Musical Legends Discussions | | Jones'n for Jazz: An Unabashedly Biased Commentary on Jazz "Must Haves" | | I think it would be rather bold to try to write to the history and current practices in and of jazz in one article. Either that or, hey, I just don't have the endurance or the attention span to attempt such a comprehensive undertaking and/or analysis. I can, however, offer a starting point that I think would provide a jazz newcomer to some delicious and EVER so exciting pieces of and moments in jazz music. I can in no way begin to know all of what is good and great in the vast discography of jazz which, by now is closing in on the century mark. You can look as far back as Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, and the heavyweights in blues and gospel, in vaudville and, yes, even the burlesque, and find some claim to the rich history and collective flavors that make up the stew we today enjoy as much as ever.I can tell you to go drink up and absorb yourself in the musical treasures of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson. I can drool on about the tones and talent of Billie "Lady Day" Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and even the sultry and sumptuous Bessie Smith or Ma Rainey - both of very early blues and jazz... | |
| | Songs Of The Century | | The list, in the order of votes received. Each song is followed by the name of an artist who made a recording of the song.Title Artist
1. "Over the Rainbow" Judy Garland
2. "White Christmas" Bing Crosby
3. "This Land Is Your Land" Woody Guthrie
4. "Respect" Aretha Franklin
5. "American Pie" Don McLean
6. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" The Andrews Sisters
7. West Side Story (Album) Original Cast
8. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Billy Murray
9. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
10. "The Entertainer" Scott Joplin
11. "In the Mood" Glenn Miller Orchestra
12. "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
13. "When the Saints Go Marching In" Louis Armstrong
14. "You Are My Sunshine" Jimmie Davis
15. "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin
16. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
17. "Take the A Train" Duke Ellington Orchestra
18. "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino
19. "God Bless America " Kate Smith
20. "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa's Band
21. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye
22. "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
23. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco " Tony Bennett
24. "Good Vibrations"... | |
| | I'm trying to get into jazz. | | I really like instrumental jazz, like John Coltrane and Art Blakey, but I only know what I own. I'd really like to be able to branch out, but the world is so big, it's hard to know what to look for. I also know I like jazz that has a swing twist to it, or big band, or a latin sound to it, but I don't know where to start. For example, I love the soundtrack from the movie "Chocolat" but how can I find more music like it? The reason why I prefer instrumental is because I can't study to anything with lyrics in it.So do you have ideas for keywords for Amazon or musicians I should look in to? | |
| | Music to Soothe the Savage Breast | | William Congreve said "music hath charms to soothe the savage breast" and, of course, he was right. The right music can make me feel relaxed, take away anger, and just put me in a frame of mind that is in touch with the more peaceful nuances of the Universe.My personal soothing "mixtape" (it's actually a CD compilation I burned but "mix CD" doesn't have the same ring to it for me for some reason) includes:Bach's "Air on the G String" (a most sublime piece of music as recorded by Pablo Casals and the Marlboro Festival Orchestra)Elton John's "Your Song" (perhaps my all-time favorite love song)Emmylou Harris' exquisite version of The Beatles' "Here, There, and Everywhere"Cassandra Wilson's sultry version of Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey"Pachelbel's "Canon" (both the inspiring version by Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the lilting vocal version..."How, When, Where"...by Cleo Laine and James Galway)John Coltrane's "Acknowledgement" (from "A Love Supreme")Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why"Miles Davis' "Blue in Green"and Enya's ethereal and graceful "How Can I Keep From Singing?"What tracks would you (or have you) put on... | |
| | | Who likes jazz? | | John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald...I feel like I'm the only person who listens to any of these guys anymore. I feel old (though I'm not even 20 yet). | |
| | Do you know Elvin Jones? | | Do you know him?
He was the main drummer of John Coltrane,I find his playing fantastic .You can see him with Coltrane here,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olOYynQ-_Hw | |
| | Jazz Beginnings | | Jazz is one of the only original musical art forms. It is defined as “originating around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in African American musical styles blended with Western music technique and theory.” One of the most famous jazz musicians was John Coltrane. In his study of Coltrane’s newest posthumous release entitled “John Coltrane: Fearless Leader”, Norman Weinstein analyses on of jazz’s greatest stars and the CD that summarizes his sessions from 1957 to 1958.Coltrane did not start his first jazz group until 1960,( a quartet including Steve Kuhn, Pete LaRoca and Billy Higgins), so the period of time described in this CD is prior to any real self controlled, organized play on his part. First Weinstein discusses the difference between Coltrane’s pre-Atlantic, pre-Impulse recordings versus the later sound. Coltrane has recordings that go all the way back to 1946 but he did not start recording professionally and with a means to preserve and distribute until 1955. After this point however, he created and produced an impressive number of albums. Since his death, some of these have been released. Still others have been releases solely on the merit of his... | |
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