Jazz for aficionados

Frogman due to your unconcern for the problems that plague the lower middle class especially, which numbers in the many millions of people, I'm inclined to believe you live in what is equivalent to "The Gold Coast" in Chicago. Apparently there are many here on the "Gon" that qualify for the "Gold Coast", that's good, but if rich people like JFK didn't care for those who are less fortunate, this country would be in much worse shape than it is.

It's possible that living in such an environment blinds one to the horrors of poverty. Poverty is incredibly more distressing than it was when I was young. It meant living in a crappy house and not having the best clothes, it didn't mean you or your kid accidentally getting shot when you walked out your front door. The saddest part about this is the fact, I don't see any way out of such a neighborhood.

We always have a trillion dollars for war, but nothing for the poor. As everyone knows, I have cancer, which meant surgery, chemotherapy plus more doctors and exams than I can count. All of that means sky high medical bills, more than I can possibly pay. Please, I'm not asking for sympathy, or financial help, I just want you to know what happens when a person gets a catastrophic illness. Even if a middle class person had money in the bank, it all just flew out the medical window. It shouldn't be like this.



No, I haven't forgotten the original intent of the thread;


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u23Etcb-L9M


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqn3PF_DcSg

 

As someone else here often concludes:

”Your honor, the people rest”

Hah! Interesting that you should post Benny Golson, O-10. I met him just five days ago. He lives in my friend and colleague’s (also a saxophone player) beautiful co-op apartment building in Harlem. What a nice man, speaking of nice individuals in Jazz. And what a great composer. Wrote so many great Jazz standards; and all with a certain elegance and personal stamp. Thanks for that.

As an interesting aside, the Wes Montgomery tune you posted was orchestrated by the recently discussed Claus Ogerman.

Probably my favorite Golson tune. The original (first) recording:

https://youtu.be/o_XDEStRF88

A favorite vocal version:

https://youtu.be/Wy5R3vouP3M

It would be very difficult , perhaps impossible , to write a better elegy or to play same in a more eloquent and dignified manner than Byrd and Gryce .

Frogman, I found your post very uplifting; it does my heart a world of good to hear that one of my favorite jazz musicians is doing well.

Yes, I'm very aware of what a great composer he is. I remember that LP very well; don't have it presently, but I remember it.

I hope I have your favorite vocal version of "I Remember Clifford"; she's beautiful, I can't think of a better version.