Blues/Jazz/Folk Etc Music thread

[Evelyn Tentions]

Fucked up again

 

 

and

 

[Mook]

Great picture of John Coltrane playing the drums.

 

[Mook]

I didn't realise Duke Ellington & John Coltrane had made an album together, in a small band setting too, just spotted it in my Amazon recommendations this morning.

 

On the shopping list.

 

[Mook]

This.

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Gutting to think of all the great music that's been lost to this thread since the move.

 

Anyway, I've just been watching the documentary "Blues America" on BBC 4. Get it on the iPlayer, because it's well worth watching.

[Mook]

I've been listening to some of the stuff Miles Davis & John Coltrane played with bigger bands recently, picked up this for £5.01 (Incl. P&P) on Z shops this morning. Absolutely mental price.

 

[Mook]

I've gone completely over to the dark side, I find myself listening to jazz whenever I get the living room to myself. I sometimes put some mellow stuff on when the missus is about but apparently it's 'boring' (it's fucking not). I'd been listening to jazz on & off since I went to music college in 1997 but two albums I've bought in the last year or so have completely changed everything. I can't see any way back now to be honest other than when I'm pished & put my Destiny's Child's Greatest Hits on.

 

 

[stringvest]

I've gone completely over to the dark side, I find myself listening to jazz whenever I get the living room to myself. I sometimes put some mellow stuff on when the missus is about but apparently it's 'boring' (it's fucking not). I'd been listening to jazz on & off since I went to music college in 1997 but two albums I've bought in the last year or so have completely changed everything. I can't see any way back now to be honest other than when I'm pished & put my Destiny's Child's Greatest Hits on.

 

 

 

 

I can totally get where you're coming from - when you get some quiet and space to really listen to music, why wouldn't you listen to good jazz?  There's more to engage with than in any other popular music.  And you're a hep cat.

 

I have a friend who has played in rock and function bands for ages - he's in his mid thirties, and a really good drummer, but he's got to the point where he wasn't learning anything, and so started looking at jazz.  He's now really into it, in fact, he goes off to jazz drumming workshops in France every summer, and he ca't get enough - he said it's like learning how to play from scratch, and the nuances and dynamics are in a completely different league from rock and pop.  I guess it's the same for any other instrument too.  His missus is a damn good singer, and she's been into jazz for a good while (this is them at a summer festival we play at https://www.facebook.com/sarahjanevocals/videos/215562438933788/) so I often pop out to watch her scat sessions ;)

[Mook]

Aye, jazz drumming is a completely different ball game to the rock stuff. I was always a bit intimidated by it when I played but I don't have that problem anymore so I can listen to it as a fan & just appreciated how amazing it is without worrying about having to ever play any of it.

 

I think the main thing is listening to how the other musicians react to the soloist, especially in the great bands, telepathic stuff.

 

Having said all that, I can't take to scat singing at all, I think I've been leaning towards instrumental music over the years. Lyrics & stuff have never interested me although I do appreciate a good voice when I hear one.

[moof]

Aye, I studied jazz composition when I was a yoof, and obviously the improvisational standard is on an entirely different level. You've gotta know your shit to play jazz, you can't come into this half cocked or you'll look like a fucking fool.

[Fowlers God]

The Goat Rhoper Rodeo Band.

 

Just bought their album- check it out. It's brilliant

[Jairzinho]

Aye, jazz drumming is a completely different ball game to the rock stuff. I was always a bit intimidated by it when I played but I don't have that problem anymore so I can listen to it as a fan & just appreciated how amazing it is without worrying about having to ever play any of it.

 

I think the main thing is listening to how the other musicians react to the soloist, especially in the great bands, telepathic stuff.

 

Having said all that, I can't take to scat singing at all, I think I've been leaning towards instrumental music over the years. Lyrics & stuff have never interested me although I do appreciate a good voice when I hear one.

 

 

Saw the Steve Kuhn Trio in Seville about a month ago.

 

Billy Drummond was ace.

[Mook]

This is pure class, Bird on Sax, Buddy Rich on drums (most tracks) & some beautiful orchestration.

 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Been listening to a bit of Wynton Marsalis recently after picking up Standard Time Vol 5: The Midnight Blues. The first track is perfect for putting you in the mood for the whole album.

 

 

Also been trying to get into a bit of Chet Baker, but as much as I like his playing I find his vocals just a shade too light.

[KopOut]

Get you some if this here blues

https://youtu.be/19Pp9QEw17U

[Mook]

Been listening to a few of Wayne Shorter's mid 60s albums, these three in particular are stupendous. A Red on Twitter (might be someone on here) was telling me that Adam's Apple is on the Jukey in Newington Temple.

 

 

 

[ben48]

Aye, I studied jazz composition when I was a yoof, and obviously the improvisational standard is on an entirely different level. You've gotta know your shit to play jazz, you can't come into this half cocked or you'll look like a fucking fool.

You are dead right there Moof,it's another world.

[Mook]

Tony Williams, 1967.

 

[Mook]

John Coltrane's birthday today.

[Mook]

Absolutely loving this album at the moment, the opening track (link below) is killer...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNbD1JIH344

 

[mattyq]

I'm liking this guy at the moment

 

[stringvest]

He has a lovely Christmas album Matty - it’s a double if I remember correctly

[mattyq]

He has a lovely Christmas album Matty - it’s a double if I remember correctly

Nice one, Stringy, I'll check it out

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Was watching Pointless, and one of the questions was about Nirvana's Unplugged In New York. Got me thinking about the following Leadbelly classic.

 

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