Thank you for noticing my ultra hipness!
I saw him last year and it was way disappointing, especially after how good he was at prior performances -- not just GR but the trio and the way they grooved.
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I saw him last year and it was way disappointing, especially after how good he was at prior performances -- not just GR but the trio and the way they grooved.
Wow, I discovered there's lots of good stuff on Youtube such as the amazing Richard Bona, bassist extraordinaire. He's an unabashed Jaco adherent but I like him better than Jaco. In live performace Bona takes no prisoners whatsoever.
bass solo (with Steps Ahead I think)
slap solo
goofing around (wow!)
bass solo (w/Mike Stern's band)
a nice afro-pop tune
bass solo (with Steps Ahead I think)
slap solo
goofing around (wow!)
bass solo (w/Mike Stern's band)
a nice afro-pop tune
Clips? Screw clips!
Here's John Coltrane's classic quartet with Mccoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums and I presume Jimmy Garrison on bass performing Afro Blue in entirety. I'll give the YT tag a test run here:
Here's John Coltrane's classic quartet with Mccoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums and I presume Jimmy Garrison on bass performing Afro Blue in entirety. I'll give the YT tag a test run here:
Foolmewunz
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This could devolve into a Best Small Combo Ever thread. This one's right up there. A Love Supreme is arguably one of the best five jazz albums of all time. I grew up around Jazz, and all my 60's contemporaries were rock-oids. They were all dying to see the great "Drum-Off" between Elvin and Ginger Baker. Damn did we get into fights!! I told 'em that Elvin and Art Blakey could use one hand each (right and left) and out-drum Baker!
I haven't been able to find a link, but I think the chalenge stemmed from someone at Down Beat or Rolling Stone (cudda been Teen Tigers for all I recall) asking Jones to listen to rock drummers. He dismissed all of them,...... except Keith Moon!
Back to Jazz.... Bebop's my particular love, but spending the 60's in the Village when we were allowed into the Vanguard and the Gate and Slug's, even if we were teens and just bought a coke, I got to see most of the 60's greats live. I still listen to alot of that music. But when it comes to "Oh, damn I gotta put on some jazz.... I go back to the stalwarts of Bebop - it's invariably The Bird! But I'm just as happy listening to Dizzy or Monk..... Is there a better live album than the Live at Massey Hall (sic?) with Parker and Dizzy and Mingus.
And other kudos - Tatum, Bud Powell, The Duke, Coleman Hawkins, Miles, Evans, Armstrong, and don't forget Benny Goodman (often frowned upon because he was a white dude, but he got massive respect from every hipster I ever spoke to). The list could go on and on. (We haven't even mentioned the singers!)
Of the new stuff, I go back to my roots, I guess.... I heard Rubacalba on a car radio in the early 90's and he floored me.
You bet! As for best combo, I can't argue against Miles' band with Coltrane, Evans and Cannonball.
That said, as far as personal enjoyment my favorite classic combo is later edition Mingus, with Danny Richmond, Don Pullen and the underrated George Adams on sax. This unit stayed together for quite a long time and was way locked in:
Add: One of the comments on youtube says that the tenor player is Roland Kirk, imitating George Adams. This is false.
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DevilsAdvocate
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Try Louie Bellson. He pioneered the double bass drum. He's a very creative drummer.
I've heard him play a few times and was fortunate enough to be able to spend a couple of days with him kicking out jams and picking up tips. He reminded me of Jack LaLanne. Super high energy and always smiling. I don't think I ever saw him away from a musical instrument for more than a few seconds. His live perfomrance is pretty much a jaw dropper.
Foolmewunz
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Damn, I miss New York, Sometimes
Aside from getting a good pastrami or corned beef sandwich (which I would probably kill for), the one thing I miss most about being in Hong Kong.....
(a friend sent me a dumb article about a club in New York... at the bottom of the "other listings" they had the below).....
I could take a couple of nights of Taylor.... The only thing here resembling jazz is a couple of hotel pianists, and only if you catch them late when the cocktails crowd has thinned out.
Aside from getting a good pastrami or corned beef sandwich (which I would probably kill for), the one thing I miss most about being in Hong Kong.....
(a friend sent me a dumb article about a club in New York... at the bottom of the "other listings" they had the below).....
I could take a couple of nights of Taylor.... The only thing here resembling jazz is a couple of hotel pianists, and only if you catch them late when the cocktails crowd has thinned out.
BrianSI
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I will now make my standard plug for the LA area jazz station 88.1 FM, which streams from www.jazzandblues.org for remote listeners. As someone who has a lot to learn about who's who before purchasing, this station is truly great. Each DJ takes the job very seriously and basically considers their air time as a jazz appreciation lecture. I'm friends with the DJ for the Sat. night show "United Groove", and he really knows his stuff about Afro-Cuban influences in jazz and soul.
Anyway ... thanks for the links here everyone, but I'll have to wait until after work to check them out.
Anyway ... thanks for the links here everyone, but I'll have to wait until after work to check them out.
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Whoa! Who's the baritone sax player? And is there an album with this recording?
I just googled the bari player and his name is Hamiet Bluiett (never heard of him). The song is Flowers For a Lady and it's on Mingus Moves which is an excellent disc (but it does not have Bluiett on it).
Great station. When I lived in LA (long ago) it was constantly frustrating that their signal wasn't stronger.
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BrianSI
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They have seriously juiced the signal now. It is good all over the LA area, even the valley.
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Hey, cool thread. I'm completely overwhelmed!
I was able to listen to the Dolphy solo. Never one of my favorite players, but this was a lot more listenable than most of his stuff. I'm more in the Miles school of opinion about Dolphy.
Miles said something like "I'd 8 like to step on the 8's foot".
This solo was pretty good, but lost steam around half-way, for me. Slightly mechanical on the fast runs, slightly incoherent overall.
Richard Bona--mostly not playing on changes when he solos?--based on 2 cuts, which is not enough. Nice fresh sound. Much happier and healthier than Jaco. But where's the edge?
Hermeto Pascoal:
"Better yet, here's audio from a recent London performance of Hermeto's small band.
BBC Radio 3
The sound quality is lacking but that doesn't matter because this is borderline paranormal. This band is WAY locked in."
This is the one I really want to hear--but when I went to the site it wasn't clear to me how to hear it or where it was. Can you give me a clue?
You're a 8'n treasure. This is great stuff you're putting up here.
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A quote for you
"Jass music is dance music, i mean it is supposed to be music for parties, music you can dance and be happy whilst listening to" ..... Duke Ellington.But off course i respect your right to like the music you fancy and you obviously like music in a concert setting with a seated audience where i prefer a party with beer, sweat, love and dancing people
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"Playing "bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing."
-Duke Ellington
Consistent with what you're saying.
Another genius with a blind spot, speaking a little defensively.
Where's the quote from? What's with the British-sounding "whilst"?
-Duke Ellington
Consistent with what you're saying.
Another genius with a blind spot, speaking a little defensively.
Where's the quote from? What's with the British-sounding "whilst"?
This thread is ancient; I wish I could edit the links. Here's a fun Bona solo that might even want to make Ove dance and drink beer!
Dunno - the link is too old. I've been meaning to array some Hermeto from youtube. The sound quality on most of these is lacking but oh well:
Thanks!
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Gone in one gulp.
Unbelievable.
That's some of the most joyful, virtuosic, fresh, quirky music I've heard in a long time.
How do I know when music is good? Chills. Then crying.
By the 3rd YouTube I was just blubbering . Happy/sad meter just exploded.
Don't tell them over in the bland and inoffensive thread. I might be banned.
One technical thing--Maybe there's a limit to how many YouTube windows I can have up at once--there was no sound on the last two or so. And one was a duplicate.
Bona's a monster too. But I'd still like to hear him play a standard or something. If he plays with Stern I'm sure he can....
I bow down to you, sir.
Unbelievable.
That's some of the most joyful, virtuosic, fresh, quirky music I've heard in a long time.
How do I know when music is good? Chills. Then crying.
By the 3rd YouTube I was just blubbering . Happy/sad meter just exploded.
Don't tell them over in the bland and inoffensive thread. I might be banned.
One technical thing--Maybe there's a limit to how many YouTube windows I can have up at once--there was no sound on the last two or so. And one was a duplicate.
Bona's a monster too. But I'd still like to hear him play a standard or something. If he plays with Stern I'm sure he can....
I bow down to you, sir.
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I cant recall and the quote is from memory so the "whilst" is probably my way of speaking
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If you want to be gone in one gulp, catch Hermeto live if the rare opportunity should present. It was one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life. Or else get the cd Mundo Verde Esperança.
(Weird. I checked the youtube links again and they all worked and there are no dupes.)