Jazz for aficionados
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orpheus10 Glad you enjoyed the article it was quite extensive and a nice tribute to John Wright. I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment that the music of a time and place is as important in defining that time as any pictures or words maybe even more so. Your memories and stories relating music two different places and times are always interesting keep them coming!! I hope when I receive my John Wright CD and listen to his music that I can capture some of the atmosphere and feeling of the time& place . Obviously I can't come close to your experience as you lived it which makes it so much more special. with regards to your experience with Miles Davis it must have been quite a culture shock. I've read that Legions of fans dropped Miles Davis when he went into his Jazz Rock thing.But miles knew what he was doing he picked up a lot of new fans with the style of music he created at the end of the 60s. I discovered Miles the opposite of you by first listening to bitches Brew in 1974 . Of course having been exposed to rock music up until this point I thought it was interesting and quite different. When I discovered his earlier work a few years later I was really blown away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aQN6ozACk8 I will say a prayer for the return of your good health. |
pjw you posted a cut from Jackie McClean's Action recently. Are you aware of the album It's Time by McLean which was recorded a little over a month earlier than Action? it has a slightly different excellent lineup Charles Tolliver& Cecil McBee play on both albums. Herbie Hancock is on the piano & Roy Haynes takes the drum chair. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVl5G-gxndM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiqwsUus-XU |
nsp, I do appreciate your prayers for my health, and I'm sure they'll help. I know that just communicating with like minded individuals certainly helps my frame of mind. In regard to "South Side Soul", I was in my teens, and within walking distance of 63rd and Cottage Grove. This was in the Summer of 56, and Chicago had some of the most spectacular cool nights; you needed a sweater or sport coat in the evenings. My older cousin had a closet full of both. At this time, you could walk Cottage Grove at night, and feel as safe as in your own yard; the sidewalk was bustling with people; well dressed people I might add. In the evening, I would choose one of my cousins sharpest sport coats or sweaters, and go strolling on "the boulevard". There was a "Walgreens" with a long lunch counter on 63rd and Cottage, and lots of pretty girls my age would be sitting at the counter enjoying a coke or whatever, but mostly "window shopping". I liked to stroll down the aisle behind them to see how many eyes I caught; that was my evening thrill. This was only a block away from the fabulous "Pershing Lounge" where star quality people were coming and going; that was the aura in that small part of the "South Side" at that time. |
