August 24, 2011
Do not fear mistakes.
There are none.- Miles Davis
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August 29, 2011
I realized that by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That’s when I was born.
Charlie Parker
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September 21, 2011
‘Autumn Leaves’ by Cannonball Adderley [Somethin’ Else, 1958] (recovered)
Cannonball Adderly - Alto Sax
Miles Davis - Trumpet
Hank Jones - Piano
Sam Jones - Bass
Art Blakey - Drums
If you haven’t heard this record, listen, it’s one of the greats.
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September 27, 2011
Life is a lot like jazz…it’s best when you improvise.
George Gershwin (via moviesnacksnatcher)
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September 30, 2011
Donald Byrd - Hush
Off the Royal Flush record, 1961
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Donald Byrd - Trumpet
Pepper Adams - Baritone Sax
Herbie Hancock - Piano
Butch Warren - Bass
Billy Higgins - Drums
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Notice how different Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams approach their solos—Byrd uses straight up call and response blues licks, while Adams uses a more complex harmonic vocabulary, more ii-V patterns. You think Adams took the opposite approach on a whim after he heard Byrd solo, or was he planning it all along?
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October 7, 2011
Whoa. And I thought recorders were only for elementary school music class and really strange musicians stuck in the Renaissance.
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October 31, 2011
‘Ceora’ by Lee Morgan [Cornbread, 1965 Blue Note] (recovered)
This session (reissued on CD by Blue Note) is best known for introducing Lee Morgan’s beautiful ballad “Ceora,” but actually all five selections (which include Morgan’s “Cornbread,” “Our Man Higgins,” “Most Like Lee,” and the standard “Ill Wind”) are quite memorable. The trumpeter/leader performs with a perfectly complementary group of open-minded and talented hard bop stylists (altoist Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley on tenor, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Larry Ridley, and drummer Billy Higgins) and creates a Blue Note classic that is heartily recommended.
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January 11, 2012
Donald Byrd - Bup A Loup
Album: Fuego (1959)
Personnel:
Donald Byrd - Trumpet
Jackie McLean - Alto Sax
Duke Pearson - Piano
Doug Watkins - Bass
Lex Humphries - Drums
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Love this track. The solos are impeccable. I especially love the way Byrd transitions back to the head right out of his solo.
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