Jazz for aficionados
On subject on melancholy and Cannonbal... Cannonball with Bill Evans...’Know what I mean’ from 1962. https://youtu.be/dt9XmhLfG4E https://youtu.be/KmFfy56nSzY Aldo, my first thought about ’melancholic sax player’ is Paul Desmond... Could I imagine him playing on KOB? Interesting question...but if I should choose, I would say Stan Getz could do it |
Stan Getz always seemed tome as a player who could play 'gentle' and 'hard', even at the same time... Frogman can say more about it, but to me he looks like he had great command of his instrument and (or) great 'ear' musically as well as imagination. from album with one time only line up ,Dynasty' from 1971. https://youtu.be/MWcRtztr35A |
**** Mariano may have been a good choice not sure he would have been better than Cannonball; **** nsp, I’m not sure either, but the mood of most of his playing is closer to what I feel is the overall mood of the record; if that were to be a priority. Always hard to argue against Cannonball. Loved “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”. Beautiful and very expressive playing. Thanks for that! Toshiko’s “So What”, didn’t do much for me. That drummer.....!?! Great clips, Alex and your description of Getz leaves little to add and I agree about he and Desmond re melancholy. Very familiar with that great Cannonball/Evans record, but the Getz clips and “Horizon” is new to me. Loved it! I have to look for that record; one of the few by Getz that I don’t have. Fantastic player. |
