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| Jazz for aficionados Here is a great example of East Coast meets West Coast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEDLZmM_C_Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ2qAbtZKo0Every player on that album is considered a West Coast Jazz Disciple except Stan Getz who, although he live... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10,So you are sticking to just vinyl LP’s if I am understanding you correctly. Just about all digital music is compressed. The amount of compression can vary depending on the engineer/mixer. Most of the time, if the engineer is a good one, ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10,I have that Shelly Manne album with the song you posted. It is one of about 20 Shelly Manne discs I have with him as the leader.Shelly Manne, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Bob Brookmeyer, Lenny Tristano and Zoot Simms among oth... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I ordered a Betty Carter compilation album titled "Betty Carters Finest Hour" On the album cover it says all you need to know about Betty's unique vocal style:"She forever transformed the singers role in small jazz ensembles to that of a fully par... | |
| Jazz for aficionados acman3,I found that Betty Carter album "Feed The Fire" on Amazon and ordered it. Here is a review from Amazon: Lionel Hampton nicknamed her "Betty Bebop" way back when--and the soul of bebop was alive and ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados acman3,That second link with Betty Carter backed by Geri Allen, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette was a real treat. I will be adding that album to my collection for sure. Here is one of my favorite "young" jazz musicians and vocalists Esperanza Spa... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10,Second song disc 1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrKJRwpVOyQSame groove?? | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10,Third song disc 1. does this sound like the same groove?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mvuMvT4xacThe Blackhawk set is a classic and like I said no jazz aficionado should be without it. | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10,Have you thought about my proposal with the Shelly Manne Live At The Blackhawk box set. Did you listen to "Summertime" which is the first song on disc 1. That rendition of Summertime, IMHO, is the epitome of West Coast Jazz. Its just so ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Schubert,I must have overlooked your Anita o'Day posts. She had an incredible voice with impeccable timing and no "showing off" just class personified even while having on and off substance abuse problems | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10,I stated in my post the sonics are very good on the Blackhawk box set. As a matter of fact buy the box set for 20 dollars and if you think its "compressed" (its not) then I will buy it from you at the original cost and I will pay shippin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10,If your not a Shelly Manne fan then I have other West Coast Jazz suggestions.Harold Land and Carmel Jones "Complete Studio Recordings" or one of the many albums by Curtis Counce.https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Studio-Recordings-Harold-La... | |
| Jazz for aficionados alex,I have Shelly Manne's "Complete At The Manhole" both LP's were recorded on 1 disc. | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10,Do you have something against Shelly Manne?I just posted on top of this page some essential West Coast Jazz since you stated you wanted to get more of it.BTW Shelly Manne worked regularly for Hollywood on movie and TV soundtracks.Well I ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados alex,Here is the version I have:https://www.discogs.com/Shelly-Manne-His-Men-Complete-Live-At-The-Black-Hawk/release/4044381The 4 discs have a total of 26 songs. The majority of them are extended play over 10 minutes and 1 song is 20 minutes.V1 ha... |