Who is your favorite Jazz musician and what is your favorite song?

[Vanadium 50]

The piece is Tarrega's Gran Valse. Written many decades before Nokia even existed.

 

[symbolipoint]

My One and Only Love - Jack Wilkins

How can anyone play guitar that well and not be famous? Tough business, jazz.

I just noticed the topic a few days ago.

As for the quote from Hornbein, just understand that some great artists will be overlooked; underappreciated. They may still be successful in their art. AND influential.

 

[Hornbein]

 

[morrobay]

 

[Hornbein]

 

[pinball1970]

Gibson semi acoustic, beautiful tone. Having a technique and musical knowledge like that helps!
A young kid?

 

[pinball1970]

A great thread. @BadgerBadger92 we salute you. I need to catch up on some of the posts.

 

[Hornbein]

 

[Andy Resnick]

Hard to pick favorite songs, but....

Snarky Puppy- Lingus


KNOWER- I'm The President


Hella- Baby In A Coma/Child Of No Calendar

 

[Hornbein]

Saori Yano does Latin. The band is real good too.

 

[morrobay]

 

[Hornbein]

So who is the best alto sax player in the world?

Saori Yano or Patrick Bartley Junior?

I'm glad I don't have to choose. I'd like to see them both on the same stage but the energy released might bring about the end of the world.

 

[morrobay]

And

 

[Hornbein]

And

Cannonball's not in this world anymore.

 

[Hornbein]

Saori Yano -- Lover Man (Where Can You Be)

 

[morrobay]

What an amazing Lady, the range she has. In my top 20 jazz musicians.

 

[Hornbein]

What an amazing Lady, the range she has. In my top 20 jazz musicians.

Does anyone else have that degree of subtlety of inflection? Stan Getz I guess.



The high point though for me is pianist Kenny Barron.

 

[Hornbein]

I like how the head has such tight synchronization. Jazz players seldom do that.

 

[Andy Resnick]

A few (more) of my fave performances:

 

[Hornbein]

Another ballad master.

Ayumi Koketsu -- I Fall In Love Too Easily​

 

[Hornbein]

 

[Hornbein]

Wynton Felder and Hank Mobley play so beautifully. Why aren't they more famous?



The first version I heard had John Coltrane's solo removed. Good idea. He hadn't got his thing together yet.

That's Miles' first wife on the cover.

 

[Hornbein]

 

[Astronuc]

What is this tune?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo...c-piano-while-people-watch-in-awe/vi-AA1ccFUk

Video is not longer available, but my wife happened to find the tune in another video. The woman at the airport was playing a piano adaption of the main theme from the movie Interstellar. Here are a couple of other performances of the tune written by Hans Zimmer and arranged by Patrik Pietschmann .

Interstellar: Main Theme - EPIC PIANO COVER - Hans Zimmer





Interstellar Piano performed by Anahita Farahdel

 

[pinball1970]

Video is not longer available, but my wife happened to find the tune in another video. The woman at the airport was playing a piano adaption of the main theme from the movie Interstellar. Here are a couple of other performances of the tune written by Hans Zimmer and arranged by Patrik Pietschmann .

Interstellar: Main Theme - EPIC PIANO COVER - Hans Zimmer





Interstellar Piano performed by Anahita Farahdel

The whole cycle must be about 8 bars? It is a stunning piece and even better on organ although I like the fact you can pick everything out when it is played on piano this way.
In terms of movie themes this is in my top ten.

 

[pinball1970]

Video is not longer available, but my wife happened to find the tune in another video. The woman at the airport was playing a piano adaption of the main theme from the movie Interstellar. Here are a couple of other performances of the tune written by Hans Zimmer and arranged by Patrik Pietschmann .

Interstellar: Main Theme - EPIC PIANO COVER - Hans Zimmer





Interstellar Piano performed by Anahita Farahdel

These guys do some great versions of music themes.

 

[Hornbein]

I particularly like Chizuru's guitar solo. How can she get that tone out of a Stratocaster?

 

[pinball1970]

Buddy Rich 1985, he died in 1987.

Crack band, first trumpet and sax had been in his band a while. Great players.



Stand outs for me.

Opens with “Machine”

“Norwegian Wood” 22.00

“Love for Sale” 25.35

“No Exit” 29.55

“Channel one suite” 37.20 till finish.

If you are a drummer in particular.

29.00 probably the cleanest and most aggressive singles with accents I have ever heard. (in love for sale)

32.47 Paradiddles mainly but his left hand seems to bind all of those accented patters with his right on the toms (no exit)

38.24 Just try this fill, I dare you.

48.29 Big solo, it probably seemed a good idea at the time to film him from underneath in parts.

There are cameras right over his shoulder and in front but no, lets do some shots under his stool when you see nothing of his hands.

Besides that, just incredible art and ingenuity, he never seems to repeat himself. There is a cross over towards the end, it is so fast and smooth, just one of those “only Buddy can do" moments.

 

[pinball1970]

 

[pinball1970]

 

[Hornbein]

Why did such music disappear?

 

[pinball1970]

Why did such music disappear?

The same reason progressive rock was attacked by Punk in the mid 1970s. Jazz, ballads, close harmony vocals were probably considered old fashioned by the younger generation who wanted their own music in the 1950s.
They buy records, go to live concerts and generate cash for the industry.
"Mr Sandman" is a nice example, released 1954 and Elvis hit a year later.
Some genres persist and exist alongside new trends but getting a record deal in the "old" style, suddenly gets tougher when then the new is taking over.
Not just for record releases and concerts but films and TV too. Think of all that great Jazz music in the films and TV of the 1940s and 50s and compare it to the 1960s and 70s.
Popular music pervades everything.

 

[Arjan82]

Why did such music disappear?

Not entirely true:


Granted, they're covers (and it's not their normal repertoire)

 

[Rambot]

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. Believe they won a jazz award. Might not be strictly jazz. My favorite: Weathercock.

 

[morrobay]

Not just for record releases and concerts but films and TV too. Think of all that great Jazz music in the films and TV of the 1940s and 50s and compare it to the 1960s and 70s.
Popular music pervades everything.

Popular music pervades everything. And not always in a good way. TV shows like this pop music show , American Idol with Simon Cowell and judges seemed to be selecting for and rewarding these half fast/half slow whining styles . And then this show or another similar one even called this slop, I mean style , Soul. Begs the question about the audience too: Have any of them ever heard real soul like Ray Charles?