Any Jazz Fans in the Workshop?

[MMUK]

If you are, check out Lisa Engelken. She's awesome :!: She's done an excellent cover of Caravan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqtqaqGYjoQ


www.lisaengelken.com

 

[blackrodd]

Not my cup of tea! jazz mainly seems to be a load of people singing or playing anything with no apparent cohesion, half the time.
I do like some Dave Brubeck though and my old dad likes Adge Cuttler, whoever 'er is!
Regards Rodders

 

[RogerS]

Any jazz fans? Yes..one here..but TBH I don't like her style of jazz. A poor impression of Blossom Dearie. Too schmalzy and Radio 2 for me !

 

[Racers]

I love a bit of Japanese Death Jazz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaufAE7-imY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQMgXPFzdg8

And this is my ring tone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axzOcH9KhN0

Pete

 

[RogerS]

....
And this is my ring tone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axzOcH9KhN0

Pete

It doesn't have to scream to cut wood

Nah, just sound like your ring tone :lol:

 

[Racers]

It went off in a lift full of Japanese students last week

Pete

 

[davic]

Buddy phreak man myself

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQYzpOHpik

 

[Eric The Viking]

The late, great Grover Washington Jr.:

Then and Now is one of my all time favourite albums, especially Tommy Flanagan's "Something Borrowed, Something Blue", with the man himself. Brilliantly, superficially simple, but some of the chord sequences make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. It's almost a flawless album, one that I never tire of.

Grover (and Flanagan too) is sorely missed round here, even after all this time - arguably the soundtrack to my 1980s.

E.

PS: I'm not dissin' Herbie Hancock - just that particular track is somewhat special.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Here's one of my favourites - Anita O'Day at the Newport Jazz Festival http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRleR-e8_t8

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[RogerS]

Here's one of my favourites - Anita O'Day at the Newport Jazz Festival http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRleR-e8_t8

Cheers :wink:

Paul

Ooh...nice. Thank you for that, Paul. Shame about the gormless looking audience !

 

[Benchwayze]

Cheers Steve.

A bit too slow for Caravan, but at least I could manage to play it at that speed!
I like this better. You might too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oruxeiA06_4
If you liked that you'll like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9bT6mvoFVI

 

[pebbles]

Bit of a Manouche fan myself...typically this from Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmOTGungnA

 

[ronaldb]

Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster, Oscar P, Barney Kessell, Stan Tracey, wonderful music, not like todays wail and moan rubbish.

 

[Eric The Viking]

Bit of a Manouche fan myself...typically this from Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmOTGungnA

Grappelli did one gig in Bristol, back in the 1980s - I was there! Truly wonderful. I can't remember who was in the trio now (have a disc that includes the guitarist, somewhere) - not Django, obviously, but they were all excellent. The bassist had an odd electric 'double bass'...

Drifting off topic slightly, we also got to see BB King in Cardiff back in 2009 - celebrating our oldest's 18th. Great fun.
(back on topic) He was supported by John Mayall!

 

[Benchwayze]

Eric...

La Quintette du Hot Club de France! Great stuff. I tried for years to emulate Django, then realised it was really futile. So concentrated on developing my own style. But sometimes I mess with 'Minor Swing' or 'Nuages'... :mrgreen:

Your guitarist could have been Louis Stewart (Fine Irish guitarist) or Martin Taylor, (He's of Scottish descent I believe.) or Mark Fosset the Frenchman, who has appeared in the UK. All fine players who made good 'subs' for Django.

Have you seen the DVD of Grappelli's life story? Quite entertaining. Someone mentioned Barney Kessel. who did make a disc with Grappelli, playing a number of the old standards.
I have it somewhere... Must check it out again!

 

[ronaldb]

I went to see Martin Taylor (a Scotsman) and Tommy Emmanuel(an Australian) in October last year, marvellous duo. I studied and played classical guitar for 22 years, listened to the greats but never heard the guitar played the way Tommy Emmanuel played his.

I was lucky enough to see Stan Kenton with Anita O'Day when he came to the UK in the mid/late 50's and filled the RAH. Ella Fitzgerald sung in the Odeon cinema in Glasgow, Dave Bruebeck and his quartet played in the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow and even further back was the Stan Tracey trio, the Johnny Dankworth band and the Allen Ganley trio, a great drummer. Never had anything more than a snare drum, no bass drum or tom tom's, he used his right foot to keep time, great artists. They all played in the Festival Hall in the 50's too. You youngsters missed all the cream modern jazz players.

Pardon me for rambling on but at my age, I don't remember doing it .

 

[Eric The Viking]

Well done: It was Martin Taylor. As I said, I've got a Grapelli CD somewhere, made with Taylor.

 

[ronaldb]

I first saw Martin Taylor when he was touring the provinces trying to get known, he played in a theatre in East Grinstead, Sussex. UK. Barny Kessell, Herb Ellis, Joe Pass and Martin all on the stage at the same time, it was fantastic. I got the 78 LP with all their signatures on.

I got interested in modern jazz way back in 1953 when I was serving in the RN on a radio station in the outback of Singapore, used to take about two months to get a record from home, it was the Johnny Dankworth 7, Vic Lewis big band, Ted Heath, Jack Parnell and Ken MacIntosh bands, all trying to be as good as Stan Kenton. I used to be a drummer and wangled my way on to the stage of the 400 ballroom in Torquay one night at a dance and played a few numbers, magic time. Still got the sticks and brushes plus my old snare drum, drives the missus mad she a classical music lover, cant think why :lol:

 

[Benchwayze]

Gents...

You would probably like Jimmy Bruno. A New Yorker I think!

Ronald

A surfeit of guitarists then, and top class at that!

I can play the bass strings with my thumb, but the moment I try to pick the treble strings. my thumb stops. After 50 years of trying I decided I couldn't ever co-ordinate well enough to play finger-style. Plus the fact that serving on minesweepers and destroyers (1954 - 64) didn't offer much time and space to practice a lot, right at the time when it would have been a good time to keep at it! I had the cheek to ask Ted Heath if I could do a couple of numbers on harmonica at Southsea Pavilion. He 'loaned' me his pianist and drummer! I reckon they weren't too pleased at losing part of their break, but they did me famously! Strange how being in the services brings out 'Jack the lad'!

Yours Aye Ron!

 

[ronaldb]

Being a drummer, I had the cheek to ask Ronnie Verral who was Parnel's drummer at the time if I could have a go, I bought him a couple of pints and was well in. He let me join him for "Skin Deep" by the time we got started, I was nearly messing myself but he looked after me.

I still prefer the old fashioned big double bass, these electrical one's are good but not as good as the real thing, Ed Thigpin was a superb bassist.

I was a sparker, joined as a boy in 1948, St Vincent, went to Ganges then on to Bruce up in Fife, not a good move especially since I am a Janner, took me nearly three days to get home! Needless to say, I was Devonport Div.

Got caught for Korea and then again for Suez. Have a look at http://www.hmscardiganbayassociation.co.uk It will bring back a few memories.
Ron