Here is an interesting artist that's new to me, and I wanted to share his music.

Cuba Disco:

Nice tunes and a pretty good singer. I think the guys around her were the pros, the ’Orchestra’ seemed to be for show. They didn’t contribute too much. Seemed awful young. A group that large should have had more presence and volume.

Cuba does seem to spend a lot of effort on their young people. Gotta get them beholding to the regime early and often.

Nice clip.

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Dizzy:

The most important instrument in Jazz is of course, the Piano.   They can do it by themselves.

Dizzy?   I always think of him as the Pops of be-bop.

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I'll never understand the Wynton critics.

Why is creativity the measure?  The man is a consummate student of jazz and a fantastic horn player.  He's been passing the torch for decades.  The jazz world is much richer due to his presence and vision.

Piano is in no way the most important jazz instrument.  You must be hung up on European heritage.

Jazz and blues are founded in "vocal" expression emanating from the human soul.  Wind and brass instruments are perfect for "singing" or "crying out" through a musical instrument.

Piano is percussive.  Fantastic jazz can (and has) been created on piano.  But sax, trumpet, clarinet are the most important - they allow the inner voice to pour forth much like singing.  The players literally sing through the instrument.

***** I'll never understand the Wynton critics.  Why is creativity the measure?*****

His critics are mostly adherents of what is called  'modern' or 'contemporary' Jazz.  In this sort of 'Jazz', the music is whatever the player says it is.  If you don't get it, then something is wrong with you.   Sort of like the Emperor's clothes. 

 That means sounds, I won't call it music,  devoid of blues, and emotional feeling of any kind.  The complete antithesis of the music that started in New Orleans.

Juilliard and Berklee are their holy sites.   The students from these places  couldn't find New Orleans or Mississippi with an Atlas.

Wynton is on the other side of this cultural war.   The fate of Jazz as we know it is at stake.

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