Jazz for aficionados

@mahgister I like so much Paul Desmond with Jim Hall ...

Paul Desmond has the most distinctive tone on the alto then any other. Every solo is a thing of beauty...

What do you mean by "showing off"? Back when Be Bop turned the swing era of jazz upside down the late night jamming sessions in all of the NYC nightclubs and cafes were attended by anyone who wanted to and was not afraid to compete... It was aright of passage when your "chops" and virtuosity were accepted by your peers and you became "one of them" There was no publicity - just the artists jamming.....

These jamming sessions would start at closing time around 4am and continue many times until 10am.... 

Norman Granz became very well known by hosting "jam sessions" for the public and recorded (thankfully) many of them. Granz called these jam concerts Jazz At The Philharmonic - JATP. Most of the recordings are sub par sonically but are still exciting to listen to. 

All of these musicians could play a song beautifully from ballads to blues and waltzes....This is one of my desert island sessions

Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Howard McGhee, Sonny Criss – Bopland: The Legendary Elks Club Concert L.A. 1947 (2004, CD) - Discogs

What do you mean by "showing off"?

I was describing my taste not an objective judgement...

For example there is many trumpeters more virtuoso with the trumpet, not one can spoke as Baker minimalistically do or very , very few at least ...I dont know one...

There is no fault with the others trumpeter i like them too... But i prefer those as Watababe, Baker, and Desmond among others who play minimalistic and song the song...

There is a great difference between being impressed by a piece and listening it a few times and being moved by a piece and listening to it hundred times... That was my point...

I am admirative and amazed by many more musicians i like too but more rarely moved by very few i loved more than i liked ...

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In general i listened new albums one time or few times thats all ... I listened more often the one that moves me...

I prefer coming back to what i love than just exploring the new for the sake of novelty... I am more in search of what will move me....Desmond and Watanabe i discovered not long ago do it...It is why i posted them here...Sometimes some musician dont move me for sure at first but impress me so much i begun to love them too... It is less frequent... For example :

Sun Ra and Walt Dickerson "visions" album is a masterpiece ... I dont understand why this album is not in all top ten... Two geniuses... Here they impress me so much i begun to be moved... It is paradoxical....Usually being impressed is not enough , i must first be moved... 😁

I like with my brain but i love with my heart... With this album it start with my brain being impressed...It is not usual beginning for an album i will  love ... Here i learned how  to love ...

I begun to love it  after understanding their perfect complicity and what they were trying to do , and miraculously that moved my heart in another plane... Too great album to be a popular one though  ...One of the great jazz album of all time...

Why ? creativity but their communication ... Only two top musicians at their peak speaking to one another on the highest level  as it is very rare to encounter ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEz8NZzffX8

@pjw81563 

I’ve been slowly going through the Penguin Guide To Jazz and I’m into the D’s.  I’ve been reading, listening and writing a list of who strikes my fancy.  Later, I hope to put everything on the computer for easy access. 

@mahgister

It’s funny, just yesterday I listened to Visions and it did not put it on my list. There is no doubt that Sun Ra and Walt Dickerson have great talent, but I am not a love of unstructured music and I’m not a huge fan of the Vibraphone. I guess I’m the reason it’s not in the top ten. Blame me.😁. But that’s what makes sharing music so much fun.

I am exactly like you if you read my two last posts...

I dont like very much unstructured music free jazz music ... And i like when the -players dont show off but sings...

But there is exceptions, like some Eric Dolphy albums...

And Walt Dickerson and Sun Ra...

i precisely recommended them as exception about my first preference for humble singing albums by trumpeters or sax players...

my advice : listen to it anew and let it grow on you and observe the wonderful complementarity between the two musicians and the creativity and their creation of  complete new sound......

For sure you are right anyway  ... We all have our idiosyncrasies and tastes.. 😊

We can only suggest.... For the benefit of one...

@mahgister

It’s funny, just yesterday I listened to Visions and it did not put it on my list. There is no doubt that Sun Ra and Walt Dickerson have great talent, but I am not a love of unstructured music and I’m not a huge fan of the Vibraphone. I guess I’m the reason it’s not in the top ten. Blame me.😁. But that’s what makes sharing music so much fun.