Ghosthouse, "Oregon" is nice, they are well represented in my collection. Whether or not it's jazz "What difference does it make"? It's good music.
Like I said in my last post "Go with the flow that is you" We can't all like the same music.
Jazz for aficionados
Ghosthouse, I appreciate your honesty, more than anything in regard to music that's new to you. Currently I'm into "old school" Jimmy Smith, and I would like your opinion of this music. You can't be expected to like it as well as me and other aficionados, because I heard this music when it was brand new, and I couldn't wait to get to the record store to get the latest "Jimmy Smith". This was when he was making albums with Kenny Burrell on guitar; that was a pair made in heaven. Two of my favorites were "Motorin Along" and "All Day Long" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUVDk0BCYxs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Qg7tAEGQw Enjoy the music. |
Hello O - Always appreciate the music suggestions. Jimmy Smith is a name I actually know. My bro in law, a musician and boutique studio owner (does it all...engineering, production, arranging, mastering) is a good keyboard player too. Has a Hammond B3 he’s done some restoration on. He turned me on to "Back at the Chicken Shack". Jimmy Smith was in that Blue Note concert DVD too. Of your two tracks, I like Motorin’ Along best. Burrell and Smith is a good combination. I like what Burrell plays on that track a lot. His sound might not have the bite of modern electric "rock" guitar but he sure has great skills. Got to say, I think we should meet up some time for lunch at Kate’s. Wish there were more of those old style luncheonettes still around. Might have to get that Home Cookin' just for the cover art. Thanks. |
Ghosthouse, that would be nice to meet up at a luncheonette like Kate's; it was at a place like that I had lunch and met with a friend, who played "Motorin Along" on the jukebox there every time we met. It's a funny thing about those old "Tube jukeboxes"; they were my first exposure to "high end" and I didn't even know it. I didn't even know why I liked the much prettier SS Boxes a lot less when they made the changeover. I don't like to repeat, so be sure and tell me if you've heard this before. "Oregon" reminded me of a group I liked a lot, that I was buying at about the same time I bought "Oregon"; that was the group "Shadowfax". Here is "One Thousand Teardrops". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQY0rA5W574 They also had the best recording quality I had been exposed to. If you liked Oregon, I imagine you liked this group as well. Enjoy the music. |
That’s a good memory for you, O. I’m guessing you have 10 years on me based on the music you were listening to and your description of the juke boxes. By my time I’m guessing it was all solid state in the NJ diners. They’d have these table top terminals with a big wheel on top to turn and flip a sort of Rolodex with the names of the singles. Feed it quarters and punch in a number or letter and number to get your song(s) in the que. I know of Shadowfax. Have one of their LPs (Dreams of Children) I bought not all that long ago. Did not follow them closely. There used to be a good program on public radio out of NYC, "New Sounds". John Schaeffer was the host. See link here... http://www.wnyc.org/people/john-schaefer/ He played a range of new age, ambient and electronica on his program. That’s where I first heard Shadowfax. Also got introduced to Brian Eno, Harold Budd and Jon Hassell through that show. If you enjoy Shadowfax, you might like The Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Here’s a sample. Pretty certain it ain’t jazz, though. Might not even be that similar to Shadowfax but the two names are linked in my head for whatever reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPpRJoYISSQ&ab_channel=itsfredholmestoyou Found "A Thousand Teardrops" on Tidal (included in the album "What Goes Around: The Best of Shadowfax". Playing it now. |