The Evolution of Modern Jazz



Shadorne's thread "Outstanding Examples of Musicianship" inspired me to begin this thread. While Shadorne stated that all genre's were welcome, I felt that me and another jazz aficionado were beginning to dominate that thread. Shadorne is a "Rocker", bless his heart. This community functions best when like minded people engage in common dialogue.

The title explains this thread. We will use "youtube" the same as in Shardone's thread to illustrate our examples, and now I begin.

In the beginning, there was Charlie "Bird" Parker, and he said "Let there Be Bop" and thus it began. While walking down the street, Bird ran into John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, who had similar ideas, so they "Bopped" down the street together; Bird on alto sax and Diz on trumpet. My first illustration of this new music is "Bloomdido" with Bird and Diz. We should cover "Be Bop" in depth before we go to the next phase of this evolution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MCGweQ8Oso&NR=1
orpheus10
Orpheus10, that saxophone is really good. Didn't care much about the other man though. McLaughlin with his Shakti custom guitar would make a great duo. Or Shankar with sitar.

Ali Akbar Khan, often referred to as Khansahib, was a Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. He sometimes played with Ravi Shanker. I found the music, and the musicians to be "hypnotic".
Now I know exactly where you're coming from and I understand. He's polar opposite to John.

Since I listen to music on my "playlist" from the PC, half the time I don't know what or who is playing. This guitar "Indian music" was playing and I was really enjoying it, I thought it was something recent; when I checked, it was "Shakti".

It's for sure you have to be in a "pensive" mode or mood to enjoy "Karuna Supreme".

I'll submit something where "Khansahib" really gets down, and see if you still have the same opinion.


After going through what I have by "Kahnsahib", I didn't find anything much different, he's deep into the "Indian thing".

Since there is not enough interest in "World jazz" exclusively, I'm alternating my submissions with "current jazz". This is one by the 3rd force, It's titled "In The Full Moonlight".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeLaOa9m9kg