Jazz

[verreauxi]

Impossible I know, but would like to see your 6 Jazz immortals. I have gone for these.

Duke Ellington.
Thelonious Monk.
Modern Jazz Quartet (John Lewis)
John Coltrane.
Charlie Parker.
Miles Davis.

Even As I write this, I could comfortably add another 25 artists.

Can't really argue with that, to be honest. A few others that come to mind are Stan Getz, John McLaughlin, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Milt Jackson--okay, yeah, i agree, it's easy to think of an additional 25 or so. We haven't even touched the bassists or drummers.

 

[magicjuan]

 

[LEONARD]

 

[Raindog]

 

[Prevenger17]

This and classical music are two things I’m ashamed I haven’t gotten into

You have to listen to the notes she's not playing

 

[Death]

You have to listen to the notes she's not playing

I can do that from my mental home.

 

[Deulofeumygod]

Picked up buddy rich - strike it rich double LP today for a fiver.
Mindblowing drummer.

 

[gonetomorrow]

What I like about jazz is the way a great artist will take a melody and experiment with it, finding new strands and avenues to go down. The classic of this is Coltrane and My Favourite Things - not a song you'd associate with a sweaty smoky jazz environment - a tune he was intrigued by. It's different every time I've heard recordings of it by him.

 

[LEONARD]

What I like about jazz is the way a great artist will take a melody and experiment with it, finding new strands and avenues to go down. The classic of this is Coltrane and My Favourite Things - not a song you'd associate with a sweaty smoky jazz environment - a tune he was intrigued by. It's different every time I've heard recordings of it by him.

Many of the Jazz greats loved playing 'show tunes', Duke Ellington even messed about with Mary Poppins, if you pardon my expression.

 

[LEONARD]

Walking in town today, had this tune in my head all day.

 

[summerisle]

Interesting piece :

Not a wonderful world: why Louis Armstrong was hated by so many

Casual listeners think of him as a gentle giant of jazz, but critics and African Americans often saw him as a sell out or ‘Uncle Tom’. A new book aims to show how radical ‘Pops’ really was

www.theguardian.com

Always loved a bit of Black Bottom, no sniggering at the the back.

 

[coollino]

love love this

 

[Raindog]

Sorry if we're blurring the lines here, but it's close enough for me

 

[Methuselah]

Impossible I know, but would like to see your 6 Jazz immortals. I have gone for these.

Duke Ellington.
Thelonious Monk.
Modern Jazz Quartet (John Lewis)
John Coltrane.
Charlie Parker.
Miles Davis.

Even As I write this, I could comfortably add another 25 artists.

Add Oscar Peterson.

 

[Deulofeumygod]

Parker, rich, monk, Brubeck are my top 4