Jazz for aficionados

@curiousjim 

Howard McGhee

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'Maggies is back in town'

https://youtu.be/YVZ9O6BsgJI?si=WELMgHb5Wu4-z3HN

'Sharp Edge

'https://youtu.be/u2dx9PpXCxU?si=mcC09BxW2_yGPSts

Teddy Edwards 

'Good Gravy'

https://youtu.be/KuH-TymnNtk?si=5XyRP9OF6p5grwIq

I'll add another, just 'for good measure' of Jimmy Forest that you mentioned recently

'Black Forrest' @pjw81563 (with GG on guitar )

https://youtu.be/MHDxWultDAk?si=UE8e3w8tpz6btscC

@pjw81563 

Thanks.

Just listened to your suggestion, Vol. 2.  Really good except it’s only 25 minutes long!

@alexatpos 

Thanks.

I actually listened to Good Gravy at lunch.  Another killer album!

I’ll listen to the other two, tomorrow morning.

@alexatpos 

I never had a chance (time?) to talk about Joe Gordon, the trumpet player on Shelly Manne and his Men At the Blackhawk.

Volume 1, song 1, Summertime, is one of my favorite versions of that song and the soloing does start with Gordon. I like him a lot as well. On Wiki it says he died in a house fire in Santa Monica California, 4 November, 1963. 

Gordon recorded 2 albums as a leader, Introducing Joe Gordon and Lookin’ Good.

https://youtu.be/bUGk7aa_JCs?si=2pnlUUZdXmWUxxJo

https://youtu.be/A_VPHyssMTU?si=-hv1pJ5IfRdn6pJX

Back to Shelly Manne and his Men at The Blackhawk, Volume 1, song 2, just after Summertime, Richie Kamuca starts off the soloing on the tune "Our Delight" on his tenor sax and then Joe Gordon plays a really great trumpet solo starting around the 4:50 mark and ending at 7:40

Our Delight:

https://youtu.be/qrKJRwpVOyQ?si=jPoyjJK3jT0Y6Xye

I like a lot of the West Coast jazz crew and Harold Land is another great tenor sax player. Land's album, "West Coast Blues" features Joe Gordon on the trumpet along with Wes Montgomery on guitar. The rhythm section is second to none featuring Barry Harris, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes.

West Coast Blues: 

https://youtu.be/mDsdLnpg41o?si=jIGm-5mK211mLOks

I gotta say, you guys are killin it. There’s a lot of good music being posted here.

From Freddie to Wes...Wow.

To throw in a little latin tinged jam session, here’s the maestro himself. Tito Puente with the queen herself, Celia Cruz.

QUIMBARA-CELIA CRUZ Y TITO PUENTE

The only person I can think of who is a master at and of time signatures like Tito is The Count. Basie that is.

Count Basie and his Orchestra - Sarah Sings and Basie Swings (Part 1, Manchester, 1963)

Even at a young age, I noticed how Wes Montgomery and before him, Count Basie could hold your attention by playing absolutely nothing and just leaving space. As how Wes would put it...Less is more.

Wes Montgomery, TV show in Brussels, Belgium, april 4th, 1965 (colorized)

Wes Montgomery-Four On Six (1965)-Guitarra de Jazz