tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671716277266041804.post3485483632102380971..comments2023-03-24T08:32:52.116+00:00Comments on My Failure At Modern Living: Three months of jazzNoyushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821042807593222169noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671716277266041804.post-32615465098323121542016-01-06T20:04:15.349+00:002016-01-06T20:04:15.349+00:00I downloaded a Monk collection about 8 years ago, ...I downloaded a Monk collection about 8 years ago, during my last musical expansionist phase when I was getting into classical. I really liked the Monk but for some reason never followed it up. I peeked into the box of delights you're describing and then just wandered off. Likewise with Sidney Bechet, I bought a 3-CD set of him yonks ago and it's given me great pleasure over the years but I've never gone further - perhaps because so much of the jazz I've been incidentally exposed to (mostly while cruising radio) has conformed to the stereotype of impenetrability. Charlie Parker I tried, didn't really see what was so amazing. Mingus too. But it's probably time to try again.zungghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09589765282573457784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671716277266041804.post-31000086689407120932016-01-06T10:56:39.663+00:002016-01-06T10:56:39.663+00:00Well I love Jazz, I know full well that being a Ha...Well I love Jazz, I know full well that being a Hardcore Jazzbore is my destiny.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300578485755712212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671716277266041804.post-78578047615698644342016-01-04T23:34:40.214+00:002016-01-04T23:34:40.214+00:00See, three months in and I'm already capable o...See, three months in and I'm already capable of being a jazz bore.Noyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821042807593222169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671716277266041804.post-60842276703962930292016-01-04T23:34:04.768+00:002016-01-04T23:34:04.768+00:00The albums "Monk's Dream" and "...The albums "Monk's Dream" and "Straight, No Chaser" (both containing versions of those numbers) were what did it - though I've had a Best of the Blue Note Years (really early versions of some of his classics) since, well, Uni days, which I was always intrigued with, hence plumping for Monk on my whim. I've kind of stuck to post-bop and the late 50's/60s avant garde explosion so far, but expect I will work my way back. Ellington is on my radar. EVERYONE loves Ellington, and half of them worked in his big band at some point...<br /><br />Dolphy was a genuine discovery for me cos I had no idea who he was when I saw him on a Mingus live TV thing and immediately thought "F me! Who's that?!" The first thing I read was that he died just months after what I was watching, which I assumed meant he never really made it past a promising young side man. What a shame, I thought... before I quickly discovered he was considered one of the leading lights of avant garde jazz alongside Ornette and Trane (but rather than crazy free blowing his stuff tends to sound more deliberately odd and angular) - he pops up everywhere, extensively with Mingus, a bit with Trane, but with dozens of others, and yes, he did a bunch of albums as band leader too, mostly starting with the word "Out" (Outward Bound, Out There, Out to Lunch!). This is him with Mingus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cimpUKVAbY8 Noyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821042807593222169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671716277266041804.post-61942906506084460982016-01-04T12:30:43.960+00:002016-01-04T12:30:43.960+00:00I'm sure you've listened to it if you'...I'm sure you've listened to it if you've been hitting the Monk, but 'Monk's Dream' is one of my favourite of his.<br /><br />I've never heard of Eric Dolphy though.. some recommendations?<br /><br />And lastly, though he may not be quirky enough for you, Ellington is the composer supreme in my view.<br /><br />Blues In Orbit and Ellington Indigos are just joyous listens.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300578485755712212noreply@blogger.com