Jazz for aficionados

On life and on our time in life...

A wise man once said: “Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment by saying: Let’s not forget this.”

I guess the music does the same...

Alice...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUMuDWDVd20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XNG7tmIQx4

Mary-jo, you have exquisite taste. Ecstasy was being in a living room with a number of people who appreciated that music, at about the time it came out. Nothing could be heard but the music; the "vibe" was tangible, we were all interconnected, it was magical.

It was a different world then; only those who experienced the magic of that time know what I'm talking about, but the magic was in Atlanta, it was in Chicago, it was in LA; it was all over.

Wonderful memories of people I knew at that time give me a warm feeling.

Orpheus, my first intention was to use the word ’magic’ at the end of the sentence "I guess the music does the same..." Instead of me, you used that word several times. And I wanted to post the link you posted but thought that somebody else might do it.

And that is a particular moment in time.

A magic.

Excellent clips, acman3. Sonny Rollins “A Night At The Vanguard” is a classic. Amazing player with one of the most powerful sense of rhythm of any jazz player. I am always amazed at the way that he becomes the rhythmic focal point. Instead of the usual sense that the horn player is playing over the pulse of the rhythm section there is the sense that it’s the other way around; the rhythm section plays to his pulse. Few players convey that feeling. And very nice seque to that great Ornette clip. Your comment about it being a natural extension of bebop is spot on. A very influential record that would lay the groundwork for what is generally referred to as “post-bop”. Fantastic solo by Ornette.

Great clips appropriately followed by pryso’s Jaco clip. As you point out, pryso, a very influential bass player. Actually a bit of an understatement I would say. Jaco turned the electric bass world on its head doing things on the instrument that players hadn’t even considered. Unique tone in part due to his choice of the fretless bass. Amazing technique and rhythmic concept that would be one of the main ingredients of a whole new wave in jazz informed by not only the past, but the new sounds of fusion and world music. He was a pretty good drummer too, btw. One of my most memorable experiences while in school in South Florida was that Jaco would occasionally bring his big band charts to be read by the school big band and would sit in on drums. Very raw drummer, but great! Did anyone catch the fact that Othello Mollinaux (steel drums) quotes Coltrane’s classic solo on Giant Steps (@8:00)?

Nice to see some focus on the new(ish) in jazz.

O-10, loved the MJQ clip; thanks for that. Great and very charming composition played with their usual finesse and class. One of the things I find interesting about the clip, particularly in the context of our previous discussion about what is improvisation and what is not, is that there isn’t a single note on the clip that is improvised. It’s all “through-composed” and in keeping with a lot of what is generally considered “Third Stream”. Beautiful clip.

Something new from one of my favorite current pianists. Beautiful touch and introspection. One of this year’s Grammy nominations:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL9tsD2Q6tx6vQg2uJ9N6P3gi0CxOoWefV&params=OAFIAVgB&v=UMw5z4...