The Evolution of Modern Jazz



Shadorne's thread "Outstanding Examples of Musicianship" inspired me to begin this thread. While Shadorne stated that all genre's were welcome, I felt that me and another jazz aficionado were beginning to dominate that thread. Shadorne is a "Rocker", bless his heart. This community functions best when like minded people engage in common dialogue.

The title explains this thread. We will use "youtube" the same as in Shardone's thread to illustrate our examples, and now I begin.

In the beginning, there was Charlie "Bird" Parker, and he said "Let there Be Bop" and thus it began. While walking down the street, Bird ran into John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, who had similar ideas, so they "Bopped" down the street together; Bird on alto sax and Diz on trumpet. My first illustration of this new music is "Bloomdido" with Bird and Diz. We should cover "Be Bop" in depth before we go to the next phase of this evolution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MCGweQ8Oso&NR=1
orpheus10
As you may be aware Candy Dulfers's extensively toured with Prince. She also performed with Pink Floyd, Van Morrison and Dave Steward. She is a good player, but being very goodlooking has not exactly hurt her career either. Her father is a well known jazzman in the Netherlands.
Edorr, thanks for the heads-up. I didn't know any of that. All I know is that "Lilly Was Here" is one fantastic jam, and Candy Dulfer is beautiful.
You've got to hear her live. In typical "smooth jazz" fashion, her albums are duds-ville in terms of life and energy. Way overproduced and tamed down. Live, she is a dynamite and energetic player.

The same could be said for Rick Braun, Mindi Abair, et al.
I saw Hans Dulfer (her father) jamming with Prince at an afterconcert in the Netherlands, with a guest appearance by Lenny Kravitz. All in a small venue 10 yards from the main stage. Priceless.
That's what I would call great adult pop, Orpheus10.
Now, try this:
http://youtu.be/7SAEL27YETM