Well Frogman, I'm glad you could squeeze in.
That's one of the best, if not the best "hard bop" record in my collection.
Since you have indicated that you are definitely a "connoisseur" of that genre, I'll see what else I can find.
Enjoy the music.
Jazz for aficionados
After listening to Hyman play The Viper's Drag, reminded of this. I love this stuff. No video. Criminal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwl0uLA4jM4&index=17&list=PLU_nnz-RXpdgHDOHS3YswbyH6s-eDlDNx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnbccXiTesI&list=PLU_nnz-RXpdgHDOHS3YswbyH6s-eDlDNx&index=16 The Frogman: What is meant by 'uptown' and 'downtown' in NYC? Great stuff with Hyman. Cheers |
"Fuego" in Spanish, means fire, and this album is smoking; where there's smoke, there's fire. This album was recorded on October 4, 1959, at Rudy's studio; needles to say, when speaking of recordings, there is only one "Rudy". We have discussed Donald Byrd many times, and in different genres. While the music was different, it was always good; he's the consummate musician. He never played anything but "jazz" for the period it lasted, and that was a long time. When times changed, he changed. Where I'm coming from is so many musicians had to play R&B when jazz was where there hearts were, a guy has got to make a living; Donald Byrd never had to play anything but jazz for that long period of time. Back to "Fuego"; this is "hard bop" at it's best, even when you can't precisely define it, you know it when you hear it, when you hear those polished notes emanating from Byrd's trumpet at a race horse pace, you know you are off to the races. He has a supporting cast of Jackie McLean, alto sax; Duke Pearson, piano; Doug Watkins, bass, and Lex Humphries, drums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktAPvHQmHIc Enjoy the music. |
Jun.....I mean, Rok, in local vernacular you have "downtown", "midtown" and "uptown". each of those broad areas has smaller sub-areas with names such as The Village, Soho, Harlem. "Midtown" covers roughly 34st to 66st. The heart of midtown would be Times Square at 42st and Broadway, the area where the theater district is. Lincoln Center is at 62-66 Sts. "Uptown" would be the streets North of midtown all the way up to the 200's (below the Bronx). The center of Harlem would be at 125 St. "Downtown" refers to the streets Souh of midtown all the way to the bottom of Manhattan Island. That is, loosely, the geography. The three terms also have certain tacit meanings or implications as used locally and in the arts world. Moving "Uptown" used to mean that the person has "made it". Most of the expensive real estate is North of midtown (especially on the East side) but South of Harlem; although that's changing. "Downtown" is where the hipster are, the avant guard, the "new" music scene, also a lot of the jazz clubs. A person that is a very hip dresser and has a certain attitude can be said to look very downtown: or certain music can be said to have a downtown vibe. |