Ghosthouse there are so many facets in jazz that we've been through that I don't know if we touched on them since you were included. Have we touched on "Don Cherry"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAwRxXcxSgs
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Ghosthouse there are so many facets in jazz that we've been through that I don't know if we touched on them since you were included. Have we touched on "Don Cherry"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAwRxXcxSgs |
Thanks to everyone. O - Don C was probably before I started visiting regularly. I know the name but never listened. Got Milarepa playing now. Pretty atmospheric. Sounds like something Miles would have done a la Silent Way or Bitches Brew. What's that little horn Don is holding? Either he has big hands or that thing is tiny! Pocket trumpet?? F - I did say my "fixation" on tone was a shallow reason! Hey, when you come up listening to Clapton, Page, Hendrix, West & Taylor and that's the sound that trained your ear, it's hard to adjust to this "clean" jazz sound. Seems kinda wimpy. I believe you when you say the Martino and Metheny solos weren't "abstract" but to my ear, hard to hear the connection back to the source. Would be interesting to hear a jazz guitar piece transcribed for, say, trumpet or VIBES (that's the ticket). Wonder how that would hit me. I really didn't HATE those 3 albums just not something I felt compelled to go and buy. On the other hand, if forced to pick one of those players to learn to love, I'm thinking it would be Wes Montgomery. Acman - Thanks for taking the time. Sideman vs group leader, might well make a difference. Joe Pass' work on that On Time recording you recommended (I believe) was very enjoyable even though I don't get all giddy about the sound. Rok - You are a card as they used to say. Good recommendation on that Smokin' at the Half Note. Fits Acman's sideman proposition. Thanks for all the tutorial attention, gents. Feeling a bit like the slow kid in class. :-) |
Rok, I started out with Hank in 63, but I see by his discography that I fell way behind. I'm going to correct that. From what I've heard from other musicians, he was a most likeable person. Here are the goods on him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Crawford Enjoy the music. |
One of my faves. GREAT alto sound; especially on stuff that leans more to pop. Don't hold it against Hank, Rok, but he was one of Dave Sanborn's biggest influences. Crawford, along with players like Maceo Parker (James Brown), created a style of alto playing that was bastardized by an entire generation of "Smooth Jazz" alto players. They play with an over-the-top "emotionality" that I can't stand. Tone that is nasal, whiny and with way too much vibrato; like the guy on that Billy Ocean clip. What these young players often don't know is that the style didn't start with Sanborn, it started with Crawford. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4nbouwehaMY http://jazztimes.com/articles/25671-hank-crawford |