Jazz for aficionados

@audio-b-dog 

You mentioned Grisman, which reminded me of Old and In The Way and his associate in that band, Vassar Clements, who was clearly not a Jazz musician but nevertheless quite "jazzy" in his approach. I’m guessing he was influenced in this regard by way of Western Swing. I’ve always liked his playing. 

On a completely different tangent, I once saw Yehudi Menuhin with Ravi Shankar and a band composed of L. A. studio players including Bud Shank and Dennis Budimir play outdoors in Ojai.  It was supposed to be some sort of Indo-Jazz Fusion but I don’t remember the music, as this was back in the 70’s. You can interpret that as you will ... ;o) 

@mahgister 

You’ve got me curious. Which heavenly bodies do you associate with other well-known trumpet players? 

Another "East meets West group" with violin, played by Jerry Goodman, in this case: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GAN_GNDmjs

And one more: Elvin Jones with Oregon: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00e1wqawEMg&list=PLUQMjA4aCygThCQW6bBZ0IW1dR4UOzkSN

@audio-b-dog,

I was absolutely wonderstruck by Stephanne Grappelli in the Johnny Carson link. I’ve never even heard of him. He plays with such ease, panache with so much graceful swing. This is good stuff.

He kinda reminds of America’s Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys  jazz and blues country (western) swing.

https://gpb.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/jazz-blues-western-swing/ken-burns-country-music/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okNgLm4Ilt4

Along with Spade Cooley and his Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D14M9uW5sF0

@mahgister 

You’ve got me curious. Which heavenly bodies do you associate with other well-known trumpet players? 

Miles Davis is Jupiter...For sure...

I had not decided who is Saturn yet and Uranus Neptune and Pluto... Too much great trumpet players to analyse and feel....

@mahgister 

I had a friend when I was in high school who introduced me to jazz. Art Tatum was the first jazz player I heard and then I picked up an Ahmed Jamal album. Ahmed played more for a jazz bar than Tatum. I just watched a piece on Tatum on the "Jazz" series and he was amazing. He blew people away with his skill. I also watched a lot of footage of Marsalis talking about Armstrong. He got on his trumpet and showed the things Armstrong invented. 

@stuartk, 

I have an album with Shankar and Menuhin. I think I must have seen them a long time ago either live or on TV. They're amazing together.

@tyray 

Grappelli played with Django Reidnhardt whose band was famous in Paris. When he came to the states much later, he's played with a lot of people. I have a number of his albums. One with Itzhak Perlman. My favorite is with Teresa Brewer. They're like a cute couple together. I loved the Grappelli/Grisman concert I saw live. Grisman is supposedly a blue grass player, but I think he transcends that genre.