Rahsaan Roland Kirk [image: Inline image 1]
We Free Kings - 1961 http://youtu.be/Mk0mSclnUQQ Roland Kirk - Tenor Saxophone, Manzello, Flute, Stritch Hank Jones - Piano Wendell Marshall - Bass Charlie Persip - Drums Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a blind American jazz improvisation, multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute, stritch, and many other instruments, sometimes all at the same time. His music was intricate, powerful jazz with a strong feel for the blues. At a live performance at Ronnie Scott's club in London he even managed to play two instruments AFTER he had a stroke which paralyzed his left side. Virtuoso guitarist Jimi Hendrix "idolized" Kirk, and even hoped to collaborate with him one day. Another great album by Kirk: Rip, Rig & Panic. Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk 'Bright Moments. The Life and Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk' by John: Kruth Welcome Rain Publishers, New York 2000 On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > Pancho Sanchez > > [image: Inline image 1] > > Besame Mamá - from the album Conga Blue 1995 > http://youtu.be/RY09gprbU20 > > Poncho Sanchez, one of the top American percussionists of our time, is a > Mexican-American conguero (conga player), Latin jazz band leader, and salsa > singer. Sanchez and his ensemble won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz > Album. He has played with Mongo Santamaria, Hugh Masekela and Cal Tjader. > The youngest of eleven children, Poncho Sanchez was born in Laredo, Texas. > > Read more: > > List of the Top 500 Drummers: > http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Poncho_Sanchez.html > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Cal Tjader >> >> [image: Inline image 2] >> >> Several Shades of Jade - The Fakir 1963 >> http://youtu.be/8AU_91XRstM >> >> Produced by Lalo Shifren >> >> Cal Tjader - vibes >> Jimmy Raney - guitar >> Dick Hyman - organ >> Lonnie Hewitt - piano >> Bob Bushnell - fretless electric bass >> Johnny Rae - drums. >> >> Cal Tjader grew up in the San Francisco Bay area where he often played >> with Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck. Later in New York City, he played with >> Mongo Santamaría, Willie Bobo, and Gábor Szabó. Tjader played the >> vibraphone and is known primarily as a Latin/Jazz performer. One of his >> most famous albums is called El Ritmo Cliente on Fantasy (red vinyl). He >> was also accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. >> He won a Grammy in 1980. >> >> I used to have this album on vinyl, Several Shades of Jade, on Verve, >> which I bought new in 1963, but it is now missing from my collection (Jack >> are you reading this). So, I bought the CD which has two albums on it: >> Several Shades of Jade and Breeze From the East. Tjader discovered and >> groomed Poncho Sanchez, another latin jazz favorite of mine. A lot of >> people don't like fusion jazz, but I do. Go figure. >> >> Read more: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader >> >> 'Latin Jazz: The First of the Fusions' >> by John Storm Roberts >> Schirmer Books, 1999 >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Richard Williams >> <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Thelonious Monk >>> >>> [image: Inline image 1] >>> >>> Monk's Dream 1963 >>> http://youtu.be/FxailNkhpXs >>> >>> Thelonious Monk - piano >>> Charlie Rouse - tenor sax >>> John Ore - bass >>> Frankie Dunlop - drums >>> >>> According to Kelley, Thelonious Monk was born December 28, 1917, in >>> Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Monk is considered one of the giants of >>> American music. Monk's Dream is the first album Monk released on Columbia >>> Records. I still have my original vinyl copy on Columbia Records and the >>> new CD (CK 40786). The song “Bye-Ya” clocks in at 6:03. The 2002 >>> re-mastered edition on the Columbia/Legacy imprint (CK 63536) contains a >>> version which runs only 5.25. >>> >>> Read more: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk >>> >>> 'Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original' >>> by Robin D. Kelley >>> JR Books, 2010 >>> p, 13 >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Richard Williams >>> <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Miles Davis >>>> >>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>> >>>> Sketches of Spain, Live >>>> http://youtu.be/6CZFnyXwlV4 >>>> >>>> Miles Davis is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th >>>> century. Sketches of Spain is an exemplary recording of Third Stream, a >>>> musical fusion of jazz, European classical, and world music. The album >>>> pairs Davis with arranger and composer Gil Evans, with whom he had >>>> collaborated on several other projects, on a program of compositions >>>> largely derived from the Spanish folk tradition. >>>> >>>> According to Crease, the album is a "quasi-symphonic, quasi-jazz world >>>> of sound." Chambers says that the album was not well received, but it went >>>> on to win for Davis a Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition in >>>> 1961. Ranked number 358 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 greatest albums >>>> of all time." >>>> >>>> Read more: >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis >>>> >>>> 'Gil Evans: Out of the Cool: His Life and Music' >>>> by Stephanie Crease >>>> Chicago Review Press, 2003 >>>> p. 207 >>>> >>>> 'Milestones: The Music And Times Of Miles Davis' >>>> Jack Chambers >>>> Da Capo Press, 1998 >>>> pp. 10-11 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> FYI, for a TM link to this, Brubeck's first group had Bill Smith on >>>>> clarinet. Bill joined the staff at the University of Washingtion when I >>>>> went there. I played on some avant garde projects he did. A few years >>>>> later he showed up at TM residence course with Paul Horn that I attended. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 12/16/2013 11:23 AM, Richard Williams wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dave Brubeck >>>>> >>>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>>> >>>>> Dave Brubeck - Take Five ( Original Video) >>>>> http://youtu.be/PHdU5sHigYQ >>>>> >>>>> "Take Five" is a jazz piece composed by Paul Desmond and performed >>>>> by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album Time Out. It is the >>>>> best-selling jazz single of all time. >>>>> >>>>> It was first played by the Quartet to a live audience at the Village >>>>> Gate nightclub in New York City in 1959. On the album Time Out, Brubeck >>>>> used a different time signature for each track, which was very unusual. >>>>> "Take Five" written in a 5/4 meter and it was one of the first Jazz songs >>>>> with a time signature other than the standard 4/4 beat or 3/4 waltz time. >>>>> It ended up being one of the extremely rare Jazz compositions to become a >>>>> pop hit. >>>>> >>>>> Dave Brubeck – piano >>>>> Paul Desmond – alto saxophone >>>>> Eugene Wright – bass >>>>> Joe Morello – drums >>>>> >>>>> Read more: >>>>> >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Five >>>>> >>>>> 'Essential Jazz: The First 100 Years' >>>>> by Henry Martin >>>>> Thomson Wadsworth 2004 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
