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Toru A
This album has scored a million selling in total in Japan only.
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Tate
I am quite obnoxiously particular about my jazz. I just cannot tolerate a lot of what many consider to be the great traditional jazz records. For example, I much prefer Miles' electric groove period ('68-'71-ish) to 'Kind of Blue,' which I find to be very plain.
What does something like this do for you? Cringe or Clap?!
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Cristiano Radtke
WATCH ONLY KNOWN FOOTAGE OF SATCHMO IN STUDIO
A groundbreaking piece of film footage has emerged, showing for the first time legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong in the recording studio. Recently acquired by the Louis Armstrong House Museum, the 33-minute 16mm black-and-white film was shot in an LA studio in 1959, during sessions for Armstrong’s album Satchmo Plays King Oliver. Though producer Sid Frey arranged the filming, he subsequently did nothing with it, nor did he tell anyone it existed.
Having remained privately stored for the past 57 years, the footage only recently came to light after Sed Frey’s daughter, Andrea Bass, discovered that someone had bulk-bought a large collection of old master tapes from Audio fidelity, the label that Frey founded. She subsequently arranged for the collection to be sold to the House Museum.
The film captures Armstrong and his All Stars recording ‘I Ain’t Got Nobody’, ‘I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll’ and ‘Jelly Roll Blues’. Along with the video footage, the museum also acquired master reels for Armstrong’s 1960 album Louie And The Dukes Of Dixieland.
Watch the footage of Armstrong recording ‘I Ain’t Got Nobody’ below, courtesy of Associated Press.
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dmay
Love this thread. Thanks for the Armstrong links. His albums with Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson and Duke Ellington are faves.
Regarding the question from Tate re cringe or clap re Miles Davis' The Doo Bop song: The room is misty with steam, the tub foaming with bubbles. A bottle of champagne is chilling in a stand. Through the mist she appears. She approaches the tub, loosens her robe and drops it, softly says "hi" and slinks into the tub. I pour champagne for each of us and we sit back and eye each other over the rims of our drink glasses. She shyly smiles and.... Great blaxploitation movie tune, part Afro/Cuban/light funk/light jazz. Don't get me wrong. It's okay, but it's closer to lounge music than anything else IMHO. It works well as part of a background mix.
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latebloomer
Pianist Keith Jarrett: The story of 'The Köln Concert'
GRAMMY-nominated pianist discusses overcoming adversity for the recording of his GRAMMY Hall Of Fame-inducted album in Germany
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latebloomer
Pianist Keith Jarrett: The story of 'The Köln Concert'
GRAMMY-nominated pianist discusses overcoming adversity for the recording of his GRAMMY Hall Of Fame-inducted album in Germany
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Nice read, thanks for sharing latebloomer.
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latebloomer
John Coltrane and the End of Jazz
Putting his classic quartet’s ‘lost album’ in its context.
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