Don't have much Bebop nor do I know as much of that era of jazz as Hard Bop. But I'll contribute. Click on the link...
Bud Powell
Bud Powell
The Evolution of Modern Jazz
Shadorne's thread "Outstanding Examples of Musicianship" inspired me to begin this thread. While Shadorne stated that all genre's were welcome, I felt that me and another jazz aficionado were beginning to dominate that thread. Shadorne is a "Rocker", bless his heart. This community functions best when like minded people engage in common dialogue.
The title explains this thread. We will use "youtube" the same as in Shardone's thread to illustrate our examples, and now I begin.
In the beginning, there was Charlie "Bird" Parker, and he said "Let there Be Bop" and thus it began. While walking down the street, Bird ran into John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, who had similar ideas, so they "Bopped" down the street together; Bird on alto sax and Diz on trumpet. My first illustration of this new music is "Bloomdido" with Bird and Diz. We should cover "Be Bop" in depth before we go to the next phase of this evolution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MCGweQ8Oso&NR=1
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I'm a little out of time sequence in the "Evolution," but I love Miles and the Quintet too much. Gingerbread Boy |
It can't be jazz fusion without Jean-Luc Ponty, composer, producer, arranger, Master violinist. I've been fortunate to attend his concerts 6 or 7 times, West coast and Midwest. In my opinion, a genius. Mirage: Live at Nathan Phillips No Absolute Time |
Again, we can't discuss jazz fusion without additional cudos to Weather Report, the greatest of the genre in my opinion. Omar Hakim, Victor Bailey, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter. Unfortunately, in this iteration of the band there was no Jaco Pastorius. This is a very hard driving live set. Medley |