Jazz for aficionados
Today's Listen: Mingus Big band -- QUE VIVA MINGUS Too many players to list. This CD is a tribute to Mingus' love of, and use of, Latin rhythms in his music.. 10 tunes. All by Mingus. The tunes' Latin rhythms range from Columbia to Mexico To Cuba. A few tunes were 'latinized' such as 'eat that chicken'. very nice although the vocals were better on the orginal. But the tune works! There is nothing I could possibly add to the liner notes. Excellent and very detailed review of each tune. Among the best liner notes I have ever read. Written by Sue Mingus. I wish I could do that. She did use this quote from Composer/historian Gunther Schuller speaking of Mingus' compositions. "there is nothing quite like them in the avant-garde or European Classical music. Mingus himself considered his music to be outside category, neither Jazz nor Classical. "It's 'American Music'," he once said. "Or better yet, just call it Mungus." Relates to our previous discussions. The entire brass section shines on this CD. Esp Randy Brecker. As a bonus, a photo of the entire group with names to ID them. You know you want it! Cheers |
Here is my favorite cut from "Sonny's Crib". The artists are: Donald Byrd, trumpet; Curtis Fuller, trombone; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Sonny Clark, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, drums. I believe all of these artists have photographs, and appear in the book "Three Wishes", Pannonica De Koenigswarter. Sonny Clark's three wishes were: 1. "Money" 2. "All the bitches in the world" 3. "All the Steinways in the world" This is one of the most beautiful versions of "Speak Low" I've ever heard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prHxoFepR0A Enjoy the music. |
Frogman, here again we agree on "Trane". When I saw him live, he even lost McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones. Miles said that Trane played for Trane on live sets; while that was true, talk about the pot calling the kettle black; when I saw Miles I didn't know what he was playing; but when Trane was with Miles was the time I liked both of them best. Jazz musicians used live sets for experimentation, and that made a lot of sense when you think about it. Those were gigs at small clubs, and not like Carnegie hall, what better places to experiment? This is "classic" Trane on a tune I like a lot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt0D40JTCBY Enjoy the music. |
