Jazz for aficionados

Then i understand you... I moved to Leo Ferré....

If i had known him i would have bought a Marvin Gaye album instead of Rolling Stone...

I did not want to disparage Rolling Stone they were talented but  with no moving "jazz" element for me nor "poetry" for me.... 

One more confession. I’ve moved over to Marvin Gaye "What’s Going On." It may not be jazz, but when I first heard it I had no idea what genre it fell into. I’ve listened to it a lot. 

@mahgister 

Just curious, when you said "no moving jazz element" re: the Stones, did you mean it didn’t "move you" emotionally, or did you mean something else? 

I’d never heard of Leo Ferré, so I typed his name into Google and this was the first result: In 1970, when this song was first released, I was 14. I don’t think I could’ve related to the sentiment or handled the emotional intensity at that age. 

 https://www.google.com/search?q=leo+ferre&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS705US705&oq=leo+ferre&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyBwgBEC4YgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyBwgDEC4YgAQyBwgEEC4YgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEC4YgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQkzMTMxajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBR3NOVsW1CXG&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:18900dfd,vid:jB2QFS1osSs,st:0

@maghister,

I didn't have a lot of money growing up either. I would work odd jobs and use the money to buy records. All of the records I bought in high school were classical. I couldn't stand the bubble-gum music on the radio. 

When I got to college friends introduced me to jazz and some of the better pop. I was very lucky to go to Berkeley in the mid-sixties. I saw Sunny Terry and Brownie McGhee several times, once at a party where I was sitting at their feet. Big Mama Thorton sang on the bar in a joint I went to. I went to San Francisco to hear Pharoah Sanders in person. I went to the Fillmore Auditorium to hear Mary Wells and Otis Redding. Plus other interesting rock groups like The Dead. 

I met a girl and she introduced me to the Beatles. I would have danced with her to anything. I introduced her to Stravinsky. Music has been woven through my life since I can remember. 

@audio-b-dog 

Have you seen this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuDAVRQbwb8&list=RDnuDAVRQbwb8&start_radio=1

Glad to see the great Joe Farrel get some love.  Fabulous player.  One of my very favorite saxophone players and arguably the best Jazz flutist  of all time.  Left us way too soon. Check your audiophile hats at the door and check out this amazing bootleg of Joe’s quintet with Tom Harrel.  Probably my favorite Tom Harrel on any recording.

https://youtu.be/JxSs5_BNNYo?si=m51YvOAp2GrfrtnU