Jazz for aficionados
It was 1968, that was the year the Sun died; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpR8UrMQvnU I was dining at a cafe all alone, and Shirley Bassey sang; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JSi3i_1lZQ but it was too late, she was already gone; that didn't stop me from wishing she would sing to me that song. |
While Paul Desmond's "Taste Of Honey" is so sublime that I must have it, I don't think it captures the intended spirit of the tune. I think the spirit of the tune should be seductive, like Woody Herman's; one can not stop with just one taste of that honey, it always calls for just one more taste of honey. |
Rok, the ultimate music can change for me in a matter of hours; presently, this is the ultimate music; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sda6b_0Kiak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpenHlO_D_Y |
Here is an album that was originally posted by Alex. He has a number of albums that capture the spirit of The South Side of Chicago in the late 50's, and he's never been to Chicago. This one album earned John Wright so much fame in Chicago that a day was designated in his honor which is celebrated every year. People who experienced this "Mecca of Hipness" that was so cool, have a hard time believing that it ever existed. Now, John Wright's music is all that we have; it captured something that would elude a photograph; he captured the living spirit of what is was like to walk those streets, to live where famous artists and musicians were a common occurrence; but most importantly, he captured the essence of life on the South Side at that time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvvJWkG0oKk |
