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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers THREE BLIND MICE VOL.1 Freddie Hubbard(trumpet), Curtis Fuller(trombone), Wayne Shorter(tenor sax), Cedar Walton(piano), Jymie Merritt(bass), Art Blakey(drums) Blue Note 1962 Notes: "...The Jazz Messengers moved further away from the funky approach that gave them such hits as "Moanin'" and "Dat Dere" and into the forefront of the most intricate modern Jazz. When these men wrote for the group, it was not a simple matter of an AABA structure in 4/4. They were starting from scratch structurally, harmonically and rhythmically to create awesome pieces. What made the miracle complete was that Blakey drove them with a vengeance, making every shift and change without ever disturbing the swing or velocity." 'These men' refers to newcomers Walton and Hubbard, plus Fuller and Shorter.
When Lights Are Low
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mVl7gf_DfkBlue Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKwuTLmuzuwUp Jumped Spring (alternate take) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20zx7Mkvuz8Three Blind Mice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3PflnRWtZUCheers |
One of my favorite Blakey recordings
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Orpheus10, no that was not much to my liking.
I keep looking for an interesting music, nothing to report yet. |
Inna, with all due respect, while we can agree on "Flamenco Arabian" and other exotic music; when it comes to jazz, you have absolutely no sensitivity in regard to the Genre.
There is nothing wrong with that, I have absolutely no sensitivity in regard to classical music.
Taste in music is extremely complex; it began from the first musical notes we became aware of as toddlers, and continued from that time on. Some claim there is good music and bad music; I claim that what ever music you like is good music, and whatever music you dislike is bad music.
Jazz is just not your cup of tea. That was some of the best jazz I've ever heard in my entire life, but you didn't like it. As I previously stated, there are only two types of music; music you like, and music you dislike.
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers THREE BLIND MICE VOL.2 Notes: "Soon after this live recording, Merritt was replaced by Reggie Workman and the sextet signed with Riverside where it made three excellent sessions. They returned to Blue Note in February of '64 and recorded the ferocious, majestic FREE FOR ALL. In May, Lee Morgan returned to replace Hubbard and the band recorded INDESTRUCTIBLE. Within months, this extraordinary ensemble would disband and Blakey would leave Blue Note permanently as a recording artist." Freddie Hubbard(trumpet), Curtis Fuller(trombone), Wayne Shorter(tenor sax), Cedar Walton(piano), Jymie Merritt(bass), Art Blakey(drums) Blue Note 1962
It's Only A Paper Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLl5blcy3wk
Ping Pong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpFbbf4O9OQMosaic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMbYJ8yisYACheers |
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Orpheus10, that's fine with me. I used to like 'classical' jazz, but that was a long time ago. I still enjoy some compositions, not many.
As for classical music, well, that's different, though McLaughlin says that in his view there are no barriers. He played classical too, not much. |
Inna, since you have less trouble finding music that I like, than I have in finding music that you like, I'll leave the music hunt up to you.
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rok2id,
White Rabbit is my favorite George Benson disc. I really lost it for him when he started singing, although I know that many people liked that.
That disc just seems so perfect to me, although I've read that he doesn't care for it, and felt that he was being too controlled by the producer during the recording sessions. |
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers ALBUM OF THE YEAR Art Blakey(drums), Wynton Marsalis(trumpet), Bill Pierce(tenor Sax), Robert Watson(alto sax), James Williams(piano), Charles Fambrough(bass) Impulse 1981 / 1988 Notes: "This edition of the Jazz Messengers reminds me of Blakey's virtuoso units of the early 1960s. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, barely 20 years old, evokes the role played by Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard. His substantial, clean sound adds brilliance to ensemble passages and (as evidenced in the powerhouse "In Case You Missed It"), he has the technical facility to gobble up the changes at any tempo Blakey can muster. His concise solo on Charlie Parker's "Cheryl" shows a keen awareness of form, structure and dynamics." Witch Hunt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRSfmfnsMyECheryl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iR_YviC63gSoulful Mister Timmons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wca3ozlaKcIn Case You Missed It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGldcFRBNhUCheers |
roxy54,
I don't have 'White Rabbit', but the reviews indicate its one I should get. Like I said before, Benson seems to be all over the place musically, but I seem to like his more pop oriented music. So, the singing is just fine with me, although he is not much of a singer, it suits his music. Captures a certain era when pop and Jazz got close enough to touch sometimes. Wes Montgomery and Al Jarreau come to mind.
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Orpheus10, agreed. But I do like quite a number of what you post when it is not jazz, at least not traditional jazz.
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rok2id,
It's really an entirely different George Benson than any of his pop stuff. His fluid guitar style is really beautiful the supporting musicians as well as the way that it was produced create a little world unto itself.
Billy Cobham is wonderful on drums and fully sympathetic to the relaxed but probing mood of the interpretations. I think that you'd love it. |
20 years ago I passed by the Zinc bar in New York City on a Monday night and George Benson was there sitting in with the house trio playing bebop and he was absolutely burnin’!
No singing or funk stuff just straight ahead bebop and blues. Unforgettable night that was. |
Art Blakey & The Jazz messengers MOSAIC Blue Note 1961 / 1987 Notes: " 1961 was an eventful year for Art Blakey. It was the year of his most triumphal tour overseas--a memorable trip to Japan....At one concert in Tokyo no less than 17 ambassadors attended, according to Art. The type of audience reached by Art and his men in Japan, the sensitivity of the reaction, and the economic success of the tour, made the return home seem sadly anticlimactic. "We've played a lot of countries," said Art, "but never before had the whole band been in tears when we left." Mosaic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzfURZdmkx8Arabia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqI7KG1ERyQCrisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS9wQqFgR68Cheers |
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White Rabbit: My copy arrives tomorrow.
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Art Blakey ART BLAKEY'S JAZZ MESSENGERS AT BIRDLAND Art Blakey(drums), Curtis Fuller(trombone), Freddie Hubbard(trumpet), Wayne Shorter(tenor sax), Cedar Walton(piano), Reggie Workman(bass) Riverside / Original Jazz Classics 1963 / 1989 Notes: "Difficult as it may be to believe, one of America's foremost small-band drummers (and the band leader at that!) has led his group through the recording of an entire album, did it in front of a hip New York nightclub audience --and did not even once take a drum solo! The starling proof of this is in this very album of performances by the always amazing Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers." One by One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i6GggeAxP4Ping-Pong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqArwHLljKcI didn't know what time it was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii7UYWJxHegOn the Ginza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvK_oj4ymbECheers |
The world’s greatest stereo system is inside a Virginia home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3T4hkPrSIYA REAL Audiophile / Music Lover. The only system I have ever known of that I would really love to hear. Note, he has Miles!! Cruel fate. Cheers |
The world’s greatest stereo system is inside a Virginia home
rok that has got to be one of the best posts over the 8 year run of this thread. Ken Fritz is a rare person in this world. Dedication, devotion, passion, commitment, and conviction are 5 words that I immediately thought applied to Ken after I watched the video. And the last word I thought of was acceptance meaning he has accepted his fate and considers himself not as a victim but lucky to have had a long life in which his dream became reality. And as ALS slowly drains his life away he is happy that he still has some years to spend quality time with the people he loves and they love him. When Ken is gone his legacy will still be with his family and friends to listen to. And I'm sure they will be thinking of Ken as they sit in his creation and enjoy what is arguably the best sounding personal audiophile system in the world. Made me think of this iconic day at old Yankee Stadium.
(27) Gehrig delivers his famous speech at Yankee Stadium - YouTube
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pjw81563, I agree with your comments. Over the years you will be aware of a lot of very elaborate systems, in person, video or print, most come across as exercises in excess. Ken's is a different thing altogether. You just know it is. This IS the Holy Grail. Cheers |
I hate it when the hero dies. |
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What a sad story...:---((
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Drago mi je čuti se opet.
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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers AT THE CAFE BOHEMIA VOLUME 1 Kenny Dorham(trumpet), Hank Mobley(tenor sax), Horace Silver(piano), Doug Watkins(bass), Art Blakey(drums) Blue Note 1955 / 2001 Notes: "During 1955 and 1956, The Cafe Bohemia was at the center of Jazz creativity in New York City. The Greenwich Village club was located at 15 Barrow street, on the same premises where James P. Johnson, Max Kaminsky, Willie "The Lion" Smith and Wilbur De Paris had led groups a decade earlier when the space was called the Pied Piper. Owner Jimmy Garoflo had operated the Bohemia as a strip club until musicians, including Charlie Parker, began coming in to jam in early 1955. Parker scheduled to be the opening Jazz attraction, died in March...."
Soft Winds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaokuN1bsfUThe Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8YOTwHeeeIMinor's Holiday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sB6gQNYlnwAlone Together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n92V1UaS6pICheers |
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Art Blakey never made a bad album. He also gave many rookie jazz musicians who later became legends in the genre their start. Blakey had them composing songs and and perfecting their instrument playing while under his tutelage. Wayne Shorter, Lou Donaldson, Benny Golson, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, curtis Fuller, Jymie Merritt, Doug Watkins and more were able to sharpen up their talents while a member of the Jazz Messengers. Buhaina's Delight is another good one.
(27) Bu's Delight (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) - YouTube
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Terence Blanchard & Donald Harrison NEW YORK SECOND LINE Concord Jazz / King Records Japan 1983 / 1985 Notes: "The leaders of this date, trumpeter Terence Blanchard and alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, are two examples of the importance that New Orleans has in the recent revitalization of the scene which we first became aware of through the equally youthful Marsalis brothers. At twenty one and twenty three respectively, Blanchard and Harrison are already disciplined technicians who know how to provide the emotional fire of swing and the relaxation of subtle song that is the essence of lyricism. And if there is any clear heritage we can associate with New Orleans musicians, it would be revealed in those two qualities, since it is the home of Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Sidney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong, to name some seminal figures." -- Stanley Crouch New York Second Line https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoWANgGSGp4Duck Steps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip-UZ8ylQwgOliver's Twist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkN1XXfaCxECheers |
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers JUST COOLIN' Lee Morgan(trumpet), Hank Mobley(tenor sax), Bobby Timmons(piano), Jymie Merritt(bass), Art Blakey(drums) Blue Note 1959 / 2020 Notes: "When Mobley failed to appear at a Canadian Jazz festival, Morgan pulled Wayne Shorter out of the Maynard Ferguson big band to take his place and Blakey liked what he heard. Shorter remained in the tenor chair and would ultimately become the group's musical director, where his writing gave a more visionary yet still grooving edge to the music."
Hipsippy Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-W_uJFYcLQM&M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1y9mucc3hcJust Coolin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl8NQa5wk7cCheers |
Art Blakey THE JAZZ MESSENGERS Donald Byrd(trumpet), Hank Mobley(tenor sax), Horace Silver(piano), Doug Watkins(bass), Art Blakey(drums) Columbia 1956 / 1997 Notes: "One of the best groups to emerge during the period when modern Jazz decided that swing was not only not old-fashioned but a highly desirable commodity is the Jazz Messengers, a co-operative unit organized in early 1955. The musicians in this album form the personnel which has borne the Messenger banner during most of the unit’s career. They demonstrate, in these free-wheeling performances , that small-combo Jazz can be arranged with plenty of room for improvisation, and with carefully worked-out ideas to set the group in a different setting in each number." I get the impression this could be their first recording. Nica’s Dream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SASVefCnowInfra-Rae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvgOc6tnVwUIt’s You or No one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAhaPCWifs8Ecaron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LsmpcAwWSYCheers |
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