Jazz for aficionados
****"Funkettes"*** Nah, I made that up 🙃. Re their dancing: it brings up an interesting point. The video and audio tracks are not in sync (technical problem) so no matter what, the dancing won't look as tight as it would if the tracks were in sync; even if they were great dancers. They're probably pretty good dancers but not exactly funky "street" dancers like you might see in a hip-hop video. James and the band move so well to that kind of music that if things are off a little bit it still looks pretty good (although not quite as good as it would otherwise). The "Funkettes" don't move as well to that kind of music to begin with, so there's no "margin of error" to the viewer's eye, so they look obviously off the beat of the music. |
Wanted to post the last Jazz album I purchased on LP. It was back in the early 80's in El Paso, Texas. Could not find Arthur Blythe's 'elaboration', but did find this. Love it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V027YTD1qOg you-tube continued to run and this came up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuIos1mRwyo Cheers |
Arthur Blythe, without a doubt one of the most unique alto sounds with that fast vibrato. He was one of the first pre-"young lions". Caused quite a stir when he came on the scene and I lost track of him and his work. Interesting player. I like him in limited doses. "Hackensack": one of my very favorite clips on all of YouTube. I posted this here twice before; must have slipped through the cracks. Two fabulous tenor players who could hardly be more different stylistically. The other clip from the same performance: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8egSzCBCie0 |
