OT: Watcha Listenin' To? Part VII ["And his hair was perfect"]

[mja]

That's a great song.

Indeed.

 

[deadhead]

Digitizing my CD collection, came across a fun tidbit for jazz fans.
There's a concert that's been generally known as the "the greatest Jazz concert ever", at Massey Hall in Toronto in 1953.
Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell and Max Roach.

"Charlie Parker (listed on the original album sleeve as "Charlie Chan") performed on a plastic alto, pianist Bud Powell was stone drunk from the opening bell, and Dizzy Gillespie kept popping offstage to check on the status of the first Rocky Marciano-Jersey Joe Walcott heavyweight championship bout."

Bought the album decades ago and it lives up to the hype, but never knew those details.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I dunno, this one feels like it can make me cry:

 

[trostol]

 

[TCTC]

Digitizing my CD collection, came across a fun tidbit for jazz fans.
There's a concert that's been generally known as the "the greatest Jazz concert ever", at Massey Hall in Toronto in 1953.
Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell and Max Roach.

"Charlie Parker (listed on the original album sleeve as "Charlie Chan") performed on a plastic alto, pianist Bud Powell was stone drunk from the opening bell, and Dizzy Gillespie kept popping offstage to check on the status of the first Rocky Marciano-Jersey Joe Walcott heavyweight championship bout."

Bought the album decades ago and it lives up to the hype, but never knew those details.

Jazz isn't music.

 

[swami24]

Good Lord, Jazz may be the most American music genre of the last 150 or so years

 

[TCTC]

Good Lord, Jazz may be the most American music genre of the last 150 or so years

Noel Gallagher said it best: "Jazz is five guys on stage enjoying themselves way more than anyone in the audience"

 

[Rebels57]

Jazz isn't music.

This might be the worst post you've ever made

 

[Magua]

 

[TCTC]

This might be the worst post you've ever made

I like Blues, but Jazz is just noise to me. But to each their own. If people enjoy it, fine.

 

[swami24]

Noel Gallagher said it best: "Jazz is five guys on stage enjoying themselves way more than anyone in the audience"

If you are using Noel Gallagher as a music expert, you have immediately lost badly.

 

[TCTC]

If you are using Noel Gallagher as a music expert, you have immediately lost badly.

Say what you want about him, but the guy knows how to write catchy songs.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

 

[Jack Straw]

I like Blues, but Jazz is just noise to me. But to each their own. If people enjoy it, fine.

Blasphemy

 

[TCTC]

Blasphemy

I mean, jazz musicians are talented people. But there's a reason they always play in bars where nobody actively listens to their music and most people don't care if they improvise the entire time.

 

[Jack Straw]

I mean, jazz musicians are talented people. But there's a reason they always play in bars where nobody actively listens to their music and most people don't care if they improvise the entire time.

Except when they play at Lincoln Center and places like that?



I don't think many big bands played in bars.

 

[TCTC]

Except when they play at Lincoln Center and places like that?



I don't think many big bands played in bars.

Yeah, I wouldn't pay money for that lol

Sounds more like musicians playing against each other than with each other to me. That's why I have a love/hate relationship with The Mars Volta. Some of their stuff is genius and some of it is nonsense.

 

[DancingPanther]

Jazz isn't music.

What the f*** kind of post is this?

 

[DancingPanther]

all i need to hear

start from the beginning if you can! but yeah the song I linked is probably my favorite

I came back in here to talk about this. I thought the record was great. Their best since their EP stuff. I didn't love their "experimental" stuff on their last 2 albums but this really brought together Matty's songwriting and leadership as a musician. There was a clear direction and objective to the sound they were going for which I thought was lacking on previous releases (again not that it's a bad thing in and of itself) and they're at their best when they have a focused sound.

Yeah, I wouldn't pay money for that lol

Sounds more like musicians playing against each other than with each other to me. That's why I have a love/hate relationship with The Mars Volta. Some of their stuff is genius and some of it is nonsense.

I'm not trying to belittle or anything, because anyone can pay money for whatever they want or like whatever they want, but in order to contextualize your posts, because this really, really matters in this discussion: do you play music?

 

[Rebels57]

What the f*** kind of post is this?

I'm still upset about it. I was thinking about it this morning while listening to Portraits in Jazz by the Bill Evans Trio on my drive in to work.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

The name of this song ALWAYS reminds me of this:

 

[wankstifier]

 

[Rebels57]

Tonight I learned Eminem sampled this awesome 70's funk/soul track below on My Name Is...kicks in around 2:05

 

[flyerslducks]

 

[Jack Straw]

And now for something completely different...