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| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Benny Carter & Orchestra -- FURTHER DEFINITIONSThe liner notes are so tiny you would need a microscope to read them. I did make out that this session reunited Carter and Hawkins once again, they had played Honeysuckle Rose in P... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Dutchmen were good, but what's up with that drummer? Got stuck in a time warp at Woodstock?CheersBtw,The impetus for all Vietnam protests was the Draft. Since the draft was ended, we have been almost at a constant state of war, with hardly ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Sonny Criss -- PORTRAIT OF SONNY CRISSwith / Walter Davis, Paul Chambers, Alan Dawson (drums)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDbblYlZwtg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msn4OA8YNww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHoeH2oZsl... | |
| Jazz for aficionados schubert, The Brits in Texas.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQD0q7-6IA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otExCEHr73g Not quite the homecoming the guys from Nam got. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4w4lguSAuU Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jacky Terrasson:@schubert I have two by him. His first two recordings on Blue Note. Back then he was considered the future of Jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btDHv7hI_Cs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8utvlx9mtw Hard to think it'... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Cyrus Chestnut -- EARTH STORIESChestnut received a degree in jazz composition and arranging from The Berklee School of music. Seems to have weathered the ordeal with his Jazz instincts intact. Deeply rooted in the Church. https:... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Walter Davis Jr -- DAVIS CUPDavis' debut as leader. All tunes written by Davis. And, as the notes point out, these are 'real' originals, not lifted from another genre. Apparently he was very promising back in the day as a compos... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @schubert I thought you might find this interesting. There are 7 episodes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqFm7G0hnqE Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados More Blues for Queen Mary:Charles Mingus -- OH YEAHRahsaan Roland Kirk on ’Everything’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=donDOIiuWc0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkV1SpPD6mo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaeVLd4G1Zg Btw, Mingus plays piano o... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:John Coltrane -- SOULTRANEwith / Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Arthur Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-wFdTZcQbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4cQkkObYDY Well, you knew it couldn't last. Now, The Trane we all Know ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Paul Chambers Quartet -- BASS ON TOPwith / Kenny Burrell, Hank Jones, and Art TaylorObviously one of the best ever Jazz Bassist, but I keep waiting for the Trumpets / Saxophones to come in. Conditioning. Still, If Chambers can'... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Jon Hendricks and Friends -- FREDDIE FREELOADERSome of the friends: George Benson, Al Jarreau, Turrentine, Wynton, McFerrin, Al Grey, the Count Basie Orchestra,.........Miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3-wvcStsoo Hendricks ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Modern Jazz Quartet -- A CELEBRATIONMJQ plays with guest artists. All great, I listed three.Bobby McFerrinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeCoX9YjR7g Phil Woods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9b_7qVaUuk Wynton Marsalis https... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Are you saying that technique and phrasing, trumps the voice? Within reason of course.When I think of her voice’s decline, I think of this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImXVzNINKig Still compelling.CheersBtw, Webster, Edison and Kessel ar... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Billie Holiday:I just received this box set, 3 CD, Billie Holiday -- THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION. Good sound quality and good selections, but, no ’Fine and Mellow’. In the notes, in response to the critics, that said her lifestyle had harmed her voice... |