Jazz for aficionados
Isn't it interesting how all these marginal instruments and so-called "Free Jazz" seem to go hand in hand? Looking for a gimmick instrument to play gimmick 'music'? Cheers BTW, we really don't need no stinkin' Bass Clarinets in Jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhwTv9M8 . |
That wasn't Jazz. It was instrumental soul music. I do love Mr. Person. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F89Pu9m6JGM |
frog and nsp, thanks for suggesting "Out To Lunch", but a short story on that. A few years ago I bought a new copy of that LP, along with two others (Rollins and Griffin) on Blue Note at a local dealer. I'd read where that Dolphy album was recommended so pleased to find it had been reissued. But then before I broke the seals to play any of them I read comments online about very poor sonics with pressings by Scorpio who was apparently doing all the US Blue Note reissues at the time. So I set them aside with the intent or returning them, but became preoccupied with other things and forgot about them. Recently in sorting through my jazz catalog I discovered them again, but have been on the fence about opening them to play. So if any of you have experience with reissued Blue Notes pressed by Scorpio I'd appreciate any comments about the sonic qualities. I'm not expecting them to have the quality of the Music Matters reissues, but if they sound thin, undynamic, etc. then I won't bother. Thanks |
Grappelli has been playing violin forever. Long before he started playing Jazz. Back in the day when he and Django were together. He did not pick up the violin just to be different in the world of Jazz. Houston Person: True it's not Jazz, but I just happened to be listening to that CD when I read all the Bass Clarinet stuff. But it did make the point. :) Cheers |
