Jazz for aficionados
This is a long clip. The last tune is Bud Powell's "Un Poco Loco". Great tune. Does anyone know what Wes Anderson is doing at 51:44. The tune starts at 47:20. Feel free to skip ahead. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4BC3vErvpc Cheers |
Ahmed Abdul Malik was an interesting bass player; he was of Sudanese descent and played with Thelonious Monk, Randy Weston, and Coleman Hawkins. This is his most exotic record. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVDnfy9soNU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOGqAvElCAs Enjoy the music. |
Rok - thanks so much for that Wynton Marsalis. The sound is EXCELLENT on it. For one reason and another a bit of a downer kind of day but it is putting a smile on my face. REALLY liked the opening Horace Silver piece. Wynton's solo on Inner Urge was fantastic. The whole thing has my toes tapping. Thanks again. I feel like I know sh** about jazz; so much of this is new and great fun. Thanks again. re the Mingus performance/film...I would have loved to just hang with those guys. Pack up their gear or whatever; watch rehearsals (now that would really be something). Later. Ciao. |
Rok - I think he's sort of conducting...counting off so they all hit the (time signature?) change together. Clarinets come in for a little break and then the trombone guy solos. Loved how everybody was really watching the drummer on his solo last part of Poco Loco. What a great show. Just want to say again, I really enjoyed that whole thing. Held my interest all the way through. THANKS. |
****let's talk about Jazz bassist...Was there anyone of significance prior to Scott LaFaro?**** You bet there was. Duke Ellington's bassist Jimmy Blamton was very influential . How about Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Milt Hinton, Charles Mingus, Wilbur Ware? And of course the already mentioned Pettiford. LaFaro was a pivotal figure in the bass world but hardly the first important bass player. Re jazz musicians and money: don't know much about Grant Green the person, so I don't know about his particular situation. I do know that the lifestyle of jazz musicians does not promote good money-management habits. Being in the road all the time is very difficult and can lead to bad decision making that can affect your pocket book. Think about it: who is more likely to save his money and possibly even invest some of it? The guy who is on the road all the time and who is dealing with the endless temptations of life on the road or late-night gigs; or, the guy with the stable home life and family? Re Mingus/Take The A Train: Agree that Mingus had a very tight and well rehearsed band. But for the sake of perspective: I would bet anything that for that performance of A Train they probably did nothing more than talk about the order of the solos. No rehearsal. Not a criticism, but a testament to the experience and talent of the players involved. There's no arrangement to speak of and rehearse; just play the melody after the traditional piano intro, everyone takes a solo and there may be backgrounds made up on the spot. For guys like that, playing A Train is like a great chef making scrambled eggs; at a very very high level. Again, not a criticism at all, but simply to point out that it's pretty standard fare; a popular tune that everyone knows and can play in their sleep. Still, great music and great playing. Btw, that solo by Dolphy is deliciously strange. Rok, Ghosthouse is exactly right; Anderson is conducting. Specifically, he is counting down the last couple of measures in the last chorus of the tenor solo so that the band can all come back in at the right time. While it would normally be Wynton's job to do that, Anderson is in the front of the band where he can be seen by all. Glad to see so many great posts. |
