Trane or Bird.

[rutabowa]

yes I always prefered the smaller band stuff tho, although I guess I have been enjoying the stuff he did with the Paul Whiteman and Frankie Trumbauer orchestras more lately, maybe I am moving forward a bit.

 

[danny la rouge]

maybe I am moving forward a bit.

A step at a time.

 

[rutabowa]

I think what I like best is anything under 3 minutes tho, I think that's why I have a problem with the "moderns"

 

[MightyAphrodite]

You spelt train wrong.

i second that


Bird btw.

 

[Belushi]

He's sublime. You got Somethin Else? It's a giant of an album.

His brother Nat is worth checking out, too. He has a real lyrical turn.

Cheers I havent, I've mostly been listening to Autumn Leaves and Fiddler on the Roof - I'll see if I can Spotify it.

 

[danny la rouge]

I think what I like best is anything under 3 minutes tho, I think that's why I have a problem with the "moderns"

OK. A challenge, eh? Right, what about comparing and contrasting the undeniably modern Bill Evans track I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good), from Everybody Digs... It comes in under 3 mins. Compare it with Bix's piano piece, In A Mist, which, though recorded in 1927, uses very "modern" harmonic structures.

 

[rutabowa]

they are pretty similar actually. you can tap your foot to the bix one though so i marginally prefer it... i am not super keen on either though, i think i find the melody a bit too complicated.

eg i think i can hum the trumpet lines from virtualy every Hot Seven song (that i have heard) from start to finish but i dont think i could do that with these

 

[SpookyFrank]

Nuff said.

 

[Belushi]

He's sublime. You got Somethin Else? It's a giant of an album.

Listening to it now - it has the wonderful Autumn Leaves on (I've been istening to the live album of that name) fantastic version of Love for Sale

 

[danny la rouge]

they are pretty similar actually. you can tap your foot to the bix one though so i marginally prefer it... i am not super keen on either though, i think i find the melody a bit too complicated.

eg i think i can hum the trumpet lines from virtualy every Hot Seven song (that i have heard) from start to finish but i dont think i could do that with these

OK, so it seems you don't like augmented chords or the whole tone scale. Do you like Debussy?

The thing about Dixieland jazz, of the Hot 5s and 7s type, is that it is heavily contrapuntal, with the harmony being about improvising different counterpoint melodies. Augmented harmonies may briefly appear, but they'll soon resolve into a key centre.

 

[danny la rouge]

Wow. I apologize in advance for the terminal musoness, but for musicians this is ... wow.

 

[Fictionist]

Coltrane.

 

[Dr. Furface]

Sod Bird and Trane. Will someone please buy me the new Miles Davis complete EMI recordings box set for Christmas? WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT!!!!!

 

[danny la rouge]

Wow. I apologize in advance for the terminal musoness, but for musicians this is ... wow.

I'm sorry I chose this thread to post the video now. Look at the video, people.

 

[llion]

Coltrane. 'After the Rain' is my all-time favourite piece of jazz.

 

[mrfusion]

John Coltrane's 'Ascension' is one of the best pieces of music by anyone ever.