Jazz for aficionados
Speaking of the Free Jazz bunch. You posted this recently, but it's worth hearing everyday. I love the 4-note thing the background trumpets play and how it changes as the song progresses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQCtBIBcPpE This is great music making. I wonder if we would like it as much if this was the first and only "I only have eyes for you"? Cheers |
This is what I was listening too. Standard instruments, who would have thought? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVxF9HyZzWM |
Well, I do declare! (in my best faux-Southern acceint....not very good). You like David Ware AND Lester Bowie! Will wonders never cease? 😉. Just kidding and yanking your chain of course. I believe there was a time when they would have been put squarely in the “noisemaker” category. Re marginal instruments: While I wouldn’t say “gimmicky”, it is true that players with a less traditional mindset will be prone to search for new and unusual sounds. **** I wonder if we would like it as much if this was the first and only "I only have eyes for you"? **** And that IS a good and fascinating question. In a way it answers the question re what is an “appropriate” instrument for jazz.... familiarity with the sound plays a big role in our reaction to it. And you thought the bass clarinet was marginal in jazz: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=riIWVv5u7Jg nsp, thanks for that Bennie Maupin clips. I wasn’t familiar with those and enjoyed them. There’s just something about Maupin’s playing that I always like. His soprano saxophone playing on Headhunters is also fantastic. Rough around the edges, but so funky! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hNlm-W3m1qc ghosthouse, the chickens are coming home to roost 😊 |
