Jazz for aficionados
Mary-jo, I posted this album sometime ago before you joined us, so I decided to post it again for you and anyone who hasn't heard it. This is one of the first albums I ever purchased; it's by Johnny Smith on guitar, and features three tenors; Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, and Paul Quinichette. There is not one bad cut on the entire album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNpc-hFkCs |
’Big’ John Patton – Spiffy Diffy, great! *** Thank you Orpheus for Johnny Smith, I appreciate it and really like it. Impossible to fail with such great players. : ) *** Fred Jackson, Teena Hootin’ `N Tootin’, huh, thumbs up. As if the instrument cries, it makes me sad. Such a good music. You all are not normal. Not. But who wants to be normal? And what is normal after all. Wish you nice afternoon with the good music by your side. I surely know what I will listen today. |
AlexI googled Fred Jackson and determined after the 60's h e left jazz to make a living playing R&B. He reco rded with numerous non-jazz artists but not as a leader. His relaxed, bluesy and very emotional style is very apparent on Hootin n Tootin. I own a vinyl 45rpm copy and need to give it a listen.Baby FaceWillette was similar. A couple of albums in the discography, then iilness forced him off the scene. |
Baby Face Willette created all new music that I was fortunate enough to hear just before his illness and death. I had a discussion with another professional keyboard player, and I was telling him how good "Face" was. "He was good, but he wasn't that good", was his response. When I went to the record store searching for this "new music", that I assumed Face had recorded, it wasn't to be found; therefore, I had to settle for "He was good, but he wasn't that good". If Face had gotten this music I heard live recorded, it would have put him at a different level,and given him a lot much more recognition. |
