Best Jazz

Was just listening to this today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9w8Py9pcpY

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Sometimes I love those guys and other times I can’t stand them. You heard Billy Cobham’s “Spectrum”? Tony William’s Lifetime? Soft Machine’s jazzier stuff? The Ginger Baker Trio? I can listen to all of those albums more consistently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4gfJaYqZY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq3LEC0T3Fw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL7mq30nmF0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql6iGLZL14w

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I really, really love Red Baron from that album. And I think all fusion has that effect (of loving sometimes and hating at other times). The problem now is that nobody buys CDs and albums anymore so you don’t get to fall in love with a tune months and months after the initial purchase.

Agreed. Also, most people just don’t have the attention span required for jazz. I got into a lot of jazz back when I was buying vinyl. Later on I found this CD store in Taichung that had a ton of ECM releases. Great stuff. Keith Jarrett’s “The Survivor’s Suite.” It took me a while to get into that one, but once I did I loved it.

What I love most about Spectrum is that Deep Purple’s Tommy Bolin plays on it. I believe he died of an overdose soon after.

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No to all! I’m not a huge jazz guy but I like a few things and listen occasionally. Will check these out, thank!

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Great weekly jazz show out of UK. Podcasts here. Good for a listen anytime.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXZm7fXuEqA&ab_channel=MusicVoice Very nice! Would fit perfectly in a movie.

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I contrasted this with Billie Holiday for my son, trying to make the point that “art” can take many forms. Then I found myself just blown away at exactly what I was trying to make a case against. Oh well.

1975 CTI outtakes!

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My fav CTI track. Freddie and George playing out of their skins and Billy Cobham flailing.

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Great stuff. I’m fond of this one

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I need to take a shower after this one.

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Very intense, beebop on steroids take on a jazz standard. I love it!

Hard bop. Enjoy!

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I love this little story related to the drummer Elvin Jones.

“Many years later”, the tenor saxophonist Bradford Marsalis recalled, “a lot of younger musicians were hanging around with Elvin Jones, and they were talking about, ‘Man, you know, you guys had an intensity when you were playing with Coltrane. I mean, what was it like? How do you play with that kind of intensity?’ And Elvin Jones looks at them and says, ‘You gotta be willing to die with the mother&*()%.’ They started laughing like kids do, waiting for the punchline, and then they realized he was serious. How many people do you know that are willing to die—period? Die with anybody! And when you listen to those records, that’s exactly what they sound like. I mean that they would die for each other.”

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Seems quite accurate.

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Here’s some more frantic intensity from Coltrane. It takes a while to kick in, and when it does, there’s no turning back.

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Not as hard driven, but similar time period:

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