Jazz for aficionados
Not to worry about the frogman keegiam. He is always lurking about in between gigs. Maybe there is a blackout in Croatia. I'm still here just very busy last week and this week. I found some time to listen to this Woody Shaw album last night. Live at Basel Disc 1 (5) Invitation (Live) - YouTube (5) Seventh Avenue (Live) - YouTube (5) In Your Own Sweet Way (Live) - YouTube (5) Stepping Stone (Live) - YouTube Disc 2 (5) Love Dance (Live) - YouTube (5) 'Round About Midnight (Live) - YouTube (5) Teotihuacan (Live) - YouTube (5) Theme for Maxine (Live) - YouTube Theme for Maxine was written for Maxine Gordon (future wife of Dexter Gordon). Maxine had a relationship with Woody. They moved in together and had a son and named him Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III. Their relationship did not work out although Woody would continue writing songs inspired by Maxine. Woody later wrote the composition and title for the album it is on called "Little Reds Fantasy".in 1976. That same year Woody played trumpet on Dexter Gordon's great album "Homecoming Live at the Village Vanguard" Both Woody and Dexter called Maxine "Little Red" on occasion. |
@ghosthouse I see on the last page you and keegiam were discussing guitar players specifically Al De Meola and Allan Holdsworth. I agree both are extremely talented virtuoso’s on the guitar but they often do get bogged down creating and improvising. With Allan Holdsworth it was the "gimicky" stuff he tinkered with that annoyed me. Especially that Synthaxe instrument. Allan is one of those players who made some really good albums and some really crappy albums. Al De Meola, to me, is a little more consistent and not nearly as experimental as Allan was. I like most of his albums but there are a few duds. Soloing There are 4 guitar payers right off the top of my head that can play extended improvised solo’s (7 minutes or more) that never "get stuck in neutral" during the solo. Jimi Hendrix Jeff Beck Terry Kath Duane Allman All 4 of the above I can listen to their songs and the solo's within them and never get "fatigued" Jimi was simply the best at this. That he release only 3 "official" studio albums and his estate still reals in millions of dollars in revenue every year is a testament to this. I have the 6 CD set "WINTER LAND LIVE" Jimi played 2 sets per night for 3 nights using the same song list and not one version sounds the same. I have over 50 Hendrix discs in my collection which shows just how much material this genius had written before his untimely death and was on tour playing 300 nights per year for close to 4 years creating all the live albums which were recorded (thankfully) and released over the last 50 years since his death. He also recorded Too many songs in studio to list that were later released. Jimi's 3 studio albums have not one bad track on any of them. In fact all the songs I would rate 8 - 10 stars out of 10. Listen to the simple solo bridge in "The Wind Cries Mary" and you can hear his excellence in incorporating the same rythm chords into the lead. (5) Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary - YouTube Jimi jams with HOF Jazz organist Larry Young: (5) Young/Hendrix Jam - YouTube I will speak about Beck, Kath and Allman later when I have time. |
Today's Listen: THE PORT OF HARLEM JAZZMEN with / J.C. Higginbottom(trombone), Sidney Bechet(Soprano sax, clarinet), Albert Ammons(piano), Meeade Lux Lewis(piano), Sid Catlett(drums), Teddy Bunn(guitar). Four different groups on one disc. Teddy Bunn plays guitar on all tracks. Recorded 1939-1940. Port of Harlem Jazzmen: mighty blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgZA-XPDaps port of harlem blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZLn85vlblo Port of Harlem Seven: pounding heart blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2n61iX254w blues for tommy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjV3LpWcyZ0 Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet: saturday night blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNoIvOWy4T8 dear old southland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9FKoU0NsPw Teddy Bunn: king porter stomp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpdKMAgwZ5c blues without words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KoWJCPrCPg Lot of clicks and pops, but you vinyl guys are used to that. Cheers |
