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



Jon Batiste is a musician Rok just introduced me to. From the first notes he played, I knew he was from Louisiana, with out knowing anything else about him.


Here's his bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Batiste


This is the tune Rok submitted;


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCC1EEmJlo4


It was one I will eagerly add to my collection. I thought I would share this with other music lovers seeking new artists.
orpheus10

Nikonola, you have answered many questions I had about New Orleans; like what makes it so different from any other city.

In every city I've ever been to, people "retreat" from one another; they build nice decks in the back for privacy. They even ignore the gun fire like in a war zone in the inner city. That gunfire is not people getting shot, but gangs warning other gangs not to come on their "turf"; it's kind of like animals peeing on trees.

I like the way people in New Orleans sit on the "front porch" where they can engage with one another; after all there's nothing they can do about the gigantic problems we are confronted with, might as well drink and be merry; that's what makes New Orleans so unique, and is one of the reasons why those who are born there prefer to stay there.

Thanks.

There never has, and there never will be a strict definition of "jazz". Wynton has attempted to say, this is jazz, but that is not jazz; it won't work.

While what was presented is a good example of "New Orleans Jazz", it does not stand up for repeated listens in my opinion; it was dated when I was born, and that was a long time ago.

There have been more artists with different styles of jazz than I can count since that time.

Here is one of them;


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BgZnyxD-bk


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ltqlGdxJIo


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC4hCn9411k&list=PLDiwark-Pr9o05stcwcQBOeiZrNKSO0-v&index=3


***** There never has, and there never will be a strict definition of "jazz". Wynton has attempted to say, this is jazz, but that is not jazz; it won't work.*****

Wynton speaks truth.  Don't like it, too bad.

***** While what was presented is a good example of "New Orleans Jazz", it does not stand up for repeated listens in my opinion; it was dated when I was born, and that was a long time ago.*****

Other 'dated' music / musicians:
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ellington, Mingus, Bolden, Armstrong, Miles, Elvis, Trane, Morgan, Sinatra, Adderley, Motown, etc.........   you get the drift.

You seem to like 'improvised music', if it can be called music, but not Jazz.   Jazz is not a throw-a-way music.   It never gets old or dated. 

And music played by a guy in clown clothing, playing tunes with third world names, does not make it good music, in fact, most often the opposite is true.  Music is music  and noise is noise.

As the good book says:
No Blues, No Jazz.   Know Blues, Know Jazz.

Cheers


More outdated Jazz. I know it’s awful, but please try to listen to it anyway. These poor folks thought they were playing timeless music, little did they know it would be ’dated’ so soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Kft3w-7DI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQBjD06a6l8

Cheers

not dated here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nym81fzg-To