Jazz for aficionados
I have the CD's Bass on Top and We Three from Paul Chambers Here is one from each: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX7spHdg4Gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dumLpkn4jXg |
acman3, One for Amos is a great tune as is that entire album. I don't know about the vinyl mix up but I have it on CD with that photo on the cover: https://www.amazon.com/Something-Common-Sam-Jones/dp/B0000516WC/ref=tmm_acd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&...= When I clicked your link I saw this on the side and gave it a listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SONmA1cBbW8 After hearing the above song I ordered the CD. Its different then straight ahead jazz but I like it. |
More bass! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldY1wR3G8L0 I’ve had the great fortune to see Stanley Clarke numerous times at small jazz clubs in NYC playing solo’s like that from 10 feet away! Good Stanley Clarke interview discussing his gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FRe4_7wTec |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf2wg8XUEZI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXOnhzoC-i8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyl-dD5qLjk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqTCAZK9rzY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvtjA7__EqY Could not help myself from posting that last one. Its a classic with a young Marcus Miller and Kenny Garrett with Miles! |
acman3, Thanks for that great live link.Williams is not overlooked by me! I have the new disc and one other older disc titled Something More. From Something More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9_WYHJ9m4 I just had the pleasure of seeing Buster live last month and taking lots of solo's at Birdland in NYC. He was the bassist along with Jimmy Cobb on drums, Sonny Fortune on sax, and Mike Stern on guitar in the "4 Generations of Miles" quartet. They played a 90 minute set! |
inna, Hossein Alizadeh plays that instrument extremely well. However the music he plays with it is not my cup of tea. You mentioned John McLaughlin. I know John experimented into this "international jazz" music in the 70's. I've listened to the Shakti music and was also disappointed in most of the material. I much rather prefer traditional American jazz/rock/blues fusion. Not that I'm not opened minded, which I am. You also mentioned Flamenco which I enjoy immensely and have at least 2 dozen pure Flamenco albums in my inventory. I prefer the Spanish influence more then Middle Eastern/far east/India influences. One of my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C97H_HvBjPA |
A most important influence to all "jazz guitarists" who came later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhTpgicdx4 |
rok2id, "Any influence this guy had, came from America. Most likely in the form of Lt. Jimmy Reese Europe, and his Hell-Fighter Band during World War l. They introduced Europe to Jazz." Do you have a factual source to backup that claim? Even if true when Django arrived here and started playing, his fellow jazz musicians including Satchmo and the Duke were in awe! And my statement is still true. Django's influence is unparalleled for guitarists all over the world. |
inna, I have the CD of the concert you are referring to. Its called "Friday Night in San Francisco" with Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco De Lucia. I also have the SACD. Fantastic show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz5AT48vOLU |
Concerning the posts upthread of the International and American tribal songs with vocal chants, my favorite was orpheus10's posting of this Nordic piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kprl0CECykA It has that powerful and forceful nature to it as if she crying out from some pain or yearning in the center of her soul to the spirits of her ancestors. Ennio Morricone, my all time favorite composer and arranger of film scores uses chanting in many of his most famous pieces such as these 3 from "The Good The Bad And The Ugly" being performed by the The Danish National Symphony Orchestra. the piece flows from the main theme (opening of movie) into the closest to the end when Tuco is racing around the cemetary searching for the grave full of gold. 1; buono, il brutto, il cattivo (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) Main 2: L'estasi dell'oro (The Ecstasy of Gold) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkM71JPHfjk And here is the last piece, performed by Morricone's orchestra for the original motion picture soundtrack complete with the scene. It's title is Morricone perfection: "The Trio" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awskKWzjlhk |
I started to contribute to this thread about 6 months ago. Since that time I have noticed just 2 members who stick out and draw attention to themselves. The first is orpheus10 the OP thread starter. Although he seems to have issues with any other race other then African having no "soul" in their music, he is very open minded and listens to many forms of the art of music from all over the world. His recent posts will attest to this. He does not criticize music, old or new, unless he hears it first. He obviously does not think that ALL fusion, abstract, Avant Guard, or international jazz is "NOISE." And I tend to agree with him, for the most part that Africans indeed are blessed with more soul. orpheus10 is a reasonable man that can have a reasonable debate about music. The second is rok2id. He is extremely opinionated and does not budge on his perspective of subjects. He likes older straight ahead jazz from 1900-1965. This is plain to see when he posts his YouTube links. This I have no problem with at all. His conclusions on who influenced who and what is and what is not to be considered "real jazz" and not "noise" is very closed minded IMHO. His ramblings about Pops and Duke not liking Django's music and just being charitable and his following posts in debate of others to re-affirm this and the fact that only he possesses the knowledge on what is real history and what is not, as can be verified by reading his recent posts and countless other posts I have read when he is debating a subject, suggest that he is a bigot. This I do not like. But one thing I am 100% sure of is that he don't give a crap whether I like it or not!! Bigot: a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions. |
rok2id, Ambiguity, in the use of a word goes both ways. I used the word awe. Awe: a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder. Could it be Pops had respect for Django mixed with wonder?.. I was never able to ask Pops face to face how he felt about Django were you? So what makes your statement about how the Duke and Pops felt right and mine wrong. Watch the video I posted and fast forward to the 3:25 mark and you will hear, in Louis Armstrong’s own voice, "He knocked me out - oooooh boy that cat sure could play." Your response ******They were just being nice and charitable, as they always were in public****** could be ambiguously described as they heard him play, made nice comments about, then walked away laughing and joking to each other how he sounded like crap. Again, if you had actually watched and LISTENED to the whole video it all so says they were at a jam session after the show and not in public when Pops was struck by his playing. Ambiguous: open to more than one interpretation When you get right down to it the thing is why would you make post that comment at all?... Think about it |
*********I don’t have to think about it. I know why I made the statement. This thread has a history of promoting noise makers by posting positive comments made by big time Jazz players. So and so can really play, MINGUS said bah bah bah, Cannonball praised him, Pops said he will be a star etc........************** So when a musician from the present says he likes the music from another musician from 40 years ago, that he likes it and was influenced by it has no meaning. And when a musician from 40 years ago says he was re-inspired by some present musician and really likes his music, we should ignore that also. You just contradicted yourself because if you like Django’s music, as you have just posted that means that when I posted that the Duke and Pops thought Django was good (not a "noise maker"), you should have not replied with ***********Do you seriously think Pops and The Duke were "in awe" of this guy?They were just being nice and charitable, as they always were in public.************ because since you by your own fingers on the keys said you like Django and therefore the first quoted statement of yours above which indicates that you do not care what musicians say about noise makers (implying their just being nice and charitable) would not apply and be to Django. You made the post because you have a condescending personality and that is why. And please don’t try to deny this fact with your following slant on why you posted it. *******My point is this, given the ’social conditions’ that prevailed at the time we are discussing, black musicians never criticized other musicians when asked to comment. They had nothing to gain by being negative and maybe a lot to lose.********* Really? in an empty club during a jam session which the location might have been north of the Mason Dixon line? ***********As the great NY Giants and Dallas Cowboy football coach, Bill Parcells always said, "You are, what your record says you are". No more no less.********* So that would mean that you are a firm believer that record sales and notoriety make you a better musician You outdid yourself there. Oh, and by the way I am a jazz lover, no matter if I was aware of Jimmy Reece Europe (another of your condescending remarks) or not. |
******It’s alright, Rok; straight ahead. I have no illusions about your willingness to recognize that your “truth(fullness”) is just that...yours, and yours only. I could offer other references in further rebuttal, but it would be pointless. What has been striking for me since this thread’s inception is how its possible for an individual to go year after year alienating others that he interacts with and never appear to contemplate the possibility that maybe, just maybe, there is a problem at his end; either with his views, his social interaction skills, or both. Anyway, as I said, straight ahead. Peace.********* Thanks frogman, I couldn't have said it any better myself |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eiAxyf1R_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5yJndPO6QI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1xBPl72u8A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss491e7C2gQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Km3H-dqjC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NByhKoNBgdY The featured musicians on the last 2 links is like an All Star line up! |
frogman, Good morning and thanks for that Freddie/Woody link. I was unaware they recorded an album. Just bought it on discogs! That show with Dexter Gordon that you were at was recorded. I have the CD. I don’t know how many nights they played but the double disc I have does not include You’ve Changed. Its a great album just wish that song was on it. Bringing up "influence" again I read somewhere that Duane Allman wore out his copy of KOB and was heavily influenced by Miles. And John Coltrane also influenced many musicians of another genre. I am not a musician so I do not understand "musician talk" A minor, B, Scales, chord progressions, chromatics ect. is alien to me and I love music so much sometimes I wish I could relate to all that. Here are 2 examples. Both taken from YouTube reviews and the reviewers must have some musical background. The first is a comparative analysis of John Coltrane and The Byrds. The second is a poor review of Tal Wilkenfeld. I have the Jeff Beck bluray Live at Ronnie Scotts with Tal on the bass and to me she sounds ok. In this link she is playing with Herbie Hancock. Like many rock & roll fans and musicologists I purchase this on vinyl eons ago as part of my exploration of the music of the Byrds. McGuinn and Crosby mentioned, and continue to mention, John Coltrane in so many interviews it was impossible to not become curious. Three would have been no modal McGuinn legendary 12-string Rickenbacker solo on Eight Miles High without Coltrane...…. Coltrane/Byrds Complete review here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006A9XRYG/?coliid=I25MRF8KHHBYIN&colid=2MJEFFF7AFXNS&psc=0 Herbie and Tal review: Noope, Herbie is not following her. She is decent but way overrated, nowhere in the class of these musicians. She’s playing a lot of chromatics which are easy and you can get away with in a tune like this. No multiple key changes. Herbie as well as Jeff Beck are wonderful human beings as well as great musicians and they love giving younger budding musicians like her a good start. How far some of these younger players get is on them if they study and work hard. She has a good feel and groove; that’s what matters here. She’s ok but don’t act like she’s the best thing since the wheel and in a class like Jaco, Clarke, and many others...………… Here is the video with the complete review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7qra_nlWEs Here is Tal soloing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TaNayM_BRQ |
frogman, Here is the Duane Allman article about KOB Author, critic, and musician Robert Palmer, wrote these liner notes in one of the many re-issues of the Miles Davis classic Kind Of Blue: Blues fans probably know Palmer best as the author of the fine book, "Deep Blues." But he was a broader music critic and writer and a musician himself. He told a little story in his liner notes for a "Kind of Blue" reissue that I thought said a great deal about music, about blues and about great musicians. Here's what Palmer said Duane Allman told him about the album: Playing gigs at the Fillmore East during the sixties made it easier for you to get in and catch other bands, even if tickets were sold out. As a young saxophonist in a rock band, I played there several times and attended numerous concerts; the one group I never missed (unless I had to be on the road) was the Allman Brothers Band. More specifically, I went to see their guitarist, Duane Allman, the only "rock" guitarist I had heard up to that point who could solo on a one-chord vamp for as long as half an hour or more, and not only avoid boring you but keep you absolutely riveted. Duane was a rare melodist and a dedicated student of music who was never evasive about the sources of his inspiration. "You know," he told me one night after soaring for hours on wings of lyrical song, "that kind of playing comes from Miles and Coltrane, and particularly Kind Of Blue. I've listened to that album so many times that for the past couple of years, I haven't hardly listened to anything else." |
frogman, Its funny how they came up with a rock genre "southern rock" for bands like the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ect, But the first really great rock band from down south was, IMHO, the Allman Brothers. All of their records were firmly rooted in the blues especially their first album in which you shared that link. I had that album on vinyl, then cassette, and now CD. My favorite from that recording session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK_5cJpM06k Now I have pretty much everything they ever recorded on CD. The one I listen to the most is my SACD double disc Live At The Fillmore East. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSuoW8MTbZY |
Welcome back nsp hope you enjoyed your vacation. I third the agreement about Beck and Malmsteen. I could listen to Beck all day long but Malmsteen is downright annoying. That rock/classical thing is an acquired taste that I just do not have. My 3 favorite guitar players of all time, not saying they are "the best" just my favorites are as follows 1. Jimi Hendrix. A master at creating lyrics and compositions with a technique like none other before or since. Playing the right handed guitar upside down I just love watching all of my live DVD's I have of his. He was also very influential guitarist. The fact that he made just 4 studio albums before he died and his estate still rakes in millions of dollars a year almost 50 years after his death...… well need I say more. Had he not died who knows? His playing was firmly rooted in the blues but he wanted to experiment more with jazz (he and Miles were going to work together) and funk (Band Of Gypsy's) and he was heading in that direction when he passed. Jimi with Larry Young: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBErvhTAIWg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ScIOufnqSw 2. Jeff Beck. I can hear just a few notes and recognize its him playing. Plays all genres of music exceptionally except that classical shredding (which he could if he wanted) ala Malmsteen. The jazz/rock fusion albums "Wired" and "Blow By Blow" attest to his eclectic mastery as do his later "techno/funk infused" masterpieces like the album "Jeff." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89OTZV-NHkU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pOKyNO9my8 3. John McLaughlin. What can I say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQG7XpCiSVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2GAAK3PFII You could switch up McLaughlin and Beck but Jimi is still my number one. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki5AfK0sFrs I hope Janie Hendrix President and CEO of Experience, LLC, the official Jimi Hendrix Family Company, can get this out there on a remastered disc. I know she is very motivated by money and has been slowly releasing her half brothers unrelease vault recordings, some bad some good over the years since she gained control of his estate. I have the box set she put out "West Coast Seattle Boy" which, besides YouTube contains the only recorded version of the song Young/Hendrix jam, in its entirety (20:57). The LP "Nine To The Universe"(which I believe was never released on a CD) had a cut up version which is ridiculous. Thank god for people uploading bootlegs like the above on YouTube. I have already pre-ordered this. It looks like an excellent investment with a 5.1 surround mix of the original album!! https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Ladyland-50th-Anniversary-Deluxe/dp/B07GGPT67F I am a Hendrix "completist" so the money is not an issue!! |
orpheus10, Thanks posting that. Here is a great old blues song, about that flood, in which afterwards thousands of African Americans migrated north. Kansas Joe McCoy’s lyrics, to me, exemplify the African American southern blues experience perfectly. Powerful and heartbreaking at the same time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swhEa8vuP6U Lyrics: If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break And the water gonna come in, have no place to stay Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan Thinkin’ ’bout my baby and my happy home If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break And all these people have no place to stay Now look here mama what am I to do Now look here mama what am I to do I ain’t got nobody to tell my troubles to I works on the levee mama both night and day I works on the levee mama both night and day I ain’t got nobody, keep the water away Oh cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do no good Oh cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do no good When the levee breaks, mama, you got to lose I works on the levee, mama both night and day I works on the levee, mama both night and day I works so hard, to keep the water away I had a woman, she wouldn’t do for me I had a woman, she wouldn’t do for me I’m goin’ back to my used to be I’s a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan I’s a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan Gonna leave my baby, and my happy home..... |
alextapos, King Crimson fan and completist here. They are still marching forward, with Fripp leading, as always, no matter the line-up - R.I.P. Greg Lake. Psychedelia (?) at its best, by the best...… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBca3xf-j3o |
frogman, What is your opinion on my top 3 favorite guitarists up thread (last page)?.... Sorry but I don't agree with adult (sophisticated/hard to play?) and simple minded (4/4?) music. I like what I like. In the late 70's a friend told me I should trash all my Black Sabbath LP's (not!) because they were "simple....." Black Sabbath, as I found out much later, created a totally new and original genre of music because they were not afraid to do what they wanted to do. Led Zeppelin, always the most "popular" and "adult" rock band, I found out later that many of their "hit songs" were just covers of old American legendary blues musicians (Willie Dixon as one) that they put their own twist on it. 4/4...I love James Brown! 9/11... I love Dave Brubeck! "Sophisticated" and "adult" music don't mean anything to me. I started listening to jazz later in life and I love it. All kinds. Does that mean I have "evolved mentally" and should disregard my rock music?!?.... never. Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, ect., I should now consider "below me" because I like jazz?!? My children (adults now 32 and 28) listen to hip hop (yuk) but its all good. I took them to see Kenny Garrett at the Blue Note and they loved it! What I like I like. What others like they like (whether I like it does not matter - should it?). If I were so opinionated and closed minded I would end up like rok2id and that's not gonna happen while I am still breathing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxC7EhPnsuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP9esHs2DLs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaxb70VaEZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDETNk20Vkc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5qNhicHopw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIANyO3jdA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn11lH51a3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LHMNxk8DqA |
nsp, I liked that version of Eight Miles High. Edgy jazz/rock fusion. Steve Marcus sounds good on the sax. And Larry Coryell was a great fusion guitarist. Just passed in February 2017. R.I.P. I have seen the Allman Brothers at the Beacon Theater NYC (minus Duane). They always take no prisoners live and stretch a lot of their songs out on extended jams. "Mountain Jam" comes to mind. rok & inna, Where does it say, in any of my posts, that I love everything? My daughters along with much of the "me" generation like hip hop. I don't like hip hop but I am not going to belittle them because they do. rok, your avatar suggests you were Air Cavalry. Did you serve in Nam? |
Steve Coleman is a very intellectual improvisational musician. A saxophonist who’s first inspiration and influence as a youth in the 60's came from Maceo Parker (he liked James Brown), then Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. Suffice it to say he evolved quickly from the Maceo Parker funky soul sax playing into a much more sophisticated sound of improvisational layers of sound bordering on free jazz. He has released a few critically acclaimed albums in the last few years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6BDz9c8h4I&list=PLqnRvvr2aWWD7FgMFSsFv34BiHRqXtQyo |
Alex, PM sent. Pick me a winner! nsp, Yes Sonny Rollins is the man. Every time I cross the Williamsburg Bridge I think of him up there practicing in the wee hours of the night because after he saw Trane play he thought he was missing something. After a 3 year hiatus of practice he came back with an excellent album aptly titled "The Bridge" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtY9hpg7sic Speaking of King Crimson, here is a good one from them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ3UnGQCT1E |
But then again, as I mentioned up - page, I dig "brain music" just as much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaWfzqur1Lk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOikuVbwMjc |
nsp, Same here. I listen to jazz 75% and any other genres that I like, 25% Got tired of the same old stuff but still go back to it. Believe it or not I have about 2 dozen James Brown CD's and a dozen Maceo Parker CD's. James Browns band the JB's (the Maceo Parker/Fred Wesley line-up) really make you want to get up and dance! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABLwmYI09Lw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vn0w-zHwFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUsn880UWPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKuq6q0GwkQ |
orpheus10, Brazilian music of all kinds definitely has African roots. The city of Salvador, in the province of Bahia, was the original capital of Brazil as it was here that the first coastal trading hub into the interior of Brazil was constructed after Pedro Álvares Cabral discovered the continent of South America and claimed it for Portugal. Although no longer the capital of Brazil, Salvador Bahia (that is the proper way to say it - the city then the province), is still an important city there and my favorite to visit. I have been to Brazil a dozen times. Rio 3 times and Savador, Bahia 10. Rio and Salvador Bahia is like comparing apples to oranges. In Salvador Bahia the population is a 50/50 mix of black people and white/mixed. Since slaves were bought and sold in Salvador Bahia they settled there after slavery was abolished. The many cultures of Africa still exist in the city and province from food to music. A favorite dish of mine, called Moquecca, is available in just about every restaurant. Its made with Dende (palm leaf) oil. There is also a unique religion that exists there that's kind of a mix with Christian and African orgins. frogman, You are right about easily recognizing Jeff Beck with just a few notes. I mentioned that upthread. I can also recognize Jimi with the same quickness. McLaughlin, as you said, is not so easily discernable. |
orpheus10, Thanks for sharing the link to that movie. I had heard of the runaway slave towns but never that particular person. And you are correct, the culture in Salvador Bahia is so unique/diverse. I will tell you this, and your might wonder how, but there is absolutely no racism in Salvador Bahia. Percentage wise, I would say its 35% African Brazilians, 35% Portuguese Brazilians, and 30% mix of the first 2, called mulattos. There exists no racism from either of the 2 dominant races towards each other, The African Brazilians seem to have no lingering bitterness from the slavery era and the Portuguese Brazilians get along with them fine. Hence the high percentage of mulattos. Their are many Mulatta woman who can, IMHO, take there place as some of the most beautiful in the world. The only prejudice that exists is between the Native European Portuguese whos still live in Portugal and consider all Brazilians "below" them. Of course the Portuguese dialect differs. Did you know that the main language spoken in the state of Angola in Africa is Portuguese. That came about because of the Portuguese "slave hub port" on the coast of Angola where the Portuguese would pay coastal natives to go inland and capture inland native people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6IG-CZW5N8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KpIV57PSeo&t=1088s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlI5eTr5a-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkxFhFRFDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgQLOSpG4EM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrZBiqK0p9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeBDoNBNMro |
SV's version of Misty from the "Sassy Swings The Tivoli" 2 disc set I have sounds incredible as does every song on both discs. Sarah really had it going on that night! In a total 360 I'm going from Sarah Vaugh to Frank Zappa. That's right - Frank Zappa. He recorded a plethora of albums that fit into the jazz fusion category and even had a "big band" on many of them, sometimes with as many as 20 instrumentalists. I am a big Frank Zappa fan so maybe I am a little biased when I give my opinion that he was one on a short list top all-time of musical "Geniuses" of the 20th century. For Calvin (and his next two hitch hikers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMgMK59KFJo This link is Frank introducing his big band with his typical sly humor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0z6EXD1kRk Big Swifty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSVfGNYSDzQ There is much "jazz" in the 2 songs above! |
Thanks acman3 for those links. I like the song Stinson Beach from the second link much more then the first. There are not many people that appreciate the brilliance of Frank Zappa. I have been a fan since my high school days. I believe he put out over 50 albums. He was head and shoulders above his rock contemporaries back in the 60's. However he does have some albums/songs that I'm not too crazy about but what musician is perfect? For the most part I would say I like 90% of his output, some a lot and some a little and 10% duds (IMHO). I think Frank would have appreciated the music you posted above. And so would Nanook and the Muffin Man! He died to young and god only knows the music he would have continued to put out. I would like to think he is up there with Jimi and Miles and Coltrane jamming in Joe's Garage! |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZoaI-mbo5k Zappa had a very eclectic taste in music. He can do classical like the 200 Motels Suites above and play an electric guitar like a mother f***er. One example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXP_pr7np-o |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlTgqitVZeQ&list=PLzDrkkqKmIfN_s9tz-dFLJ8MOjXZz9QA2 Fast forward the following link to the 4:30 mark. Frank discusses his recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra with Dave Letterman. The above link is a song from those sessions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMO_ewZxIQ |
Good morning Orpheus10 I have the complete Prestige recordings of Gene Ammons from the period 1960 - 1962: Disc-1: 73:00 minutes; Boss Tenor (1960, not to be confused w/his ‘61 Boss Tenors w/Sonny Stitt) & Jug (‘61). D-2: 76:02; Up Tight! & Twisting the Jug (both ‘61). D-3: 74:33; Brother Jack Meets the Boss (Jack McDuff & Gene Ammons) & Soul Summit (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt w/Jack McDuff) (both ‘62). D-4: 70:12; Preachin’ (a little know album of religious hymns) & Bad! Bossa Nova (aka Jungle Soul!) (both ‘62). I also have "The Chase" (Gene Ammons with Dexter Gordon) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK85sqy8OLg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lahcjh4BifA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58hsxZVhFPI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9rh5lLmH08&list=PLyHn3f7-9IUL27hZT8Kk2DCYCxeIup4MS |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBSYIYm-jmI&list=PL68LP1mA3SsCYuvvSrlLgCg-raZPKRkI3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVoFHhsJtb4&index=4&list=PL68LP1mA3SsCYuvvSrlLgCg-raZPKRkI3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfB6CnqFwl0 Curtis and Kai recorded a wonderful rendition of the following song "Walk on the Wild Side" from the motion picture with the same title I cant seem to locate it on You Tube though I have the disc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI9Or8rE_Dc Jimmy Smith on his Hammond B-3 with big band "Walk on the Wild Side"!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y49ob8r_ows |
