I skipped a lot of music, so feel free to fill in as needed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbFNwrZonT8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbFNwrZonT8
Jazz for aficionados
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I skipped a lot of music, so feel free to fill in as needed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbFNwrZonT8 |
Frogman, you based your decision on the "superflous" reason of a small difference in personel, when "Bird" and "Diz" was what mattered. Never the less, I plugged my best set of headphones in for this audition. "On the other hand, the solos by both Bird and Dizzy on the version with Al Haig are incredible. Bird’s solo break is a wonder. Tough choice, aren’t we lucky?" No, it wasn't a tough choice, for the very reason you stated, plus Curley Russell comes in smoking on the intro. That's followed by Diz's "riffs". Max Roach is white hot on drums, Al Haig gives us a nice piano solo, but the best is yet to come. At 1:16, "Bird's" lightening fast riffs, that are as smooth as silk lets us know who is the "riff king". At 4:44, after Diz heard Bird, he knew he had better not come back "shucking and jiving", and he lets loose a flurry of crystal clear, crisp clean riffs. Without a shadow of a doubt; "The Town Hall Concert" is the best. |