Jazz for aficionados
Acman, that Gil Scott Heron clip was quite appropriate at this time. I recall Gil Scott Heron from the late 60's, he believed that protest would make things better; they've gotten "exponentially" worse for the people at the bottom; may he RIP wherever he is, because he certainly would not be able to rest here. |
acman I really liked that Mike Nock/Laurenz Pike - 'Kindred' clip. Its like a musical abstract painting. I have a lot of ECM label discs with similar music. Artists seem to flock to ECM to express what they are experimenting on and ECM likes this. Pink Floyd was to rock as the ECM label musicians are to jazz. I remember my younger days smoking mary jane and hash while listening to Pink Floyd's mesmerizing long psychedelic jams. Echoes is my favorite Pink Floyd song followed by everything they ever recorded in no particular order. Here is David Gilmour with Richard Wright performing Echoes in Gdansk Poland 2006. Wright passed away 2 years later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMneCi9F_UQ The Great Gig In The Sky is another Floyd song I would blast in my bedroom. My mom came in and said it was beautiful. I'll never forget that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVBCE3gaNxc |
Fellow inmates, I am an old man, I have been to a lot of places, I have seen a lot of things; but I have never seen anything even remotely like what I saw this morning, the normally busy streets here were deserted, it was like a science fiction movie. I went to Walmart, and found many empty shelves, no toilet paper. That should be placed under "National Emergency", it can cause more problems than you would believe. Let us enjoy our quarantine with good music, and stay safe. |
ghosthouse, nice clip. Mintzer is one of the most talented musicians around today. Great composer/arranger/ big band leader as well as player. Bass clarinet: For me the bass clarinet, like all instruments really, is most effective when all its unique qualities are used to their fullest and is played as more than just like another “saxophone” with a different type of tone. Dolphy was, of course, the master and standard bearer. Benny Maupin is a very soulful and underrated player who deserves more coverage here. Funky as hell on saxophones he is one of those who, IMO, also found the bass clarinet’s “soul”. Charter member of Herbie Hancock’s “Headhunters” he has been involved in many interesting projects including his own: https://youtu.be/Mad5PBuGrw0 Very different approach to the same tune: https://youtu.be/0Zlo2mkEo5U https://youtu.be/Gcqr63Q5mEs https://youtu.be/WtORTuLJw7o https://youtu.be/mZy7v_-ss74 |
