Jazz for aficionados

Ghosthouse, I must be using the wrong word. The purpose of language is to communicate; if a word means one thing to you and another to me in regard to music, we need to find another word.

The piece that didn't hook you is one of my absolute favorites, and has been for a long time; I even have 6 different vocal versions of it that I play a lot. Here is one of them by Carmen.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZlb2wxJJg




That is a perfect illustration of the "subjectivity" of music. Yes I have used it before; in this instance I was trying to illustrate the visual nature of that piece.

Eventually we'll find the right words.




Enjoy the music.

Fyi, checked links in question with no problems here, but I have a Mac. I have sent a few post by phone with no known issue.

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The Sonny Clark clip is, without a doubt, one of the best things ever posted here. Classic hard bop by some of the best that ever played the music. GREAT feel and a lot of attention paid to really nuanced ensemble playing; not always heard to that degree on "all-star" sessions. Trane sounds absolutely incredible. His tone is, for me, at that point when it was clear that he had made a clear departure from the more traditional tenor sound and was headed to a pretty far-out place; but, was still not totally committed to the screaming, take no prisoners tonal expression that would soon come. Great clip.

However, I don’t really understand a comparison to something like the Aaron Parks’ brand of jazz. For me, it’s apples and oranges. Re drama: like all couples, my dear wife and argue sometimes (😉). In the heat of the moment, she says I raise my voice. Me? Imagine that! She, gets quiet. (From my previous post:) "quiet simmering, brooding". Drives her crazy when I point out that is her way of "raising her voice". Drama in both. Thanks for the clip, O-10.

I think we should continue to honor Bobby Hutcherson, and Toots Thieleman by playing there music. That could prove to be beneficial to our collections, plus quite enjoyable.

One of the CD's I have is "Skyline": Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone, marimba); Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone); Geri Allen (piano); Christian McBride (bass); and Al Foster (drums).

Two of my favorite cuts on this CD are "Delilah" and "Chans Song".
Here are the links to those cuts.


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR81Xs4ZlUs



      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HiMu9jXakQ


If I've presented these before, they are twice as nice the second time around.


Enjoy the music.

Frogman, a comparison to those two is even farther apart than apples and oranges. I was making an attempt to illustrate the word "drama" as I used it to describe music. That was a flop; evidently I need another word that I have yet to find.

I instituted links in order for the music to describe itself. Since you are the "words smith" I'll leave it to you to describe the music in that fashion. (words)

We absolutely agree in regard to that Sonny Clark clip; all of those musicians were at the peak of their musical powers. My opinion of Trane is that he didn't realize he was so good "without" any extra special effort, that he could only go down hill when he tried too hard. I'll try to give you an example of what I'm talking about.

Serena Williams has the best form for the tennis serve in the game; male or female. That is something they learn as children when they first pick up a tennis ball. Her old man had enough money to hire a coach and teach her the form of Poncho Gonzalez for her serve. Poncho's serve was possibly the best ever in the game.

Most of the other players, male and female have different kinds of "Hitches" in their serve; while they get the ball in the box and make occasional aces, they don't have perfect form that results in swinging the racket the exact same way every time. My point is that her form is so perfect, that she can make more aces if she doesn't try as hard to make an ace.

Trane was at his best just before and after he left Miles. Whatever he was reaching for just before his death was too elusive for me, and a lot of his most devoted fans to hear; including McCoy Tyner and Elvin with an "E" Jones. (just kidding about the "E") When you focus on Trane with Miles, and right after he left Miles, you will detect how perfect his statements were; that only comes from an almost supernatural ability in jazz. Especially when you think of someone performing before a live audience, and not even have seconds to think about what he's going to play, and play it.



Enjoy the music.