Ghosthouse:
"The Bright Mississippi" has been talked about and praised on more than one occasion on this thread. Is it Jazz? It would be more accurate and informative to call it, music of New Orleans. Without which, there would be no Jazz.
As it happens I was reading the interview of Toussaint in 'DownBeat' this morning. If you don't have DownBeat's "The Great Jazz Interviews", I can highly recommend it. $25 on Amazon.
It's one of the few CDs I keep on my desk in easy reach. I play it often. I always visualize this music as being played is a fairly large and sparsely furnished room, with a floor of wooden planks. Southern comes to mind.
Cheers
"The Bright Mississippi" has been talked about and praised on more than one occasion on this thread. Is it Jazz? It would be more accurate and informative to call it, music of New Orleans. Without which, there would be no Jazz.
As it happens I was reading the interview of Toussaint in 'DownBeat' this morning. If you don't have DownBeat's "The Great Jazz Interviews", I can highly recommend it. $25 on Amazon.
It's one of the few CDs I keep on my desk in easy reach. I play it often. I always visualize this music as being played is a fairly large and sparsely furnished room, with a floor of wooden planks. Southern comes to mind.
Cheers