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That is a couple of great songs off of a great album!
I will be adding that one to my Cannonball collection for sure
That is a couple of great songs off of a great album!
I will be adding that one to my Cannonball collection for sure
Jazz for aficionados
I’ve read with interest over the past several weeks the previous posts in this thread. I’m aware of some of the controversies and have found the discussions of them illuminating and helpful. But, I cannot claim to have anything like the depth of understanding of some of the definitional issues you have discussed. And, I confess that my interest in them is principally intellectual. I don’t find them especially useful in my understanding or enjoyment of the music. I’m afraid I’m something of a Neanderthal where classification of music is concerned. My LPs and digital files are cataloged according to a simple five group typology: rock ‘n’ roll/pop, jazz, blues, classical, International folk. I have difficulty sometimes determining to which of those five categories specific recordings belong, let alone trying to parse some of the issues you’ve taught me about in this forum. So, please accept my apologies for trespassing across boundaries some of you think important for defining jazz. My intention is not to offend or raise controversy, but merely to call attention to some recordings I regard as jazz essentials in the hope others among will find new loves. To begin, I love many of the artists that receive regular praise in the preceding posts: Miles, Monk and Mingus; Ellington; Coltrane; Grant Green, Lee Morgan; Horace Silver; etc. Here are some “jazz”favorites I feel deserve more fans: Gary Bartz Ntu Troop, Juju Street Songs Randy Westin, Little Niles James Blood Ulmer, Freelancin’ Tiger Trio, Unleashed Tim Berne’s Snake Oil Art Ensemble of Chicago, A Jackson in Your House Listening now to Charles Lloyd and the Marvels w/Lucinda Williams, Vanished Gardens. |
Welcome hce1 I bought the 16 disc limited edition boxset from The Art Ensemble of Chicago last year. I think its great. James "Blood" Ulmer is awesome! Gary Bartz is great as well. I met him backstage at a Lou Donaldson show about 5 years ago. Great person as well. Charles Lloyd is very "cerebral" music at times and depending on the album but I think he is a first class sax player and composer/arranger. Check out this James Carter cut with James "Blood" Ulmer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOnv71uS0q8 |
Stanley Turrentine "Impressions" 3rd song on the "Cherry" album. One of the few albums Creed Taylor got right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYeEuC9iDAM And one of my favorite Turrentine songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJ2VuKb1fQ |
Bird Lives!! We used to call this the 'hucklebuck' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryNtmkfeJk4 Dizzy on piano. One guy didn't show, one couldn't play, so Dizzy on piano. He had the good sense to not try to do too much. 19 year old Miles on trumpet Seems to always be drama with Bird's recording sessions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4mRaEzwTYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1bWqViY5F4 Cheers |