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The Evolution of Modern Jazz


Shadorne's thread "Outstanding Examples of Musicianship" inspired me to begin this thread. While Shadorne stated that all genre's were welcome, I felt that me and another jazz aficionado were beginning to dominate that thread. Shadorne is a "Rocker", bless his heart. This community functions best when like minded people engage in common dialogue.

The title explains this thread. We will use "youtube" the same as in Shardone's thread to illustrate our examples, and now I begin.

In the beginning, there was Charlie "Bird" Parker, and he said "Let there Be Bop" and thus it began. While walking down the street, Bird ran into John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, who had similar ideas, so they "Bopped" down the street together; Bird on alto sax and Diz on trumpet. My first illustration of this new music is "Bloomdido" with Bird and Diz. We should cover "Be Bop" in depth before we go to the next phase of this evolution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MCGweQ8Oso&NR=1
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This is one of the best, a hard bob favorite recorded back in 1958.

The whole album is fantastic musically and the recording is stunning on the original, the the Classic Records four disc 45 RPM and The Music Matters Jazz release on 45 RPM (two disc) version.

The cut I linked to is Blue Night, everyone is in perfect form, a perfect Jazz album in my opinion and one I play frequently.

Deep Night

Pro review notes:
Sonny Clark in the leader's chair also featured a young Jackie McLean on alto (playing with a smoother tone than he had before or ever did again), trumpeter Art Farmer, and the legendary rhythm section of bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones, both from the Miles Davis band.

Also:
The LP closes with Henderson and Vallée's "Deep Night," the only number in the batch not rooted in the blues. It's a classic hard bop jamming tune and features wonderful solos by Farmer, who plays weird flatted notes all over the horn against the changes, and McLean, who thinks he's playing a kind of snake charmer blues in swing tune. This set deserves its reputation for its soul appeal alone.
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Albertporter, I liked that. Sonny Clark and Jackie Mac sound good together. Do you have "Sonny's Crib"? It's my best CD by Sonny, I think you will like it.
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At no time in history have we had a jazz explosion like the decade 59 through 69. While "hard bop" was progressing, another genre was cooking; "West Coast jazz", and it was cool. I went to a movie with a sound track so gripping, that I became engrossed in the music, "Who cared what the movie was about". That was the nature of "west coast jazz"; the very best jazz was on movie sound tracks with long ago forgotten movies.

The sound track from the movie "I Want To Live" is a good example of west coast jazz. If anyone can recall the TV series Peter Gunn, that was also west coast jazz. Grimace might be able to help us on this subject.

My examples are from the sound track of the movie "I Want To Live"" and the Newport jazz festival.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmp4vtuCWwY

Jazz on a summer day; Jimmy guiffre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfLsEH4csQ4
orpheus10 OP
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Albertporter, I broke my own rule for this thread; "Why say it with words when you can say it with music". I give you "Speak Low" from "Sonny's Crib".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8PcFSMYUqg&feature=related
foster_9
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"Why say it with words when you can say it with music".

Orpheus, that sums it up. The music tells the story in its own words and people react.
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