Just for fun. Our rants from Three years ago today.
frogman3,065 posts
10-15-2013 8:40amO-10, thanks for the Shadowfax link. I like it; it's not the kind of thing that I would go out of my way to listen to, but I like it. I am not a big fan of music with that "New Age/World Music" vibe; just a personal preference. It's a pretty melody and the playing is good; but..... the tune needs a good "bridge" to break up the sense of too much repetition. I can imagine, after the melody is repeated once, a variation on the melody in a double-time feel. Notice how the drums and bass play in a half-time feel throughout while the keyboards suggest a double-time feel. It would have been very effective if after the first repetition of the melody, all the instruments would break into a double-time feel playing the variation and then return to the original feel and melody to the end.
The tune made me think of this other tune which, for me, pushes similar buttons, but is "kicked up quite a few notches":
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sF9kW-8NPqs&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DsF9kW-8NPqsrok2id3,557 posts10-15-2013 12:44pmOyez, Oyez!!
Wynton Marsalis Septet -- IN THIS HOUSE, ON THIS MORNING
Could have been named 'in church in Nawlins'. The music takes you through an entire service. Said 'home' to me.
Is it a stretch to say that Wynton is the Ellington of this era? I don't think so. His talent runs deeper than just Jazz. His can write music that 'depicts', in your mind, things, places and moods. Not just any player can do that.
You will love this Jazz CD. Esp, if you have ever set foot in a Southern Church.
What about my man, Wycliffe Gordon!! He is the trombone player, and he is great. I remember him from the Blues CD with Wynton & Clapton.
This is a 2 CD set. I listened to both in one sitting. For me that's saying a lot. I get bored easily with music that does not connect with me.
Guest appearance by the Gospel Great, Marion Williams.
If you like good Jazz music, you gotta have it. One of Wynton's best. He could be the most under-rated and under-appreciated Jazz player ever.
Give it a listen!
Cheerstubegroover1,983 posts10-15-2013 1:03pmJeez I love this thread! I am systematically going through the recommendations and links, great stuff, thanks guys!frogman3,065 posts10-15-2013 2:03pmTubegroover, in appreciation of your appreciation (from Tete Montoliu, one of my favorite piano players and one who seldom gets talked about):
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hfj8Ks9pU3s
and speaking of Cuban music:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TKB5Pv4SUu8orpheus10 OP3,539 posts10-15-2013 4:04pm
Another Mambo King!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El3lMf_Mfhc
Enjoy the music.rok2id3,557 posts10-15-2013 5:20pmWhere be The O-10??
cheersorpheus10 OP3,539 posts10-15-2013 7:44pm
Rok, as much as I like Dee Dee, I don't like the way she treats the standards; while I admire her ability to scat, she does it too much on the standards. Now here's a tune where it's very appropriate; as a matter of fact, I like everything she does on this CD. Here, she can do no wrong, and I'm sure Horace Silver would agree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otcHh-90eo4
Here's another version of that same song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh7aZ_Q6ibw&list=RD02otcHh-90eo4
Enjoy the music.
frogman3,065 posts
10-15-2013 8:40amO-10, thanks for the Shadowfax link. I like it; it's not the kind of thing that I would go out of my way to listen to, but I like it. I am not a big fan of music with that "New Age/World Music" vibe; just a personal preference. It's a pretty melody and the playing is good; but..... the tune needs a good "bridge" to break up the sense of too much repetition. I can imagine, after the melody is repeated once, a variation on the melody in a double-time feel. Notice how the drums and bass play in a half-time feel throughout while the keyboards suggest a double-time feel. It would have been very effective if after the first repetition of the melody, all the instruments would break into a double-time feel playing the variation and then return to the original feel and melody to the end.
The tune made me think of this other tune which, for me, pushes similar buttons, but is "kicked up quite a few notches":
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sF9kW-8NPqs&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DsF9kW-8NPqsrok2id3,557 posts10-15-2013 12:44pmOyez, Oyez!!
Wynton Marsalis Septet -- IN THIS HOUSE, ON THIS MORNING
Could have been named 'in church in Nawlins'. The music takes you through an entire service. Said 'home' to me.
Is it a stretch to say that Wynton is the Ellington of this era? I don't think so. His talent runs deeper than just Jazz. His can write music that 'depicts', in your mind, things, places and moods. Not just any player can do that.
You will love this Jazz CD. Esp, if you have ever set foot in a Southern Church.
What about my man, Wycliffe Gordon!! He is the trombone player, and he is great. I remember him from the Blues CD with Wynton & Clapton.
This is a 2 CD set. I listened to both in one sitting. For me that's saying a lot. I get bored easily with music that does not connect with me.
Guest appearance by the Gospel Great, Marion Williams.
If you like good Jazz music, you gotta have it. One of Wynton's best. He could be the most under-rated and under-appreciated Jazz player ever.
Give it a listen!
Cheerstubegroover1,983 posts10-15-2013 1:03pmJeez I love this thread! I am systematically going through the recommendations and links, great stuff, thanks guys!frogman3,065 posts10-15-2013 2:03pmTubegroover, in appreciation of your appreciation (from Tete Montoliu, one of my favorite piano players and one who seldom gets talked about):
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hfj8Ks9pU3s
and speaking of Cuban music:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TKB5Pv4SUu8orpheus10 OP3,539 posts10-15-2013 4:04pm
Another Mambo King!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El3lMf_Mfhc
Enjoy the music.rok2id3,557 posts10-15-2013 5:20pmWhere be The O-10??
cheersorpheus10 OP3,539 posts10-15-2013 7:44pm
Rok, as much as I like Dee Dee, I don't like the way she treats the standards; while I admire her ability to scat, she does it too much on the standards. Now here's a tune where it's very appropriate; as a matter of fact, I like everything she does on this CD. Here, she can do no wrong, and I'm sure Horace Silver would agree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otcHh-90eo4
Here's another version of that same song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh7aZ_Q6ibw&list=RD02otcHh-90eo4
Enjoy the music.