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| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for the info, nsp. I love these mysteries. From “Allmusic.com”:****The recording that resulted documents two shows in the afternoon and evening of November 3, 1957. Rollins employed different bands for the two shows. The afternoon show sp... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso, fantastic! Had never seen that. | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, good catch and thanks for listing the personell. My guess is that “Night I T” opened their sets; hence the introduction. It makes a great opener. The other tunes on the record are probably from further into the various sets. Since the pro... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Can never get enough Sonny. pjw, Sonny had a penchant for picking show tunes that one would usually not think to be good vehicles for improvisation. “I’m An Old Cowhand” is a favorite; thanks. Here’s another:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n6U7PY89... | |
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| Jazz for aficionados Excellent, Alex! Of course, the thought crossed my mind as I compiled the list; which is why the last “rule” was......- ?????.....IOW, an open invitation for anyone to make additions to the list and have an opportunity to participate. As I already... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for clarifying, pryso. I should have been more thorough; especially since I knew just what you had said. All in good fun, though. | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso, great example of piano player/singer. No question about Nat Cole’s piano playing cred. Very highly regarded among other piano players and considered influential. And what a beautiful velvety voice! Whenever I hear his singing I can’t help r... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rules for Aficionados 😇: - The alex rule: Like grandma always said, if you don’t have something positive to say, unless specifically asked, say nothing. - The pryso rule: There is no “best”. - The acman rule: Write as few words as possible, but po... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Avid fishermen will tell you that it’s all about the rhythm of your cast. Perhaps Stu inherited his Dad’s great sense of rhythm 😊 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Excellent comments re this Rollins set. Those three cuts that nsp refers to were released in an RCA compilation album of unrelated sessions titled “3 in Jazz” featuring various artists. On the three Rollins cuts, Bob Cranshaw was replaced by a dif... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ym_a1V30w_sVery nice description/analysis of “Oleo”, btw; thanks. | |
| Jazz for aficionados mary_jo, you raised some very interesting questions in your last post. **** can musicians devote themselves equally to the voice and to the instrument when playing and singing at the same time? And all that in their perfection? Will at some point ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for the link, pjw. Very interesting period in the career of one of the most important figures in the history of jazz. In the tenor saxophone world, up there alongside players like Lester Young and Coltrane in the handful of most influenti... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I haven’t forgotten, mary_jo. |