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
Some highlights from yesterday at the Newport Jazz Festival. Got there early to avoid the long lines entering and lining up for the ferry to Fort Adams.
Highlights for me were Sun Ra Arkestra that played a set that alternated between dissonant compositions (a la Ornette Coleman) and more traditional music, sort of like a jazz swing sound.
Brittany Howard was, as expected, great but much more subdued than her work on Alabama Shakes.
Didn't see much of Cory Wang, but he played with Howard in addition to his own set. Check him out.
I loved the gospel inspired work of PJ Morton. Simply beautiful music. He was the real surprise for me.
Bill Frisell Four did a nice low key set, which was pleasant and relaxing.
Newport features three stages, so I only caught a bit of Andre 3000, formerly of Outkast. The three stages and the overlapping performances mean you can't see everything. It's hard to get near the main stage in Newport, so I saw most of the performances at the second largest stage. (Brittany Howard played this stage )
Finally, Galactic with Irma Thomas. Even though she only did a few songs (she's 83) what can I say but she is simply terrific. Great version of "Time Is On My Side" and a couple other hits.
Oh, yeah. Temperature in the mid-80s with about 80 % humidity. Drank over a gallon of water. No alcohol.
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sounds like a perfectly exceptional method of living friday
gave me excuses to look up some favorite recordings from newport '66
what a monumental weekend
coltrane absolutely loses his mind during the first five minutes of this hour-long saxophonic lobotomy
also including alice, pharoah, jimmy garrison and rashied ali
couple of weeks later was the newport folk festival
not sure if menthol slim and the hundreds played
but skip james sure did
Glad you enjoyed yourself, John. The “no alcohol” comment registered a bit of dissonance, but I forgive you. To each his own.
I went to the Festival in 1971 when a bunch of "non-paying customers" tore down the fence and the concert was cancelled immediately. Dave Brubeck did a great set and the next performer was Dionne Warwick when the fence was stormed. (Like these morons really wanted to see Dionne Warwick.)
I was 17, just out of high school and went with my co-worker, Scratch, who was in Providence College.
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Thanks for this.
I was into Sonny Sharrock when I was like 14 from Guitar Player magazine and got burnt out on so much jazz in my mid 20s after that. I must have got The Shape of Jazz to Come for Christmas when I was 14 or 15. I never really explored Don Cherry solo though. That just sounds absolutely awesome. Like Arabic bebop rhythms with bebop Master Musicians of Joujouka. I will have to deep dive into Don Cherry discography.
Sonny Sharrock — electric guitar
Pharoah Sanders — tenor & soprano saxophones
Elvin Jones — drums
Charnett Moffett — acoustic bass
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)
I am a Sarah Vaughn fan boy but I don't know what these type of lists always have against the coolest and most talented person ever. Obviously, swap out Sidney Bechet for
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
Newport '61
John Coltrane, tenor and soprano
McCoy Tyner, piano
Art Davis, bass
Reggie Workman, bass
Elvin Jones, drums
Don Cherry music is finding a home within hollowed out gourd
some of some of the most important words ever spoken by an african individual
have occurred after reconciliation between the meaning of obscure french phrases
Thanks for this.
I was into Sonny Sharrock when I was like 14 from Guitar Player magazine and got burnt out on so much jazz in my mid 20s after that. I must have got The Shape of Jazz to Come for Christmas when I was 14 or 15. I never really explored Don Cherry solo though. That just sounds absolutely awesome. Like Arabic bebop rhythms with bebop Master Musicians of Joujouka. I will have to deep dive into Don Cherry discography.
Sonny Sharrock — electric guitar
Pharoah Sanders — te
Pharoah and Elvin paired together just ain't fair
happy to hear you enjoyed the Don Cherry vid. discovered by me the day it was posted
there is simply no replacement for the opportunity to watch skilled musicians interact to create sound
Berliner Jazztage 1971
Ornette Coleman - alto, trumpet, violin
Dewey Redman - tenor
Charlie Haden - bass
Ed Blackwell - drums
do we
hate on
charlie
or not
cool man
black red
end well
just in case you forgot why he is the greatest
Listening to "Bitches Brew" and wishing I was high right now
Thought of this thread
I love this thread
Circle in the Round
recorded late '67, released '69 on a compilation album of the same name.
performed just a couple of months after Nefertiti, this song signals the end of the second great quintet of Miles, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, and Tony Williams.
what makes it unique is twenty-one year old Joe Beck playing electric guitar.
believed to be the first non-acoustic Miles track recorded, just before Miles in the Sky in January of the following year when Herbie and Ron go full electric on stuff and George Benson brings his own paraphernalia
Spoiler
worth a watch if you're even remotely interested in jazz history
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quoting for john
who still can't seem to understand how to snip a ytube vid
not sure if hubris or lacking for properly skinned apps
I use my phone so just entering in the URL works for me, but I can do it the other way, too.
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either you do or you do not
if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice
👍
The vocal doesn't come across well, but it's interesting that Jimmy Scott was not credited or credited as a woman.
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hearing this for the first time as i type
rather stunned it's escaped my ears for so long
Sun Song (1974)
Sonny Greenwich - g
Don Thompson - p
Rick Homme - b
Terry Clarke - d
Clayton Johnson - perc
love this part of the Greenwich wiki page
Michael Bloomfield listed Sonny Greenwich as one of his favorite jazz guitarists in the August 1971 issue of Guitar Player magazine stating, "There's a guy named Sonny Greenwich, from Canada, he's a phenomenon. They talk about John McLaughlin, but dig this Sonny cat, he's the Coltrane of guitar players."
In 1968, Sonny Greenwich led his own quartet, of pianist Teddy Saunders, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Jack DeJohnette at the Village Vanguard in New York. In December 1969 Greenwich performed with Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Tony Williams at the Colonial Tavern in Toronto. The following year, Greenwich's own group opened for the Miles Davis band at Massey Hall.
can also hear some Santana flair in his playing
Pharoah and Elvin paired together just ain't fair
happy to hear you enjoyed the Don Cherry vid. discovered by me the day it was posted
there is simply no replacement for the opportunity to watch skilled musicians interact to create sound
Berliner Jazztage 1971
Ornette Coleman - alto, trumpet, violin
Dewey Redman - tenor
Charlie Haden - bass
Ed Blackwell - drums
thought it was interesting how
the personnel from a world famous 1971 jazz recording
could also be phonetically anagramed into vietnam war propaganda
Spoiler
Dewey
Haden
Charlie
Ornette
Coleman
BlackRed
Edwell
