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
afro-jazz trombone alert
Mombasa
African Rhythms & Blues
1975
limited initial release on some obscure german label
remastered and re-released by Sonorama in 2006
Lou Blackburn - Trombone, Performer [African Shawn]
Charles Jefferson - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Kalimba [African Thumb Harp]
Gerald Luciano - Bass, Percussion, Drums [Domba]
Donald Coleman - Congas, Flute [Bamboo]
Cephus McGirt - Drums
A1 Nairobi 7:26
A2 Massai 7:56
A3 Holz 4:17
B1 Kenia 6:42
B2 Makishi 2:32
B3 Shango 7:45
Luciano, a german bassist in an african band, absolutely thumps
one year previous he recorded these with Karthago
spoiler because not jazz
Spoiler
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Amazing stuff
the last song on the compilation album above is Tezeta (Nostalgia) composed by Mulatu Astatke
Tezeta and the five other Astatke tunes from Ethiopian Modern Instrumentals Hits may be found flipped in a different order along side eight others and served scrambled on a platter of Éthiopiques 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974
the timestamps
0:00 Yèkèrmo Sèw (A Man of Experience and Wisdom)
4:17 Mètché Dershé (When Am I Going to Reach There?)
8:19 Kasalèfkut Hulu (From All the Time I Have Passed)
11:07 Tezeta (Nostalgia)
17:25 Yègellé Tezeta (My Own Memory)
20:45 Munayé (My Muna)
25:51 Gubèlyé (My Gubel)
30:33 Asmarina (My Asmara)
35:34 Yèkatit (February)
39:33 Nètsanèt (Liberty)
45:13 Tezetayé Antchi Lidj (Baby, My Unforgettable Remembrance)
51:19 Sabyé (My Saba)
56:49 Ené Alantchi Alnorem (I Can't Live Without You)
1:01:53 Dèwèl (Bell)
Thanks again for all the great posts above. Could probably listen to just the music in this thread for many years.
I've been listening to lots of Japanese music. This is a fun performance because it's on 1970s British TV. I think maybe they weren't quite warmed up for the very beginning, but by the end they are on fire.
I wonder if the camera thing was having fun with stereotypes about Japanese tourists.
that's fun...reminds me of something Herbie would do around that time (probably not a coincidence).
Pretty sure that's just Mika being Mika, although it's hard to say what the genesis of certain things is. I'm still trying to figure out the handkerchief on her head, although I see this done with tenugui all the time.
There's a bunch of Sadistic Mika over in the Music thread. Several members of this band are still active.
How they return to that refrain, and find a way to hint at it during solos. May be Goat
A whole 2-hours/ 2 sets iirc is available with membership at Chris' jazz club. Philly scene, apparently
R2 Quintet
Today's Bass Player of the Day is Paul Chambers.
👍 for Mr. PC
kind of blue is the classic theoretical jazz physicist example of a seven body problem
what else explains how so many heavenly planets could occupy simultaneous orbits without self-destructing
kind of blue is the classic theoretical jazz physicist example of a seven body problem
what else explains how so many heavenly planets could occupy simultaneous orbits without self-destructing
Exactly. Or..... it's the one body problem so elegantly solved by Mr. Chambers.
btw, not such a bad lineup, Mr. Davis...
Miles did have quite the ear for talent.
once again Ethiopian Mulatu Astatke
wouldn't be wrong to skip the first 25 minutes after listening ten times
i walked face first into this one. have heard Cherry many times but this was unexpected.
been two years and a month since posting this once
cherry still honking plastic horns and fingering bamboo flute from the traffic queue right behind you
wondering when your mind moment organicism turns red light to green
Bemsha Swing is a Thelonious composition covered by Miles a few years later
this version by a blending of Miles and Trane sidemen
Don Cherry - t
Herbie Handcock - p
Ron Carter - b
Billy Higgins - d
Bemsha Swing is a Thelonious composition covered by Miles a few years later
this version by a blending of Miles and Trane sidemen
Don Cherry - t
Herbie Handcock - p
Ron Carter - b
Billy Higgins - d
supplementary information
Live at Storyville Jazz Hall
New Orleans, Louisiana
October 13, 1986
that Monk tune was the tardy apres noon midi salvo in what would quickly became an evening heavily featuring Sarah Vaughn
now also including the dame grande finale
Sarah Vaughan: vocals
Don Cherry: cornet
Herbie Hancock: piano
Maynard Ferguson: trumpet
Al Hirt: trumpet
Chuck Mangione: flugehorn
Ron Carter: bass
Billy Higgins: drums
this link should get you to the full playlist if interested
Don Cherry
Ed Blackwell
El Corazón
trumpet and drum duet with cymbal bass piano throughout
tap your left ventricle thrice if you respect
and once again bemsha is still swinging
still fascinated by Don Cherry and his exploration of world music
as well as the passion committed to every note
what a blessing to have video evidence
exhibit a
from the documentary Noon in Tunisia, 1967
George Gruntz (p, celesta)
Don Cherry (cnt, fl)
Sahib Shihab (fl, alto fl, sop)
Henri Texier (b)
Daniel Humair (d)
Salah El Mahdi (ney)
Moktar Slama (zoukra)
Jelloul Osman (mezzuette)
Hattab Jouini (tabla, darbouka, bendire)
research riffing off Sahib Shihab from the previous post
discovered five years earlier in '62 he performed with Dexter Gordon, Lars Gullin, and others at the Copenhagen Jazz Club Montmatre
the event was documented by a german tv station and broadcast months later
fantastic soundtrack played over unnatural jazz acting
Dexter Gordon - ts
Lars Gullin - brs
Sahib Shihab - fl/as
Harold Goldberg - pno
Benny Nielsen - b
Alex Riel - dr
just discovered this gem recorded 1974 and it's incredible
african folk jazz fusion
M. Sibiya: Bongos
Zulu Bidi: Double Bass
Lekgabe Maleka: Drums
Thabang Masemola: Drums, Flute, Jew's Harp
Sipho Mabuse: Flute
Maswaswe Mothopeng: Guitar, Vocals
Sello Mothopeng: Organ
Themba Koyana: Tenor Saxophone
Peter Segona: Trumpet
Slight change of pace. Wooten does some playing here, but his thoughts on playing are the main attraction. Props to the guitarist/interviewer for not throwing up on himself.
Newport Jazz Festival tomorrow. Newport features a number of R&B and Funk, but also straight up jazz. So Brittany Howard, Galactic, and Andre 3000 along with Bill Frisell, Kenny Baron, and Kamasi Washington.
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