The Bad Plus are very interesting. Add Joshua Redman. :>))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iouAsXwCpM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iouAsXwCpM
Jazz for aficionados
The Bad Plus are very interesting. Add Joshua Redman. :>)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iouAsXwCpM |
O-10: I thought you might like to hear 'Summertime' for real. I found myself wiping my brow from the heat!! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIDOEsQL7lA Other listens today: Horace Silver -- SONG FOR MY FATHER Horace Silver -- BLOWIN' THE BLUES AWAY We are all very familiar with them. I was neither asleep nor fully awake. WOW!! I love to be in that place when listening to great music. Clark Terry -- COLOR CHANGES featuring Yusef Lateef on tenor, flute, english horn and oboe!! There is also a guy on French Horn and trombone. What a line-up. 7 tunes. 'Nahstye Blues' is my favorite. All are very good. I do not believe this man, Clark Terry, has ever done anything less than a stellar recorded performance. Try ANYTHING by Clark Terry, you cannot go wrong! Recorded NYC 1960 Cheers |
I am with Orpheus re "Bird With Strings". I love the record. It was possibly the first recording of a major jazz star with a string section. At one point, Bird considered it his favorite recording. Kinda hard to argue with that, when it comes to judging its worth. The recording shows Bird playing with a warmer, less aggressive tone in deference to the musical setting. As Rok points out Mitch Miller appears on the record, and I have an interesting (for me) story about that. Back in the mid 90's I played a classical/pops concert with Mitch Miller conducting the orchestra, and of course used the opportunity to ask him about the Bird WS recording. He had many stories to tell, and of special note was the fact that the addition of the oboe to the arrangements was a last minute decision made right in the recording studio and the oboe parts were entirely improvised by him; pretty impressive for a "legit" dude. Rok, re Horace Silver and the "Eastern tinge". No, you are not hearing things; you are exactly right. Here is an interesting article that speaks to the general subject: http://sessionville.com/articles/the-influence-of-indian-music-on-jazz |
et tu, Frogman? :) I listened again and I will agree it's beautiful music. And great sax playing. Must have been the reason I purchased it. I just think there are many(several?) competent professional reedmen, like the Frogman perhaps, who could have played Bird's part. It's a great CD, just not what I expected. I will say, that from a technical standpoint, it's the best recorded music I have of Bird. It's just not on my 'goto' list when I want to hear Jazz. And lastly, my mama didn't raise no fools. When I am opposed by The Frogman, a pro, and O-10, a man who has seen Trane himself, it's time to throw in the towel. :) Cheers |