Jazz for aficionados

I agree with everything Frogman has posted lately about Stravinsky, especially the suggestion to listen to a wide variety of his music. He was truly a musical chameleon, with the ability to write pretty much anything in any style. Mozart is really the only other major composer who was the same in that regard.

Stravinsky was much like his good friend Pablo Picasso in this respect. The two were close, and are often compared to each other.

Today's playlist:

Beethoven -- PIANO SONATAS
"Pathetique" "Moonlight" "Appassionata" / Alfred Brendel
From a master of Beethoven.

Beethoven -- SYMPHONY NO. 9
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmondie / Paavo Jarvi
Second Movement always reminds me of the NBC nightly news with Chet Huntley and David Brinkley. Hard to believe now.
Bohm still rules.

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown -- STANDING MY GROUND
La/Tx 'border' blues. Born in Louisiana, raised on the Texas side. Texas Blues is a distinctive style.

Clifton Chenier -- BOGALUSA BOOGIE
Le Blues De La Louisiane! Parlez-Vous ???
Like a little accordion and rubboard, and a whole lot of French in your blues? Check it out. Great cover photo.

Cheers

Awesome! Thanks. And nothing like the sound of a real horn section; not the synth crap on a lot of the "new" stuff.
BTW, check out the pool player's breaking shot as the tune ends and the camera pans away. Right with the drummer's final hit; one could not have have planned that better :)

Today's Playlist:

Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron -- THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE and CAPITOL RECORDINGS.
2CD set.

My first CD by Navarro. CD #1 is Dameron with Fats on three different sets / groups, and another set of Dameron with Miles Davis.

CD #2 is Fats with Howard McGhee, Fats with Bud Powell and Fats with Benny Goodman. The set with McGhee is awesome! Two great trumpet players dueling!

Fats died at age 26. This guy was in a class by himself. The most beautiful trumpet playing I have ever heard.

Some others on board include Sonny Rollins, Wardell Gray, Dexter Gordon, Milt Jackson and Kenny Clarke. And this is when they were all young!!

Excellent booklet with great photos.
Recorded 1947-49, Mono. Great sound.

Fats Navarro -- THE FATS NAVARRO STORY
4CD box

"Fats Navarro's trumpet had a clear singing quality and purity of tone that no other trumpet player could match. He was BeBop's most perfect trumpeter."

This was an uncreditied review written on the back of the Box Set. It says it all. He is now my favorite.

Outstanding Booklet with photos and notes. Includes Bird and Eckstine among others.
Mono.

I think anyone who has not heard Navarro before, will have to rearrange their Jazz Trumpet pecking order. He really is that good.

You get the impression this is BeBop being born or at least weaned.

Cheers