Jazz for aficionados

mary_jo, if you didn't go back reading posts prior to the time you joined us then you missed by background with Satchmo.

He was my dad's favorite musician so I heard lots of him while growing up.  By my teenage years I was into R&R and failed to appreciate all that Armstrong meant.  Even as I evolved into a jazz fan I considered his music to be too "old fashioned" to be worthwhile.  It took me a few decades but eventually I realized what a huge talent he was and what he meant to the foundations of modern jazz.

Let me offer one I consider to be a classic.  I have it in a 78 album dad played.  Teagarden was tops too -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQm-2N-TW24

Yes, good to see you back mary_ jo.

And, yes, a few hiccups. I think they have stopped; for now. “Hipo”, “hiccup” in Spanish. Interesting how both words can be onomatopoeia in two different languages while still sounding similar and with similar rhythm. Great Louie/Sinatra clip; no hiccups there. Same language from both singers, but two different rhythm feels. Fascinating how at 1:13 when Louie starts to sing the tempo of the music seems to slow down. It doesn’t really, but Louis’ singing is so relaxed and “in the pocket” compared to Sinatra who sings slightly ahead of the beat of the band that things seem to slow down. On the dance floor and according to the Urban Dictionary that would be a classic case of “WMRD”; and Sinatra had it less than most 😊. Thanks for the great clips.

pryso, you have no idea what memories that Jeff Beck clip brings back; some better to keep private. He was still using a pick back then. What an amazing and expressive player he is.

bluesy41, great stuff. Like Jeff Beck, another amazing player who did things on his intrument that shouldn’t be possible. How is it possible to slide from one note to another on a B3? It isn’t, but Jimmy Smith somehow can create that illusion. And what a great feel-good sense of swing. Love it.

jkittlesen, one of my very favorite records. How sad for a player like this to be gone at age 25! Another favorite from that great record:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oQvsXgfEdo0

Bowie, “Papa’s.....”:

First Bowie clip posted here recently that didn’t do it for me.  Somehow, being used to the “seriousness” of the kind of groove that James Brown and his band could set up doesn’t mesh with the humor that Bowie tries to bring to the tune.  We don’t need no stinking humor!!! :

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QE5D2hJhacU

Nah, plenty there! And, there I was, thinking that you would flattered that I quoted you. I thought it was pretty funny 😊 . Now, re the Bowie clip, and speaking of quoting. I recently quoted someone who said, on the subject of musical quotes in a solo, “I don’t want to hear Woody Woodpecker when I’m trying to channel Trane”.

Hey, btw, and speaking of Trane, I’ve been meaning to post this. This solo by Trane has got to be on my list of top ten solos ever. Pryso’s “So What’ clip has led to my listening (again) to KOB a few times lately. When thinking about Trane there is a tendency to think of him as a ferocious and often “notey” soloist; he had a whole lot to say. His solo (@2:27) on “Blue In Green” from KOB kills me every time I hear it. Beautifully expressive with an amazing simplicity. When he enters it’s like the sun rising in the morning. Incredible.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPL7BExSQU