Jazz for aficionados

Big fan of the trio as well- Brad Mehldau is one of the best!

Its been said that it in early 60's,' West Coast jazz scene took a more groovy, soulful and harder swinging approach, in a delibrate effort to escape some of the previous cooler, more mellow and polished sounds'. New names came on the scene, one of them was a tenor sax Curtis Amy, who made six albums from 1960-1963 for a Pacific jazz label. Here are some links, from 'Groovin Blue' and 'Way Down', recorded 1961. and 1962. 

[url]https://youtu.be/McwAoqvvyXk[/url]

[url]https://youtu.be/48YVLMsoPkg[/url]

If someone decides to listen more his work, there is also his album called 'Katanga' that I have already posted, with 'mysterious' trumpet player Dupree Bolton, and Ray Crawford (played with Ahmad Jamal, J.Smith, etc.) 
Here is the link again, as I am already mentioning him.

[url]https://youtu.be/wLxxeBRqqKw[/url]

[url]http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2009/4/14/in-search-of-dupree-bolton-part-1[/url]


Hope you will like it

Alex, you're bringing some fantastic musicians to my attention that I never heard of. West Coast musicians can make a living without leaving LA, but they discover late in life when they're broke, that wasn't a good idea. A musician has to make all the money he can when he's hot, and going to New York seems to be a necessity.

I liked all three records. Was Bobby Hutcherson on vibes on two of the records? Dupree Bolton was original, and he blew as well as any trumpet I've heard; that's why so many people took an interest in him. He was a mysterious person. I've witnessed "Dupree Boltens"; incredible musicians with short musical lives as a result of drugs. There is an uninformed rumor that drugs help jazz musicians play better; it helps jazz musicians not to show up. It's amazing how lies about jazz musicians can become truth as a result of repetition.

Although most of the musicians were unknown to me, I still liked the music. Are those records available on CD? Keep up the good work.





Enjoy the music.

O-10, I really don't see anything negative in my comments, other than the fact that they are responding to the negativity from Rok and yourself.  I certainly did not intend for them to be negative - I was merely trying to say what frogman was saying in his excellent post shortly afterwards.  We are merely trying to help you understand more about the art form you love, and to understand why some of the arguments presented here make no real sense, because of this fundamental lack of knowledge.  He also makes a great point that we cannot let certain outright untruths stand, if this thread is to be taken at all seriously.  A very important point - anyone who knows about music can have a conversation with anyone else who does. If your jazz friends did not have conversations about music with you, that says much more about you than them. I have learned a great deal from this thread, personally, and am very happy that you started it.   I am truly sorry if you see me as nothing but a negative influence, and will withdraw if you are serious about it.  
If indeed this is to be my last post on this thread, I will add two more general comments.  You seem to have this bizarre idea that the worlds of classical and jazz do not and cannot mix.  Nothing could be further from the truth.   One of my good friends in my orchestra is a bass player, who also happens to be nationally known and respected as one of the best jazz bassists.  Frogman himself is another example - what is unique about he and my friend is the extremely high professional level they have attained in both genres - not that they play both genres. Many, many musicians play both genres.  
One last thing - your comment that you either have "it", or you don't.  While this is basically true, there are a great many people out there who had "it", but did not put in the work and study they needed to, and fell by the wayside.  Merely having "it" is not anywhere near enough.  Miles put in some serious study, and some serious work, all of his life, both before and after he was in school - as does any musician of any kind who is any damn good at all.   Do you have to go to school?  No - but you do have to put in the work and the study.