Jazz for aficionados
Acman, it still swings and it's some fantastic sounding music. I no longer categorize, but simply listen to determine whether or not the music meets my qualifications as good sounding music that I would want in my collection, and this will be added if it's not already there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppNFJbMrOHw |
Acman, this is my kind of music, going back to "Zap Mama"; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtI91wVr6vs No, this is not "classic jazz" for sure, but this music has been incorporated into classic jazz resulting in an even better sound. Enjoy the music. |
orpheus, you suggested I post some of dad's favorite music. As further introduction I'll relate that the first concert I attended was Armstrong with his All Stars sometime between 1950 and '52. I was VERY young and looking back overwhelmed (but grateful) my parents took me along. Here's "Rockin' Chair" from 1947 with Teagarden singing lead. This is the version from the Town Hall Concert I have in a 78 album handed down from dad. Louie had some great upper register then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQm-2N-TW24 Then here's "Ain't Misbehavin" from that same concert. These versions swing more than the studio versions of the same tunes that I've heard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzmc0wbL8mQ Teagarden with one of his signature songs, "Stars Fell on Alabama". I like him better with Satch and/or small groups than in larger orchestras like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiqBY6lhRaI Another major favorite was Red Nichols and His Five Pennies. Here's "After You've Gone" from 1930, and just check out the sidemen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geasRdRR_18 And lastly, another favorite band, but not well known, was McKinney's Cotton Pickers out of Detroit (I grew up in MI). One of their recordings also from 1930, "Baby Won't You Please Come Home". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4iH_AFRid0 And "I Found A New Baby" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY5FB-k3JUw To wrap it up, some years ago I stumbled on an LP, "The New McKinney's Cotton Pickers", a Bountiful Record from 1972. That includes vocals by Dave Wilborn who was in the original band. I couldn't find anything by them on YouTube so this will have to do as a modern rendition of a MCP arrangement, "Tight Like That". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFHCIU4IzCg Hope you and others find something new here to enjoy. |
+ 2 Later I found this example of Teagarden in a smaller group to show the point I made above. "St James Infirmary" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9udjEXDpAg And for a fun comparison, here's Big T with Satch and the All Stars, at the Town Hall Concert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyH2ez3io7Y |
Pryso, this music is very much appreciated; I considered it "old foggy's" music when I first got into modern jazz (Diz & Bird), but now I realize the relationship it has to jazz overall, plus the contribution it's made to the big picture. Do you remember those old Black and White cartoons on the TV when we were just kids? Somebody commented on how they used that music ( the music you have presented) a lot on those funny's. When you think about it, that music made those funny's. The different ways in which we have been exposed to things is amazing. I am going to peruse the music you've presented later on in the day and get back to you. Thanks for finding it. |
