Jazz for aficionados
Frogman, I listened to what you posted 3 times, and I told you it was "dreary" and I didn't like it. Whether Stan Getz made it a signature tune or not, I liked the one by "Duke Ellington" the best. I do not study jazz, anyone who wants to "study" jazz can take a course at a college, or just read Frogman's posts. Im not sure I get the relevance of your and Ohnwy61's opinions, but we're all entitled to one. I hope you will permit me to disagree. Enjoy the music. |
Leon Thomas and Count Basie go way back. Even before that, he was a high school heart throb. His bio is incomplete, because I remember something interrupting his stay with Basie, and he would have made some real money had he continued; I think he got drafted; but I'm not sure, but he didn't get fired. I prefer the yodeling as to him singing like Joe Williams. Somehow I've got an album that's half and half, and I don't like the half with him just singing in the conventional manner. I think his originality was what set him apart from everyone else, and he should have stuck with it. Rok, I'm going to avoid anything conventional by Leon Thomas. Enjoy the music. |
O-10, in your haste to disagree with me you miss the fact that we are, in fact, in agreement about "Blood Count"; and "The Peacocks", for that matter. You found it dreary; I can understand that. I, don't mind "dreary" and appreciate the artistry, dreariness and all. And speaking of "relevance", what is the relevance of the comment about the "study" of jazz to the subjects at hand? I was I see none. Ohnwy61, in a rather clever turn, reminded us about a prior conversation here about "Bloodcount" and the tune was resurrected. The relevance of his opinion or mine (again, same as yours) is no more and no less than, say, the many comments by you about which version of a given tune is the "best"; as you have expressed many times. Now, is it really that hard to see how and why these discussions turn unnecessarily negative? Don't you think it's time to stop the bullshit? There can be strong opinions and vehement disagreement; but, as I have said before, let's try and thicken our skins and avoid the silly and provocative innuendo, sarcasm, and silly tit-for-tat, I think the thread would benefit greatly. |
Jafant, you may remember this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t88stnbP0g I too like Mr.Thomas in his Avant Garde mode than conventional, and only in small doses, unless heavily medicated, but Pharoah Sanders is good in most all situations. |
