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Post by richardd on Sept 5, 2017 7:49:22 GMT
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Post by richardd on Sept 6, 2017 7:14:13 GMT
Today's Blue Note track is from Boogie Woogie pianist Albert Ammons ( www.bluenote.com/artists/albert-ammons ). This is also from the 1939 year marker. Ammons recorded regularly with Meade Lux Lewis and also recorded "a passel of duets with Pete Johnson for Victor in 1941, but then ceased performing for a while after accidentally severing a fingertip while fixing up a sandwich"! My selected track is Boogie Woogie Stomp: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojtMvX6btasAs this is taken from a 78rpm 12" single, I thought the bonus of the B side may be in order. So here also is Boogie Woogie Blues: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gxvE4ariGwHope you enjoy some Wednesday Woogie. R.
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Post by Terry J on Sept 6, 2017 23:58:45 GMT
I have decided that it is probably better for me to respond to a batch of tracks, rather than clutter things up by responding on a daily basis. The Prom was very good; there was a great sense of occasion. Booker T and Steve Cropper played ‘Green Onions’ but they played it pretty straight nothing like as dynamic as in their 1967 video. You can watch the whole Prom here. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b093m2wxOn the Michael Legrand album, I was interested to see that Teo Macero played Baritone Saxophone. By 1957, he had become a producer for Colombia Records and his credits include ‘Time Out’ , ‘Mingus Ah Um’, Monk’s Dream’ and of course ‘Kind of Blue’. In fact he produced most of Miles Davis’ Albums. I was surprised to see that ‘Boogie Woogie Stomp’ was a Blue Note track. I had always imagined that the Boogie Woogie craze was much earlier, but not so. I have a copy of ‘Boogie Woogie Stomp’ on a compilation but there is some instrumental accompaniment towards the end of the track. I think it is the 1936 recording with his Rhythm Kings www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTbnE4G_yQcThe Norman McLaren film ‘ Boogie Doodle’ is worth watching If you have the patience to sit through the introduction then you can watch an innovative animation to accompany Albert Ammons’ playing. My track choice this time is the Oscar Peterson Trio playing three (unnamed?) numbers for the Norman Mclaren Film " A Phantasy in Colors" (also known as 'Begone Dull Care').
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Post by richardd on Sept 7, 2017 18:13:11 GMT
For today's dip into the Blue Note bag, we also move into a new decade - 1943 to be precise and play "Blues at Blue Note" by Edmond Hall's Blue Note Jazz Men, Recorded Nov. 29, 1943. The line up is as follows: Sidney DeParis (trumpet) Vic Dickenson (trombone) Edmond Hall (clarinet) James P. Johnson (piano) Jimmy Shirley (guitar) Israel Crosby (bass) Sidney Catlett (drums): www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFwM-fAPHPA
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Post by richardd on Sept 8, 2017 9:52:31 GMT
A slight deviation away from Blue Note for today. I was listening to some of my collected music earlier today and Django Reinhardt came to the top of the list with the appropriate (at least, I thought so) "September Song" To link to one of my other posts relating to Django's Electric Period, I have found two versions of the same piece: The first is the acoustic version recorded in Paris in 1947: on July 18 featuring Hubert Rostaing on clarinet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vei7GLnzwxsThe second version recorded March 10, 1952 in Paris on a 10" album for Clef Records has Django on electric guitar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxHoMOQHZkcFor me, there is no preference, they are both fabulous!
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Post by richardd on Sept 9, 2017 12:48:04 GMT
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Post by richardd on Sept 10, 2017 18:21:11 GMT
A Sunday stir up today. We have Sidney De Paris and his Blue Note Jazz Men, featuring; Vic Dickenson (tb) Edmond Hall (cl) James P Johnson (p) Arthur Shirley (g) John Simmons (b) Sid Catlett (d) Sidney De Paris (tp). A 1944 recording, "The Call Of The Blues" www.youtube.com/watch?v=-73EVlj61xU
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Post by Terry J on Sept 11, 2017 0:44:14 GMT
The last two tracks were really good. One can see elements of Rhythm and Blues emerging. ... and talking of R'n B, here are the Valentinos with the original version of ' It's All Over Now', later covered by the Stones. It sounds very 'New Orleans', though apparently they originated from Cleveland.
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Post by richardd on Sept 11, 2017 11:18:09 GMT
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Post by richardd on Sept 12, 2017 17:55:52 GMT
Returning to Blue Note again today, we feature tenor sax player Ike Quebec - www.bluenote.com/artists/ike-quebec/quintetswingtetswing-seven. This, from his 1944 album "Tenor Sax" (Blue Note 102). The line up is as follows: Ike Quebec (ts) Roger Ram Ramirez (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Milt Hinton (b) J.C. Heard (d) WOR Studios, NYC, July 18, 1944 Our selected track is "Hard Tack" www.youtube.com/watch?v=207YybqTZJ0The album consists of three 78 RPM Recordings – Record #’s 510, 515, 516. These sides were released “for the jukebox market” in the late fifties as 45’s by Blue Note records and lead to new session work and some brilliant albums as a leader in 1961 -62. His comeback was cut short by lung cancer in 1963.
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Post by richardd on Sept 13, 2017 18:58:05 GMT
A bit of a Blue Note bluesy day today with this 1945 recording for Blue Note album 7008. Recorded at WOR Studios, NYC, March 10, 1945. Personnel: Bunk Johnson (trumpet), Sidney Bechet (clarinet), Cliff Jackson (piano), Sandy Williams (trombone) Pops Foster (bass) and Manzie Johnson (drums). Our selected track is the title track - Days Beyond Recall: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R10d8Of0zA
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Post by richardd on Sept 14, 2017 19:29:52 GMT
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Post by Terry J on Sept 15, 2017 10:53:56 GMT
The last three tracks show Blue Note in transition. The John Hardee track to me sounds contemporary for the time, the Bunk Johnson track looks back, whereas the Ike Quebec is travelling down the future path to bebop. I have been reading of Mike Gibb's coming 80th birthday, this month. One day I will bring along his classic 'And on the Third Day' to one of our sessions. In the mean time, here is a track which to my mind shows some influence from his South African routes. Tanglewood '63
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Post by richardd on Sept 16, 2017 7:36:02 GMT
Thank you Terry, an interesting shift in style from the emerging Blue Note fare from the 40s. Today, I continue my progression through the Timeline with some vocal jazz - in this case, scat from the 1947 album by Babs Gonzales, ( www.bluenote.com/artists/babs-gonzales/babs-3-bips-and-a-bop ) entitled "Three Bips and a Bop". Like many facets of jazz, this style divides opinion and the majority would opine that it is bearable in small doses. However, it is a no less important style in the development of jazz and there were few that could do it really well. Our selected track is "Oop-Pop-A-Da" - and for those who really cannot abide this rendition, there is an alternative take by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie also from 1947 www.youtube.com/watch?v=89N4zem5cQg www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIMfUAjeqK0
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Post by richardd on Sept 17, 2017 15:40:58 GMT
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