Jazz for aficionados
Acman, this is the very fist time I've heard this lady; she's as good as the great jazz divas of the past. What I like is no exaggerated scatin, everything just flows naturally. I'll have to get this album. Gil Scott Heron was a man who always had something heavy to say, he was no lightweight; I'm sure he would be proud of her interpretation and presentation of his words. It's good to hear there is new stuff out that I need to add to my collection. "Peace Go With You Brother" |
Rok, the slides on my first clip told us a lot about the Delta; those juke joints weren't as big as a lot of folks living rooms, and judging by the coats worn, they were only suitable when it was cool. The most deprived people in the United States of America came out of the Mississippi Delta. "I see a resilient people that contributed great things under trying conditions." Crap! Even when Black people were "resilient" enough, and worked hard enough to buy their own land, politicians made laws to to take it from them. Other people hear the music, I hear the denial of an education; that's probably the most authentic thing about "Delta Blues"; but the best thing about the Delta is all that deprivation made them leave in droves. Here's Albert KIng's "Cadillac Assembly Line", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfO1MhbJqsE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOQE41oeHaY One of the clips is for you to see Albert King, the other is for you to hear Albert King. I saw him so many times in the late 50's and early 60's, that I can close my eyes, see and hear him now. I saw some of those people after they caught that jet to Detroit and went to work on somebody's assembly line making top wages in the middle 60's to early 70's. People I visited lived in nice homes, drove new cars, and dressed elegantly. All people need is an opportunity, they'll do the rest. Today it's not just the people from the Delta who don't have the opportunity to earn an "honest living". Enjoy the music. |
Yes, I've heard of Appalachia; they seem to regard poverty as a minority disease they caught, and are ashamed of it, it's not politicians that hide non minority poverty, but the people themselves. Right now, non minority poverty is worse than it's ever been at any time other than the great depression. Non minorities make camps in the middle of nowhere, and live in busses, cars, trucks, and home made shacks; these are people who would be employed working a decent job if they had found one, but now they quit looking so no longer even count as unemployed. Been to Detroit lately? Have you ever heard of the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement or the Trans Pacific Partnership? How about "Globalization"? All of those things stand for loss of jobs, and Mo money for the rich. "The women are all married to Uncle Sam". This statement is lower than whale feces; it blames the victim for the crime. "The Great Society" The political scam of the 20th century should go to conservatives for propagating as conventional wisdom that the Great Society programs of the 1960's were a misguided and failed social experiment that wasted taxpayers money. Nothing could be farther from the truth. (I'll discuss this at lenth if you like) Detroit looked like the gleaming city of "Oz" in the 60's; remember "Motown". It looked that way because of all those assembly lines: Cadillac, Pontiac, Gray Hound Bus, and those are just the ones I remember; were paying top wages and going full blast. I saw more new cars on the streets of Detroit than I ever saw anywhere before or since. I also went to Mississippi, this was about the time "Ode To Billy Joe" came out. I thought I must have passed through some kind of time warp without knowing it; the service stations were even old fashioned, everything seemed to be from a different era. I learned a lot about the people of Mississippi from reading "Eudora Welty" and Faulkner, the people got a kind of backwardness that's passed down from generation to generation; for example when things are going real bad, they say "It could be worse, you could have been born black". |
Frogman, you might as well jump on in, but whatever it is were talking about, let us "quantify", How big is it? How much does it weigh? What caused it?. To suggest that people not working are lazy and want welfare is "Hogwash". You can not get a new car, new house, clothes and furniture on welfare. The best a person can do on welfare is get a bottle of wine to drown his sorrow. If we are going to debate anything, let us be honest about it, and that's easy to do because we have instant information at our fingertips. This foray into social aspects of the blues, is my doing, and I take full responsibility of anything adverse it causes. My thoughts and emotions, which are nothing new, have absolutely nothing to do with the music itself, but the social conditions of the creators of "The Delta Blues". Maybe it's best if we continue our regular scheduled broadcast, but I never fail to enjoy debating Rok, and maybe "the truth" has more than one side. Enjoy the music. |
Beside "Albert King", who is my favorite, I like da wolfman, "Howlin Wolf", and my favorite tune by him is "Howlin For My Darlin". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dkdtmQ9cxQ Rok, gals at the Juke Joint could really shake it up off "Killing Floor". (Juke Joints in Chicago were bigger than the one's in the Delta) I didn't know we liked the same "Wolfman" until I posted. Enjoy the music. |
Acman, Charenee Wade's offering the music of Gil Scott Heron, and Brian Jackson is a very sensitive work of art. When I consider the source of the comment that Gil Scott Herron sucks, that's a testament to the authenticity of this work. Gil Scott Heron is described as a "Jazz Poet", and Charenee Wade's vocals capture the musical aspects of his work, while his words capture the struggles of people living in the city on the lower economic level, and they do this with a delicate sensitivity. On "Peace Go With You Brother" it's about people who have been so close to him, that they feel the right to criticize. Instead of him saying, "get out of my face and my business" as he would have done in the past, he makes the soft statement "Peace Go With You Brother", there's no point in arguing. This album is a complete work of art, in other word each individual cut is a part of one unified work that makes a statement about trying to find peace, and at the same time survive in the inner city without violence, and continue the struggle for human rights; that's a tall order. Charenee and her musicians project a soft beauty that I could listen to all night long. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ34PlV_K4U I chose this one to give an example of the soft beauty. Enjoy the music. |
Da Blues! "Let's cover Da Blues". As some may know, I have an aversion to certain kinds of blues; it's not the music, but social factors surrounding the music that bother me. I don't hear the music, but see and hear all the social factors surrounding the music, I'm talking about "The Delta Blues". Let's follow this music down two parallel sets of tracks; one set of tracks for the music, and another for the music. As an aficionado, I want you to feel free to focus exclusively on the social factors or the music; maybe you are unaware of the social factors, and find them disturbing, that's when it's best to focus exclusively on the music. To move this vehicle forward, I've chosen "Juke Joint Blues", this is over an hour of music and slides that depict some aspects of the social factors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucRZmqFxUaE Enjoy the music. |
First and foremost, this thread is titled "Jazz For Aficionados"; it don't say nothing about "Blues For Aficionados". I'm putting this trolley back on the right track. We'll begin with "Jazz Impressions of Eurasia", this man was far ahead of time, "Mr. Dave Brubeck" I'm talking about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qNlHh4FiZo Enjoy the music. |
"Pepper Adams Plays Mingus", this is really boss. As you would expect, you won't get anything radically different from the original Mingus, but you will get something much "deeper" into the original Mingus; I know that sounds incredible, maybe even unbelievable, but true according to my ears. Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Charles McPherson (tracks: 5, 7, 8) Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Pepper Adams Bass – Bob Cranshaw (tracks: 5, 7, 8), Paul Chambers (3) (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 9) Composed By [All Compositions By] – Charlie Mingus* Drums – Danny Richmond* Other [Essay By] – Alston Anderson, Mike Baillie Performer – Pepper Adams Octet (tracks: 5, 7, 8), Pepper Adams Quintet (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 9) Piano – Hank Jones Reissue Producer – Jordi Pujol Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Zoot Sims (tracks: 5, 7, 8) Trombone – Bennie Powell* (tracks: 5, 7, 8) Trumpet – Thad Jones When all of these musicians who have played with and been close to Mingus, go into his mind on these composition we get something that's "deeper" than the original. As a fan from the beginning, and someone whose heard the originals a "gozillion" times, I feel qualified to say this. "Haitian Fight Song" has "Pithecanthropus Erectus" morphed into it. I'm going to put them both on display for your comparison. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIu87qCZnJ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkcHSgfDdkI When you compare the two, you'll see where I'm coming from. Those musicians were unaware of the elements of "Pithecanthropus Erectus" they had incorporated into "Haitian Fight Song". Enjoy the music. |
Frogman, on "Moon Alley", by Tom Harrell; this has the same feel as Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage", but with much better sonics and recording quality; I like it. The title of the tune "Moon Alley"; are we in an alley to the moon, is the alley just brightly lit by moonlight; when I combine "Maiden Voyage" and "Moon Alley", we're on a Maiden Voyage in an alley that takes us to the moon; got to use your imagination. Enjoy the music. |
"Mingus Minus Mingus", didn't think about it, but that's exactly what this was. His music can be played and heard on a deeper level; I know that sounds trite, but there is nothing shallow about Mingus's music. On the second clip, he was just as much into anthropology, as he was music; that would be brooding. Mingus was a deep and heavy thinker who expressed his thoughts. "Can you imagine him and Miles stuck in a car from New York to LA, with Mingus rapping, and Miles unable to put two sentences together before giving out". Enjoy the music. |
Here's something really different from "Grant Green"; he could come from so many different directions that it boggles the mind, this is from a movie score he did, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYEwMoWaEpU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxiMprePISA While this is nice, I couldn't find what I was looking for on that LP; try other cuts from "The Final Comedown" This is it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah2pkB0rCHc&list=PLfWNpbMTJWM8amiDFzDY3Kv3sdmgD_Y3b Enjoy the music |
Good to hear from you alex. Serge's music is "West Coast" all the way; somehow it sounds better in LA, that's because the West Coast has a different vibe. This music sounded a lot better to me in the 50's than it does now. In order for this music to resonate, or sound it's best, I have to listen and go back to the time when it was hot. Now that I'm there, I recall seeing Serge's name a lot, it was when West Coast was hip. His music and name are bouncing around in my mind, when I put it altogether I'll get back to you. Enjoy the music |
Rok, you got the same problem with this as I had with "Da Blues", I can't hear the music because so many other factors surrounding the music keep flooding my mind. "Blaxsploitation" was a very appropriate name for that music, and picture genre. I never saw nor wanted to see this movie, I only saw the record at a record sale, and I bought every record I saw by Grant Green, no matter what. Unlike Miles, I never sold a Grant Green record. I never saw, nor did I ever want to see this movie, but I liked the music independent of the movie. Now to answer another question and story about music. "I think this may have been that movie we discussed a long time ago", Learsfool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OKQdp6iGUk This story is in reference to this movie and music. It was in the winter of 59 that I got stranded, and a beautiful woman offered me shelter. I know you've seen enough movies to know what happens next. Well the scriptwriter really flubbed it on this movie because all I got was shelter, even though it was all night. She had every album Miles put out up until that time. I think her latest acquisition was "Jazz Track" which was the score for that movie. I liked everything she had by Miles except that, it was too dark and brooding, besides, I didn't see the movie. Fast forward to recently after I saw the movie; that's the best sound track I ever heard, life is strange. Enjoy the music |
Rok, you got the same problem with this as I had with "Da Blues", I can't hear the music because so many other factors surrounding the music keep flooding my mind. "Blaxsploitation" was a very appropriate name for that music, and picture genre. I never saw nor wanted to see this movie, I only saw the record at a record sale, and I bought every record I saw by Grant Green, no matter what. Unlike Miles, I never sold a Grant Green record. I never saw, nor did I ever want to see this movie, but I liked the music independent of the movie. Now to answer another question and story about music. "I think this may have been that movie we discussed a long time ago", Learsfool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OKQdp6iGUk This story is in reference to this movie and music. It was in the winter of 59 that I got stranded, and a beautiful woman offered me shelter. I know you've seen enough movies to know what happens next. Well the scriptwriter really flubbed it on this movie because all I got was shelter, even though it was all night. She had every album Miles put out up until that time. I think her latest acquisition was "Jazz Track" which was the score for that movie. I liked everything she had by Miles except that, it was too dark and brooding, besides I didn't see the movie. Fast forward to recently after I saw the movie; that's the best sound track I ever heard, life is strange. Enjoy the music |
"I think the idea of the "forgotten player" or the player that "didn't get his due" is mainly overstated and often a myth." Frogman, I couldn't agree with you more. Pepper Adams was "DA MAN"; everybody who was somebody selected Pepper Adams as a sideman, remember the guy everybody wanted on their side in softball? Pepper Adams was that guy in jazz. Gonna cut a new record, need a baritone; "Where is Pepper Adams"? "Pre be-bop style sensibilities"; while I never defined music in that manner, my brain automatically did it for me, and called that music "Old fashioned". I went to this clip to demonstrate soprano sax with Trane and became fixated with McCoy Tyner on piano, this is about the time I saw Trane live; McCoy Tyner was just so right at that time, (not too many notes) he was the glue that kept things together when Trane decided to take off for parts unknown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGck-DRAFyw Enjoy the music. |
Alex, a good local musician can make a good living, so I recently discovered. Nothing compared to a touring musician, but good never the less. They had to drag "Grant" out of St. Louis; they couldn't even drag Eddie Fisher out. There are other local musicians who got into drugs. Grant is the only "famous" musician from St. Louis I knew personally. My friend was not from St. Louis, and if I ever mentioned his name, I would be hounded down to fill in missing time and pieces, which I'm not going to do. There is someone else on this forum who might have figured out his name, and we had a squabble about revealing personal stuff, so me friend's personal life will remain personal. I'll never attach a name to negative personal information I know; think about the guys heirs. Wardell Grey died in May 1955, and I discovered him in June 1956; so he was dead when I discovered him. My cousin had a lot of his records, but those records are no longer available, and I don't like most of the records that are available; recording quality didn't matter as much back then. All in all, it doesn't seem to matter a lot; that's because the music we like is not for this generation. Bird survived because not only was he good, but he kept evolving, and he was playing in so many different styles when he was alive; "Bird With Strings", is just as fresh today, as it was the day he made it, and the recording quality is good. Not many people have a bottom tier of records as good as yours, and I want to thank you for sharing them with us. Enjoy the music. |
Rok, it seems you have the most complete list of reasons for not being on the list of greats. I seem to know many of them personally; some even had beautiful wives they didn't want out of their sight for too long, or was that a tennis player who retired after he reached the top, decided to come back in, and didn't make it. After thinking about all of those, would have, should have, could have people; I have a lot more respect for guys like Donald Byrd who changed style so many times, and survived at the the top for the duration of his life. Enjoy the music. |
This is truly "World" music because they borrow sounds from around the Globe. On "Kiko" they begin with Japan, stop in Africa, and then on to Australia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWGKwNt9NY8 I know I've posted "Yulunga" before, but I find it hypnotic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z42ENG79hTo Dead can dance "Rare Trax", this is more drums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KdXjFDKVZA Enjoy the music. |
My favorite artist who should have gotten more recognition is "Lorez Alexandria", and this is my favorite version of "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWXimvRssmQ This is the version that resonates with me personally; my only complaint is that it could be longer. Here is another one I like by Lorez. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH3own5sERU Enjoy the music. |
It seems to me that the musicians that didn't get their due recognition are "West Coast", and musicians I actually met in LA told me they were making a good living out there, and didn't want to hit the road. What they didn't realize is that most musicians are only hot for a short time, and they have to make the most of it because their going to live a lot longer than the short time their hot. Right now their doing benefits for local musicians who have outlived their popularity or are just too old to perform. Here in St. Louis our local jazz station has gotten involved. Enjoy the music. |
Rok, what are friends for; Boo! Boo! Boo!, Hss! Hss! Hss!. Now that I got that out of the way, I'll listen to the clip. "Just throw me back in the alley, and let me roll with the rest of the tin cans". The first time I heard that, I was two miles below "Tupelo". "Nawlins here I come". That's what I call fun music, and I'm going to just have some fun and enjoy it. They certainly had a good time. Enjoy the music. |
When you're young, the most important musicians are the one's you can see live. Famous musicians could be in town every weekend, but I couldn't afford to see them. Live beats famous all day long when your only option for the famous is what you have at home to play them on. Although we can't all share the local musicians I saw every weekend, I can tell you about them, and you can tell me about the musicians where you are. Of course Frogman is exempt since he lives in New York. "Leo's 5" was one of my favorite groups, along with the "Trio Trebien", I saw them quite often; this is when I was much younger in the 60's, and that certainly made a difference. "Sam Lazarr" was a local musician I enjoyed. This gives you an idea of what I heard. Nothing compares to being on a live set with friends or a beautiful lady, all dressed elegantly in the fashions of the day. It seems I particularly liked the warm sound of guitar and organ when it was below 0 and snow outside. There's something exhilarating about an organ that can not be duplicated on the set up at home, even when it's "high end". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-tAMbi54-0 "Eddie Fisher" was an artist I saw often, he could work that "Third Cup" in and out so many different ways for an hour, and nobody would be tired of it; that's the mark of a great musician. Everybody knew Eddie Fisher was a great musician except "Eddie Fisher". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuAQFFOuy3c As I'm listening to it, what it means to be on a live is coming to me; easy going soft conversation about the music and musicians, nothing ever loud enough to disturb the music. That warm feeling you get when you're in the company of like minded people. Alex and Frogman, you both came up with so many "truths" in regard to why some people make the grade in regard to great, that you agree on, why don't you let me deal with what you don't agree on. Enjoy the music. |
Let's take our present conversation into relatively unknown musicians, you saw live, that you thought were fantastic. Fantastic female vocalists don't make it when they're not pretty. "Koko Taylor" must have gotten her start before television. Rok, when you lived in Endicott, N.Y. you liked the house organist; that's what I'm talking about when comparing live versus recorded. The range of an organ is too great for any recording equipment; that guy you heard probably sounded better live, than Jimmy Smith sounded on record. I saw a blues guitarist in Lovejoy, Ill. that was too fantastic for words. Albert King lived in Eagle Park Acres; that was a suburb of Lovejoy, Illinois; talking about the boonies, when it got dark in Eagle Park Acres, bright headlights was like lighting a candle. That must have reminded him of Mississippi; but it was an easy drive to St. Louis. Share your experiences of hearing fantastic unknown musicians live. Enjoy the music. |
It looks like this might happen all over again; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcASVdqUeOo Out of all the beautiful cuts by Eddie Harris, I think this is the most beautiful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-RIqDbEl4k It seems I got stuck on Eddie Harris, that's easy to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBrV2XYJP7k Enjoy the music. |
Rok, if there were only two people I would want to say that I saw live, they would be Lou Rawls, and Nancy Wilson. When I saw them on DVD they projected as live, and Lou Rawls was close to live on records when he sang about the Chicago South Side. He brought a fantastic place to life, that is no more. "South Side Soul" is a record Alex brought to my attention of this fantastic place that is projected in the music of John Wright. They even honor John Wright to this day in Chicago for capturing the soul of "The South Side", and putting it on a record. Lou Rawls put "South Side Soul" on records in the form of his words and song. It was one of those places that is left to live in the memories of the people who experienced the magic of "South Side Soul", and nowhere else. This was the "hippest" coolest place I've ever been in my life, unfortunately I was in my middle teens and could only read signs like "Miles Davis appearing nightly"; and this was at a small club that I passed on my daily walks. Chicago nights were cool at that time, and I liked to borrow one of my cousins best sport coats, or sweaters and stroll Cottage Grove between 65th and 63rd street where the El Train ran. It was just as brightly lit at night as it was in the day, and you might even get a glimpse of "Dinah Washington" going to the Pershing Lounge; she both entertained there, and went there to be entertained; that's where Ahmed Jamal made his famous record, and he was also the "House Band". I think Dinah Washington lived in the neighborhood back then. When I went back to Chicago as an adult, the place had changed so much I hardly recognized it. We, all the people who rode on that magic carpet, still have the music of Lou Rawls, and John Wright. Enjoy the music. |
Rok, Every time I see or hear one of the great one's, I have to check to make sure they're still with us. I'm glad to see that Aaron Neville is still touring. I only realized from your posts how important "Nawlins" is to our musical heritage. Going all the way back to my late teen years when I "snuck" into one of the larger "juke joints" where a blues band was playing. What I didn't know, was those slick piano licks he was hittin came from Nawlins, and they came there so long ago nobody knows where they came from, but whoever is playing the piano claims them; most say "the Professor" brought them to town. Dr. John is like a museum for Nawlins; he keeps all the old ways like "Gri Gri", and other "hoodoo" stuff alive. Baron Smedi, who is on the cover of "Creole Moon" was in an episode of "Miami Vice" where "Legba", a voodoo high priest from Haiti captured "Tubs" when he went undercover. Here's "Bruha Bembe" from "Creole Moon"; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA-ZaD7QtGw Enjoy the music. |
Rok, I can hear one of my childhood friends laughing 0n that record; he must have painted a mustache and wore a big hat to get in the Pershing because he definitely wasn't old enough. I would know that "donkey" laugh of his anywhere. I don't know exactly where on the record this appears, but listen for an unmistakable "donkey" laugh and you'll know that's him. You most certainly would not have minded getting kidnapped by "Legba's" lady who "Tubs" tried to rescue, she was incredibly beautiful; look it up on "you tube". I never heard of "George Russel", but I will see what I can find by him; what I found by him on "you tube" sure sounded good. From what I read, that you pointed out, he was most certainly what you would call a musical genius in the academic sense. Enjoy the music. |
Frogman, this is the cut Rok spoke of, it's pretty good. Is there anything academic on this record you would care to point out? The recording quality is exceptional, all things considered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yGof9LU73c This is what you posted on another thread, I like it; this connects with something in the back of my mind that I'll have to catch up with; the bottom line is we never got real Cuban music over here, just some kind of filtered jive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUjpFi9NRNM&app=desktop I'm thinking about going into the best jazz bass player next. This came to me when I was listening to the reel, and thought "that guy on bass is out of sight" and I still don't know who it was. As I explained before, I listen to my PC play list, and reel a lot, therefore I don't have who I'm listening to in front of me. It seems I'm stymied by bass players more than on any other instrument. Best composer who plays bass, might not translate into best bass payer; Just a thought. Enjoy the music. |
Here are examples of the music "So What" by Miles and "Impressions" by Trane. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylXk1LBvIqU[url] [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03juO5oS2gg>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k94zDsJ-JMU[url] [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylXk1LBvIqU[url] [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03juO5oS2gg Enjoy the music. |
That's what happens when you're in a hurry. This is what should have happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylXk1LBvIqU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03juO5oS2gg Enjoy the music. |
Frogman, "Ditto" on what Rok posted, you're very much appreciated here. Rok, E. S. P. is one of the albums that's mentioned in regard to modal jazz, and there are a lot of photographs of miles shown while this music is playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajQsZPf2Mb4 Although I never met Miles personally, or talked to any of the musicians he played with, I knew a lot of people who grew up with Miles, and I didn't even know this until his autobiography came out. Vernon Davis's, Miles brother, was always out on the town and I knew him a long time before I knew he was Miles brother; although I used to wonder where he got all those way out clothes ( they were the same size). I had an uncle who used to call me at 2:00AM when he was into his "Courvoisier" brandy, and talk through what was left of the night. Once he asked me if I was a Miles fan, when I responded yes, the next question was would I like to meet him. After he told me he could arrange that, I figured it was the brandy talking, and went on to something else. It was only after reading Miles autobiography that I discovered they were "buddy buddy" when Miles was growing up, and he could have called and asked when Miles had some free time in New York, and arranged a get together. As I'm looking at these photographs, I'm realizing Miles had a side to his personality that's never mentioned; he kept that side separate from the musicians he worked with and the public. All of the people I knew, who knew Miles, said he was just a regular person, no quirkiness or anything. I guess every celebrity has that side that longs not to be a celebrity, but the guy you grew up with next door. Enjoy the music. |
Rok, funny that you should mention "Madam Corrine" when I was looking at this episode on "Miami Vice" about voodoo. I liked everything about "Miami Vice", the night life, fast sport cars, and lots of fast ladies. I lived Miami Vice in real time in Atlanta in the early 70's; that town had the best night life of any city I've ever been to, you were there in the early 70's. Here's "Tale Of The Goat" from Miami Vice, along with some of the best music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AUvMqblK-Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQmba21VeW4 Enjoy the music. |
This is "Horace Silver" at Newport In 58. He was too advanced for words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2A-xMlobhQ I have the record, but that cut is much too short. Enjoy the music. |
Rok, if Silver played a bad tune, I haven't heard it. Although I have a lot of Silver, I never realized how much I don't have before now. I believe you're going to change the snap judgment you made on "Birds Best Bop". Let me know how good the recording quality is on George Russel. Listen to "Silver's" The Outlaw, and imagine "Billy the KId" riding hard and fast across the wastelands trying to outrun the posse, while listening. I heard a long interview done with Horace Silver by a local DJ, and I was amazed at how articulate he was; without a doubt he took more than just music when he went to school, and he could really tell a funny story; this was the best jazz musician interview I've heard. He told a funny story about his bass player, that I think I told before; about his bass player who was tired of playing "Bing Bong" repetitively. If you don't remember I'll tell it again. Enjoy the music. |
Rok, offhand, I don't remember the comment you made, but I understood where you were coming from; I don't like all of Bird's Bop, but I knew this was very special, and you would enjoy it. Maybe you do have a clear picture; Bird recorded a lot of music with a lot of people, and some days were better than others, that CD said Birds "Best Bop", and that said it all. Here are two guys who have teamed up a lot through the years and they sound good each time, they have a certain chemistry together. There are several here that cover a span of time, I only selected one, and while they've aged, they still seem young musically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGjMojMh-FM Enjoy the music. |
I piped R & B in Jazzy Groove, into the big rig to enjoy the sonics. I've heard that intro into "Night Life" by Dakota a million and 1 times live by different blues bands, on different tunes, and although it was the same, it still sounded good. "Our Day will Come" made me want to hear "Ruby and The Romantics"; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q1HaofSVu8 Enjoy the music. |
Rok, fortunately, good music never gets old, that music is just as young as it was the day I bought it. Here's another artist, "Ike Quebec" I was into at that time. Ike didn't make his best music alone, he had some very good help. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Soul_(Ike_Quebec_album) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Soul_(Ike_Quebec_album) Milt Hinton, is someone we haven't discussed; he was the bassist on "Heavy Soul". If we haven't discussed him, that means he didn't get enough recognition. While we can't change the past, we can rectify our oversight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vicYoVsg0 Enjoy the music. |
Rok, have you noticed I'm making a lot of mistakes I never used to make? I believe Milt Hinton has identified the reason why. Here's what should have been on my last post, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwc1bTn7Fd8 Enjoy the music. |
"Abdullah Ibrahem", these are sounds of the Sahara, "Somebody go fetch my camel"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xEmfQ-g4mc Enjoy the music. |
"Eumir Deodato" is an interesting musician (I don't know why I think of some kind of big bird everytime I hear first name). While not an icon of jazz, he made some interesting music in the 70's I was listening to and still like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5dLWFb50To https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwMAfSfRbDU Those are my two favorite albums by Dodato, they bring back memories and make for good listening, also when I checked his "bio" it seems he's quite a musician whose been involved with quite a few artists in my collection, and he's still active. Enjoy the music. |
