Jazz for aficionados
Pjw, it's funny you should mention that LP by "The Messengers"; it's playing right now and I hear Bobby Timmons, Lee Morgan, Bennie Golson, and Jymie Merrit a lot more than I hear Blakey; you tell me what you hear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teF-8IqFIh4 |
Glad you liked that, Schubert. That was one of the greatest tenor fronted quartets in recent times. Michael Brecker was a genius and is so sorely missed. Putting personal style aside he was probably the greatest saxophone virtuoso that has ever lived. Very good Piazzola by the Italian Quartet, btw. Thanks for that. https://youtu.be/2MPQCV_nUiI https://youtu.be/tjpjGSr38d4 |
The real deal for a listener like me is is Brecker brought the rest of the guys up with him . I’ll leave Calderazzo out for the simple reason I don’t really get him(my bad) , but Peterson was even better than usual ,which I could not believe , ditto for e dui . I think there are lessons to be learned from this .A Miles Davis could put the fear of God into them , but a Brecker brought God to the party .Music( or anything else) can’t be that transcendent if love is not in the room . |
Here is the great man himself , a composer mind you, playing one of his works with the other serious band, like the WDR , in Cologne . I would think any lover of serious music can hear serious genres can blend and blend well . https://youtu.be/VTPec8z5vdY Adios Nonino essentially means "Farewell ’ , he composed this very soon after his father, also a great bandoneon player, passed .I like to think that’s why some of the music is Angelic . You can see him go into pure grief for his father about 5:20 , teared me up .. |
Way back in the day, when they sang this in my Church, I would inch just a little closer to my Mom. :) They knew how to put the fear of God in you. HUSH!! somebody’s calling my name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxm7g8xbE4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqYuBfg20Tc note the 'rhythm section' It's all the same thing indeed. Cheers |
