Yes, they usually do have a relationship to the tune being played. While improvising, the harmonic progression of the tune being played may cause the player to think of a melody, or fragment of a melody of a different tune which has the same (or similar) chord progression. Sometimes it is done to add a bit of humor to the proceedings. Maybe as an “inside” joke for the sake of the other players, or for a variety of other intents. For instance, in your clip Stormy Monday Blues, Muddy Waters sings “They call it Stormy Monday………Saturday I go out to play” and Clark answers with “It ain’t necessarily so, it ain’t necessarily so”. Great improvisers have very quick and creative minds, as you know.

The place where Wynton’s and the boys play is a very nice part of town. Lincoln Center is great. Other parts of the city still haven’t recovered from the COVID shutdown and things like public transportation have taken a big hit. Still impressive, no doubt.

Speaking of Clark Terry, Wynton’s boys and the plunger mute:

Got the quote.  What is the point of quotes?  Do they have to have any relationship to the tune being played?

Based on what I see from my "city walkers",  NYC is still the most impressive city.  Once they passed by the place where Wynton and boys play.

Cheers

(Was cleaner)

Big Apple is…….well, it’s been better.  Cleaner, at least.  What a guy, indeed, but I always figured you were legal 😊.

“It Ain’t Necessarily So” @ 1:20.  Plunger mute, perfect for the Blues.  Best.

Now, what Gershwin (hint) tune does Clark quote?

I could not detect the quote. If he had not used that silly mute, I might have. The curse of Miles. Muddy even drowned him out.

The performance does show how Jazz and Blues can meld seamlessly.

I am well. How are things in the Big Apple? The Governor here in Texas offered me a free bus ticket if I would move there. What a guy!

Cheers

Awesome Stormy Monday Blues!  Awesome Clark Terry!  Thanks.  

Now, what Gershwin (hint) tune does Clark quote?  😊.  Brilliant.  
 

(Hope all is well with you)

Dizzy Gillespie and Friends

Concert of the Century - A Tribute to Charlie Parker

Recorded 1980 by club owner / Jusin Time Music    2016

Wow!!! What friends!   Minimal packaging.  No notes.

Blue 'n' Boogie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jXAktkTOu4

Darben the Redd Fox : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww1B2gjj37s

The Shadow of Your Smile : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dNgiPBzWg8

Stardust : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J87iRetWsz0

Cheers

Sometimes Less is More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY4YB_6P4qk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD5BhhF7yiQ

Cheers

As The Good Book says:

Know Blues, Know Jazz

No Blues, No Jazz

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOixoY6k0I4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvNIivHdy0Q

Cheers

Milt Jackson and the Monty Alexander Trio

SOUL FUSION

Pablo / OJCCD   1977 / 1992

3000 Miles Ago : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CUM992k8mw

Isn't She Lovely : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq1rda8ItAQ

Soul Fusion : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPW72rds1e4

Compassion : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgT7XStejwU

Cheers

Bud Powell

JAZZ GIANT

Verve    1950 / 1988

Celia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxiT9Si02s8

Cherokee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Aptzringhk

Sweet Georgia Brown : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLl3sdtx2TY

April in Paris : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvCp1-NX-bM

All God's Chillun Got Rhythm : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kLj6hcZXY4

Cheers

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Echo

Swingin' (Live Version)

Oscar Peterson

GIRL TALK

Exclusively for my Friends Vol. ll

MPS Records / Verve    1968 / 1992

On a Clear Day : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZn4kPR01HE

I'm in the mood for Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAbt3RdYMh0

Girl Talk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_2gxpB6GoM

Cheers

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

OVERTURE SOLENNELLE "1812" Op.49

Boston Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis

Universal / PentaTone    1979 / 2006   SACD

1812 Overture : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Vpb9mRsOM

Cheers

Thelonious Monk

THELONIOUS ALONE IN SAN FRANCISCO

Riverside / OJCCD   1959 / 1987

Solo piano.  Recorded at The Blackhawk.

Blue Monk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwgWxcVEJOw

Ruby, My Dear : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64osskbLEXA

Round Lights : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZGXb2AcExM

There's Danger in your eyes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mfdsziCwM

Cheers

Chanticleer

WHERE THE SUN WILL NEVER GO DOWN

Teldec  1994

Nice booklet with pictures.

Jesus come by here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o_9GNrwAuY

Lord I want to be a Christian : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sstqc0O8jlg

Am I a Soldier of the Cross : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V07CRSGA_3w

Twelve Gates to the City : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juPdr8nxA6U

Cheers

Thelonious Monk

CRISS CROSS

Thelonious Monk(piano), Charlie Rouse(tenor sax), Frankie Dunlop(drums), John Ore(bass)

Columbia   1963 / 1993

Monk's second recording for Columbia.

Hackensack : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR3-XqDL9f4

Criss Cross : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-d0ULekFFc

Don't Blame Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Qhal86M8M

Pannonica : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hoyrkf4vQk

Cheers

Conrad Herwig

THE LATIN SIDE OF HORACE SILVER

Savant  2020

Notes: "In the bandleaders words, Latin side sessions offer a "reimagining" -- or, as I I like to say in layperson's terms -- a "Latinization" of said artists' music."

Great Playing throughout.   The amount of Silver heard varies by tune.

The Cape Verdean Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t7Yalr4wNI

Filthy McNasty : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1pY1sEeh6w

Song for my Father : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dbVGphmpxA

Nutville : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vstTXT0k6Vs

Cheers

Awesome Movie

Fantastic Theme Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HtHEgINHO0

Cheers

Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie

OSCAR PETERSON and DIZZY GILLESPIE

Pablo  1975 / 1987

The first of a series of recordings by Peterson with the Trumpet greats of Jazz.

Caravan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0JdUEBoRcE

Autumn Leaves : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwVTfFGqnU

Blues for Bird : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_DMlpSLKE

Con Alma :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78RJwmcqPaM

Cheers

Gene Harris Quartet

A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN

Gene Harris(piano), Ron Eschete(guitar), Luther Hughes(bass), Paul Humphrey(drums)

The STE. Chapelle Winery is located in Idaho.

Concord Jazz  1993

Old Dog Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBRGqNiPD1I

Ode to Billy Joe : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woTzdRrZCfk

Take the 'A' Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVnotgmZYjY

How Long : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wISJgKvh4io

Cheers

J. S. Bach

LES SIX CONCERTS BRANDEBOURGEOIS

BWV 1046 - 1051

Le Concert Des Nations / Jordi Savall

AliaVox Heritage   2010  2 SACD Set

Excellent packaging with thick, 86 page glossy booklet.

Concerto 1, en Fa Majeur, BWV 1046

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo3ArJAI9TQ

Adagio : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yiiBbTCn6g

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmFJRS5OSos

Menuetto & Trio : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-teI6acTUMI

Cheers

Mary Jo,

I like it also.  Had to look him up.  From wiki:

What is the meaning of Gnossienne?

Noun. gnossienne (plural gnossiennes) (music, often capitalized) Any of several compositions having a dance-like quality.

How old was Satie when he died?

The French composer and pianist Erik Satie died at the age of 59 in Arcueil, a suburb of Paris. The cause of death was cirrhosis of the liver; Satie had long been a heavy drinker. Absinthe, which can have an alcohol content as a high as 74%, was his favorite.

Did Erik Satie carry a hammer?

In the habit: Satie was a man of habits: every day he walked the 10 miles from his house to work, stopping at cafès along the way. He always carried an umbrella, and he stowed a hammer beneath his coat to defend himself if necessary.

Not a man to be trified with.

Cheers

Music for all time, for all time that is mine. It is kind of melancholic and sentimental and I like it:

Various Composers

FIEDLER GREATEST HITS

Arthur Fiedler / Boston Pops

RCA / BMG Classics 1956 / 1991

Fiedler and the Boston Pops did a lot to popularize Classical music. Great Album Cover art work. Always played the "Good Stuff."

Flight of the Bumblebee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWgm1vGbjfg

Pomp and Circumstance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMFFPVQIYfc

William Tell : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcF_4Pan1sM

Stars and Stripes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8DbPPPNh8I

Cheers

AUTUMN LEAVES

Jamal : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnW9wNN_IVg

Ferrell : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xgNA3rCw7U

Adderley : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpB7-8SGlJ0

Cole : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVedK1VUfLM

And the winner is?

Cheers

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK  KV 525

serenata notturna KV 239, 3 Divertimenti KV 136, KV 137, KV 138

Berlin Philharmoniker - Herbert von Karajan

DG  1956 / 1988

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPrRRdI9U3w

Andante : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-sPSUUWQm4

Allegretto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFU4UFy4CLw

Rondo, Allergo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAJ3RhqbpOk

Cheers

The Four Tops

REACH OUT

Motown  1967

Reach Out : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUZ3INx3-KA

Bernadette : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ4eRsEjIFY

Standing in the shadow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPYWtOj9_7I

7 Rooms of Gloom : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV-iNKfIwYM

Walk away Renee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiI6n35QpKM

Cheers

Cannonball Adderley

SOMETHIN' ELSE

Blue Note  1958 / 1998   RvG Edition

Autumn Leaves : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpB7-8SGlJ0

Dancing in the Dark : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX4Rf1r9yFk

Cheers

Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins

THE CLASSIC PRESTIGE SESSIONS, 1951-1956

Prestige   1951-1956,   Released 2009   2CD set

Dig : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehvorRA9zcc

Down : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41I_AoMp9UU

The Serpents Tooth : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3MMk2s5Qlg

Vierd Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWPfiZ3QlB4

Cheers

Christmas:

Ray Charles : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og97RMCvYMk

JALC : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAFB506NA80

Temptations : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUhvkXZufbg

JALC : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fcKYUhGHtU

Charles Brown : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjpt4kpzNpM

Cheers

Miles Davis

BAG'S GROOVE

Prestige   1954 / 2008   RVG Remaster

Notes : "I remeber this session well, I remember how the musicians wanted to sound, and I remember their reactions to the playbacks.  Today, I feel strongly that I am their messenger." ---  Rudy Van Gelder

And folks say Miles had a big ego.

Bag's Groove : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRcOb0TUet8

Oleo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJUZroNIbYM

Airegin : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxop4KMVPpY

Cheers

Allen Toussaint

THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI

Nonesuch  2009

Allen Toussaint(piano & vocals), Don Byron(clarinet), Nicholas Payton(trumpet), Brad Mehldau(piano), Joshua Redman(tenor sax)

Egyptian Fantasy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlifDYDUuHI

Saint James Infirmary : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdZcU4SniIc

West End Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcPsgMa74Lk

Just a Closer Walk with Thee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hxRMdXBFb4

Cheers

Today's Listen

Quincy Jones - THE DUDE & BACK ON THE BLOCK

The Dude : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHDny3772ww

Ai No Corrida : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVTVheyDY4s

Just Once : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrCq65I5dZ4&list=OLAK5uy_mXTM5IqI4ybH9ayTUKKhaRUC_rP0DejzE&index=3

BACK ON THE BLOCK

Back on the block : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HxenkZBSRU

Birdland : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqv5mhZIt2A

Cheers

Ray Charles

THE BIRTH OF SOUL

The complete Atlantic R&B Recordings 1952-1959

Atlantic Records 1991 3CD Box    Includes 32 page Booklet with pics.

Losing Hand : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITbmAcHz-aE

Sinner’s Prayer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGPO3UqaQsM

I got a Woman : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc24itDDCvM

Greenbacks : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb2SLE3f-DY

The Right Time : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eHTDfqavQg

What’d I say, parts 1 & 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLniymUjy5I

Cheers

Various Artists

A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS

Special Olympics Productions  1987

Whitney Houston, Bob Seger, Stevie Hicks

Do You Hear What I Hear? : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRlv6tSiqh0

The Little Drummer Boy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vubZ3yAB8ds

Silent Night : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDgZHnuiuXs

Cheers

@ghosthouse 

check your library for The Penguin Guide To Jazz recordings.  It’s 1300 pages of Jazz musicians and groups. If it’s not at your library, it is on Amazon.  I can’t say I have found a better book on Jazz people.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Ninth Edition https://a.co/d/hbEornz

@curiousjim 

Sounds good.  You are fortunate to have your library as a resource for music.  I've been using Bandcamp and All About Jazz Weekly to find new (to me) titles and then Tidal to sample them.  Some do turn into "must buys".

Looked at the system you have posted.  Very nice.  I bought an H390 myself some months back.  

@ghosthouse 

I love our library system here. They have an amazing amount of Jazz between all the branches that I can order on the app and go pick up CD’s and DVD’s when they come to my branch. 

Ralph Towner’s "Solstice".

My introduction to ECM.

Found it at the public library some 50 years ago.

Track 1, Oceanus

Good for what ails ya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3C9L6VzOdY

Cheers

Billie who?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsXdbn-GKaA

Cheers

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

THE MUSIC OF REVELATIONS

Entertainment One  1998

Wade in the Water : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaPCXRNFzUI

I Wanna be Ready : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRBdsYew-t0

You May Run : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnkd2AHl5pw

Rocka my Soul : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o7qIQ5iRxM

Cheers

Interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51dWCGR94wg

Cheers

Various Artists

A VISION SHARED

A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly

Folkways   1988

I ain't got no home : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeSrR1X65EA

Syivie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvY9Yg2k-c

Rock Island Line : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTgCjZkvNdQ

This land is your land : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqxkpl3vQg

Goodnight Irene : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80hWncr7XZU

Cheers

@rok2id 

Yes, "She's Gone" another gem from an album that doesn't get enough love.

@ghosthouse 

Great call.  I have that CD.  Bought it to get "She's Gone".

Cheers

Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette

Track 1

When The Morning Comes

Miles Davis with John Coltrane and Sonny Stitt

IN STOCKHOLM 1960 COMPLETE

Miles Davis(trumpet), John Coltrane(tenor sax), Sonny Stitt(alto and tenor sax), Wynton Kelly(piano), Paul Chambers(bass), Jimmy Cobb(drums)

Royal jazz / Dragon   1960 / 1992    4 CD Set

Excellent booklet with pictures.  Recorded a few weeks before Coltrane left the group to form his own band.

Walkin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRo2MpLpUt4

All Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FICQq1pYls

So What : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN9cfZs8RwM

Fran-Dance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVnZPzh57CI

Cheers