Various jazz sound clips

[varwoche]

The great Eric Dolphy's clarinet solo on the tune Serene.

.au file (http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jmh/music/serene.au)

Not recommended for Ove. ;)

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Zappa paid tribute on The Eric Dolphy Memorial BBQ. "The Great" indeed.

[varwoche]

If you think that jazz is museum music, check out contemporary piano player / composer Danilo Perez, from Boston by way of Panama. His CD Motherland is simply profound.

Here are samples from Motherland (http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.aspx?ob=prd&src=list&pid=9892). Unlike many pages of this sort, the clips are reasonably long and start from the beginning of the track.

As an added bonus, bass player (and vocalist) extraordinaire Richard Bona guests on track 4, though it's just starting to heat up when the clip ends.

When I get a cd with 2 or 3 great tracks I'm happy as a clam. This one is amazing start to finish. My faves are 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and especially 9.

One of the things I like about Perez is he combines folkloric with modern in a special sort of way.

p.s. He's touring with Wayne Shorter, and appearing in San Francisco tomorrow (April 10).

[asthmatic camel]

Very nice; superb acoustic bass playing. I might even buy it.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Originally posted by varwoche
p.s. He's touring with Wayne Shorter, and appearing in San Francisco tomorrow (April 10).

Looks like I'll get my chance in Sept, when they appear w/St Louis Symphony. Not sure what the setup will be, but should be interesting.

[bigred]

Originally posted by varwoche
If you think that jazz is museum music,

.....then your musical IQ is probably not salvagable.

;)

[crimresearch]

Jazz was not created in a museum, but the current bunch of bland, safe jazz coming out of academia is certainly museum material...dead, stuffed, and belonging in a glass case.

Or as that 19 hour monstrosity from Ken Burns shows, perhaps a church, with Louis Armstrong as the deity, and Wynton Marsalis as the Pope.

Labels like 'Jazz' can cover a myriad of sins, as well as some great music, and a whole truckload of uninspired worshippers.

[bigred]

Well yeah, if you were referring to "smooth jazz," that's hardly jazz....

[crimresearch]

Have you read 'Bebop and Nothingness' by Francis Davis?

Once something passes into the mainstream , it is bound to have the sharp edges worn smooth for mass consumption.

The heavyweights who created jazz wouldn't stand a chance in today's corporate jazz industry.

[treble_head]

I really liked the original, though I'm not sure what it does to the point at hand, but Jazz can always be updated. I would suggest Mocean Worker or DJ Dara - Smoke. Long live Miles Davis and Duke Ellington!

[varwoche]

Another brilliant contemporary piano player is Gonzalo Rubalcaba. He's sort of like one part Chucho Valdez and one part Bill Evans. As a product of the Cuban conservatory system (now living in the US), he's classically trained.

To get a feel for his range... Track 3 (my fave on this cd) is a hard-edged, wildly syncopated bepob thing. Track 1 is the opposite.

scroll down for clips (http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?style=music&bab=E&pid=1230930&cart=247617028)
(sorry about the clip quality -- hard to find good ones)

At the risk of overdoing the superlatives, the drummer is the great Ignacio Berroa. He is unreal. Diz: The only Latin drummer in the world, in the history of American music that intimately knows both worlds; his native Afro-Cuban music as well as Jazz
If you never had a Keroac moment, catch them live. It is way intense.

[Kiless]

Long live Bebop. :) Excellent, you have any more recommendations? I've brought two CDs online after hearing samples through Paltalk sessions with fellow sceptics.

[varwoche]

An unexpected treat landed in my email inbox yesterday: A link to an entire concert (streaming video + sound) by perhaps the greatest musical genius who every walked the planet, the inimitable Hermeto Pascoal.

link (mms://wm.woob2.com/rio-loco2005/hermeto.wmv)

This is Hermeto plus the Toulouse Conservatory big band performing in France. I'm not a big band fan, and much prefer his small combo. That said, this is unlike any big band music you will ever hear.

Be forewarned, this is complex, unusual music. If it's not to your taste, at least fast forward to the 33:00 mark and hear Hermeto rip up a melodica, and to the 45:30 mark where he rips up an accordion.

No shortage of humour as well.

[varwoche]

Another brilliant contemporary piano player is Gonzalo Rubalcaba.
...
At the risk of overdoing the superlatives, the drummer is the great Ignacio Berroa. He is unreal.

If you never had a Keroac moment, catch them live. It is way intense. Since the time of this post I got Rubalcaba's most recent cd Paseo. It's goddamn unbelievable. I wish I could find decent clips of my 2 fave tracks. Oh well.

Here's an NPR interview with clips (but not #5 or #8).
npr interview (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4469769)

[varwoche]

This is Hermeto Pascoal plus the Toulouse Conservatory big band performing in France. I'm not a big band fan, and much prefer his small combo. That said, this is unlike any big band music you will ever hear. Better yet, here's audio from a recent London performance of Hermeto's small band.
BBC Radio 3 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazzon3/)

The sound quality is lacking but that doesn't matter because this is borderline paranormal. This band is WAY locked in.

(This music probably wouldn't fit into most people's definitions of jazz including mine though there are jazz elements.)

[Mojo]

The great Eric Dolphy's clarinet solo on the tune Serene.

.au file (http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jmh/music/serene.au)

Not recommended for Ove. ;)Can't listen to it here, unless...

Is it the version from Far Cry?

In which case I have it on the i-pod. :D

[Mojo]

Long live Bebop. :) Excellent, you have any more recommendations? I've brought two CDs online after hearing samples through Paltalk sessions with fellow sceptics.If you like Monk (or Coltrane, for that matter) I can definitely recommend the new At Carnegie Hall (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AV2GCE/qid=1129542347/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2_2/202-0154413-8121476) album.

Edited to add link.

[a_unique_person]

Come on people, where is music with a double pedal bass drum?

[varwoche]

I saw the amazing Yosvany Terry and his amazing band the other night and all I can say is holy sweet jesus.

If you choose the flash option, his web site (http://www.yosvanyterry.com) auto-plays an excellent, long sample.

And there are some nice clips from his latest CD at amazon here (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E8N8UW/qid=1149265373/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-0335759-3461749?s=music&v=glance&n=5174).

[Quinn]

Just saw this thread for the first time. Thanks for the links, varwoche. Nice stuff.

I saw Gonzalo for the first time a few months ago, and I'm sorry to say it was a huge disappointment. Basic problem: he was too hip for the room (and the room was pretty damn hip). He seemed to be going for pure cerebral complexity, with no regard for connecting with the audience in any way. So a lot of the audience left in mid-performance. Frankly I would have too, except I was supposed to meet him afterwards to talk about the transcription book of his music that I did.

[varwoche]

I saw Gonzalo for the first time a few months ago, and I'm sorry to say it was a huge disappointment. Basic problem: he was too hip for the room (and the room was pretty damn hip). Thank you for noticing my ultra hipness!

I saw him last year and it was way disappointing, especially after how good he was at prior performances -- not just GR but the trio and the way they grooved.

[varwoche]

Here's some excellent clips (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00068WRKW/qid=1151860971/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-1621112-9680618?redirect=true&s=music&v=glance&n=5174)from a young Cuban piano player named Manuel Valera.

(I will definitely be there when he plays in Seattle in a couple of months as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival.)

[varwoche]

Wow, I discovered there's lots of good stuff on Youtube such as the amazing Richard Bona, bassist extraordinaire. He's an unabashed Jaco adherent but I like him better than Jaco. In live performace Bona takes no prisoners whatsoever.

bass solo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_tdIP8ZLlA) (with Steps Ahead I think)

slap solo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEAhDJ1_fbE)

goofing around (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ke3EzioUAc) (wow!)

bass solo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTmNf9cOUhI) (w/Mike Stern's band)

a nice afro-pop tune (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32pu1w181Hg)

[varwoche]

Clips? Screw clips!

Here's John Coltrane's classic quartet with Mccoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums and I presume Jimmy Garrison on bass performing Afro Blue in entirety. I'll give the YT tag a test run here:

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[Foolmewunz]

Clips? Screw clips!

Here's John Coltrane's classic quartet with Mccoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums and I presume Jimmy Garrison on bass performing Afro Blue in entirety. I'll give the YT tag a test run here:

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This could devolve into a Best Small Combo Ever thread. This one's right up there. A Love Supreme is arguably one of the best five jazz albums of all time. I grew up around Jazz, and all my 60's contemporaries were rock-oids. They were all dying to see the great "Drum-Off" between Elvin and Ginger Baker. Damn did we get into fights!! I told 'em that Elvin and Art Blakey could use one hand each (right and left) and out-drum Baker!

I haven't been able to find a link, but I think the chalenge stemmed from someone at Down Beat or Rolling Stone (cudda been Teen Tigers for all I recall) asking Jones to listen to rock drummers. He dismissed all of them,...... except Keith Moon!

Back to Jazz.... Bebop's my particular love, but spending the 60's in the Village when we were allowed into the Vanguard and the Gate and Slug's, even if we were teens and just bought a coke, I got to see most of the 60's greats live. I still listen to alot of that music. But when it comes to "Oh, damn I gotta put on some jazz.... I go back to the stalwarts of Bebop - it's invariably The Bird! But I'm just as happy listening to Dizzy or Monk..... Is there a better live album than the Live at Massey Hall (sic?) with Parker and Dizzy and Mingus.

And other kudos - Tatum, Bud Powell, The Duke, Coleman Hawkins, Miles, Evans, Armstrong, and don't forget Benny Goodman (often frowned upon because he was a white dude, but he got massive respect from every hipster I ever spoke to). The list could go on and on. (We haven't even mentioned the singers!)

Of the new stuff, I go back to my roots, I guess.... I heard Rubacalba on a car radio in the early 90's and he floored me.

[varwoche]

This could devolve into a Best Small Combo Ever thread. This one's right up there. A Love Supreme is arguably one of the best five jazz albums of all time. You bet! As for best combo, I can't argue against Miles' band with Coltrane, Evans and Cannonball.

That said, as far as personal enjoyment my favorite classic combo is later edition Mingus, with Danny Richmond, Don Pullen and the underrated George Adams on sax. This unit stayed together for quite a long time and was way locked in:

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Add: One of the comments on youtube says that the tenor player is Roland Kirk, imitating George Adams. This is false.

[DevilsAdvocate]

Come on people, where is music with a double pedal bass drum?Try Louie Bellson. He pioneered the double bass drum. He's a very creative drummer.

I've heard him play a few times and was fortunate enough to be able to spend a couple of days with him kicking out jams and picking up tips. He reminded me of Jack LaLanne. Super high energy and always smiling. I don't think I ever saw him away from a musical instrument for more than a few seconds. His live perfomrance is pretty much a jaw dropper. :)

[Foolmewunz]

Aside from getting a good pastrami or corned beef sandwich (which I would probably kill for), the one thing I miss most about being in Hong Kong.....
(a friend sent me a dumb article about a club in New York... at the bottom of the "other listings" they had the below).....

IRIDIUM
1650 Broadway, at 51st St. (212-582-2121)—Oct. 26-27: The pianist Cecil Taylor, who is in his seventies, still sounds as gloriously disruptive as he did back in the late fifties, when he helped rewrite the rules of jazz. The only musical map he follows remains the one he drew up himself.
Mondays belong to the electric-guitar innovator Les Paul.
The Mingus Big Band takes over on Tuesdays.

I could take a couple of nights of Taylor.... The only thing here resembling jazz is a couple of hotel pianists, and only if you catch them late when the cocktails crowd has thinned out.

[BrianSI]

I will now make my standard plug for the LA area jazz station 88.1 FM, which streams from www.jazzandblues.org (http://jazzandblues.org) for remote listeners. As someone who has a lot to learn about who's who before purchasing, this station is truly great. Each DJ takes the job very seriously and basically considers their air time as a jazz appreciation lecture. I'm friends with the DJ for the Sat. night show "United Groove", and he really knows his stuff about Afro-Cuban influences in jazz and soul.

Anyway ... thanks for the links here everyone, but I'll have to wait until after work to check them out.

[The Mad Hatter]

That said, as far as personal enjoyment my favorite classic combo is later edition Mingus, with Danny Richmond, Don Pullen and the underrated George Adams on sax. This unit stayed together for quite a long time and was way locked in:

Add: One of the comments on youtube says that the tenor player is Roland Kirk, imitating George Adams. This is false.

Whoa! Who's the baritone sax player? And is there an album with this recording?

[varwoche]

Whoa! Who's the baritone sax player? And is there an album with this recording? I just googled the bari player and his name is Hamiet Bluiett (never heard of him). The song is Flowers For a Lady and it's on Mingus Moves which is an excellent disc (but it does not have Bluiett on it).

I will now make my standard plug for the LA area jazz station 88.1 FM Great station. When I lived in LA (long ago) it was constantly frustrating that their signal wasn't stronger.

[BrianSI]

Great station. When I lived in LA (long ago) it was constantly frustrating that their signal wasn't stronger.

They have seriously juiced the signal now. It is good all over the LA area, even the valley.

[varwoche]

There was a wonderful and humorous interview with sax player / composer Bennie Golson on NPR today, and here (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9972619) it is. Includes some nice little clips, including Killer Joe of course.

[calebprime]

The great Eric Dolphy's clarinet solo on the tune Serene.

.au file (http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jmh/music/serene.au)

Not recommended for Ove. ;)

Hey, cool thread. I'm completely overwhelmed!


I was able to listen to the Dolphy solo. Never one of my favorite players, but this was a lot more listenable than most of his stuff. I'm more in the Miles school of opinion about Dolphy.

Miles said something like "I'd 8 like to step on the 8's foot".

This solo was pretty good, but lost steam around half-way, for me. Slightly mechanical on the fast runs, slightly incoherent overall.



Richard Bona--mostly not playing on changes when he solos?--based on 2 cuts, which is not enough. Nice fresh sound. Much happier and healthier than Jaco. But where's the edge?



Hermeto Pascoal:

"Better yet, here's audio from a recent London performance of Hermeto's small band.
BBC Radio 3

The sound quality is lacking but that doesn't matter because this is borderline paranormal. This band is WAY locked in."

This is the one I really want to hear--but when I went to the site it wasn't clear to me how to hear it or where it was. Can you give me a clue?

You're a 8'n treasure. This is great stuff you're putting up here.:) :) :)

[Ove]

The great Eric Dolphy's clarinet solo on the tune Serene.

.au file (http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jmh/music/serene.au)

Not recommended for Ove. ;)

A quote for you :) "Jass music is dance music, i mean it is supposed to be music for parties, music you can dance and be happy whilst listening to" ..... Duke Ellington.

But off course i respect your right to like the music you fancy and you obviously like music in a concert setting with a seated audience where i prefer a party with beer, sweat, love and dancing people :)

[calebprime]

"Playing "bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing."
-Duke Ellington

Consistent with what you're saying.

Another genius with a blind spot, speaking a little defensively.

Where's the quote from? What's with the British-sounding "whilst"?

[varwoche]

Richard Bona ... But where's the edge? This thread is ancient; I wish I could edit the links. Here's a fun Bona solo that might even want to make Ove dance and drink beer! :) -jjGvSIXzms

[Hermeto] This is the one I really want to hear--but when I went to the site it wasn't clear to me how to hear it or where it was. Can you give me a clue? Dunno - the link is too old. I've been meaning to array some Hermeto from youtube. The sound quality on most of these is lacking but oh well:
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You're a 8'n treasure. Thanks!

[calebprime]

Gone in one gulp.

Unbelievable.

That's some of the most joyful, virtuosic, fresh, quirky music I've heard in a long time.

How do I know when music is good? Chills. Then crying.

By the 3rd YouTube I was just blubbering . Happy/sad meter just exploded.

:faint:

Don't tell them over in the bland and inoffensive thread. I might be banned.

One technical thing--Maybe there's a limit to how many YouTube windows I can have up at once--there was no sound on the last two or so. And one was a duplicate.

Bona's a monster too. But I'd still like to hear him play a standard or something. If he plays with Stern I'm sure he can....

I bow down to you, sir.

[Ove]

"Playing "bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing."
-Duke Ellington

Consistent with what you're saying.

Another genius with a blind spot, speaking a little defensively.

Where's the quote from? What's with the British-sounding "whilst"?

I cant recall and the quote is from memory so the "whilst" is probably my way of speaking ;) .

[varwoche]

Gone in one gulp. Unbelievable. That's some of the most joyful, virtuosic, fresh, quirky music I've heard in a long time. If you want to be gone in one gulp, catch Hermeto live if the rare opportunity should present. It was one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life. Or else get the cd Mundo Verde Esperança (http://www.amazon.com/Mundo-Verde-Esperan%C3%A7a-Hermeto-Pascoal/dp/B00008WCYY).

(Weird. I checked the youtube links again and they all worked and there are no dupes.)

[calebprime]

yeah, when I went back today, they were working fine.

Just too many windows open, and Safari is not the greatest.

Not your bad at all.

more! (when you've got a chance)

[varwoche]

Sarah Vaughan is one of the great jazz singers of all time. This tune has been stuck in my head for months.

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Her sound changed dramatically as she got older. I like young Sarah best.

[varwoche]

Wow this is cool! It's a follow-the-bouncing-ball with the chart of Coltrane's Giant Steps with the solo notated.

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This highlights Coltrane's phenomenal phrasing. Also it's fun to 'see' him rip through the rapid fire key changes.

[Mojo]

:D

[varwoche]

Cuban piano player Gonzalo Rubalcaba was discussed earlier, but what with new stuff showing up on youtube all the time...

The mind-boggling introduction leads into Giant Steps: Vace3AdCc1E

[varwoche]

I meant to post this when Rev. Wright goddamning America was news. With the McCain campaign ratcheting up the attacks, I suspect that goddamning will be back in the news again.

Regardless, forget the hippies and the folk songs. This is what I call a protest song. Les McCann and Eddie Harris, Compared to What:
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Is Les McCann cool or what? I strive to be 10% as cool as Les McCann. :)

(What in Odin's name does the old ladies kissing dogs part mean?)

[calebprime]

I love that groove, and the lyrics:

Love the lie and lie the love
Hanging on, with a push and shove
Posession is the motivation
That is hangin' up the goddamn nation
Looks like we always end up in a rut

Everybody now
Tryin' to make it real, compared to what
Come on baby, now

Slaughter houses are killin' hogs
Twisted children are killin' frogs
Poor dumb rednecks rollin' logs
Tired old lady, kissin' dogs
I hate the human love of that stinkin' mutt

I can't use it
Tryin' to make it real, compared to what
Come on baby, now

The President, he's got his war
Folks don't know just what it's for
Nobody gives us rhyme or reason
Have (a) one doubt, they call it treason
We chicken feathers all without one nut

Goddamn it!
Tryin' to make it real, compared to what
Sock it to me

Church on Sunday, sleep and nod
Trying to duck the wrath of God
Preachers fillin' us with fright
They all trying to teach us with what they think is right
They really got to be some kind of nut

I can't use it
Tryin' to make it real, compared to what
Lover, baby, hey

Where's that bee and where's that honey
Where's my god and where's my money
Unreal values, a crass distortion
Unwed mothers need abortion
Kinda brings to mind ol' young King Tut

He did it now
Tryin' to make it real, compared to what


eta: dig the Aquarius quote in the piano at the beginning!

thanks varwoche! brightened up a sad day