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| Paul Gonsalves |
Turn up your Bose speakers folks and ENJOY!
Now to figure out a way to add this to my iPod playlist. Of course I'll probably be the only one at the Bloggerpalooza who "gets this" but hey, I'm enjoying it so what? This beats rap any day.
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| Newport Jazz Festival crowd 1956 - NOT SQUARE |
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| Duke Ellington - 1956 - The Master |





14 comments:
nothing wrong with old school jazz; I have it on NPR right now. rap sux.
I love Swing and so does my son. When we lived in Miami, I took him to a Count Basie concert, which turned out to be Basie's last before his death. I actually do not remember ever hearing this Ellington piece, but like you said, it is marvelous! Marvelous, darling!
Pretty awesome stuff. Love this!!
You can get a Youtube downloader and use that to "rip" the video to MP3, then add it to iTunes.
Peace <3
Jay
Anne Marie,
I love the old school jazz.
Ron
Thanks Jay!
Ron
Ron,
I am a *huge* fan of old-school jazz, having acquired the love from my singer/pianist mother. I used to be a half-way decent jazz clarinet player in my 20s, but I dropped the horn many years ago. Now, I'm just a half-assed guitar/piano player.
I have seen many stellar jazz musicians, Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie, when I was just 16...I even got to meet the Count!
Believe me, I most certainly "get this." Sir Duke was most awesome indeed!
I hope jazz becomes a new obsession for you!
:-)
-Andy
David,
This is the kind of jazz I've always liked. I never heard this before. I'm not a fan of that way out esoteric jazz though.
Ron
Andy,
I've always loved this kind of jazz, swing jazz. The way out jazz, not so much.
Ron
Oh man! I love that horn section, and only in my dreams can I play piano that well. My whole family, including kids, loves jazz like this.
Thanks for sharing.
Sean R.
I think you would like Erroll Garner's "Concert By The Sea" album. It can be found on YouTube.
I've never heard this one before but it's fantastic. Duke Ellington was truly unsurpassed. My parents met him once in Atlantic City, but that was way before I was born (I can play blues & ragtime on piano, but I've never played jazz).
Thanks David. I'll check it out.
Ron
Sean,
I liked that horn section too! Pretty cool wasn't it?
Ron
Jon,
I was surprised that I had never heard this before either. It's probably the best jazz riff I've ever heard. My previous one was Ahmed Jamal's "Poinciana." I love ragtime.
Ron
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