International Jazz Day

38 Comments on International Jazz Day

1. Back when I was 19 or so a few of us went to see Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis. We all fell asleep. It was good music, just put us to sleep.

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2. All sounds the same to me.

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3. Harold Johnson was a kid in my buddies neighborhood in L.A. back in the 60’s. We ingested copious amounts of alcohol in Japan while this played in the background.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WGIq9EuK4I

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4. She could ditch the vibrato and it would be dobe dobe ba ba doop better.

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5. Just had John Coltrane on the CD in the Garage yesterday.
   Today switched to Beethoven (3rd and 5th).

   Guess I’m backwards …

   izlamo delenda est …

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6. I’m glad I re-read that headline. Could have been really embarrassing

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7. The Jazz Workshop & Paul’s Mall in Boston was the place to go for excellent jazz back in the day.

   How ’bout some Eddie Harris & Les McCann? https://youtu.be/_UrjQSVbIkk

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8. I used to have a Chicago Art Ensemble album which I would use to troll my jazz-luvving friends, just to see how long they could stand to pretend that they enjoyed it.

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9. For those of us who like jazz with a recognizable melody and rhythm (as distinct from torturing saxophones), I offer George Shearing and Lullaby of Birdland.

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10. My contributions:

    David Sanborn, Comin’ Home Baby
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcuXngZGYmQ

    Tim Weisberg – Tibetan Silver
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2wWumkiNmg

    Grover Washington Jr, Mister Magic
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jvdy6khEmA

    Which one depends on my mood. Just before I read this post, I was listening to Bach.

    Edit: Doc, WDS and Uncle Al – great selections, now bookmarked! Thanks!

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11. Many birds, one stone:

    ‘April in Paris’ Sara Vaughn and Clifford Brown
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6dqY0aW94o

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12. Bach is always jazzable, Claudia. Just add syncopation!

    My theory is that jazz got invented because classically-schooled musicians got bored with most classical music. (Some clasical music is highly syncopated, however – but you have to know who the composers are.)

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13. Hey Claudia, check out some Michael Brecker when you can. Sadly Michael passed in ’07. Here’s a taste featuring him on the IWI, then the sax.

    https://youtu.be/NL_DoqyKXJQ

    Saw him (and his brother Randy) with the Billy Cobham Players at Paul’s Mall in Boston. What a show!

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14. as originally intended?
    “MOZART in Bossa – Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete.mpg”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwUdZtfXge8

    I miss Bola Sete

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15. Hey, Jimmy – listen to the Mozart link from toby miles! I loved it! Thanks, Toby!

    WDS, my toes were tapping! Very Celtic and enjoyable! Thanks.

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16. THANKS, MJA!! How about some links to Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington – and Diana Krall following those others in the “classics”? Some of the old Bessie Smith recordings are great too.

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17. this guy has it right:
    Sun Ra – Night Music 1989
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmqe_v11q3U
    (used to go see him at _every_ opportunity, while at school in philly)

    or:
    Miles Davis “Right Off (take 10)” 1971
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo4ek9Txgbc
    with John McLaughlin on guitar

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18. Brubeck’s my guy:

    https://youtu.be/h6DxfIjSYd0

    Cool jazz don’t need no vocals, anyway…

    🙂

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19. Mayor Pete would like to buy a vowel and make this International Jizz Day.

    Did I say “buy a vowel”? I meant lick a bowel.

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20. @toby miles:

    I miss Bola Sete

    So do it! He’s one of my favorites…a wizard!
    Another Brazilian guitarist I love and miss is Luiz Bonfá.

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21. I can’t wait for International Jizz day!

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22. Duke Ellington’s Caravan by Melody Gardot

    …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W_Bt78Ro-A…

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23. Leo P, just an offering fit for today,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BARAHLk-8dk
    BBC Proms

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24. @ VietVet: YES!! Have most of the old albums – still sound great!

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25. Please excuse this additional post, if you don’t love a history of jazz,,
    Beneath the Underdog: Charles Mingus Revisited (Prom 53) – BBC Proms 2017
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx4pxOQvlKo
    Hope some will enjoy it,,,
    Regards,

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26. Confession: I can’t stand Louis Armstrong’s voice/singing. There. I said it.

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27. Confession: I’ve always hated a trumpet muted with a toilet plunger base,,,
    Nuff said,, you all know what I’m saying.

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28. For Jazz Fans
    A list pic airdrop later
    Toons [404.8 GB]\Jazz

29. Ella Fitzgerald singing Out of This World
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=409ulQQsS0I

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30. Cab. St. James Infirmary.

    The cocaine version.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_XYweNu3oQ

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31. Late to the game in Jazz appreciation…I just got burned out on all

    of the other stuff ( I drive a lot..Don’t wanna hear the same

    sh*t over and over and over on any station) Listen on XM…I enjoy

    the interviews with the older Musicians..Who actually suffered

    from Bigotry (not racism) And they all tell humorous stories about

    their travels.

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32. Girl From Ipanema, 1964 Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkxFhFRFDA

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33. Guiness Girl…If it is not the coolest song ever…It’s in the top 3.

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34. Bobcat, I agree.

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35. Cab. St. James Infirmary.

    Wartime version.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo2YDY5aBMM

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36. I’m picking one song to showcase the development of Jazz.

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37. Some choad with the minimalist approach.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3qTwHRECmM

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38. @forcibly deranged: I’m also a fan of Stan Freberg. Here’s his tuned sheep playing “Lullaby of Birdland”:

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/bNC3nrOcFOU

    🙂

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