What Things Will You LIKE In Your Jazz?

[Dan Gould]

Gots to be a companion thread, right?

I'd say "happy feeling" - the medium - up tempo feeling personified by, just as an example, those Sweets Edison - Ben Webster Verve records, or anything by Gene Harris.

Wonder if anyone will say "bass solos".

[Neal Pomea]

A certain Spanish tinge

[colinmce]

Hey, I love bass solos, most certainly including Paul Chambers' arcos. I don't get the hate

I just think the instrument is interesting and really rewards "microlistening". So I listen to a fair bit of solo bass recordings by Holland, Guy, Kowald, Haker-Flaten, Dresser, Phillips, et al.

[paul secor]

Passion and feeling.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

You said it, Paul.

MG

[BillF]

Got to be a companion thread, right?

I'd say "happy feeling" - the medium - up tempo feeling personified by, just as an example, those Sweets Edison - Ben Webster Verve records, or anything by Gene Harris.

Here's a happy feeling disc:

[Chuck Nessa]

A creamy nougat center.

[JSngry]

Clothes that work.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Clothes that work.

MG

[Jim R]

Album covers that make you say "Uhhhh....."

[BeBop]

Occasional silence.

[mjzee]

Standards.

[JSngry]

Getting convinced.

[Eric]

propulsion

tone

conviction

[aparxa]

Dodectets

[crisp]

Clothes that work.

Yes, when did musicians cease to feel the need to dress well for a gig? There's a pianist who regularly plays at Ronnie Scott's wearing a rugby shirt. I mean, make an effort -- it's Ronnie Scott's.

Oh, and I would *much* rather hear a bass solo than a drum solo, which are usually only effective in person. The first jazz gig I went to was the Oscar Peterson quartet with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis and Brown stole the show for me.

[JSngry]

"nice clothes" and "clothes that work" are fields that only sometimes intersect.

I will like to dance in my jazz. Not necessarily "to" it, but definitely in it.

[GA Russell]

I like melody. Not necessarily the standards, but something that can obviously be repeated on another night or by someone else. If I can imagine myself being able to hum along (if I could sing), so much the better.

I saw Count Basie once, I think on 60 Minutes, say that swing is pat-your-foot music. I like that too, most of the time.

[Shawn]

No Standards.

[JSngry]

Standers

[sidewinder]

The occasional banjo..

[BillF]

The occasional banjo ...

... particularly in a hard bop context.

[johnlitweiler]

I tend to favor piano players who play like Monk or JRM, clarinetists who play like J. Dodds, tenor players who play like Prez or Mobley, Ornettelike altoists, Wilbur Warelike bassists, Ladylike singers, bands that swing hard, truly hot jazz, groups that play very together, performances in which intense feelings are shared, develope, evolve. These are just a few features that come to mind, there are more.

[Hot Ptah]

I like disjointed, unstructured bursts of noise, with no recognizable rhythmic pulse, which go on for a very long time.

[BeBop]

Meaning. And It Don't Mean a Thing...