Jazz for aficionados

Soren Bebe - “Echoes”

Trio from Denmark. Just piano, bass, drums. Simple, mellow, beautiful and shows off your equipment nicely.

alexatpos, I also had a socialist upbringing. As I studied archaeology for my book, I found out there were Marxist archaeologists as well as feminist archaeologists. One of the biggest questions I have, and I have no answer, is what society would look like, through what lens would we view the world, if women hadn't been suppressed for at least 5,000 years?

Let's look at art and music. When did women begin to participate in the arts? I know there are a few exceptions, but I mean on a somewhat broad scale. Can you think of any women composers prior to Clara Schumann in the mid 1800s? And Clara Schumann was a bright, bright star, married to a great composer and loved by other great composers like Brahms. 

In jazz, when did women begin to participate,? And by participating I mean more than singing. Truthfully, we are just beginning to sense the power of female musicians today. When we talk about the greats in jazz, Coltrane, Davis, and all the others, no women come up. So the suppression of women has a lot to do with the arts. We can say the same about painting and writing. Since women read fiction much more than men, they became involved a bit earlier. Jane Austin lived in the early 1800s.

I have a lot of theories which include the masculine affects on physics, but they're not for here. But theories aside, just think about the history of the arts. It is so obvious that women and whatever they have to offer have been suppressed as far back as the Greeks and the Jews, both of whom formed our way of thinking and the lens through which we see the world. Which, by the way, has included war since the first patriarchies with the Sumerians and Aryans. Homer writes about war. The Torah talks about war. It's been all the rage since women were suppressed.

And just to throw in a bit of feminine energy, here's a taste of Geri Allen:

https://www.google.com/search?q=geri+allen+youtube&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS945US945&oq=geri+allen+youtube&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIKCAEQABiABBiiBDIHCAIQABjvBTIHCAMQABjvBTIHCAQQABjvBTIKCAUQABiABBiiBNIBCjE2MzU4ajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBSZ6fNsVcTVt&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:eab80acb,vid:OfP7Z0NQKpE,st:0

I don't think I've heard James Carter's name mentioned on this forum. This guy's got a ton of energy. He's still relatively young, in his mid-fifties. Here's a taste of Bro. Dolphy:

https://www.google.com/search?q=james+carter+bro.+dolphy+youtube&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS945US945&oq=james+carter+Bro.+dolphy+you&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBECEYoAEyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigAdIBCjI4MTY3ajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBTAvDEUynA_58QUwLwxFMpwP-Q&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f3a74d0d,vid:uHhbCo_Pw_A,st:0

I've been listening to James Carter for hours. The more I listen the more I think he might be the best horn out there blowing today. And he blows a lot of different horns, including woodwinds. Makes so many different sounds in so many styles, it's amazing. 

Pipi, thanks for the recommendation. I will listen today.