Jazz for aficionados
"A slow hot wind"; nothing could be more descriptive, or seductive; "A slow hot wind in the Philippines." A slow hot wind in Montego Bay Jamaica off the coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea; that’s the beginning of my next novel (although I haven’t written the first) With a beginning like that, and music like this, you know it’s got to be hot; you submit your own fantasy to fit the first chapter, I already lived mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNxf0cSOwio |
nsp Peppe ’s music is extraordinary. You can almost touch the magic sound that comes out of his instrument, that vivid and palpable mark it leaves. I was introduced by a friend into jazz giants but in the process and in my complete ignorance (that poor knowledge still continues to be) have discovered Peppe by myself. I remember that I said to myself: Omg, who this guy is? Later found out that I run into one of ’the world’s great altoist’ as Scott Yanow, American historian and jazz reviewer once said for Peppe. I very much like this one Art Pepper ’The Prisoner’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5utT5yiQAOo made by Karen Lawrence’s song ’Prisoner’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPFOIBwKf5Q mistakenly thought to be the song written by Barbra Streisand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjMR-A5AaH8 - came to be a huge hit after the song was used as the soundtrack for the movie ’Eyes of Laura Mars’ Lyrics "I’ve never been wrong But you’re the the only one I trust to show me the way I always hear your voice And in my dreams I hear you calling my name What is it about you? Some kind of light shines from your face And I can’t turn away. I’m like a prisoner Captured by your eyes, I’ve been taken And I’ve been hypnotized..." *** As for the Dusko in related to Miles, Frogman said it all. And so did you in one of your latest postings. In my opinion, I am quite sure that, the more the artists ’work’ on themselves and their art, the more they are able to shape their own and recognizable sound in the process. I think it’s inevitable. Will they try to suppress their signature or let it out on the open, I guess that’s the matter of their choice & courage & arrogance. Personally, I prefer lousy original over excellent copy (replication). |
nsp, frog's reference covered it better, but here is another substantiation. See the second paragraph - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rodney I remembered it from something shown on PBS maybe a dozen years ago. At least my memory didn't fail me this time. ;^) |
I bought this ages ago, I even remember the store; now it's all scratched, I must have partied a lot back then; maybe I can buy it again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU3KI3L2t4g Sometimes we just kind of wander in different directions, but that's OK. I hope everybody knows buy now what it means when I don't comment; I just have nothing to add or subtract from that subject. Just hang loose, and we'll get back together when it happens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvGBsaUfWEk |
