Jazz for aficionados
frogman thanks for that NYC story. I'm often in Manhattan and I never caught that guys act. Another of my favorite tunes from Sonny Rollins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlatJOsLhPA |
To be clear to anyone who missed the context of my original comment on "best". That was to avoid a simple label of best unless you've compared all samples. One can have a song or a version they like best, meaning among those they know. But that is a long way from saying it is the best in existence. Anyway, great list of rules frog. ;^) |
(1) Fro, thank you very much for your answer. But your announcements (every once a while) that you will actually post it was funny to me in the terms of the rhythm. I liked it. It was as if you were announcing something public – you make a speech and at crucial points there is a break time and you hear the drums, „bam“, „bam“. After the drums the speech continues. Instead of drums, I heard you saying, „I haven’t forgotten mary-jo“. ** Your thoughts on the subject are very interesting to me. Especially in the following part: ////*** For instance, should a singer like Nina, let somebody else accompanied her on the piano in order to get the perfection out of the both performances? **** I don’t think so. The end result would be very different. Again, depends on the performer and the strength and flexibility of each skill. While I don’t think Simone is one of these, some lesser performers may actually need to accompany themselves since their instrument can be seen as a crutch or musical security blanket; they might feel naked without it. The quality of the end result depends on having complete control of both. Listen to how perfectly in sinc the “dialogue” between the voice and piano is in Simone’s case. It is akin to a conversation between identical twins or old married couples; they can finish sentences for each other. This is not say that I think she is a fantastic piano player in absolute terms. I don’t; as evidenced in part by the fact that we don’t find recordings (any?) by other artists with Simone on piano. She was the perfect piano player FOR HER music. Conversely, many great jazz piano players are not necessarily great accompanists to singers. It is a specific skill./// This surely covers all. This is the answer. One cannot say more about it. I like the pancake part too but never tried it in such combination. I |
(2) I like Nina. Regardless of the performing (im)perfection of each of her skill, she delivers good, at least to me. She has that what people tend to say these days, X-factor (I do not know what it means but it sounds damn good.). And that’s enough for my book. Nina. <3 Nina Simone - Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckv6-yhnIY&app=desktop Thank you pryso for Nat King Cole. I was not aware (what a surprise, yes, I know) of his piano playing abilities. But did listen him singing. What a voice, man... Nat King Cole - Smile. Video - Charlie Chaplin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rkNBH5fbMk Nat has a smiling face so the song suits him well. : ) *** ///“Yeah, man, I know, it should be a half step higher; but I make more money when I play it that way”. /// This was indeed hysterical! |
