mary_jo, I sincerely adored everything about your post, except; that scratchy recording of Dark Eyes by Yoska Gabor and his Gypsy Orchestra.
While I liked the music, the audiophile in me detests scratchy records.
Jazz for aficionados
This was recorded at the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in June 1969. Both the Eddie Harris Quartet, and the Les McCann Trio performed with great success at the Festival. Later in the week, Eddie and Les felt like playing together. Benny Bailey, the great American trumpet player, who was living in Europe, was also there; he was asked by Eddie and Les to join them; the rest is history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCDMQqDUtv4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YOLY4Tats Les McCann and Eddie Harris spoke the same language; both those tunes were hits on the jukeboxes and the radio, something rare for jazz tunes. 1969 was also the most fantastic Summer of my life; when I went to lawn parties, I always brought plenty of Cold Duck Wine, and I inquired when I arrived, "What time is it?" always, the hearty response was "Its Cold Duck Time!". Those were the days my friend, why did they have to end? |
More from Ginger Baker. This is his trio sessions with Bill Frisell on guitar and Charlie Haden on bass. These 3 videos are from the same concert at the jazz festival in Frankfurt Germany. On the 3rd video Baker solo’s from 9 minute mark to 12:30, showing why he was such a highly regarded drummer of multiple genres of music. Circa 1995. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql6iGLZL14w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUWusjBxQc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVF50PI3db4 Would other members like to share video's of other jazz drummers playing a kit with 2 bass drums as Baker does here as the majority of jazz drummers use a kit with one bass drum. In the first minute of the solo you can see both of Bakers legs pounding the pedals!...It was said that on some occasions his bass drums were nailed or screwed into the floor! |
Ginger Baker in a drum solo duet with one of his idols Art Blakey. As I mentioned in an earlier post his top 3 influences on the drums were Blakey, Max Roach and Elvin Jones. Of course, being influenced by, and playing in style firmly rooted in jazz, he was an extraordinary drummer and far better then much of his contemporaries in the rock and roll genre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qghrsBfSbgk This video is slightly more focused then the above. And I do mean SLIGHTLY! I wish I could have been there. |
Nah! Not “hung up” at all, O-10. I could just as easily point out that you get “hung up” on the “feeling” without taking into account that our feelings about things are always influenced by more than the reality of it. Some even let cover art influence how they “feel” about music. As usual, you mistakenly think that understanding the technical means that there is no appreciation of the feeling. I have a different take on what is at the root of the disagreement, O-10 and it doesn’t have much to do with what is actually heard or not heard. Best to leave it at that and not argue about it. Personally, I don’t think you dig deep enough when you try and discuss these things and paint things with way too broad a brush. I think that to “go only by what I hear” is a great thing....when it’s accompanied by a modicum of respect for the fact that none of us understand all that there is to understand. Peace. |