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Can it be this first chorus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noUxscMb910
that Charlie Parker listened closely - Lester played some proto-bop lines here!
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I like all them seven!
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RIP Sir George.
One of the most delicate piano touches, ever.
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don't know if anybody remembers, but in Ken Burns' Jazz they were showing one of the live films of Louis' Danish concert - I think it was Dinah, and Louis is going along; I say to my wife "wait until you hear this trumpet solo," and JUST as Armstrong starts to put the trumpet to his lips - THEY FLASH TO STANLEY CROUCH SAYING HOW GREAT ARMSTRONG IS! NO SOLO!
I almost kicked my TV set, and I would have, if the Three Stooges Marathon wasn't coming up on Turner Classics.
Is it this scene?
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Know nothning about it:
Recorded during concert, live, octobar 1933, Stockholm.
Probably it is earliest known example of his music recorded during concert, right?
I'm so excited such rare and beautiful thing exists!
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I will add that Chuck Wayne's stunning "In a Chinese Garden" is one of the most gorgeous slices of chamber jazz exotica I've ever heard, and I regularly include it in my exotica sets.
God bless George Shearing. As I said previously, that piano-vibes-guitar block chord sound was like my childhood vision of adulthood, with the vibes in the role of the ice cubes.
I like "In a Chinese Garden" as well. But, from what I've been heard, this piece is written, not improvised at all...
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Thanks Jeff, but would you mind if I myself would opt for some SCOTCH instead? (Yes, that might be another case of disagreement
Going to play me some Dodo Marmarosa now for some interesting harmonics.
Cheers to all!
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Shearing's playing makes me shake my head in frustration. The more attention you give it, the worse it sounds. I don't mind that it's "easy going," I just think it's poor improvising. One example out of many: listen to "September in the Rain," from his first MGM session. The first 16 bars are played with the classic Shearing ensemble sound, and I say - nothing wrong with that. It's easy going, it's pleasant, it swings lightly - fine. But listen to the bridge. Shearing plays an unbroken string of extremely fast notes that has absolutely no melodic point - it circles around, it rises and falls, it goes nowhere.
Oh, well, the same can easily be told during listening to some very famous, well-known, "serious" jazz legends.
And contemporary musicians too.
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Speaking of Shearing I would probably be one of his real huge fans around this board; his famous MGM recordings with his harmonization of vibes/guitar/piano supported by rhythm section is one of truly enjoyable sounds in jazz, even they sound just as a cliche or molded upon well known schemes.
Yes, there were moments of real pop music with strings attached everywhere, but it is pleasure to listen to!
And all those real giants from an early era: Al McKibbon, Denzil Best and especially guitar genius Chuck Wayne melted theirs sounds in such easy way it is hard to resist.
Why is it so hard to accept easy going music as an art form?
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Was that really a quarter taped to the tonearm head in the Times piece? I'm sure it wasn't, but it looked like it...
Yes, it is for some extra weight that prevents occasional skips and mistracking. Usual "device" for transfering unplayable and wrapped records and records with skips.
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"I don't like to read music, just... soul!" - Pres
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Is that "I Know That You Know" available?
Sure, in many incarnations.
The most complete version (with announcer intro) is on Lester Young - Volume 1 1937-39 (Masters Of Jazz, MJCD 46) - track 16
Make Believe Ballroom Jam Session
Young (ts) Goodman (cl), Wilson (p), Harry James (tp), Ben Heller (g), Sid Weiss (b), Jo Jones (dm).
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To my ears, Hawkins solo is just like Trane - but twenty years earlier.
Marvelous...
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Just in case some Pres fans may have missed this thread
On the other hand, this looks like it could be another one of those copyright nightmares that could prevent us from ever hearing the music.
Anyone seen our remastering hero, Doug Pomeroy singing alongside with Pres' solo while tuning the transfer of "One O'Clock Jump" recorded at Rhode Island Swing Festival? For about 70 years the thought was these recordings were lost forever...
Also, that solo on "Tea For Two" is great and intense as anything Pres recorded commercial in those years - comparable to "Lady Be Good", or another live WNEW broadcast from 1938. ("I Know That You Know")...
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It seems that people ARE interested in releasing the material, but that "copyright" is an issue. In other words, money has to be paid to the holders of the rights to this music. Since this music is in the public domain, and will be reissued and marketed immediately in Europe after its first release, any label that would agree to pay the money would most likely have to take a loss on it. That is the sad truth.
Unfortunately. Still, there are so many reasons for issuing such historically important music. Someone compared it to finding rare poem from well-known writer, or musical score long thought gone.
I think about it the same.
Probably, some kind man or label will turn out in near future...
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"So far I've not been contacted by any label and no one has come
down to listen to the discs.
Larry"
Oh, I see...
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Speaking of LOC acetates, and searching them in Library just found this:
So under #164:
Type of Material: Music Sound Recording
Main Title: Jam session. 1940-12-29 [sound recording].
Published/Created: 1940
Description: 1 sound disc (13 min., 54 sec.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.
and under the #165:
Type of Material: Music Sound Recording
Main Title: Jam Session [sound recording].
Published/Created: [between 1940 and 1941]
Description: 1 sound disc (9 min., 41 sec.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.
So, it is 20 minutes in total, right?
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The civilian Miller band could swing. Here are some tracks they never recorded commercially.
Agree! There is one take of the tune called "Solid As A Stonewall Jackson" from 22/8/1940 broadcast (The Chesterfield Show):
It swings like mad. It is good proof that Miller really can swing and produce quality jazz, not only dance music.
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Post of mine from 2006 --
...ran across a used copy a while back of the 3-CD "Secret Broadcasts" set (RCA) -- stuff the Miller AAF Band recorded in the U.S. in 1944 for broadcasts to the services. This was a remarkable band within the given Miller style (though rhythmically more relaxed than the earlier Miller band), with Mel Powell on piano, nice trumpet solos from Zeke Zarchy, Bobby Nichols, and Bernie Privin, Peanuts Hucko on clarinet, the best string section any big band with strings ever had AFAIK, Junior Collins (later of the Birth of the Cool band) on French horn (what a player he was), Ray McKinley, etc. And the young Johnny Desmond was a very good singer. Also, the sound here is pretty astonishing; the broadcasts were recorded on 16-inch 33 1/3 rpm discs in good studios and have a wide dynamic range.
Agree. It was very good band. I only have one CD of above mention set (sampler), and it was far more superior band than his civilian band.
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RIP Mr. Jones!
One of my favourite pianists, anytime...
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Hello to all members,
While searching youtube sources, just found this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_7dQtTlbbY
It's terrific playing by this giant.
Also, I especially like his solo on this tune - such strong emotional quality, and quiet almost whispering-alike execution:
Do you have any particular favourite example of Clayton's work?
Joe Morello r.i.p.
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RIP.
Trully great artist - I adore him very much...