Jazz for aficionados

O - Thanks for the Baden Powell recommendation.  Found Three Originals on Spotify (best $10 a month I ever spent) and have saved it.  Sonics are, again, VERY good...lots of air & space (not to mention virtuoso musicianship).  Thank you.

Returning the favor, I hope...
Track 1 from Carles Benavent's "Quartet".
  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAc-Zug06bA

Other tracks available on YouTube as well.

Have to say, I think Frogman is making a good point about the significance of those '2 minutes' from JC's career.  Though I think you phrased it that way only to stress there's more that unites about him than divides.  

On the other hand, too much mention already of my "Can you dance to it?".  That was a tongue in cheek effort to dumb things down and put another light on the music.  Is it "real"...is it "visceral"?   

I not only heard and saw those two minutes, but saw other people's reaction to those 2 minutes, and it was "?". Those two minutes were never explained, and I'm glad they were only 2 minutes. I can never relegate the same importance to those 2 minutes as you. BTW those same 2 minutes were repeated many times; whenever the urge hit.

While everybody reads whatever I post, at times they are primarily meant for one aficionado; some are trying to learn, while others already know. This is like having a discussion with those who are very advanced, and those who are just learning at the same time.

The artist I would pick in regard to seeing his advancement is "Charles Mingus"; he started out advanced. I remember buying an album simply because I liked the art work on the cover, and it turned out to be one of the best albums I ever purchased; it was "Mingus Ah Um"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingus_Ah_Um


Not only was the art work unusual, but so was the title, and I wont even mention the artist. This was in 1960 and it was only released in 59; that means I was definitely up to date. Other aficionados didn't quite know what to make of Mingus at that time. (I laugh when I read how so many thought so much of Mingus at that time) Many said WTF at that time, believe it or not.

This thing called "you tube" is the most fantastic thing for me in my life time. I'm still learning about Mingus; what's so fantastic is that I'm learning what I thought I already knew. I just ran into something new for me, "Mingus at The Cafe Bohemia". By the time I quit learning what I thought I already knew, it'll be time for that final act, and the curtain will come down.


Enjoy the music.

And think of the new things to learn if you get senile. 

I remember discussing with Rok, how Mingus and his band were outside about half the time. I can imagine how he would be hard for some to figure out when the sound was new, but ultimately he was still so steeped in the blues, I guess most figured it out. 

Dannie Richmond was Mingus's Freddie Green.