frogman
Responses from frogman
| Jazz for aficionados acman3, really liked that Ran Blake clip. I wasn’t familiar with his music and I’m really glad to have heard this. Very “moody” stuff. Some of it sort of reminds me of the music of Messiaen. Very distinctive and unusual. Thanks for that.re a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I would like to offer a different perspective on the idea behind the “raps” in Joni Mitchell’s “Mingus”. I completely understand why it can get tiresome and I do confess to skipping those tracks sometimes. I would also have to point out that I a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados nsp, I’m sure O-10 appreciates your concern and wouldn’t mind. Hope he’s feeling better. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Excellent catch! The second, third, fourth and fifth notes of the melody (played by the tenor) are the first four notes of “Giant Steps”. Organized in a different rhythm but the same note intervals. I’m impressed! I think it’s great to catch t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I was wrong, ghosthouse, it is not Peter Erskine. He plays on a different cut. Still love that drummer though. Here are the lineups:https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Music-Of-Eric-Von-Essen-Volume-III/release/5414591 | |
| Jazz for aficionados ghosthouse, very nice!!! Loved the “It’s One Big Party” clip. Thanks for that. Love Peter Erskine!!! What a nice and light feel he has; one of my favorite drummers. Really enjoyed Chuck Manning’s tenor playing. Knew the name but had not heard his ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Definitely some Rollins and more than a little Joe Henderson; along with his own thing, of course. I remember the first couple of times I heard Lovano. It was back in the 80s when he was in the section in the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (previously... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Talk about the “old” meeting the “new”!:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfNljvp_CnI | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Maybe only after having your peers play your song(s) many times will a pieceor body of music be then considered to be a jazz "standard". ****That’s exactly right. It becomes a jazz “standard” because players like to play a certain tune and th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, thanks for your comments. I don’t understand an “observation” of something that cannot be there. The issue of whether current players are improvising or not is not a matter of observation it is a matter of fact or not; and it is a very simpl... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Excellent posts all. nsp makes a key point:**** I think where this discussion gets bogged down is in STYLISTIC differences. ******** that when jazz music changes stylistically that the listener may change how they listen to the music to be able to... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Since "Bitches Brew" came out in 1970, there is no way you can call jazz after that "new jazz". If so, there is a ton of new jazz that I like. ****Not my criterion (dividing line). I would prefer to call it simply jazz. Your comment makes my ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, I appreciate your comments. There is nothing wrong with disagreement nor even with dispute when it is handled with a modicum of respect for others and for others’ point of view. **** I am not denigrating anyone or anything. Just stating my p... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Btw, I didn’t say his music was not Jazz ****You’ve been saying it is not jazz since you started posting here. Pleas don’t make me have to go to the “archives” to prove you wrong again.**** Does not even pass the common sense test. Just somet... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Miles said he did not want his music to be called jazz PRECISELY because of what we have seen here recently and on and off for about five years now. The insistence on the part of some to limit the definition to what he or she has decided it should... |