bremen Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1315409606' post='1365421'] Am having a strange time at the moment. All I seem to want to do is practice, compose and play my own stuff, rather than keep absorbing anyone else. Maybe I have last reached a point where I am ready to 'eat my father', to quote Steve Swallow. I have a trio gig this Sunday in Bury St Edmunds with these guys.... [url="http://www.nicfrance.co.uk/"]http://www.nicfrance.co.uk/[/url] [url="http://www.kevinflanagan.net/"]http://www.kevinflanagan.net/[/url] [url="http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/alss/deps/mpa/staff/kevin_flanagan.html"]http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/fac...n_flanagan.html[/url] Quite excited, really...... [/quote] Kevin Flanagan! He used to live down the road from me. Made my day passing his house and hearing him wail. Say hello from me - I don't know if he'd remember me but say Chris the cyclist, friend of Demmy. edit: d'oh, the post I was replying to happened months ago. How was it? Will you play together again? Edited November 15, 2011 by bremen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I enjoy a bit of jazz, but don't know much about it. When I first started going for bass lessons my teacher asked what sort of music I'd like to learn to play and I remember saying something like 'not jazz, it's too difficult'. Anyway, at my last lesson he decided he would teach me the bass line to 'So What' off of 'Kind of Blue'. Not on double bass I hasten to add! He just thought it would be a good exercise for me to learn it. He said it would help my playing in all sorts of ways, including getting to sound mroe flowing and less jerky (he put it better than that though). So that's what I'm practising every night at home now. Absolutely loving it. Loving it so much that it makes me smile to myself while I'm playing it (or rather attempting to play it). So many different moods in it. And the key changes are so beautiful and clever. Must go out and get the whole album now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 I have bought 5 copies of Kind of Blue over the years; LP, Cassette, CD, CD with dvd and now a download (cheap as chips). INteresting thought; has it really sold 3 million copies or have 600,000 people bought it 5x like me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I've bought KoB once, and someone else has bought it for me once, so I'm on twice-bought. I've probably listened to it twice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1321372496' post='1438363'] I have bought 5 copies of Kind of Blue over the years; LP, Cassette, CD, CD with dvd and now a download (cheap as chips). INteresting thought; has it really sold 3 million copies or have 600,000 people bought it 5x like me [/quote] I'd love to get it on vinyl if I can find a copy somewhere. But I'll probably order a CD off Amazon to be going on with. I'm finding that one of the great things about having lessons is that it all adds to your musical education in general. It's not just about learning how to play, it's also about having your musical horizons widened. Lovin' it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Download cost me about £2 (can't remember where but itunes/amazon/emusic are the only possibilities). Its the music that matters, not the format! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1321373365' post='1438377'] Download cost me about £2 (can't remember where but itunes/amazon/emusic are the only possibilities). Its the music that matters, not the format! [/quote] True enough, but I do rather love vinyl. But anyway, I've just ordered a CD for £3.50! It'll sound great in the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1321373365' post='1438377'] Download cost me about £2 (can't remember where but itunes/amazon/emusic are the only possibilities). Its the music that matters, not the format![/quote] I avoided mp3 music for ages because of the DRM nonsense but earlier this year I bought a network drive to use as a time machine backup for my Mac, and then found out I could stream mp3s from it to my phone over wi-fi, or any other DLNA-capable client. Suddenly mp3 became quite interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I bought it as an LP when it first came out and later lost it. Ten years ago I got a CD free by cashing in some Shell coupons. As I understand it, the LP is a bit different from the CD, but who cares? It's still a great session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 [quote name='bassace' timestamp='1321377680' post='1438460'] I bought it as an LP when it first came out and later lost it. Ten years ago I got a CD free by cashing in some Shell coupons. As I understand it, the LP is a bit different from the CD, but who cares? It's still a great session. [/quote] I think the difference is that the vinyl has been sped up slightly and is consequently not in concert pitch (but it's jazz, innit?) whereas the CD is as recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 [quote name='bremen' timestamp='1321377994' post='1438465'] I think the difference is that the vinyl has been sped up slightly and is consequently not in concert pitch (but it's jazz, innit?) whereas the CD is as recorded. [/quote] One side of the original LP recording was mastered at the wrong speed, IIRC. Noone noticed for decades, apparently, and the issue was corrected only realtively recently. Must have really p***ed off the pianists who were trying to copy Bill Evans'/Wynton Kelly's stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 hi jazzers. Can anyone recommend me some really stand out scott Lafaro recordings. Particularly with either Bill Evans or Chet Baker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithless Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) Bill Evans Trio - Live at Village Vanguard? Edited November 30, 2011 by Faithless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Just had a pleasant surprise. In an effort to plug some aesthetic/historical gaps in my listening, I down loaded Carla Bely's legendary 'Escalator Over The Hill'. I was kind of expecting to be confronted with a bizarre mixture of free jazz and Kurt Weill (and I guess I did a bit) but its really good stuff; eclectic but interesting. And I had forgotten how good Jack Bruce's voice is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urb Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Gregory Porter.... Gregory Porter.... Gregory Porter.... Gregory Porter.... Gregory Porter.... Gregory Porter.... Go and buy 'Water' now - a simply stunning jazz vocal album with a ton of soul and gospel stuff in there too - his new one is called Be Good and is dare I say even better - out early next year - and is just beautiful... the man is a real diamond singer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1SUyeIqWWM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earbrass Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1322747693' post='1455285'] Just had a pleasant surprise. In an effort to plug some aesthetic/historical gaps in my listening, I down loaded Carla Bely's legendary 'Escalator Over The Hill'. I was kind of expecting to be confronted with a bizarre mixture of free jazz and Kurt Weill (and I guess I did a bit) but its really good stuff; eclectic but interesting. And I had forgotten how good Jack Bruce's voice is. [/quote] Ah yes, Carla Bley. If you haven't already heard it, you should check out the Hapless Child album, in which Robert Wyatt sings some of the stories of Edward Gorey. Fab band, including Bley and some of her regular companions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XDS8W3eu-I&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtRqUEtMsDg&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyd Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 [quote name='Faithless' timestamp='1322660341' post='1454051'] Bill Evans Trio - Live at Village Vanguard? [/quote] +1, and Waltz for Debby, Portrait in Jazz and Explorations, all great albums from the trio, also including Paul Motian RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 is that the same as sunday at village vanguard? checking them out now :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 Just downloaded this. A trumpet player called Avishai Cohen (NOT the same guy as the bass player). I heard this guy with the SFJazz Collective so got hold of this trumpet/bass/drums trio recording to see what he is doing. Really pleasant surprise. Intense and intelligent stuff. [url="http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B0000CA34T.01._AA160_.jpg"]http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B0000CA34T.01._AA160_.jpg[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 Blimey - that Gorey/Wyatt stuff is a bit grim (or should that be Grimm?). Marvellous stuff - the best side of prog rock, when it had that wonderful English quality that it seemed to lose after the break-up of the Canterbury Scene etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Just a quick aside... but has anyone here been watching Treme? (the HBO TV show, from the writer of The Wire): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treme_%28TV_series%29 I'm only a couple of episodes in myself, but so far it's been brilliant. Great writing, acting and some superb music. I'm no big aficionado of New Orleans jazz, but this show may well get me into the swing of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMech Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1326102948' post='1492161'] Just a quick aside... but has anyone here been watching Treme? (the HBO TV show, from the writer of The Wire) [/quote] Not yet, but it definitely sounds interesting, will check it out this evening, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 [quote name='ZMech' timestamp='1326104089' post='1492179'] Not yet, but it definitely sounds interesting, will check it out this evening, cheers. [/quote] No probs. It's a little slower than The Wire (if you watched that series) but no less compelling. I heartily recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mog Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1326102948' post='1492161'] Just a quick aside... but has anyone here been watching Treme? (the HBO TV show, from the writer of The Wire): [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treme_%28TV_series%29"]http://en.wikipedia....%28TV_series%29[/url] I'm only a couple of episodes in myself, but so far it's been brilliant. Great writing, acting and some superb music. I'm no big aficionado of New Orleans jazz, but this show may well get me into the swing of it... [/quote] Yea been keeping an eye out for it. Great show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMech Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Think you all might appreciate[url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/02/jazz-leaders-lessons-for-business"] this little article [/url]about how the old jazz leaders could serve as good role models for entrepreneurs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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