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| Jazz for aficionados Speaking of mellophones and big bands. The most notable use of the mellophone in jazz was in Stan Kenton's orchestra. His orchestra's "sound" was due in part to the use of an entire section of a variant of the mellophone, the mellophonium. From... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Definitely flugelhorn, Masakela’s signature instrument. Sometimes used in marching bands to take the place of the French horn, the mellophone is larger and pitched lower than the flugelhorn which is pitched in Bb, same as trumpet. https://m.youtub... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today is the great John Coltrane's birthday. On the subject of influence, this record is up there with Miles' "Kind Of Blue" as one of the most influential records in the history of jazz and the way the saxophone is played in the genre:https://m.... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Is this it?https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4Y7sDTM2UThis one picks up at 2:09 of the previous clip:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=In16H9J72HYMen at work:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OyfEddS41nMRe your reaction to Macero’s greeting of Monk: I don’t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** I'm sure I didn't play it anymore after that, but somehow I put it on the play list (is this convoluted or what?) I'll let you figure it out.... ****I'm not a big believer in coincidences, O-10. I suspect that the music struck a chord (😉) su... | |
| Jazz for aficionados A lot of our favorite jazz artists were real characters personality-wise. Johnny Griffin was also known as a real sharp dresser. One of my favorite humorous jazz-related clips on the Tube; must have been filmed while on tour sometime during his tw... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nice to see you back here, Chayro. Dismissive of those guys?! No way; especially of MB. Perhaps it was my additional comment about the "purists" perhaps preferring Liebman or Grossman that gave that impression. Truth is that Brecker, and Berg/... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I mostly agree re Potter. I want to like his playing because I admire his playing so much for its virtuosity; but, ultimately, he leaves me kinda cold. I put his playing and style in the probably unfairly broad category of "post-Coltrane" that r... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hope it's ok to crash the party 😉. Fantastic stuff; loved it. Thanks for turning me on to Lage and Thile (knew Collie and Meyer); beautiful players. Talk about easy with its own brand of swing. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Good catch on the similarity to "Mysterioso", Pryso; I definitely hear why it reminded you of that tune. My take is that it is actually a play on the classic Miles tune "Milestones", but this time done much much more slowly and dreamy. The two ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Dave, you may have or know this recording. One of my faves by the great Johnny Hodges; this time in a smaller ensemble setting:https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLH_eiHy0GDN04PZM-WU_FImyFOPgFcQZ6&v=i8Irfl3gNkIFor geeks only 😉 and anyone anyone... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I like plain talk and I like "Plain Talk"; thanks, Alex. Also, a pretty good example of early "soul jazz" with the Hammond B3 featured. Aside from being an enjoyable listen, I find this cut interesting for a couple of reasons. The first reason ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for your comments, O-10. I like clarity; it works for me and I think it’s something very positive to strive for in any interaction. For me there is always room for a request for explanation or, as I am trying to do as I write this, to furth... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Fantastic clips from Dave and O-10 both. Johnny Hodges!!! Hadn't heard this record; thanks. One of the most distinctive alto saxophone stylists ever and one of the defining "voices" of Duke's band. Duke wrote with each member of his band in mi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, certainly no thanks necessary and yes, I have heard a lot of new (to me) music and artists thanks to you. We all look for and find different things to appreciate in music and any art form and form a personal "sphere" of preferences based on ... |