Jazz for aficionados

Today's Listen:

Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Harry Edison -- LAUGHIN' TO KEEP FROM CRYING

My kind of Trumpet players!  Lester plays clarinet.   Excellent, if tiny, liner notes.   Didn't say to what Benny the salute was intended.
Lester died the following year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPJ_5reMkC0   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIrRal4fqWs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrXHu4elT5E

Cheers

Mayor, the title of this thread is "Jazz For Aficionados". According to Webster, an Aficionado is a person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime. "aficionados of the finest wines", or the best jazz; think of   "connoisseur".

Since you were never issued an official "aficionado card", I don't have to pull it.

With all due respect, you're evaluation of that gem is proof positive that you do not meet the requirements of a "Jazz Aficionado", but with enough effort, you may one day be qualified.


Have a nice day.

Many jazz tunes have very deep meaning, and music that projects the depths of that meaning. "I Told Jesus" is just such a tune.

I once knew a beautiful girl who was very religious, and when she was overwhelmed by her problems this is what she did; she told Jesus.

When I was curled up in a hospital bed waiting to die, someone must have told Jesus.


  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4JP6JRv7k0


This is from the album "Salt Song".


Track listing
"Gibraltar"
"I Told Jesus"
"Salt Song"
"I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do"
"Storm"
"Vera Cruz"


Recorded on July 7 & 13 (tracks 1-5) and April 23, 1971

Personnel
Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
Eumir Deodato - electric piano, arranger, conductor
Ron Carter - bass
Airto Moreira - drums, percussion
Horace Parlan, Richard Tee - piano, electric piano, organ (tracks 1-5)
Eric Gale - electric guitar (tracks 1-5)
Billy Cobham - drums (tracks 1-5)
Julius Brand, Paul Gershman, Julius Held, Leo Kahn, Harry Katzman, Joe Malin - violin (tracks 2-5)
Harold Coletta - viola (tracks 2-5)
Charles McCracken, Alan Shulman - cello (tracks 2-5)
Hubert Laws, George Marge, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson - flute (track 6)
Sivuca - guitar (track 6)
Russell George - bass (track 6)
Joao Palma, Dom Um Romão - drums, percussion (track 6)
Margaret Branch, Brenda Bryant, Patsy Smith - vocals (tracks 2 & 5)

I Told Jesus:

Mo better 'fusion'.    As Cannonball said, "It's all the same thing".

Cheers

rok" the International sweethearts of rhythm" was a nice little slice of jazz history. The person who posted the video  seems to indicate there were numerous all-female bands  back at that time . Did Ken Burns forget to cover them in his PBS Jazz series? Or did I just miss that segment. I am guessing that these ladies got together out of necessity as none of them were probably offered positions in the male-dominated Bands of that era.