Who is your favorite Jazz musician and what is your favorite song?

[difalcojr]

I think you make an excellent analysis of why it disappeared, or rather changed and evolved. It did just die out back then. In listening, rhythm and beat is always needed, but for me, I also need some melody too, some tune to remember. Some harmony if possible too. What I like in classical too, like Schubert. A tune or theme that is returned to. I don't mind wild dissonance and freeform music, but if it doesn't come back to the initial tune, I have difficulty liking it too much. Some jazz is like that. Hip hop I consider mostly just poetry, having only rhythm and beat.

 

[difalcojr]

 

[BWV]

 

[BWV]

 

[pinball1970]

Harry James for me. 1964 and......"Mr Buddy Rich ladies and gentlemen."

 

[pinball1970]

Wow!!! That is amazing playing!

 

[pinball1970]

Drums a let down, the other players are so good.

 

[Hornbein]

Corey Henry -- Donna Lee

I'm pretty sure those are organ pedals, not ebass.

 

[difalcojr]

More 60's jazz.

 

[difalcojr]

 

[difalcojr]

think this classic, slow tune could be fused up or rocked up in a cover.

 

[difalcojr]

maybe his best known album and song:

 

[difalcojr]

 

[morrobay]

Indeed it's not about nostalgia - Just the best jazz ever.

 

[BWV]

Indeed it's not about nostalgia - Just the best jazz ever.

The studio recording w/ strings is probably my favorite piano solo ever

 

[sbrothy]

Once reason jazz and Classical are so great is they feature beautiful sounds of all the different instruments.

Does not all music do that?

Well yes and no, in rock music (which I like) you are a little restricted, guitar/distorted guitar, organ but not always.

Same with the other styles but in classical you can do what the hell you want, a piano piece? You have it.

Just Cello? Yes, Just voices? Full orchestra? Organ its all there.

Same with Jazz, this one is a flute piece but there is a cool as hell electric piano solo.

The studio recording w/ strings is probably my favorite piano solo ever

In Jazz there are really no rules, musical theory-wise. If a chromatic scale or blue note sounds cool they go for it. I know that's not really fair comparing to other typea of music, but Jazz is really the very definition of musical anarchy. These people are so good they absorbed all the theory and then threw it all away to just play some music.

 

[BWV]

In Jazz there are really no rules, musical theory-wise. If a chromatic scale or blue note sounds cool they go for it. I know that's not really fair comparing to other typea of music, but Jazz is really the very definition of musical anarchy. These people are so good they absorbed all the theory and then threw it all away to just play some music.

I don’t agree with this at all, Jazz has a vocabulary and grammar, I.e. ‘rules’ , just as 19th century classical music or any other style does

 

[morrobay]

Yes I favor a little up tempo^ . Saw the Modern Jazz Quartet at Pepperdine College in Malibu. Also had contact with one band member as a Customs Inspector at LAX

 

[morrobay]

In Jazz there are really no rules, musical theory-wise. If a chromatic scale or blue note sounds cool they go for it. I know that's not really fair comparing to other typea of music, but Jazz is really the very definition of musical anarchy. These people are so good they absorbed all the theory and then threw it all away to just play some music.

I have no technical musical knowledge whatsoever but I dare say the musicians got a little carried away with this no rules/anarchy/fusion that started in the 70's. For me does not sound good at all

 

[sbrothy]

I don’t agree with this at all, Jazz has a vocabulary and grammar, I.e. ‘rules’ , just as 19th century classical music or any other style does

You're probably right. It was a very personal opinion. I play the guitar myself (mostly blues), but I'm not the biggest fan of jazz. Perhaps I'm too far out of my comfort zone here to offer any meaningful comment.

 

[pinball1970]

You're probably right. It was a very personal opinion. I play the guitar myself (mostly blues), but I'm not the biggest fan of jazz. Perhaps I'm too far out of my comfort zone here to offer any meaningful comment.

I think I know where you are coming from.

In classical music the musicians take their part home, the sheet music, give it whirl then turn up to rehearsal and are guided by the conductor, tempo, phrasing, volume etc.
You can have cadenza where a soloist plays flurry often improvised but the rest of the orchestra play what is written in the score.

You get all that in a jazz set up too, where guys play their charts but can improvise on the solos if they have one.

There is a genera where all the guys are in tempo and basic structure but all of them are soloing usually clarinet, trumpet trombone (I thought that was new Orleans but just checked some out and is not that)
I am not that keen on that style.
Free form is more of a 1970s thing and everyone turns up and just stars playing!

Of the bands I have seen, they know each other well, are great technicians/musicians and find a theme and kind of just run with it, ebb and flow like they reading each others mind. Pretty far out (man)

Not everyone’s cup of tea.

I adore jazz, the structure of the tracks those scrunchy chord progressions, the technical ability of the players. So many genres and great artists.

One of the reason I was hooked on USA TV & film as a kid, jazz music permeated children and adult TV, film sound tracks.

Be-bop



Jazz funk



Is this jazz? Im claiming it- it has a flute and electric piano!

 

[difalcojr]

Had not remembered it was so pervasive in media. Interesting. The musicians did cover all the Broadway and movie themes and songs. Which I really like still. That Wilder movie trailer script is really funny. :)

As far as different guitar styles/sounds of jazz and rock, guitar always seemed so much more subdued in jazz. Didn't rock. Here's a pair that really show this, I think. Both renowned guitarists. Like both versions, but they are very different. The jazz version original (first track):


and the rock/blues fusion version cover with Mike Bloomfield in the first guitar solo, and Elvin Bishop the second. Harmonica taking the place of cornet. I think this might well be considered jazz too:

 

[morrobay]

 

[difalcojr]

I’ve always liked Herbie Hancock

don't think this one made it yet:

 

[morrobay]

Classic ^ And latin/conga drums version.

 

[pinball1970]

I'm a huge fan of 20s-40s jazz. I'm not big into any modern jazz.

An absolute stack of stuff that will blow your socks off Greg!

 

[pinball1970]

Had not remembered it was so pervasive in media. Interesting. The musicians did cover all the Broadway and movie themes and songs. Which I really like still. That Wilder movie trailer script is really funny. :)

As far as different guitar styles/sounds of jazz and rock, guitar always seemed so much more subdued in jazz. Didn't rock. Here's a pair that really show this, I think. Both renowned guitarists. Like both versions, but they are very different. The jazz version original (first track):


and the rock/blues fusion version cover with Mike Bloomfield in the first guitar solo, and Elvin Bishop the second. Harmonica taking the place of cornet. I think this might well be considered jazz too:

Yes the media follow the genre, this is why game shows, TV series and films had synth naff in there.

 

[pinball1970]

Louie Bellson. "Cool" live, from 1962, a track from Westside story.
The arrangement makes it, I could gush about it but I won't.

 

[difalcojr]

few more sixties before older stack starts.

 

[difalcojr]

I liked jazz because they played off-key on purpose and made it sound good.