Zombie Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I love jazz. Big band, jazz piano, 1950s Miles Davis - there are all kinds of jazz. I don't like everything - some leaves me cold - and I can't even define what jazz is. I just know what I love when I hear it.Here's my all-time favourite big band number, Begin The Beguine, composed by one of America's greatest composers, Cole Porter, on an ocean liner in 1935, and played by the greatest American big band leader, Artie Shaw, in his best-selling big band arrangement of 1938 - IMHO the greatest version ever of this piece So what's your favourite jazz number and performance? Share a Youtube link 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sat8997 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu1Wx6niQBA&feature=player_detailpage Dave Brubeck Quartet - Tangerine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeze Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I love big band. I'm still learning more about other kinds of jazz. http://youtu.be/n92ATE3IgIs http://youtu.be/ZJE-onnw2gM Two of my faves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sat8997 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkIMZ1HcX-8 Mocean Worker - Shamma Lamma Ding Dong A little techno jazz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I love Big Band music. Glenn Miller, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman... it puts me in such a great mood. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joann414 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Jazz and New Orleans. perfection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeze Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I love Big Band music. Glenn Miller, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman... it puts me in such a great mood. Me too. I love dancing to it. Or used to anyway, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_A Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I miss her standing at the door with her latest CDs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aditus Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Yes, yes I hum it all day in summer and I am very glad you can't hear me. Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald "Summertime" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSbARvfQQRs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 Black American jazz and R&B lyrics can be a little difficult for non-Americans to understand, so here's a clip of the late great Dudley Moore's Masterclass where he explains to Peter Cook exactly what the lyrics to Mamma's Got A Brand New Bag really mean ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDtkmOdYdKY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slytherin Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I like jazz too - Not too crazy about banjo though and I want to visit New Orleans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHCombe Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Hereby I join the crowd of admirers! The first time I went to a concert of a big band I was 8 years old, and the man beside me asked if my parents made me go. Since then I've gone to the concerts of The Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw every year. I love Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans. Can't really put one song forward as my favorite, though. One I've listened to a lot the past few days is this (more recent) piece: Zombie, that clip of Dudley Moore is brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) Hereby I join the crowd of admirers! The first time I went to a concert of a big band I was 8 years old, and the man beside me asked if my parents made me go. Since then I've gone to the concerts of The Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw every year. I love Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans. Can't really put one song forward as my favorite, though. One I've listened to a lot the past few days is this (more recent) piece: Zombie, that clip of Dudley Moore is brilliant! Wow, that's a great number and really tight playing! I love Dave Brubeck too and I was lucky to see Oscar Peterson from just a few feet away giving a solo performance - technical brilliance. Glad you liked the Pete and Dud sketch Thanks for sharing . Edited August 6, 2013 by Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aditus Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 This is where I get my annual fix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLeGKYzb9io and at the same festival http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSX-7540FY8 The last video is a bit blurred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 This is where I get my annual fix: and at the same festival The last video is a bit blurred. Candy Dulfer is sensational - the alto-sax is sooo sexxyyy. Thanks for sharing - I'd never have seen this otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aditus Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Candy Dulfer is sensational - the alto-sax is sooo sexxyyy. Thanks for sharing - I'd never have seen this otherwise You're welcome. The alto-sax and the piano are my favorite instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Jools Holland boogie-woogies with Dr John. Just incredible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Bruno Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) Dave Brubeck- 'Take Five' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs&feature=share&list=TLqkut7WF1nvk This includes an interview with Dave, a must see IMHO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs&feature=share&list=TLqkut7WF1nvk Keely Smith & Louie Prima: 'That Old Black Magic' http://youtu.be/sfNgcDvPn1M Of course the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald: ''All or Nothing at All' http://youtu.be/1DT8ZEWWAmU and 'Love for Sale' http://youtu.be/Ll1Z-Z9anpU Miles Davis: 'Love for Sale' http://youtu.be/ywhutgpZLVk The Eternally Sexy Bobby Darin: 'Beyond the Sea' http://youtu.be/DLEjyDAjfbw And finally, the Chairman: 'Fly Me to the Moon' (the Sax in this piece is stellar) http://youtu.be/nMREaoVxP0U Edited August 2, 2013 by Pete Bruno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 This includes an interview with Dave, a must see IMHO: You posted the same link twice Always seemed unfair Dave B got all the kudos for Take Five when it was the sax player Paul Desmond who essentially wrote it Here's Aardman Animation's fab cool cats vid for Nina Simone's My Baby Just Cares For Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Bruno Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Sorry for the screw up. And while you point may be valid, you can't deny his genius. http://youtu.be/pJ1h_M5v8t4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 Sorry for the screw up. And while you point may be valid, you can't deny his genius. http://youtu.be/pJ1h_M5v8t4 Aargh, I'm getting "this video is unavailable" Hey, I'm not dissing Dave just saying Paul deserves a bit of the limelight too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Bruno Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Try it again, it just worked for me, not sure why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 Still no good - seems there's a block on the UK to do with rights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y_B Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I want Kenny G playing in the background when I have my 1st time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 (edited) Herbie Hancock 01 Cantaloupe Island 00:00 02 Watermelon Man 05:3003 Driftin' 12:4204 Blind Man, Blind Man 19:40 . Edited September 26, 2013 by Zombie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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