Via Dangerous Minds: The Dave Brubeck Quartet (Brubeck – Piano, Paul Desmond – Alto Saxophone, Joe Morello – Drums, Gene Wright – Bass), in concert in Germany, November 6th, 1966:
Track Listing:
01. “Take the ‘A’ Train”
02. “Forty Days”
03. “I’m in a Dancing Mood”
04. “Koto Song”
05. “Take Five”
In high school, I was introduced to jazz – real jazz performed by people like Monk Montgomery, The Jazz Crusaders, Thelonius Monk, Joe Williams, Brubeck and many others. It was Brubeck’s music with impossible time signatures that spoke loudly to a young kid who had studied piano for 12 years.
I still listen to his music, introduced my children to jazz at early ages, am and will always be awed. For me, it’s timeless.
In the late ’80′s, he appeared in Reno and I grabbed two friends to go with me to see a genius. I knew the Reno venue well, having been there to watch old friends perform, so we got backstage before the final encore ended. We met the Master, as well as his son, Chris, and for the first time in my life, I showed all symptoms of adoring fan. I got a hug and a kiss and refused to wash my face that night. I was giddy, euphoric, and fell in love all over again with a man of enormous talent and grace.
His passing is sad, but he leaves a legacy of genius.
The great late jazz pianist Bill Evans with Tony Bennett in the early ’70′s, when Bennett’s career had fallen off a cliff, leaving him free to experiment:
In high school, I was introduced to jazz – real jazz performed by people like Monk Montgomery, The Jazz Crusaders, Thelonius Monk, Joe Williams, Brubeck and many others. It was Brubeck’s music with impossible time signatures that spoke loudly to a young kid who had studied piano for 12 years.
I still listen to his music, introduced my children to jazz at early ages, am and will always be awed. For me, it’s timeless.
In the late ’80′s, he appeared in Reno and I grabbed two friends to go with me to see a genius. I knew the Reno venue well, having been there to watch old friends perform, so we got backstage before the final encore ended. We met the Master, as well as his son, Chris, and for the first time in my life, I showed all symptoms of adoring fan. I got a hug and a kiss and refused to wash my face that night. I was giddy, euphoric, and fell in love all over again with a man of enormous talent and grace.
His passing is sad, but he leaves a legacy of genius.
Keith Jarrett, another great one.
I’m old fashioned enough to love Sidney Bechet’s Dixieland:
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Redd Kross live at Amoeba Records, 2012. 45 minute show. Great stuff.
The embed doesn’t work so here’s the link.
http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2012/12/pst/redd-kross-added-to-amoeba-exclusive-downloads.html
Thanks for this — I’m a lifelong diehard fan of the bros. MacDonald.
Also, your official non-jazz subthread, now with more Phil Seymour (RIP):
Bun E. is absolutely vicious attacking the skins here:
I have never been a huge fan of jazz, but it just doesn’t get any better than this:
http://youtu.be/IUm9y3BaruU
Chick Corea, Al DiMeola and Stanley Clarke gettin’ spooky with The Sorceress….
Rollins on the tenor; Kenny Drew on keys;
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen on the big ol’ bass; and,
on drums, Mr. Albert “Tootie” Heath:
Absolutely oozing effortless cool.
The great late jazz pianist Bill Evans with Tony Bennett in the early ’70′s, when Bennett’s career had fallen off a cliff, leaving him free to experiment:
“Some Other Time”
almost forgot….
Thelonius Monk’s groundbreaking East Coast bop percussive piano standard (Charlie Rouse on sax): “Epistrophy“,
( like “Take Five”, taking its name from its sound- repetition )