Jazz for aficionados
I do like the interplay between these guys…Everybody is listening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOBuupPjHkg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh5KTLZnDS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj88PiosNvI |
Acman, you have been very consistant with new jazz, but this last "Danny Green Trio"; misses me, sometime it sounds like people playing different tunes, maybe it's my headphones, Give me your take on it. It's for sure that I can't be counted on for "New Jazz"; I have to fish around in the old stuff or jump genres. I'm not going to post anything that I wont add to my collection, that would be dishonest. It seems that someone has gone on vacation, we're not getting much action, or is this my imagination; a response would be appreciated by you and Rok. Enjoy the music. |
Appreciate the feedback. I knew Danny Green would not fly as easy as the others I played, but I think someone will enjoy it, and thought he deserved the exposure for his new recording. I enjoy what his Trio are doing and find my fingers snapping. I thought it was a little too retro and no startling virtuosity, but it grew on me. You can't win them all! |
****Everybody is listening**** Well, duh!, some might say. A seemingly obvious expectation of musicians in an ensemble; but, there’s listening and then there’s LISTENING. As you point out, Acman3, these guys are listening big-time with wonderful interaction and support of each other. A new one to me, Danny Green is a very very nice player with a rather gentle touch on the keyboard which serves the style of his compositions well; compositions which go beyond simple structures and the familiar and comfy twelve bar blues format. The trio is clearly a working band very familiar with each other’s playing styles and exibit a kind of musical intuition for each other and familiarity with the form of the tunes. One thing is to play the "head" of a tune with unusual "stop-time" figures; another is to be able to incorporate those musical "stop-and-go’s" within an improvised solo in a credible way. Sometimes virtuosity is not about speed and number of notes, but about simplicity and musical cohesion; virtuosity of musical intent. Very nicely done! Thanks for the introduction. One of the more interesting and different takes on the piano trio format: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIJW6Fw9-DY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K7iaGSYk1hk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x2We0zoJNL0 |
I've often heard there are only two kinds of music "good and bad". Just who determines which is which? "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", seems to be a more appropriate statement to me. Our minds are computers that contain a record of everything we have experienced in our entire life. How those computers respond to music depends on that composite record. If the music does nothing to elicit a pleasurable response, it's thumbs down on the music; consequently, our take on the music is determined by us, and not the music. It's early in the day; that plays a part on how I respond to music. Unless the music is spectacular, it will get a negative response. When you add all these factors together, one can easily see that it's the individual and not the music that determines the rating. Frogman, I hope that explains why I'm "neutral" to the music you've presented. Enjoy the music. |
