Jazz for aficionados
Well guys, now that we have made a distinction in jazz, called "jazz-jazz", can we make some distinctions in "Blues". I'm not partial to "Delta Blues"; the reason I mention that is because I think we should have a vague definition of everyone's likes and dislikes. While the blues in jazz is often spoke of, it's not well defined; there seems to be some ambiguity when talking about "The Blues"; would anyone care to chime in on that? |
Ghosthouse, no offense taken. The musician's community is a pretty small one. Musicians that know each other and have any kind of history together know and follow what each other is doing musically in conversation or active research. That is why I knew about the details of the SOTA project. The particulars about that project that I described, and one of the reasons that it is interesting to me, make it a particularly interesting topic of coversation. I would be surprised if you couldn't find some references to all that on line. |
@alexatpos I did have a vague notion that Blue Mitchell had more of jazz background. I guess the line between blues and jazz can get quite blurry. Thank you for all those T-Bone Walker links. I checked them out. A couple of the songs were familiar...whether I’d heard his version or covers (more likely) years later...e.g., Last Clean Shirt. The clip I liked best was definitely Jazz at the Philharmonic. (Going to Chicago another familiar one). That’s quite a backing band T-Bone is working with. That hollow body of his is seems huge. Interesting way he has of holding it. Thanks for sharing. Orpheus - I’ll be reading with interest replies to your "throw down" :-) about the Blues! Only thing I’m going to chime in with (think of this like a course from Father Guido Sarducci’s Five Minute University) is... 1. Delta (Acoustic/Country-derived) Blues (Clarksdale, MS; Sonhouse & Robert Johnson) >> 2. Electric Blues (Chicago, Detroit; Muddy Waters & Howlin’ Wolf) >> 3. British Invasion (Yardbirds & Mayall’s Bluesbreakers...esp., Beck, Clapton, Green & Page). But domestically, can’t ignore Paul Butterfield & Mike Bloomfield. It’s this 3rd gen iteration of the blues as played by a lot of Brits (don't forget the Rolling Stones) that introduced me and shaped my tastes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpG3ck9E1qE&ab_channel=ThePaulButterfieldBluesBand-Topic |
It's too bad Rok is not still around, I considered him the authority in our circle on "The Blues". Ghosthouse, with the Blues, you have to go by what you hear, instead of what you read. Roc said almost all singing Blues is Delta Blues, and he was right, because if you listen, so much of it is the same music with different words. I imagine what you have posted is from some "authority" who probably knows less about the Blues than you. The people most responsible for "Guitar Blues", yelling, howling, screaming, crying blues, could, neither read nor write, and they go way back. If we're going to talk about the blues, we should have a better definition of what we're talking about. Enjoy the music, and I guess that includes, "Da Blues". |
Blues, Jazz, Fusion; what shall it be? You guys decide. Here's a CD by Jean Luc Ponty that vaguely reminded me of "School of the Arts" but this is fusion all the way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTC-OjgwLxg&list=PLcsnGklehnTt-jtFIpbkieC60qy9PuSkB I suppose when it came to fusion, "The Mahavishnu Orchestra" was my favorite; https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lila%27s+dance |
