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| Jazz for aficionados Happy Labor Day!I agree with everyone about John Park. Simply amazing talent!Thanks nsp for those links. I’m going to try and hunt down that one recording you say he did!frogman that Cosby link was hilarious. I was having a few drams of bourbon la... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Art Pepper live at the Village Vanguard with Elvin Jones, George Cables, and George Mraz....If you can’t play this tune, the bible of jazz, and play the crap out of it....don’t play!....**Cherokee**Its all good!! | |
| Jazz for aficionados nsp, Just finished listening to the whole of disc 2Cabu and Gem From Tiffany sound just as good as disc one. Blue Daniel, Whisper Not and the others sound as good as disc 1.I'm sorry do not have vinyl to compare with you but I love the recordings... | |
| Jazz for aficionados acman3,I thank YOU for that Basie clip, sorry I got that wrong! | |
| Jazz for aficionados nsp,Thanks for correcting that. Lou was great to see live. As you know he was at first a big disciple of Charlie Parker as were a lot of sax players. In the 60’s Lou started to get into a blues- soul/gospel funky type jazz and his stuck with that ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso,You had me listening to my Monk discs all last night!I ordered the Live at Town Hall, Big Band and Quartet in Concert, and All Monk: The Riverside Albums (16 disc box set)!! | |
| Jazz for aficionados nsp, I really dig that Basie clip!...sax player was gettin' it! | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso,"pjw, more Monk arranged by Overton? Hope you have this one then"No I have 15 Monk discs all with quartets or quintets and 5 live small group sessions as well.I added those Monk big band sessions to my bucket list of discs to buy. | |
| Jazz for aficionados frogman, "enjoyed the story re Lou Donalson. And like his playing a lot. Nice clip with the little talked about Tommy Turrentine, brother of Stanley. I like the other alto player you met that night also"Thanks, unfortunately I think Lou’s age fina... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso, I liked the Monk piece a lot. I own a lot of Monk recordings but not that one. One of the commenters below the video is a musician and gave a link to a piece he wrote. I think its really a nice piece of work. Here is the comment and link:Th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados nsp,"But he still sounds to me more like a rock drummer than a jazz drummer."I agree. However his 3 biggest influences and idols were Art Blakey, Max Roach, and Elvin Jones.On the duet he does with Blakey his expression says it all. It was like a ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10, I’m surprised I have not heard from you regarding Lou Donaldson. Grant Green played on some of his Blue Note sessions. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ok nobody likes my story about Lou Donaldson. What about his music?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liy9tw03p1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO5SKRN0-hIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRRIVwuKeYYLast one is live with the Doctor. Lou also played ma... | |
| Jazz for aficionados By the way I have posted some good jazz stories before about my times at the NYC jazz clubs and got zero replies. I will repost my latest one and see if that changes : )I see Gary Bartz in the Isle of Wight festival link acman3 posted and it broug... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso, "I'll guess not everyone here enjoyed your "Detroit" tale as much as I did."I enjoyed it very much. Was getting around to posting on it. 1965 was a good year for a lot of things. It was the first year Chevrolet put a big block motor in a Co... |