Jazz for aficionados
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"Had Trane lived in Jelly Roll's time; we would not know his name"***** Well, we can never know, but I think genius always makes itself known. Maybe Old Jelly would have started be-bopping. I cannot think of any Jazz great that could not have played in New Orleans at the beginning. IMO, of course. Cheers I wonder who sells the most CDs today. Mozart or Stravinsky? Hmmmm |
Rok, every thing is sliced up in time; when you look at rings on a sawed off tree trunk, that tells you it's best years. I'm of the impression our favorite jazz is related to our best years. I believe our declining love for music as it becomes more current is an indication of our age, more so than the quality of the music. Since we can not look at ourselves from the outside in, it's impossible for an individual to judge himself. Today has been the best in a long time in regard to "new" music from the same time era. It's quite apparent that so much "jazz" came out at one time, that we could not have even known about it, much less bought it. I've said time and again that our present knowledge of this music is a result of current PC communications; I know I'm really enjoying it, and a side benefit is friends you don't have to feed or buy liquor for. Enjoy the music. |
Thad Jones was another great player whose greatness as an orchestrator led to under appreciation of his playing: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=plZL_5wCyOo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9X3fOtW0eTI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hTFhcL-YrDU |
Frogman, I'm very happy that we are all on the same page, it makes listening to the music so much more enjoyable; we don't have to go from "salt water" to fresh water, and then back again, all my musical genes can remain in a constant state, in one remarkable period of time. That photograph of Thad Jones on the street could resemble Cottage Grove on the South Side of Chicago in the vicinity of the Pershing Lounge in 56, but I know it's New York because of the pigeons, they're only in downtown Chicago with the skyscrapers. The music is really in that time groove, and I can relate to it. The 1970 music is more in a Alvin Jones, John Coltrane groove; of course I'm speaking in very broad generalities; those two had a lot of influence on jazz, just as "Bird" had in the early 50's. No, I'm not taking anything away from the individualities of those artists, but how the music evolves. Enjoy the music. |
