Jazz for aficionados
Frogman, there's one thing for certain, you could never mistake Miles for anyone else; with or without the muted trumpet, he had an unmistakable sound. Maybe it's because you're a learned musician, but we have slightly different tastes; this is too laid back for me, I prefer "Walkin". Maybe you can critique that one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4egXm9LRj2I Enjoy the music. |
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those drumbeats are connected to movements in dance.***** Well they must be doing the same movements over and over forever, because this stuff is just repetitive. Think of the dancers as the soloists. The drummers are just laying down a track. Sort of like rap. ***** The dancing that accompanies this music is as structured as any European dance;***** You cannot be serious!! ***** they have to practice***** I thought you said improvisers don't have to practice! You are confusing the Unwashed. ***** I saw dancers in the Kathryn Dunham school of dance where they are taught dances she learned in Africa. ***** Bogus. Part of the pitiful attempt by Liberals and 'activists' to create things in Africa that don't exist today, let alone centuries ago. I mistrust anything that can't be written down, or at the least, be perform over and over again with a high degree of fidelity. Cheers |
In the meantime...Eddie Costa 'My funny Valentine' and 'Diane' from 1959, 'the house of blue lights' album. Very intersting, imho. https://youtu.be/M-8mI5W-0Hk https://youtu.be/YThwn4J0htc |
Alex, Amen!. That is precisely what I have been suggesting for quite some time. If I am understanding you correctly, and if you read my posts, what you suggest is behind many of them. Count me in! O-10, great playing by all and classic Miles. Different vibe from the "Cookin'" session. It should be noted that it (they, actually; its a compilation) was recorded 2 1/2 years before "Cookin'". In the scheme of the many phases of Miles and rapidly evolving style, 2 1/2 years is an eternity as shown by how this recording harkens back to an earlier period in jazz. Listen to Lucky Thomson's playing; shades of the swing players that came before in his sound and vibrato. Yes, less laid back that "Cookin'", but not quite sure why being laid back should be a disqualifier. Great stuff. Thanks! Rok, I agree word for word and made the same comment first time around; except perhaps for your last comment. I don't have an opinion on that. |
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.'Thanks therefore, to what is harmonicus in us, we perceive harmonius composition of sounds, and we delight in them for we understand that we are made in their likeness.Similarity is pleasing, therefore, whereas dissimilarity is odius'.Boethius (480-526) De Musica***** Sounds like the Subjectivity O-10 is talking about. "if I like it, it's good". Of course, The OP was not as long winded and pompous as brother Boethius. Cheers |
