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Post by Terry J on Dec 30, 2021 15:31:35 GMT
The 'Track of the Day' is currently running down a list of the of the 'Top 300 Jazz Artists' rateyourmusic.com/list/noname219/top_300_jazz_artists/3/ . The list is based upon the number of entries and positions that an artist has achieved in a published list of most popular Jazz albums. Because it based upon album popularity, there is necessarily a bias towards more recent artists. Louis Armstrong may have sold umpteen different 'Greatest Hits' album but unless one or more particular 'Greatest Hits' album is rated, then none of them count towards his standing in the 'Top 300 Jazz Artists'. Despite this limitation, it is an interesting list that is worth exploring. This is Eric Dolphy with the Latin Jazz Quartet
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Post by Terry J on Dec 31, 2021 15:28:02 GMT
We will end the year with one last track from Eric Dolphy
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Post by Terry J on Jan 1, 2022 14:59:14 GMT
The seventh position in the charts is held by Ornette Coleman.
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Post by Terry J on Jan 2, 2022 14:20:44 GMT
Ornette funks it up.
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Post by Terry J on Jan 3, 2022 16:11:53 GMT
This track features Ornette's 10-year old son Denardo Coleman playing drums.
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Post by Terry J on Jan 4, 2022 16:43:32 GMT
I hadn't heard of 'Broadway Blues before but Wikipedia says that it is "a jazz/blues composition which has become a standard, composed by Ornette Coleman. 'Broadway Blues' has been cited as a key work in the 'Free Jazz' movement."
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Post by Terry J on Jan 5, 2022 16:14:04 GMT
The first tribute of 2022 is for American guitarist Nick Colionne.
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Post by Terry J on Jan 6, 2022 15:52:52 GMT
Here is Ornette Coleman with Pat Metheny.
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Post by Terry J on Jan 7, 2022 11:19:20 GMT
A sad farewell to Trinidadian pianist Clive Zanda who was an exemplar of kaiso jazz.
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Post by Terry J on Jan 8, 2022 12:39:57 GMT
This is track from Ornette Coleman's debut album. He starting down a path but he is not there yet.
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Post by Terry J on Jan 9, 2022 16:39:49 GMT
Goodbye to Canadian harmonica and Blues singer Harpdog Brown.
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Post by Terry J on Jan 10, 2022 15:42:03 GMT
This is a tribute track to the American multi-instrumentalist James Mtume who died yesterday. On this track he plays percussion.
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Post by Terry J on Jan 11, 2022 12:59:25 GMT
This is Ornette Coleman playing tenor.
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Post by Terry J on Jan 12, 2022 10:54:23 GMT
This is a really great track.
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Post by Terry J on Jan 13, 2022 15:27:04 GMT
The last track 'WRU' was sixteen and a half minutes long. John Zorn has a two and three quarter minutes summary of the same composition.
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