Jazz for aficionados

Well, I appreciated Christy, but I loved Julie!

Also, I assume this is pure coincidence and had nothing to do with her nickname, "the Misty Miss Christy" -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5QrkDrS0IQ

Also, here's a nice collection of jazz album covers, nearly all of which I can associate with the featured artist or the music.  An exception would be the "Miles Ahead" album.

http://www.birkajazz.com/archive/columbia.htm

And I agree rok, Blue Note was also a leader with album art.  Speaking of which, a good friend in HS and college had an older sister married to an artist who was commissioned for I believe several World Pacific covers.  Unfortunately a search didn't turn up any examples.

Pryso, it's for certain that wasn't it. Try this one;


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptdIiXjiqkw

This song tells a fascinating story;


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwFJwvZ_57E


I recall as a teenager, walking past the Pershing lounge in Chicago, and seeing Dinah's black Lincoln Continental with the spare on the trunk parked out front. It was the first of a kind; that was in 56, look it up.

There were other people admiring the car as well, it was the first one we had ever seen, plus we were hoping to see it's owner, the fabulous  "Dinah Washington."

Great clips of Julie and Christy; thanks O-10 and Pryso.  Aside from the pure enjoyment, two things “jumped out” at me when I listened  to those great clips of those two beautiful singers.  First, like the influence that Charlie Parker had on practically every player that followed is the sometimes subtle but clear influence that Billie Holliday had on singers of that era on phrasing and vocal shadings  The other is bewilderment, once again, over the attention and adulation that a singer like Diana Krall receives today when there are so many practically forgotten singers who were on an entirely different artistic level.  Here’s another from a gem of a record that I have:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hIowseyFdEk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yiW0ANvFpKA

Rok, amazing Wes Montgomery clip. Swinging like mad and lots of heat. Loved it! Thanks for that. Wes Montgomery is brilliant as always and Johnny Griffin sounds amazing.

I love the way great players “communicate” during a great performance and send musical cues to each other that then influence the way the other player plays; players are glued to each other musically and taking in everything that each other does. There’s a great example of this in that clip. Listen to what Montgomery does in his solo at 1:39, he plays a phrase by sliding from note to note in a way that is actually very “guitaristic”, but stands out in the context of the entire solo. Now, listen to what Johnny Griffin does at 4:45 in his solo. Griffin is one my favorite tenor players and I have many recordings of him as leader, as sideman and I heard him live twice (Village Vanguard, 90’s); I have never heard him do what he did at 4:45. He mimicked what Wes did at 1:39. If one listens really closely, in the background one can hear who I would bet is Wes Montgomery saying “Yeah!” after the first time Griffin makes those note slides, as if to say “You owe me a beer”.  Love that stuff! That’s a record to buy.

btw, what is that voice at 2:40. Some strange Satanic message? 😳