mikeweil Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 (edited) I mean what is spinning in your head what you can't listen to right now, real existing stuff, not fantasy products. Duke Ellington's "Jack the Bear" from 1940 with Jimmie Blanton is in my head frequently these days. Edited December 2, 2003 by mikeweil Quote
Peter Johnson Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 Tchaikowsky's Symphony number 4 (just got back from hearing the Philadelphia Orchestra knock it out of the park...I mean concert hall). What a hell of a piece. Quote
James Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 Inasmuch as life is stressful right now, more melodic spiritual stuff is running in my head. But hey Mike -------- you've given me the idea to listen to some Ellington. That always feels great. Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 Sam Rivers, "Fuschia..." Been playing it a bit lately in order to make my post for AOW. Quote
brownie Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 The jukebox that fills my head seems to be playing Thelonious Monk exclusively Monk versions of 'Darn That Dream', 'Crepuscule with Nellie' and 'I' Getting Sentimental Over You' keep rotating. Strange because when I listen to music, I play a lot of music besides Monk. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 Bananarama's Robert Deniro's Waiting, and I sure wish it would go away... Quote
DTMX Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 Some Sam Rivers' big band piece - I'm not sure which one. But it's not "Beatrice". Quote
jazzbo Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 Lately it's been Mingus music, spawned by a listen to "Mingus Plays Piano," where his ideas are so chrystalized that it got me thinking of orchestral versions of the pieces and started the flow in my noggin! Quote
Shawn Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 I have my own virtual radio in my head and it turns itself on whenever it wants. I almost always have a song going as soon as I wake up and it's usually something I either haven't heard for a million years...or didn't want to hear for a million years! Sometimes it's not an entire song, just a phrase or a riff that gets stuck. Usually it's show tunes or songs from hollywood musicals...this morning I woke up with the Astaire/Rogers version of Let's Call The Whole Thing Off in my head....I haven't seen the movie for at least 5 years.... Jazzshrink...HELP! Quote
BeBop Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 Ah, the music in my head. That's the appropriate question for me. In my current life(style), I seldom get to hear music of any kind, much less what I want to hear...except in my head. sundog's mention of In Walked Bud has that "playing" now, previously, I'd been 'listening to' Weston's Blues for Africa and Blues in the Closet (improvising over the latter with my mental tenor). Quote
Bright Moments Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 that d*mn "it's a small world after all"! over and over again!!! Quote
Sundog Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 Air Mail Special. Talk about a hook! Quote
7/4 Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 Some Ralph Towner thing he always does. I had duos/trios playing on repeat while I was working this afternoon. Before that it was a riff from the Ornette/Naked Lunch DVD that I checked out over turkey week. For the past four days. When I used to watch a lot of TV, I'd vcr it and mute the theme music and commercials. That helped limit the playback. Quote
Indestructible! Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 I'll fess up... The Notre Dame Fight Song. I don't know why, but I've been humming that tune for the past week or so, everywhere I go! Sometimes I even sing it out loud! You know... "Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame..." It's strange, really, because I'm a die-hard Gator alum! That, and Notre Dame's football team has really been crap this year! I need professional help! Cheers, Shane Quote
Free For All Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 That stupid "Happy Jack" tune from the Hummer commercial got in my head recently and I thought I was going to go nuts! Quote
Joe G Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 Every single time I see the name of that thread about everyone getting together in the forums discussion area, I start singing, "Wouldn't it be nice if we were older...." Quote
catesta Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 Bill Evans doing Tenderly seems to stick in my mind all the time. Quote
mikeweil Posted December 5, 2003 Author Report Posted December 5, 2003 Mine changes every now and then. The Ellington stuff of the Blanton/Webster band was on my mind because I did a reading of the Ellington passages from Geoff Dyer's book "But Beautiful" for some friends with this music. Yesterday I go a copy of the tv recordings I did as a member of the Kurdish folkjazz band I play in, and now these tunes are haunting me, they always do when we rehearse or perform them. Quote
Spontooneous Posted December 6, 2003 Report Posted December 6, 2003 The things stuck in my head today have been: Alban Berg's Violin Concerto Hindemith's Concert Music for Strings and Brass Lee Morgan's Desert Moonlight (has anybody ever made any better arrangement of anything for just two horns?) Quote
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