Jazz for aficionados

I kept asking myself, “7000”? “7000? What the hell are these guys talking about?”Took me a while to realize. 7000 posts! Has it been that many? Has it really been more than twenty years that I’ve been here? How time flies!

Anyway, thank you guys for your comments and for the shared music. It’s a pleasure to exchange ideas about the gift of music with true music lovers. Best to all!

'James Clay only led two record sessions before settling in obscurity in Texas, where he would not be rediscovered until the late '80s. Cannonball Adderley helped present him on Riverside in 1960, so it seemed fair that Clay utilized several of Adderley's sidemen on this session (cornetist Nat Adderley or vibraphonist Victor Feldman, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Louis Hayes) along with a young Gene Harris on piano. Clay splits his time between his lyrical flute and tough tenor, proving to be an excellent bop-based improviser.'

Schiff forever , said the same I said 65 years ago, Rock etc, etc, etc are NOT music

I’m no genius or anything , ! But when I bought a few Schubert records in the 60’s

at 99 cents in U of M bookstore , I knew nothing about Schubert other than a lady in store said he was great .

I went home and played on AR turntable , no one else there ..

The first thing I heard was the"Winterreise" with Fischer-Dieskau , I really belive that God knew that was the best for a Vietnam vet ,at least this one..

How else could  I know Schubert was so Human .

There is zero comparison between jazz and classical. They are worlds away from each other. Start a Classical for Afficianado’s thread. 
 

The birth of jazz is rooted in the blues, which was rooted in slavery. That’s not Classical. When you’re immersed in Beethoven you’re not thinking about Stan Getz or Ray Brown. 
 

I appreciate Classical as much as anyone. But Jazz stands on it’s own. 

which was rooted in slavery.

 

I disagree. I have never ever heard a blues tune make even the slightest reference to Slavery. The Blues is about Women, Whisky, sex and hard times. Topics that are all universal in their appeal. Anyone can and do have the Blues at some point.

Classical and Jazz are both considered Serious Music.  Pop / Rock /Rap  / Metal etc... are all throwaway genres.

Folks hear, Black folks, The South, and they always think slavery. There is more to it than that. Next thing you know, using this silly commonplace logic, the music of Ellington, Monk, Mingus et al. actually came from Africa. That’s called the BIG LIE.

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