegiam, you have displayed an ’audiophile’ attitude.
I always thought this thread was an 'audiophile free zone'.
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If anyone is in doubt as to what their taste in Jazz really is, just answer these two questions.
1. What t do you buy with your money? CD / LP.
2. What do you listen to most of the time? Repeated listening.
The answers tell you what you like. End of discussion
I suspect the only time a lot of this stuff is listened to, is when it is posted from you-tube clips.
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I just loved the Bennie Green / Paul Quinichette clip. I am not sure it is currently available. If I can find it, I will get it also.
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Loved the notations on the sheet music of 'West End Blues'.
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Intervention:
Used by the Brooklyn Classical Guru. I just couldn't understand how you 'intervene' in the mist of playing a classical piece. Unless they get out of sync.
Btw, Awesome Dexter
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I may have posted this years ago, but just to give you a look into the mind set of some folks towards music. I worked at the local movie house as a young teenager collecting tickets. When the movie 'Rock Around the Clock' came to town, it was shown as a special showing, at midnight on a Saturday night, for ADULTS ONLY. As an employee, I got to see it. Should have been rated for 'Teenagers Only'. These folks still rule in some places.
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Acman3,
I had to LOL!!! I think that's the OP's favorite clip on the tube.
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McCoy Tyner:
This is really sad. Some losses are greater than others. Now Coltrane is really gone.
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The Roland Kirk album cover brings back memories of when the covers filled you with anticipation. Probably sold most of the LPs sold. Another lost art.
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*****not everybody is cut out to be "leader man".*****
This is especially true if they play Drums,. Bass or "whistle".
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Lord, Lord will my travail ever cease??
Mingus was one of the great Jazz composers. This is the source of his fame. His leadership of the group was through his compositions and arrangements, not his bass playing.
Roach and Blakey were known primarily through the people that played with them. Such as Brownie and the multitudes that played and matured with Blakey.
Haden?? No Comment, since his 'sounds' were / are not Jazz.
All this is covered in Jazz-Jazz 101.
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I wonder what his recordings would sound like without the amazing propulsive feeling and dry sound in his bass playing *****
They would sound like 'Hog Calling Blues'.
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This makes even less sense than the infamous "Stravinsky ranks right up there with Mozart."
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You do yourself a great disservice to just ignore him, but as usual, that is your choice.*****
I don't ignore him (Haden). I have him with Hank Jones on the CD "Steal Away" and also I have the CD "Dream Keepers". The guy is heavy into "Free Jazz". Which is another way of saying, that Jazz music is whatever the composer / player says it is. I just disagree. Can't do that in any other genre, why should Jazz be singled out for that nonsense.
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I agree completely, Acman3;*****
I'm shocked, SHOCKED!!!!
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The picture of the Church is awesome. I'll take a wild guess and say Baptist. :) They did a great job on the music.
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