The Jazz Thread

[beancounter]

Beancounter,

try Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell: a classic bluesy jazz album.

I agree with Fnaar about Art Blakey. I'm getting my head round Thelonius Monk these days.

I appreciate the recommendation but I'm not sure I could bring myself to buy music by someone called "Kenny".......

bc

 

[palinurus]

There was a really amazing Ornette Coleman performance on YouTube a while ago, but it was taken down for some reason. Performance of a piece called "Times Square", I think.

I find Coltrane pretty easy going in the main, although Ascension takes some work.

 

[gambatte]

'I'm going to creep inside you like a warm kitten'

 

[Fnaar]

Did anyone ever see the Tommy Chase Quartet back in the 80s? Kind of modelled himself on Art Blakey, as drummer/bandleader, brought on and nurtured the careers of very good young bebop jazzers... unfortunately he developed a massive coke habit, and disappeared off the scene.... not heard of him since (he'd be 60 or nearabouts by now)... I have some of his stuff on vinyl.... pretty damn good

 

[Flying_Monkey]

John Coltrane - hard going? Amongst the most sublime music ever recorded. I'm a big bop fan - Miles Davies, Thelonius Monk, Dexter Gordon too. I can dig Charlie Mingus and Ornette Coleman too, though they can be a bit perverse. Big fan of jazz piano - apart from the Monk, Oscar Peterson in particular.

70s fusion on the other hand, yuck. Although the recent stuff that is influenced by rock like the Bad Plus and EST can be fun.

Jan Gabarak is your nordic violinist, I expect - excellent stuff.

 

[Renard]

Hmm...Maz, you're not a jazz fan?

Check this out... exhilarating music, phenomenal dancing (I may have posted this before sometime...) and the guy who starts off playing the piano (Slim Gaillard...one of life's natural geniuses, I bought him a drink once, y'know, and had a chat at the bar.... he was a fascinating person, and amazingly talented on any instrument you could care to mention)

View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TlQ-CxoxQnM


The clip is a bit non-PC these days (it's from a film called Hellzapoppin'... which was also a stage show... the black peeps are servants/drivers/chefs etc) and the white guys (Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellzapoppin') are putting on a show at a country house....

Be amazed! (or not...whatever rings your bell!)

I once went to a SlimGaillard gig at Glasgow Art School and he got me up on stage to describe to the audience what he was doing as he played the piano. A cool guy he was. I had forgotten all about that

My dad is big on Jazz so I was brought up on it so to speak. I don't really listen to it myself but have a fairly wide knowledge and I know what I like IYSWIM.

 

[Maz]

Be amazed! (or not...whatever rings your bell!)

Yeah, I can dig that vibe. And that dancing shows unbelievable athleticism!
I bet the whi'folk at the end of that clip were dead jealous...

 

[Aperitif]

Eric Gale was the other dude I was trying to remember earlier on...(it's an age thang, bro.) Check it out!

And Grover Washington Jr too - groove through Friday!

Oh! And then a bit of this, followed by this
leading to the defining moment...

And now pop pickers...

 

[Abitrary]

hmm, a lot of this is quite predictable.

I'd go for something a bit off the wall from the 70s like Mad Jack Shandy and his Half Pint of Brandy.

 

[Fnaar]

Eric Gale was the other dude I was trying to remember earlier on...(it's an age thang, bro.) Check it out!

And Grover Washington Jr too - groove through Friday!

Oh! And then a bit of this, followed by this
leading to the defining moment...

And now pop pickers...

Grover's groovy, Crusaders too, (and that Sugarhill Gang... I put that in the "chain" thread t'other day...)
Grant Green anyone?
Jimmy Smith is also one of my faves.

Earl Hines too...

 

[Fnaar]

hmm, a lot of this is quite predictable.

I'd go for something a bit off the wall from the 70s like Mad Jack Shandy and his Half Pint of Brandy.

 

[Aperitif]

No Hammond eggs but another organic toast and 'jam' session passed!

Nice to watch Earl Hindes showing a smile and really enjoying the music.

More coffee - more time wasting on youtube mental preparation for the day ahead...