Nothing but jazz...

Ezeerider said:

...is that I get turned on to new stuff - and old stuff that's new - like this. Minny thanx, I liked it a lot.
His stuff reminded me of another guy from the period, Eumir Deodato, and this is one of my all-time favorites of his. Never get tired of it. See what'cha think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cuhPbhzMzQ

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latecomer91364 said:

I had all but forgotten how much I like that at the time. It's always a little dangerous jazz-ifying (or rock-ifying) the classics, but this worked so well, and I can never get enough of the Fender Rhodes sound (not sure if that's what Deodato was playing exactly) of the era. A very very cool sound. Thanks for reminding me.

I love jazz, really starting with swing, and then a HUGE fan of Bebop, but the 70s were a magical decade of innovation.

The first band I was ever in played all Tom Scott, Crusaders and a few standards thrown in, and we made almost no money at all. This is one of my favorites of that type of jazz (and one of my most intricate guitar arrangements - covering everything that wasn't bass, drums or sax). God, I love this tune - one could claim it was the one that started, or at least cemented this genre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2tYjnON6Hc

When you consider that against the other faction that was emerging at the time, I don't know if they ever had a name for it - the Tony Williams style romps, it demonstrates that the era was like no other, the way jazz diverged. One of my favorites at the time was Pat Martino, who over the course of several albums transformed himself from a standards player to a true 'fusioneer'. Love this from him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61k627ElDLg

So glad I found this thread.

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Ezeerider said:

Me too. I actually found it a few years back, but somehow drifted away and just now got back to it. I used to lurk here and the blues thread, and was turned on to some nice stuff, a lot by ol' Texas Ace, who also knows his onions.
Like you, I'm a huge bopist, and even more for post-bop. And that takes us to where I wanted to take us here, which is to the mid to late 60s, when the east coast guys would come out to L.A. and San Francisco to really stretch out, get loose and be free of the strictures of east coast jazz and what audiences back there expected and demanded.
L.A. had Central Avenue and some smoky little joints on the west side, like the It Club and the Mr. Adams, where I used to slide in for some Groove Holmes boomin' out some of that big time B3 Hammond that was so huge then. He usually played there with Thornel Schwartz on guitar and a couple of different drummers, including a buddy of mine who used to sit in.
Well all this is to say that you might dig this, since Martino is on guitar with a whole different sound, as part of a stellar crew of Teddy Edwards, Paul Chambers and Billy Higgins. Yow!
This will direct you down Retro Road.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppZUnl0WlR8

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BlackCaramelCreme said:

https://youtu.be/sWZg4LDjjtQ

Ken Burns did a big piece on Jazz. It is worth looking into. It's where I learned about Sidney Bichet.

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latecomer91364 said:

Loved it (nice to see you here, BCC) Takes me back to the Django days. I watched KB's jazz a lot of years ago, great documentary - just watched his Vietnam films.

And the next video on You Tube is great also. At 2:26 in, you get a rare glimpse of Dlango's hands - amazing how he played - shows you can overcome even the most severe limitations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ5iPTcooxI

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BlackCaramelCreme said:

I watched and I watched and I watched. Amazing. American jazz greats were in awe of him.

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Ezeerider said:

To all who saw all or some part of the Ken Burns series, I'd say go out and get the whole set of discs. You'll never get tired of them. I got the set as a gift and it's truly "the gift that keeps on giving."
And does anyone else find Django to be strangely addicting, like you can never play just one cut or two, but instead get totally strung out on that haunting, haunted sound?
I've heard it said more than once that, all rock 'n' roll comes originally from Django, and it's a very interesting idea.
I've always loved what Les Paul did with the Django style, especially when he put it through his own guitars.
Speakin' o' which, here are a couple of classic descendants:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IOBVTdHZiw

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latecomer91364 said:

Great cut. Just last week I was listening to KKJZ in the car, wondering why that slinky, sexy B3 sound is largely relegated to Retroland, while crap like Autotune won't go away - not that I listen to artists that use it, at least not on purpose.

By the time I got to drinking age, Shelley's Manne Hole was gone, and I think Oscar Peterson's joint (on Victory Blvd, I think) was gone as well. In the SFV, that left Dante's (my fave) and the Baked Potato.

I don't know if you've ever encountered this guy: Don Mock. He was one of my teacher's at The Guitar Institute of Technology, now Musician's Institute. We used to go see him at a joint called 'Two Dollar Bill's' across the street from the Scientology castle (no connection). Great variety of sounds. My favorite is his version of Joni Mitchell's Song To a Seagull - 2nd track, starts at about 3:48 in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPgE4tCzY5o

I've gotta find that Blues thread...
Thanks for cluing me in that it's here.

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Ezeerider said:

I believe it was called "Singing the Blues," and seems to have disappeared in 2012.
(I know. Yikes!)

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latecomer91364 said:

I can't even recount the thought processes that brought me to this song from your post. For business reasons, I spoke to the IT Director at the Musicians Institute yesterday (we're both alumni), and it got me thinking of Howard Roberts.

This is the song I chose to transcribe for the entire school backup band, hand out charts, and then play live for the class (only screwed up one part, with a 5 over 4 drum brushes feel). Still, it's just a beautiful song.

The Single (on this side)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9GeAXxnnJ0

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