Jazz for aficionados

I am not going to turn this thread into another "Thrilla in Manilla", or "The Brawl of The Audiophiles". If anyone likes that sort of thing, I suggest they start another rap thread; or better yet, go to the projects in "Nawlins". If you don't want to look at what's "REAL in RAP", I suggest you by pass this link.


                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1A7oJfanOE


Now I'm returning to our regular programing. We have already covered the very best jazz musicians who ever lived, we have also covered the best "jazz albums"; now, with some help, I'm going to cover the lesser known artists; some who might have been as good as the best.

Alex brought this musician to my attention, they call him "South Side Soul", and there is a very good reason for that. I have often written about the "South Side" of Chicago when I was a teenager; It was a magnificent place in many parts. The Pershing lounge was in the small part I lived in with my cousin. This part contained every ethnicity under the Sun with food to match those ethnicities. I can still remember the Pizza; while I've eaten a lot of pizza from a lot of places since that time, I've never had any pizza that good since I left the South Side.

"South Side Soul" is Mr. John Wright's nick name; he earned it from making an album by the same name. He didn't have the skills of the top tier jazz musicians, but he produced an album that made you visualize a small part of Chicago; to me, that's magic, especially when this part of Chicago existed only for a small period of time. This is the only thing those people who lived there have to cling to, that verifies the fact that it ever existed; and they have a day every year to honor "South Side Soul", Mr. Wrights nick name.

I would like to, with your help, to continue this new direction into lesser known jazz musicians; however, if you have something by one of the "top tier" jazz musicians that you would like to bring to our attention, that's fine.




Enjoy the music.



                   

***** We have already covered the very best jazz musicians who ever lived, we have also covered the best "jazz albums"; now, with some help, I'm going to cover the lesser known artists; some who might have been as good as the best. *****

We have not even talked about all the CDs that I own, let along the entire genre.

The lesser known, as The Frogman said,  are generally lesser known for a good reason.  Are you sure you are not confusing lesser known with local?

Cheers

Today's Listen:

Keith Jarrett -- THE KOLN CONCERT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKNQSSNNag8

I, along with the rest of the Jazz world went ga-ga over this when it came out.   listening today, does anyone know what all the fuss was about?

Cheers

Rok, since when did Frogman become the Bible; "Frogman said the lesser known are lesser known for a good reason". While that statement in it self is gospel truth, there is the inference that they are not as good. Alex presented a guy on trumpet that according to what I heard was as good as anybody I've ever heard. I never heard of the guy because he had a drug problem and had very, very little recorded. (I never use two "very's" in the same sentence, but this time it was called for). Maybe the guy didn't live long enough, that's another good reason. Maybe his best music wasn't even recorded. In all cases, there is a good reason why the lesser known are lesser known, but the fact that they are not as good, may not be one of them.

Alex, you've done a marvelous job of bringing lesser known players to my attention, please continue.




Enjoy the music.

The Gospel According to The Frogman?   King Frogman Version?

BTW, you and The Frogman have this bad habit of reading things that aren't there.  No one would argue with anything you said in your post.   Saint Frogman just said, there is usually a good reason they are lesser known.   You just listed a lot of them.   Most folks on here speak good English.   They are capable of saying exactly what they mean.

Cheers