Joe Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Just to show that good things can come from a relatively "contemporary conservative" approach to jazz as-is and -was, a recommendation for this Criss Cross release by John Ellis... IT'S YOU I LIKE Explorations of compositions by Elliott Smith and Fred -- Mr. -- Rogers. http://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1347.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 I always wanted to hear Jackie McLean record some of those Mr. Rogers songs, especially that one. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Jackie did do a version of Being Green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 I always wanted to hear Jackie McLean record some of those Mr. Rogers songs, especially that one. Seriously. John Ellis is no Jackie Mac, but he's not trying to be, either. But he knows how to respect these tunes without respecting them too much. And the record just has a really nice -- that's the word; has to be -- vibe to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Jackie did do a version of Being Green. Yeah -- with Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Tony Williams. But speaking of Sesame Street, I'd like to hear any jazz musician take on this one -- it has a certainly vaudvillian vibe to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Here's the Sesame Street clip I want to know who did the playing on: And let us not forget: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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