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| Jazz for aficionados Sonny Rollins, at age 18 - 20 used to hang out for hours in the Harlem apartment of Bud Powell and the upper west side apartment of Thelonious Monk on 63rd St. Sonny and his young friends, aspiring young musicians all, would go to both Powell's ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados On January 20, 1949, at the age of 18, Sonny Rollins made his recording debut. He played tenor sax in a 9 piece group backing vocalist Babs Gonzales. The horn arrangements by trombonist JJ Johnson, also a member of "Babs' band" Sonny's first rec... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Some very interesting bass and cello playing on this McCoy Tyner album. Vision - YouTube Actually, Tyner had 3 brilliant recording sessions 1970 - 73 that I would also describe as challenging yet accessible. Here is the other two McCoy Tyner ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @acman3 Thanks for the Cecil McBee clips. Been listening to him today... Challenging but accessible (for me anyway). | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister I like so much Paul Desmond with Jim Hall ... Paul Desmond has the most distinctive tone on the alto then any other. Every solo is a thing of beauty... What do you mean by "showing off"? Back when Be Bop turned the swing era of j... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Santi DeBriano, Obeah. Excellent album. Been listening to DeBriano for years and I believe this is the first time I have seen an example posted here on JFA. Salute!! | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk but Dolphy tends to not hit many pitches straight on -- his sound is quite "wobbly" in terms of intonation, overall, and this I do not enjoy. I don't know what you mean by "wobly"..Maybe you can define it another way or post a song p... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk Re: Atonal Atonality can vary in its presentation from minor to complete dissonance. That being said Eric Dolphy has just as many recordings with minor dissonance, and mostly so, then he has with complete dissonance (I call it chaos).... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hey @alexatpos I listen to prog rock and listen still. 70s Sonny I dont like but a few... Sonny is a master at improvising off the top of his head.... Sonny Rollins Quintet - Don't Stop the Carnival | Cascais Jazz 76 - 13 de Novembro - YouTube | |
| Jazz for aficionados Joey Calderazzo says what...stop and listen for an hour.... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @rok2id MJQ is a great session with Sonny..... I worked along side Percy Heath's son Stuart in the construction business. Do you have vol. 1 and 2? Anyway Blue 7 from Saxophone Colossus is outstanding... Sonny Rollins - Blue 7 - YouTube | |
| Jazz for aficionados Further on the topic of tenors. This LP is yet another desert island session. What makes it very special was that Kenny Clarke played the drums in one of his last recording sessions in the USA before he permanently moved to Paris France in 1956 t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados More on Sonny Side Up Borrowed from All Music It once went without saying that to become an authentic jazz player, you had to graduate from the school of bebop. Not that the music of Bird and Diz was the "ultimate" art. Rather, it was provided... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @acman3 I agree those 3 Rollins albums are a must have and would be on the desert island list...Elvin Jones plays drums on the evening set at the Village Vanguard. Another desert Island set Coltrane with Eric Dolphy India (Live From Village Va... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk If you dont have the Dizzy Gillespie Sonny Side Up LP I highly recommend it. Give it a listen on Spotify first before spending on the LP.... Sonny Side Up - Wikipedia All 4 songs are great but The Eternal Triangle and After Hours are d... |