Jazz for aficionados

And make sure you package my 'Oh Yeah' very carefully.

Uh...., still waiting for the acronym translation 😄

I liked this post so much that I saved it under favorites, but only after I went to ebay and bought three mentioned albums.

Many jazz snobs think he is a pariah, and no one mentioned him, but Maynard Ferguson made some good music.

One album no one should miss is "Swingin' for Schuur", on which  Maynard and Diane are as funky and upbeat as jazz can be. With their upper range duels on a great selection of music, they really have some fun. It is even better when you realize that this album was recorded nearly twenty years after he really got terrible advice and/or chose what to record following the Mainstream Record label years.

His "Live at Jimmy's" double CD is also great, in a Stan Kentonish way. The two new members from the University of Miami musicians do bari-sax/bass duets, which got a two page write up in the Miami Herald.

For the hard core Maynard jazz freaks like me, the invention of acid jazz on the 1967 Sextet album is truly spectacular. It is the absolute best, as well as trippiest "Summertime" you will ever hear.

I call this acid jazz with cause: In "Licit and Illicit Drugs" a "Consumer Reports" book that exposes the CIA for their LSD experiments (From the released (after 50 years of secrecy) Congressional Record logs), there is a funny anecdote, related by Dizzy G, himself, who said that on the way to Dr Leary's house, they all had to drive around to smoke their pot before going in the house, because illegal drugs were not allowed. After getting stoned, he and other jazz greats would go trip and make jazz, thereby creating acid jazz.

The extended version of "Summertime" on the Sextet album is the culmination of that endeavor.

Did I convince everyone to still avoid Maynard?

At least get "Swingin for Schur". It rocks.

O-10, I am not sure I am willing to accept your "challenge" for what I feel should be obvious reasons to anyone who has followed this thread (never mind, participated); reasons that point to futility.  However, I admit that I am a sucker for a challenge; and even if I don't accept the challenge I will post some comments on the issue.  Will get back to you in a bit; a little busy "equating soul to mathematical terms" right now 😉

***** Uh...., still waiting for the acronym translation 😄******

The censors erased it.   Because of the F word I guess.   
I got it all correct.   And you got Jurd wrong.  

Laura Jurd was named one the 'New Generation Artists' 2015-2017 by the BBC.  Previous recipients of this honor have been:

Trumpeter  ... Alison Balsom
Pianist ...... Benjamin Grosvenor
The Belcea Quartet

Being a Classical player, I will assume you have heard of these people.

Maybe the correct acronym should be

TFDNKWTFHITA.

I want my Mingus!!

Cheers