Jazz for aficionados

And now for something completely different.  A heavy drummer with a funk groove.  Or was that a funky drummer with a heavy groove?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N_SqtFerjghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N_SqtFerjg

First time I saw Cobham was in what I believe was in McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra first tour, maybe 1972.  It was a small club and we had a table right in front of the band.  The musical exchanges and energy that night were fantastic.  Cobham was like a coiled spring who seemed to play harder and harder as the night wore on.  One of my Top10 concert experiences ever.

mary_jo, I hope you are reading this and still with us.

What you said is so true about jazz:  "what I have previously said - make your own work, be original. "

But speaking of movies, let me recommend this.  It certainly is original, and I truly enjoyed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=49&v=f22rco1wFxE&feature=emb_logo

Schubert,

Cantus with one of my favorite groups.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqp6hWcZl5Q

I have a CD titled "Witness: volume 1  Spirituals and Gospels"

It's by  a group called --  The ensemble Singers and Chorus of the Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota.

Philip Brunelle - Conductor

Do you know of them?  Can't find them on you-tube.   Another great performance from Minnesota.

Cheers

Phillip Brunelle is widely considered as the best choral director in the world .
The King’s group leaders from both Oxford and Cambridge have told me they are in awe of him .
Like most true geniuses he is a tad world of his own type .I believe he only will record with the MSP PBS , only place I have ever seen him . Could be a financial thing . The Plymouth is a church in Plymouth MN , west burb of Mpls . Was the Church choir originally but now Singers come from hundreds
just to sing with him , no cash involved . But most are just in MSP metro.

In this day and time the little apple is ground zero for the Lutheran Church , not just in the USA but in the world . The Swedes and Norwegians
who where first white settlers her brought their Religion with them and kept it . Anglican Church , my church, also has good choirs as do the Catholics .
And as St,. Áugustine said , and his monk Luther echoed , a prayer sung once is a prayer said twice ..

Couple years ago I stood with the King’s Oxford leader thanking him for a great performance and a boy treble , perhaps 9 years old inched up to me
and said , "We like it here better than Toronto because you really believe ".Out of the mouths of babes ! Been to Church of all types over the US , east,west , north and south ,
and people in the upper -mid-west are not what others are , Christian for
an hour on Sunday .
General observation of course , all black church ladies excluded .
P.S . google’" Classical Minnesota " might take you to MSP PBS which has thousands of their film concerts open to  steaming by public . If not , let me know and I’ll call them up .My sustainer # is 651-229-1300, they should know and
they talk "Minnesota Nice" .

Pryso, great drummer! Nice clip. Boy does that bring back memories. Title tune from his debut studio recording. Thanks!

Billy Cobham is dear to me because, aside from being a great drummer, this record introduced me to the great Michael Brecker who recorded with him. I was still in HS and the jazz band director brought this to class to play for the saxophone players in the band. He said “check this guy out!”. Brecker was still just an up and coming young session player then:

https://youtu.be/l-b_h8i9eWU