Rating The Jazz Piece Above Me

White Knight

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The addition of Adams on the baritone sax really gives some oomph to this piece. All 3 saxes seem to be really getting off on each other's riffs. The pianist and drummer {don't know who they are} are great also. 10/10, for sure!
Now, how about this for a change of focus and pace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzuRKN0ALws
 

gord

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steve,this musician esbjorn svensson is so good and i had never heard of him till someone posted a video. it is such a tragedy he died so young, but it seems to happen to a large amount of great jazzmen. lee morgan, clifford brown, bix, bunny ,the list seems never ending. jazz fans are robbed of such great talent. gord
 

gord

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hi steve, i forgot to rate the esbjorn svensson trio. i give it a ten.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEePC7GjSpo&feature=related
lovers of hardbop will like this, from the famous album a blowin session. three tenors, johnny griffin, hank mobley and john coltrane, plus the versatile lee morgan, all driven along by a first class rhythm section of wynton kelly, paul chambers, and art blakey. jazz does not get any better than this. gord
 

White Knight

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Ah, Miles could play so sweetly back in his "ballad days" {some would say salad days instead! :lol: }. 10/10, a no brainer. Now for something he did a little later in his illustrious career, which I firmly believe set the standard for future jazz/fusion groups such as Weather Report {after all, both Zawinul and Shorter played on this seminal album from Miles}. It might be a little lengthy, but the rewards for listening to this piece its whole way through are--in my estimation--vast indeed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tHHqTrObEM
 

gord

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hi steve,bitches brew is the only electric album by miles that i really like. most of the others i dont have too much time for, with the exception of jack johnson. i consider bitches brew a jazz classic, and i rate this track a 10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkBTEUbSo6c&feature=related
here is duke ellington with two hardbop masters from one of my favorite albums. someone please rate. gord
 

White Knight

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Guys, as far as I'm concerned, Bellson's drum solo basically is the whole piece, making me forget the melody and the rest of the band {as silly as that may sound}. 10/10.
Now for a piece I just discovered last night after listening to a rendition of it by E.S.T. This is the original version, done by one of my favorite jazz pianists ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8MLRuFCtF0
 

OLDUDE

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Yeah Gord that is the Duke Ellington I truly appreciate (9/10) and wasn't he a looker? (See my post on J Hodges in the lovely piece of jazz thread).

Cheers John
 

OLDUDE

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Hi Steve,
I have always had mixed views on Theloneous, there are times I find his playing wonderful, yet sometimes he totally loses me off (10/10 becomes 5/10). Just frustrating.

Cheers John
 

White Knight

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Hi Steve,
I have always had mixed views on Theloneous, there are times I find his playing wonderful, yet sometimes he totally loses me off (10/10 becomes 5/10). Just frustrating.

Cheers John
John, I think with Monk he always tries to "play with" or rework the theme by changing the key to minor and playing block chords around it, but he always--at least to my ears--keeps it recognizable and "stays in the ball-park" with it. His is really a very recognizeable--and especially for its time--and unique style. I have always been able to follow it and make sense out of it. In my book, he's one of the true geniuses of jazz music.
 

gord

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hi steve,the drummer is shadow wilson, the bass is wilber ware.it is from an album called gerry mulligan meets thelonious monk on the riverside label. recorded late 50s. gord
 

escher

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@gord, that's one of my favorite Monk pieces, and Mulligan adds some extra spice! I'd like to know who the drummer was on this rendition; he really kept it together. 10/10
Now here's one from 2 masters of their respective instruments, and another one of my all-timers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8QhjwVy7Ng&feature=related

i've never loved too much so what, i know it's seen a landmark but i don't consider it a composition this great. Anyway it's very interesting to hear and see the different approaches and conceptions of miles and coltrane. Miles's first solo is extremely clear, simple and linear, Coltrane's solo is... Coltrane, a snake of (a ton of) hypnotic notes
8,5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3rga_6s55U
 

OLDUDE

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Hi escher,
I've just discovered your link to the PD track of 21st.

I love the guy and this is the first time to hear this beautiful version of the tune.

Thank you

Cheers John
 
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