Jazz for aficionados
Interesting new pianist/composer with a lovely and understated touch on the keys. No “in your face” pyrotechnics and always thoughtful. One of Wynton Marsalis’ “Players To Watch” and one of the JALC crew: https://youtu.be/DCL8sehbsK0 https://youtu.be/USFqWgFYd8s https://youtu.be/beOc81Vpu4U https://youtu.be/Cj2hl6VVuKI https://youtu.be/Xu1IznLhM8k |
Helen Sung: Very nice. I noticed she was well integrated into the band. Is Wynton becoming the next Blakey?? As it happened, I was listening to this yesterday, from the CD "Handful of keys". On this CD he features pianists from age 13, Joey Alexander, all the way to 89 year old Dick Hyman. She played McCoy Tyner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN2K-iif7bY Cheers |
I think so. He certainly knows where the great young talent is. Great chart and playing by Sung. Thanks. Speaking of great young talent, the trumpet player on the clips I posted above is another lady of Jazz, Ingrid Jensen. Great young player. https://youtu.be/WftVRn_qlbE https://youtu.be/-uCMjM_LUi0 |
frogman great selection of Charles Lloyd. I have about a dozen of his discs as a leader. Helen Sung is someone I was not aware of. Helen has played with some greats as well as releasing 7 of her own recordings as a leader. She does have a delicate touch on the keys and a firm grasp of what our OP would call straight ahead traditional jazz. I like the "bridge" on the first song you posted called "Brother Thelonious" 3:50 - 4:00. The bass player on that song is also very talented. As for Thelonious Monk himself, the album "Brilliant Corners" is one of my favorite jazz albums from any artist. I'm glad you enjoyed it. If you do end up buying it on vinyl let me know how it sounds. |
Igualmente, Schubert; que Dios te bendiga. Bit of talent in Spain indeed: https://youtu.be/hElfsRm6_NI https://youtu.be/p5KC0aRFJyY |
Today's Listen: Miles Davis -- SKETCHES OF SPAIN Another collaboration with Gil Evans. Very informative and extensive notes that show these guys were full of themselves. Maybe they had a right to be. Classic cover art. by joaquin rodrigo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-FeHIYromw by manuel de falla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h18jgWhjeVk by gil evans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjsblnOXD2E Cheers |
I listen to beautiful music all day every day; all night every night; it keeps me blissfully ensconced in the past. I have 3 rigs; one in the main listening room, one in the basement, and one in the bedroom; they are all fed from the computer in the basement; consequently, the music is the same all over the house. While there is a separate preamp and amp in each case, the line level signal is the same on all three. Up to 60 feet of line transmission can be accomplished by using ethernet cable with baluns on each end. https://www.amazon.com/ethernet-cable/s?k=ethernet+cable There are other ways of running line level signals long distances that give the same result as running a line level signal 3 feet. They cost about the same and give the same good results. When I go from the basement (work projects) to the listening room, and finally to the bedroom, the same music is playing. This music enables me to live in the past, decades into the past, and relive my most glorious times; thank God for the past; can I get an amen on that brother, or sister. "Tammy's Breeze"; this takes me back to 1960, and my cousin had just bought a brand new 88 Oldsmobile, which I knew I could borrow to impress beautiful young ladies; what a wonderful past time; much fun was had by all. Erlene was her name and I shall remember her always. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v--G29uMrY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JSAq-gspJk |
69 was a very good year; as a matter of fact it was the best Summer of my life, although I didn't know it at that time; one can never assess the present until it's past. Some of the very best musicians I've ever heard aren't famous, and that was the case with Eddie Fisher, guitarist. He played at a place called "Mothers", that I frequented every night he was there. It was a stylish place with good food (Best steaks in town) and jazzy people, and to top it all off, it had Eddie Fisher; he was the only musician I've ever heard who could play one tune so many different ways that I never got tired of it; I listened to it all Summer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e5FVMt0FVw We liked Eddie so much that we told him to go on the road and become famous, but he knew better; he declined the road. Later on, I discovered fame does not always mean fortune; case in point, "Grant Green". http://www.stlamerican.com/news/obituaries/guitarist-eddie-fisher-passes-at/article_022d92a2-4584-5b... |
Lot of great musicians out of St. Louis that I can't even find recordings for, and the recording quality is low for those that I can. Just because the band sounded good, they seemed to think that the recording would sound good also; ain't necessarily so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkux11dCjYU The last time I saw Oliver Sain was in the hot tube at the Y, and we talked over years of good times at all the clubs he played in St. Louis; he even told me about the times when he was in the big money and lived on "The Bluff", where the rich folks lived; that's when he was with Fontella Bass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ2Il3blv_k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7BeGDZewHs He invited me to his next club date, but I didn't make it; something I regret because not long after that, he joined that big band in the sky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wEsTHTGLS0 |
Benny Green on trombone is an artist we've spent very little time on; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiibn_Ulb00 This is easy to listen to jazz; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsgTzH-k2lI See what you can find that you like by Benny Green? |
o10, it seems you have been doing lots of personal reflection lately. Some of that may be due to general confinement with the Coronavirus, some as a common condition for your age, which I believe is very close to my own. I know both have been true for me -- thinking back more lately on great experiences. That includes ladies and cars and music. Other than the Satchmo and Tea I heard my dad playing when quite young, my own experience in jazz really began when a senior in HS. Joining the Columbia Record Club brought (I think) 9 LPs for 9 cents with the obligation to buy more at their regular price over the next year. For whatever reason, this was one choice, without ever hearing it. It is such a strong album it has remained a favorite over the decades since. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr3CxCK5W9M&list=PLAdta3CbHYNSAG25bdV0KZsbGdzv-mgwX |
Pryso, I belonged to that same club, I still have copies of some of the same albums. I like just about anything by Gerry Mulligan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL60mDalerI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwAAjnqdB4w |
acman, right, I'd forgotten about them sending out a record a month. Or maybe it was a card with notice of what would be sent if not declined? I think I filled my obligation as quickly as possible to end that. The other thing I remember in record stores, at least up to the mid-60s, was mono records being $1 cheaper than stereo. As a starving college student that extra buck impacted how many records I could afford. Record shops near campus discounted LPs to $3.95 for mono and $4.95 for stereo. Of course then I still only had a mono portable for listening. Anyway, that's why I have a number of mono LPs in my collection today. I know some people don't want records if they are not stereo but most of my monos are just fine with me. |
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acman and o10, those were some strong choices for these troubled and unjust times. o10, you suggested the ’70s and jazz continued undergoing major changes with a reduction in popularity, at least partially due to the dominance of rock. And so fusion was born, with efforts by some to cross over. John McLaughlin established himself as a major guitar voice in a couple albums by Miles. Then McLaughlin lead a band of his own, one of the handful of fusion groups that stood the test of time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ofh_S52Uks |
I’ve been listening to Helen Sung for quite a while, a lot of confidence which is concurrent with a lot of class . She reminds me a bit of a female Evans who has a better idea where she is going . I really like to hear play with Seamus Blake on Tenor or Soprano. to my old hears the blend is soo nice! If memory serves I believe this is the first time I caught her, does well with the guy on this outing as well . https://youtu.be/j_2hHgznUvg?list=RDj_2hHgznUvg&t=2 P.S . You can hear right away she was Classically trained . It's much better to know what the rules are if you want to break them a bit . |
In case if you forgot how hard was (is) to be musician... St. Peter in Heaven is checking ID’s. He asks a man, “What did you do on Earth?” The man says, “I was a doctor.” St. Peter says, “Okay, go right through those pearly gates. Next! What did you do on Earth?” “I was a school teacher.” “Go right through those pearly gates. Next! And what did you do on Earth?” “I was a jazz musician.” “Go around the side, up the freight elevator, through the kitchen…..” Lot's of walking... |
Pryso, I don't know what I was thinking about; that was probably the worst decade for straight ahead jazz because even the best jazz musicians went into "Fusion". I had "The Emerald Green Beyond" by that group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3PJCrOaF6I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4fnJvhkXns Since we're there, let us make the most of it before we go to the next thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2hK6_o5Pdw |
**** She reminds me a bit of a female Evans **** Very good observation and I agree. Sung has a very similar touch and tone. **** It's much better to know what the rules are if you want to break them a bit . **** So true. Old truism in Jazz: ** You can't play "outside" (the harmony) before you know how to play "inside" ** Otherwise it's just bs and reveals the imposters. Nice clip. |
Most people are just not serious about music of any genre . A rock concert looks like a sheep farm to me, not that I ever went to one .More of a "social" outing than a musical event .Pass the dope please. Any study I've ever seen has 5% of US population listening to jazz and classical combined , comes to about 10% in the few major cities where choral music is big . NYC, Mpls., Chicago and Seattle basically . . |
Of course even an old fool like me has to bow to those in the "force of nature" category . This artist is that in the pop/crossover world, and is one of my favorites. . All know his lovely voice and skill on guitar but doubt if many know his other instrument . The song was written by a famous rock star about a place in Scotland .Me being mostly Scottish has nothing to do with it(cough) . IMO this is the greatest performance I ever heard from him and I am certain it’s because , like myself , he was fiercely proud of his Scottish heritage ! https://youtu.be/cT7t3WNbK3Y?t=2 And you may be certain that the Celtic audience had something to do with it . |
A nice attractive young lady introduced me to fusion (boring isn't it). She suggested "Sextant", "Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy" and "I Sing The Body Electric". There is absolutely no way to compare what this same music sounded like then, and what it sounds like now. I've already presented "Sextant"; let's try something from "The Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy", followed by "I Sing The Body Electric". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqYXt6IV_nc&list=PLdywAdbqFISsoPbzYPeb0K8LPw6aVWMxZ&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eng3NsrAt7Q&list=PL8a8cutYP7fpVzOlBYtpU6oXBv3NCx8tM I must admit in all sincerity, the way this music sounded depended on whether or not I had engaged my pipe filled with exotic blends of Turkish Tobacco or not. Quite often after a hard days work, I lit the pipe. (I like exact reconstruction) No matter how hard I try, I can't hear it the same way now, as I heard it then; all I can say is that it was really fantastic at that time, but it still sounds good now. |
Today's Listen: Gene Harris -- ANOTHER NIGHT IN LONDON Only 6 tracks, all standards, but they stretch out on each one. Gene is his usual brilliant self. However this recording illustrates the perils of touring Europe without your own group. The drummer and guitarist are ok, but the drummer must have thought, since I have all these cymbals, I should beat the hell out of them. Made some of the tunes almost unlistenable on my 'audiophile' HD 660s. Better on speakers. But they, the trio, all play too loud. The folks came to hear Gene!! Recorded at the 'Pizza Express' in London in 1996. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri9CFL37y5E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcG0wZuCTRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsPeJVJb4V8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK5C6GkvmN8 Cheers |
Remember The Sabbath, and make a joyful noise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i1SyfXGCg4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_UHeHC8ikM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_rkAOpcWNE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCLcSolIhjU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE_YepI8PZA Amen |
