Jazz for aficionados
One of the things that a great recording artist considers is the order of the tunes on the record. Excellent point. I was about to say something similar about some of this so-called African music, but did not. Some of that stuff is just the same thing from start to finish. No beginning, middle or end. The Duke said it all had a sameness to it. Wanna know if you are connecting with the audience, just stop playing in the middle of the tune. If they applaud, you are in trouble. If they look at each other with a puzzled confused look, they were listening and connected. Anticipating the finish. Cheers Moron??? Have I been dissed? |
Today’s Listen: Charlie Parker -- BEST OF THE COMPLETE SAVOY AND DIAL STUDIO RECORDINGS Featuring: Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, John Lewis, Erroll Garner, Max Roach, Bud Powell. Very good sound quality, compared to most Bird recordings. tiny’s tempo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgqaulnlt4Q koko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEMiI_wsNi0 cool blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7we5T7Hm95M yardbird suite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMWD4E5vFpI and 16 more. Notice how they get right down to business. One of the good things about 78-rpm time restraints. The rather abrupt endings being a disadvantage. Cheers |
Today's Listen: Art Tatum -- THE BEST OF THE COMPLETE PABLO GROUP MASTERPIECES with a cast of thousands. Taken from the 6CD Complete Group Masterpieces. Good informative notes by Scott Yanow perdido https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl0hQ1l2Xjs just one of those things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRnKQUyNIcE deep night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNhzhwgZUd0 somebody loves me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8ZhaZId98s and 8 more. Cheers @frogman: folks speak of pre and post Bird, can the same be said of Tatum? Was his impact, in his era, in the same league? |
If you're at home on a Saturday night: LOUD! Polks are recommended, but not a requirement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNw2F_LevVU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbL734VFJqk&list=RDwbL734VFJqk&start_radio=1&t=0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLbmdG8U60E&list=RDwbL734VFJqk&index=4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgG6SU8L-dI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjo0JWv_9uU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqMY8UAGgg&list=RDoBG3qpYj5DU&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_R3c2TIV-E Cheers |
I suppose it's my fault for expecting something else. It's on Impulse The reviewer makes a valid point that really resonates with me. If you wanna make noise, don't do it on labels like Blue Note, Impulse, Verve, Columbia etc....... Those labels are supposed to mean something. Maybe they should try recording on Deutsche Grammophon. :) Pigs will fly. Cheers |
I seem to be stuck in the B’s today. Count Basie, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Art Blakey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAxHNoK4o1Q bluesville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuC_UqZIXw0 contractor blues --- Joe Pass on Guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2MVmC55T5s do whatcha wanna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSNsgpmH2rQ one fine thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch0k48LiD6M jimerick --- lee morgan on trumpet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQcfoXbGtq8 just coolin’ I hope none of these cause our beloved OP to suffer ear hemorrhages. Cheers Note the labels. All Jazz Royalty. I thought OKeh was long gone. I have ancient Ellington on that label. |
Peterson, Basie and Pass clip: Very informative and funny. When Jazz players talk, they will usually have you in stitches. Notice how Basie's hands just seem to float over the keys. What a touch. These are accomplished Jazz musicians. No rush, no wild movements or gyrations. When I see Basie, I always think, in contrast, of Chucho the 'pulverizer'. Who is also great. I had to LOL at the comment Joe Pass made about having played three tunes and then noticing that only 6 minutes had passed. And there you are on stage, alone, with a guitar. Hilarious!! Great Clip. Thanks. Cheers |
Today’s Listen: Tony Allen / Hugh Masekela -- REJOICE Speaking of getting old. Allen died in Paris in Jan 2020. Age 80. I like the drumming, and have always loved Masekela’s flugelhorn, but the music, like The Duke said, has a sameness to it. Not much distinguishes one tune from the next. Very cheap packaging. Recycled cardboard with no notes. Very hard to read due to the color scheme. jabulani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxPpDAv3ZQI agbada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug29HwC2T7A slow bones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J-dCj-u6Yo In spite of the name, Tony Allen is a Nigerian drummer. One of the founders of "Afrobeat". The music on this disc is decidedly Western. Cheers |
In what would become the USA, they encountered a superior culture, which they were smart enough to recognize as being superior, and were willingly absorbed by it. In other places, they were left to their own devices, in what were essentially colonies to be exploited, not a country in the making as was the case on the North American land Mass. So they came as Africans, and remained so. Cheers |
@orpheus10 : Right up your alley in so many ways. Saw it while watching the French News tonight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-l9KGBaG8I Cheers |
Unlike "the jazz police" It’s a thankless, but important job, otherwise we all might end up jamming to Tiny Tim. sometime I want to run naked screaming through the jungle At moments like this I am truly thankful that there are no jungles in Texas. Btw, on this thread the word ’Jazz’ should always be written with a capital ’J’. Don’t worry, it’s not a felony. Cheers |
The Ohio Players: Too hot to handle. You had to use asbestos gloves just to handle their LPs. They just sounded x-rated. The Bump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkb6OpoL6Z8 Cheers |
Today's Listen: I did not want to post this again, but, my adoring public demanded it. Andy Bey & the Bey Sisters -- ANDY BEY & THE BEY SISTERS with / Jerome Richardson, Kenny Burrell, Richard Davis, Osie Johnson, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, and Jo Jones. willow weep for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKt8dRdb5-4 sister sadie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIdSaCXBT24 since I fell for you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU-n68b9yPw besame mucho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZDAbi0dcWs They just will not go away. Cheers |
I have a story. A few weeks ago I noticed that all the Jazz cataloged on my computer storage device, from E thru H had disappeared. Finally finished inputting it all again. Including this gem. Perfect for a rainy afternoon. Getz said, "How refreshing it is to play with these pros." Sums it up for me. I want to be happy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFf__8U0g8 pennies from heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_lIEU7mz8s ballad medley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y8_73CLLxg bronx blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C380vXYedbo Cheers |
You have all been demanding to know what was hot in 1945, according to METRONOME magazine. Soooo.... Courtesy of my Local FM station. Reviews by Leonard Feather. Grade A- Ike Quebec -- BLUE HARLEM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7qPdSwTCSE Anita O’day with the Stan Kenton Orchestra -- ARE YOU LIVING OLD MAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KsacrLFOl8 Artie Shaw (Ray Conniff arrangement) -- S’WONDERFUL *** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW-DDh_tYCQ 75 years ago. The best measure of greatest, longevity!! Cheers ***note for users of ancient technology, For best results use Victor needles. :) |
Anyone object if I post a little Jazz? Someone mention Eddie Harris? If this don’t get you moving, go pick up your headstone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpJJxJDCzZE LOUD!!!! Cheers |
schubert: I had not heard of him, but, it seems as if he spent a lot of time at Hood, in two of my old units, 13th COSCOM and DISCOM 1st Cav. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_F._Perna Logistics people don't have the most dangerous jobs in the Army, but, they are the hardest working group in ANY military force. He will get it done. They are going to try the vaccine out on folks like us. If we don't croak, everyone gets it. Look at it as just continually serving your country. :) Cheers |
Yenne Lee: The Frogman nailed the critique. Too fast and too long (playing the same thing without variation). Like a lot of players from Asia, excellent technicians, but they are playing foreign music. All the fuss reminds me of the black folks being 'articulate' thingy. You knew it was coming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en6kmiX0SDc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpB7-8SGlJ0 Cheers |
Today's Listen: Charles Mingus -- CHANGES ONE with / George Adams(tenor Sax), Jack Walrath(trumpet), Don Pullen(piano), Dannie Richmond(drums) Cheap packaging for an artist of this standing. On the Rhino label, original LP on Atlantic. sue's changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tks7VJ945_8 devil blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4HhsXnlNvE remember rockefeller at attica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM6vIURo5OI this title really dates everything. George Adams sings on 'devil blues'. Fortunately, he can play Saxophone. Jack Walrath is an alumnus of Ray Charles' Band. Don Pullen seems normal in this group. Cheers |
Today's Listen: Charles Mingus -- CHANGES TWO with / same as before black bats and poles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH7IFAIwmj8 orange was the color of her dress, then silk blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rL-Zz0pm90 for harry carney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wmp2PYbKGw Great stuff. As 'modern' as Jazz should be. Cheers |
Today’s Listen: Louis Armstrong -- LOUIS ARMSTRONG PLAYS W.C. HANDY plays on SACD players only. Excellent booklet with history of each tune, and some wonderful photos of W.C. Handy. I think ’yellow dog’ refers to a rail line. It’s in several blues songs. Velma Middleton -- vocals st louis blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us7bSkCQhkM yellow dog blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZmYBXVJlPc hesitating blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu6AiLULr3o loveless love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUDyhNf6uRs beale street blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTVaLAvKg_E Cheers Don't like this, get outta Jazz, and stay out!!! |
Also, discussion seems to be pretty centered on jazz that's on YT. That's how you share the music, by posting off YT. I have / own many favorites that are not on YT, so I don't talk about them. For example after many years of searching, this one finally appeared recently, so I will take the opportunity: (check the violin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liTdpTz7g5A Cheers |
