Jazz for aficionados

Qorpheus10
 Mark Murphy had a long career starting in the 50's and he stayed in the Jazz idiom , not venturing into light Jazz or pop. He recorded for Riverside early and then mostly for Muse records. I think he has a powerful , expressive voice , especially on ballads.  I don't like everything he has done with the right material he hits it out of the park.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=61d7PpVmfzU

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QPq3d27n0-Q

BTW-I went back to listen to the Eddie Jefferson cuts you posted as I want more exposure to singers. He has a really excellent sense of swing . I will seek out a  recording by him. I read a bio of him giving him credit for putting lyrics to Jazz songs before anyone else , including "Body And Soul"?

Bud Powell

Pryso, there is no way that I or anyone else would think that was classical music, I was alluding to the way that big symphony orchestra put the music together in such a way that it helped me to understand how a big symphony orchestra works when it puts classical music together.

Grant Green

Thanks for the Mark Murphy clips, nsp. Great stuff! O-10 doesn’t remember, but some Mark Murphy clips were posted a while back when we discussed male singers. I like him very much. If I’m not mistaken I posted some clips from this record which features early Brecker brothers:

https://youtu.be/SJLIdyjXrDA

Re Classical music:

As pryso points out, simply because music uses an orchestra does not make the music “Classical” and the music in those clips is definitely not Classical.

The term “Classical” music is typically used to describe a genre of “art music” distinguished from jazz, rock or other popular music; although much of what we now call Classical was, in fact, popular at one time. The genre covers a wide range of styles spanning several centuries. Adding to the confusion is the fact that the term is used generically when, in fact, Classical music is technically music composed during the Classical period (roughly 1750-1850) as opposed to, for instance, the Baroque or Romantic periods. The music can be symphonic, choral, chamber or opera. Additionally, the music adheres to certain compositional disciplines and traditions. As in jazz, the boundaries of these disciplines are always being challenged by composers searching for new sounds and ways of expression. This short description just scratches the surface of the tremendous depth of the compositional skill of the great “Classical” (generic) composers and the techniques that they use in their compositions.

0-10, I know you don’t like Classical music and I suspect you haven’t listened to much of it. I’m glad those clips helped you understand “how all the various musicians in a symphony contribute to the whole”. However, those clips are not very good examples of this for a variety of reasons, starting with the fact that most of the featured instruments are not orchestral instruments at all and not to mention that the “conductor”, while she may be attractive, is not a good conductor. There are far better examples on YouTube of how a symphony orchestra “works” if you are interested. There is a lot of amazing music in the genre; give it a listen.