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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
orpheus10
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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
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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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Foster, west coast jazz is taking me on a stroll down memory lane. Not only was west coast cool, but the people who liked it; were the coolest and "hipest" I ever met. Not the fake "wannabe", but cool to the bone; like they were born genetically "hip".

The records I have are worn out and can't be replaced. I'm hoping we get lucky and this thread attracts a west coast jazz aficionado. Here is Bud Shank "Well You Needn't".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKC6YrK1UKs&feature=related
orpheus10 OP
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Foster, I forgot to mention, we're still into hard bop. Since west coast and hard bop are in the same time frame, we'll pursue them on parallel tracks.
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