23-02-2014, 20:54
Taking this in a different direction:
The '60's were a transitional time in Jazz--hard bop had not swept away the older bebop and "free jazz" was still on the horizon as a major force. This piece exemplifies the era and shows Oliver Nelson the genius he was and to be a genius leading geniuses in a magnificent album. Listen and get swept away....Oliver Nelson "Stolen Moments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbaGDDbpcQ4 << album cut This brought so many people to appreciate jazz, me among them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxanLcq0PdE << does this tune scale-up or what? Not featuring any of the original players
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvsOCly2XQ << vocal treatment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzXpS64UFKc << Vocal; radically different rhythm
Showing many of the different things a trumpet can do throughout his career (setting the vocabulary) yet he's remembered for some pop fluff--oh well a man's gotta eat.
Louis Armstrong "Hello, Dolly" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs << strong case can also be made for "What a Wonderful World" q. v.
Miles Davis "Say What" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC8nqT6Rrk << hard bop/post-bop/modal--call it what you will. One of the best-known pieces in jazz (look at the # of YouTube hits), this and the entire rest of this album was improvised in the studio--astonishing achievement by master giant players. MD went far, far beyond this in later years but was always justifiably proud of this piece, this session.
The '60's were a transitional time in Jazz--hard bop had not swept away the older bebop and "free jazz" was still on the horizon as a major force. This piece exemplifies the era and shows Oliver Nelson the genius he was and to be a genius leading geniuses in a magnificent album. Listen and get swept away....Oliver Nelson "Stolen Moments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbaGDDbpcQ4 << album cut This brought so many people to appreciate jazz, me among them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxanLcq0PdE << does this tune scale-up or what? Not featuring any of the original players
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvsOCly2XQ << vocal treatment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzXpS64UFKc << Vocal; radically different rhythm
Showing many of the different things a trumpet can do throughout his career (setting the vocabulary) yet he's remembered for some pop fluff--oh well a man's gotta eat.
Louis Armstrong "Hello, Dolly" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs << strong case can also be made for "What a Wonderful World" q. v.
Miles Davis "Say What" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC8nqT6Rrk << hard bop/post-bop/modal--call it what you will. One of the best-known pieces in jazz (look at the # of YouTube hits), this and the entire rest of this album was improvised in the studio--astonishing achievement by master giant players. MD went far, far beyond this in later years but was always justifiably proud of this piece, this session.