A lovely bit of jazz

stu

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Lester Young's classic solo on Lady Be Good in 1939 with a Count Basie small group knocked me out when I was fifteen, now 500 years later I still get that tingle down my aged spine when I hear it. It was often repeated by others as a tribute to Lester. Lee Konitz said that when he first heard it he realised straight off that jazz had become a new culture.
Here is the Pres solo first, then it is followed by a note for note tribute by Engelbert Wrobel's Swing Society with tenorist/clarinetist/ soprano/ stalwart Anti Sarpilla leading the front line. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeqwPX4T4E0&feature=player_detailpage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-6FcBHXRr8&feature=player_detailpage
 

OLDUDE

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teddy

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Nice piece of boogie gord. I think its boogie woogie that has gone out of fashion as much as anything.

teddy
 

stu

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That was a classic Earl Hines number Gord. I recall seeing him in action, way way back in time. The excellent Sir Charles Thompson was also on the bill and I thought gee! Can't top that! Then in the second half on walked Earl Fatha Hines, and laid waste to all that had gone before!!
 

OLDUDE

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Hi guys,
Ref. to Gord's track of Earl Hines. He was one of the truly great jazz pianists. I give it 9.5.
I too think that it's sad that so few of the old time jazzmen get a hearing these days, especially when you reckon that without them our jazz hobby would never have become established. For example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONDr4zau53c&feature=player_detailpage
That was 6 jazz legends in the one group.
Note that in the spiel below the main image, Arne Hoejberg and the Peruna jazzmen were mentioned, so here they are with the modern version;-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNo9QsI68w0&feature=player_detailpage

Cheers John
 
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stu

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Hi guys,
Ref. to Gord's track of Earl Hines. He was one of the truly great jazz pianists. I give it 9.5.
I too think that it's sad that so few of the old time jazzmen get a hearing these days, especially when you reckon that without them our jazz hobby would never have become established.

Cheers John

I agree John. When I first came into jazz an older jazz friend told me (quite forcefully!!) "Go back and listen and digest what went before!
No matter when music was played, it is the way that it was played that counts!" He was right and I am in his debt.
 

teddy

Duckmeister
Lovely piece John. Thought I was not going to enjoy it, but as my wife likes to tell me, I was wrong again.

teddy
 
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