Jazz: America's Music

Sonny was the final musician to pass from the iconic Art Kane A Great Day in Harlem photograph
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Great_Da...

in many ways end to multiple eras

the following recorded with Thelonious in NYC, Nov '53
in addition to Rollins, also including Julius Watkins on fench horn from the not quite tuba or trombone but born into the same crazy why play jazz with it family (look up Les Jazz Modes with Charlie Rouse if more interested)
Percy Heath (b) and Willie Jones (d) round out the lineup

how funny, that popped up a few weeks ago but never finished it

beautiful

Hope you didn't stop because of Rufus Harley caterwalling on the bagpipes. He's pretty dope on them pipes.

Johnny's right, not enough jazz vocals. Here's Betti Mays with Big Sid:

And speaking of Big Sid:

preface: by no means is the following meant as dis intended or ignorance toward our favorite bassists (topic worthy of a future post)

believe a few past syncopated posts before i opinely shared wondering thoughts about how them dudes in the back found relentlessly swinging big eighth notes beating bloody hell out of every last symbol of a sears five and dime drum turned kit while still providing foundational rhythmic support to resist those unpredictable forces from when inevitable modern exploratory horn blowing starting to plunge off the deep end and aid the band with winding up finishing song dressings together until the end

here is an unchronological while also agnostic and not exhaustive list of well known jazz drummers.
how many can you pair with famously innovative brass players?

Big Sidey Catlett --
Kenny Clarke --
Max Roach --
Art Blakey --
Philly Joe Jones --
Roy Haynes --
Tony Williams --
Elvin Jones --
Billy Cobham --

This is an interesting observation that I've never noticed before. All these guys. And even Art Blakey, who I think of as a self-contained teaching unit with the Messengers did all that stuff with St. John and Miles Davis.

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