Jazz for aficionados

The truth of the matter Pryso, is the fact that I'm just getting seriously interested in Maynard Fersuson as a musician. I saw him on TV clowning around so much, I thought he was just a showman, but now that I know better I'll be doing some serious listening and collecting. BTW, that's some boss Maynard Ferguson which I will add to my collection.

It's funny that you should think about me, when I was thinking about you and Lee Konitz;


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPO6Zq_jg1g&list=RDJPO6Zq_jg1g&start_radio=1


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IoLvsQ_NhM&list=RDJPO6Zq_jg1g&index=4


That West Coast vibe was quite a contrast to my normal diet of East Coast jazz. People forget how different the Wast Coast was from the Midwest or East Coast at that time; there was a whole different lifestyle, and the music reflected that.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyt3_rZx5w&list=RDJPO6Zq_jg1g&index=6


Oddly enough, that tune has a West Coast feel to it, kind of laid back and beautiful.


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsTfHhdF0t0



Either I'm listening better or I'm hearing better; no matter which, the music is sounding better; that's partly because of the "grid"; this "lockdown" has produced a quiet electrical grid. Most people don't realize that ARC and other expensive gear cost so much because of the power supply that tames kinky AC, but now that we have smooth AC, cheaper gear sounds much better.


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acbB2WH7ahw


I think you're also into NOS tubes; I bought some brand new 6922 Telefunkens that sounded real good but didn't last, so now I have to go back to the expensive NOS that last forever; there ain't no free lunch in high end audio, but it's worth it.

These are just the best times for serious listening; I'm listening to tape recorded with the Telefunkens in the Phono-Pre, and records like "Pithecanthropus Erectus" sound like new music, even though I first bought it in 61 or 62; so you no how many times I've heard it, but it sounds brand new today.


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB6GkA54n_Q


Stay cool and enjoy the music.

For me, this is classic West Coast -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aTsO5IpMUg

And recorded in a San Diego high school long before I moved there -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02MLv1i88_8

When I was young, I lusted for life on the West Coast; the ocean, beautiful sunsets, and loads of beautiful girls, what was there not to like.


Gerry Mulligan is my favorite West Coast musician, his work on the movie soundtrack "I Want To Live" is unforgettable, it's so emotional.

   
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRSCcC5LtwA


I like this too;


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

No wonder that "California Concerts" cooks like it does;


Personnel: Zoot Sims (tenor sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Bob Brookmeyer (piano), Red Mitchell (bass), Larry Bunker (drums)


Bob Brookmeyer on piano; that's unusual;


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTXPWizKSO4

This legend who wrote the words and some of the music for MANY of the "standards " also had a good voice and left a record of how we should act in present day .

https://youtu.be/f3jdbFOidds?t=3

Not that I will .