Jazz: America's Music
Today I purchased Blue Train by John Coltrane (on the blue note label) -Excellent and beautiful flowing Jazz work. Complimentary and solo work by an ensemble of trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, and of course percussion, with the ethereal tones of John Coltrane’s tenor sax. Listening to this album rekindle my interest in Jazz – American’s Music. It reminded me of the Ken Burns documentary on Jazz that premiered on PBS in 2001 (which also inspired a CD set and a single CD, The Best of Ken Burns Jazz, that I have). But I digress. My collection of Jazz music is small but I would like to enhance it so best recommendations on that would be welcome and helpful to everybody else as well.
Additionally this post is for just a general discussion of Jazz. Below is a list of the Jazz artists that are mentioned in the context of The Best of Ken Burns Jazz CD set. It is not intended as an inclusive list by any means and is made in alphabetical order, although the first person should be place number one on the list anyway. This jazz list does not include newer artists, Diana Krall just for an example. So it needs brought up to date, which I hope others will do.
Louis Armstrong
Count Basie
Sidney Bechet
Art Blakey
Dave Brubeck
Omette Coleman
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Dizzy Gillesepe
Benny Goodman
Herbie Hannock
Coleman Hawkins
Fletcher Henderson
Billie Holiday
Charles Mingus
Theionious Monk
Charlie Parker
Sonny Rollins
Sarah Vaughn
Lester Young
Jazz deserves some fun and worthwhile discussion on these forums. So, Take it Away…………….
-Zeno
another 40 minute masterpiece
Soultrane
live at smalls
improvisational without training wheels
what a trio
I only caught a couple minutes initially the other night while stoned to the b-jebus belt, and have no clue precisely wherein that was, but it was bold, ambitious, and out iykwim.
Drummer might be a tick loud
might just be the way they have it set up or the way the drummer's mic'ed.
spinning this platter for the next half plus hour
only seems right to share
Miles at the Blackhawk
recorded San Francisco '61 over two spring nights and a year after Coltrane left
Miles Davis – t
Hank Mobley – ts
Wynton Kelly – p
Paul Chambers – b
Jimmy Cobb – d
Mentioned in the movie thread with Perfect Days, I will cross post this in the jazz thread because that may be where Asakawa has some recognition.
live version
Spoiler
this one from the start
barring any tones of saxual relations by jerome richardson
Mingus Tijuana Moods
recorded '57, released '62
Miles Sketches of Spain
recorded Nov '59-Mar '60, released Jul '60
Count me among the "I think Sketches of Spain is one of the greatest recordings of all time" crowd. How anybody can hate on it is beyond me.
ditto
also count me among the "i think tijuana moods is one of the greatest recordings of all time and heavily inspired miles" crowd
Had Miles listened to a pressing of Tijuana Moods?
Mingus Tijuana Moods
recorded '57, released '62
Miles Sketches of Spain
recorded Nov '59-Mar '60, released Jul '60
I remember one of my grad school professors waxing ecstatic about Tijuana Moods. My brother saw Miles five or six times, and my brother preferred the newer stuff. My preference was for the earlier ballads and Sketches of Spain.
Anyway I really like this young Emmet Cohen, and here he is in concert with Lew Tabackin. I had a couple of Lew Tabackin Big Band recordings about 40 some years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/live/_yo0wxGkkaQ...
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sketches of spain is primarily an ode to flamenco guitar from the time of francisco franco
i may return when elusively lucid to answer your next question first
but until then let us pause again for a brief interlude
Tijuana Moods was recorded Aug '57
Mingus 3 a month earlier
no link to the full album, so here's a playlist and the first song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz-U121c...
East Coasting happened two weeks later
several years later
with Dolphy in amsterdam
Sunday morning harmonica.
I love all this crazy stuff Howard Levy does in 7:
So plaintive and poignant.
https://youtu.be/sHDld91l5Vc?si=zHZSXV5R...
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John Coltrane
Eric Dolphy
McCoy Tyner
Jimmy Garrison
Elvin Jones
Impressions '61
the beginning of this is amazing
Let's try some nicotine
has anyone worked harder than Oscar?
yo
music, music
