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
👍 interesting read
I agree.
I had a teacher, who I doubt ever went beyond the 8th grade, who told me to practice a certain chord progression until I was so bored with it that I could play it while reading the box scores in the morning paper. Only then would I be able to "play" it. This seems to confirm what they were saying in the article.
from a link in the first sentence of that article
https://theconversation.com/why-does-exp...
interesting mention of finding flow in video games
as young red was whelped on atari 2600
to then graduate a nintendo mega man
listen to breakout and imagine as a Mingus compositon
syncopated paddle twisting
fascination no surprise
I saw Herbie Hancock at The Palms. The person I bought from on Stubhub flaked and they offered alternative seats. Anyway, I was in the front row, right in front of Herbie. It was also his birthday, so just an extra special experience.
Spectacular show. Obviously, anyone playing with this guy is a beast. But man, what an effing band.
Def. See this tour if you get a chance. IDK how many people in this thread are in Vegas, but I'd welcome some discussion of live music here.
nice! i believe this was the group
Devin Daniels – Alto
Chris Potter - Tenor
James Genus - Bass
Trevor Lawrence, Jr. - Drums
seems this may have been posted before
either way a wonderful listen
alto and baritone
thanks for the reminder...that show was amazing
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Perfect Sunday Jazz. Bright and lively and everything between. Thanks Phat.
tonight was my first listen to this
bless you Jimmy Cobb taking a cannonball for the rest of us
Paul Chambers - Double Bass
Wynton Kelly - Piano
Cannonball Adderley - Alto Saxophone
Freddie Hubbard - Trumpet
Jimmy Cobb - Drums
Recorded 1959
recommend not skipping past introductions
oh my how the orbits of these great minds intertwined with this particular confluence of aural space pace tone and time
insert commas into any of the structure above to open your own entrance into somehow sentencing music as text
blaming that last line on Elvin Jones cymbals
John Coltrane: tenor & soprano sax
Eric Dolphy: alto sax, bass clarinet, flute
McCoy Tyner: piano
Reggie Workman: bass
Elvin Jones: drums
Falkonerteatret, Copenhagen 1961-11-20
1. intro by Norman Granz
2. Delilah
3. Every Time We Say Goodbye
4. Impressions
5. Naima
6. My Favourite Things (false start)
7. My Favourite Things
Saint John trading off with Eric Dolphy is as good as it gets.
completing each others thoughts sixteen bars ahead
exquisite synergy
heard news today about a college bball player named Coleman Hawkins
for a skip second my brain valve confused him with an OG bebop tenor
so auto-nominally praise his parents then pivot the goal posts to paint my ear canal with jazz scores
Norman Granz and Gjon Mili circa 1950 collaborate to capture a collage of studio music and pantomime
six years before they documented Jammin' the Blues
probably cast the net wider on that thought in a future post
as for the current one
Charlie Parker - alto
Coleman Hawkins - tenor
Hank Jones - piano
Ray Brown - bass
Buddy Rich - drums
Hawk the elder at 46
Bird Hank and Rich early 30s
only topic left is Ray Brown
youngest at 24 and just before four decades of Oscar Peterson collaboration
as for Jammin' the Blues
i'll just post these three for now
do not underestimate the importance of Lester Young and Illinois Jacquet
along with Marie Bryant of course
holy cow
Prez wore the pork pie hat
Mingus wrote its elegy two months after he last tipped it
lest or least young people should never forget to fear the quantity of his impact
another example
now inspired to take a deep dive and remind myself
why his tone was the backtune sound to my reading of On The Road
will likely video document here
recorded NYC 1952
Ray Brown - b
J.C. Heard - d
Barney Kessel - g
Oscar Peterson - p
Lester Young - ts
Lester Young & Coleman Hawkins - Live 1958
Jumpin' with the Synphony Sid
Charlie Shavers, trumpet
JC Higginbotham, trombone
Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, tenor sax
Pee Wee Russell, clarinet
Harry Sheppard, vibraphone
Willie “The Lion” Smith, piano
Dickie Thompson, guitar
Vinnie Burke, acoustic double bass
Sonny Greer, drums
the Charlie Shavers trumpet solo later in the song should not be skipped
Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins
and a ledger of talented other folks
full credit:
Billie Holiday
Ben Webster - tenor sax
Lester Young - tenor sax
Vic Dickenson - trombone
Gerry Mulligan - baritone sax
Coleman Hawkins - tenor sax
Roy Eldridge - trumpet
Doc Cheatham - trumpet
Danny Barker - guitar
Milt Hinton - bass
Mal Waldron - piano
Osie Johnson - drums
Hawk, Django, Benny Carter
Paris 1937
wonderful history lesson from the first comment
Incredible recording! Coleman Hawkins: Studied harmony and composition, learned piano and cello. Performed with Mamie Smith, Fletcher Henderson, Django Reinhardt. Leader of first bebop sessions with Dizzy Gillespie and another session with Miles Davis and Max Roach (~1944). His recording of Body and Soul in 1939 was revolutionary in that he discarded the melody. A pre-cursor to the bebop era, he didn't fully embrace bebop, but was comfortable with it. Died 1969. Some authorities credit Louis Armstrong with teaching Coleman Hawkins (and the whole Fletcher Henderson band) to swing when Armstrong was in the Fletcher Henderson band in 1924-1925. I find him interesting in that his career spans vaudeville, early jazz, swing, and bebop and that he was hugely influential in late swing and early bebop. Note that he was in Europe from 1934-1939 and a huge influence on Django's playing and probably vice-versa. There are reports of jam sessions with Django and Hawkins where they would play chorus after chorus of the same standard for 40 minutes or more.
