Obviously ,Your personal life effects what you like in Music . I will buy anything made by anybody if it its something I heard with my late wife . rok, were you serious about that pop junk ? While not written specifically for Christmas this is one you hear a lot this time of year in praise of God here in USA's ground zero of choir music . This IMO is the most profound single religious piece ever written by an American.The Belgium choir sounds like they were shot down from heaven just for this recording ! https://youtu.be/fRL447oDId4?t=6 |
Rok, re “blowing” session.
In Jazz parlance “blowing” is soloing/mprovising, Obviously, the literal meaning refers to blowing air (into a horn), but in Jazz when a piano, guitar, bass player, or even drummer plays a solo he is also “blowing”. A “blowing session” is a session in which the emphasis is the soloing with less emphasis on the compositions or attempt at any particularly interesting arrangement, One usually hears a basic, even generic, reading of the melody (usually standards) and then everyone “blows” usually extended solos. One could say that the music is usually characterized by a looser, even more causal, vibe; the players are having fun.
That is one of my favorite Cannonball recordings. He kills on that record with Milt Jackson. An interesting (for me) personal story: In the summer of 1975 (was about to start college) I was in a record store in Miami, Fla with a short stack of records under my arm. The local Jazz radio station was playing and the DJ announced that Cannonball had just died. That record was one of the five or six under my arm.
Another of the records under my arm, and on the subject of West Coast players, one of my favorite West Coast saxophone players. A very swinging player that goes under the radar way too often:
https://youtu.be/pERO8m_9sIU
https://youtu.be/2joWrHSsNUY
https://youtu.be/V9eNtsqfpzQ
https://youtu.be/IzveIxkjApo
Btw, the above third and fourth clips in particular, would never be referred to as “blowing sessions”. Characteristic of much of West Coast Jazz there is an emphasis on interesting, sometimes intricate, arrangements and compositions.
Speaking of West Coast Jazz, Pryso’s “cheesecake” and Rok’s love of great album covers (more Herb Geller”:
https://youtu.be/gfGKqERBRLk
Speaking of Herb Geller and Christmas. Merry Christmas to all!: https://youtu.be/P7meYOaEmVU |
If your going to listen to pop Christmas songs , you might as well listen to the best songs , sung by the most powerful male choir in history .Sad to say , many of these men died in a plane crash . On Christmas Day ! https://youtu.be/MOqPOrngccMTry as they might Stalin and Company never killed the Christian Heart of Mother Russia and the Saints of Orthodox Christianity , the oldest branch of Christianity , who died for it . Sleep well , fellow Soldiers . And Jesus said " Love they Enemy " https://youtu.be/QF6zp7sdTSo |
Fabulous Agnus Dei, Schubert. Thanks for that. In the off chance that someone has not heard Barber’s original composition that he later arranged for choir, here it is. Similar pacing from one of the best orchestral string sections ever (often played too cloyingly slow): https://youtu.be/ThDIKvee_mYRe pop Christmas songs and the Red Army choir. Great, of course, but..... Always room for a some lightheartedness this time of year 😃 https://youtu.be/GfZPtkqXQIA |
frogman , Jesus wasn’t kidding when he said " Love they Enemy " .
Perhaps the hardest thing to do, but there it is .
I talked to many Russian Soldiers in Berlin , they were friendly , polite and the same thing I was , A soldier .
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