Listened to the back-to-back takes of "Jade Vision" the Bill Evans Trio did on the 1961 Vanguard gig, and I prefer take 1 which was not the released version. Strange, because for years I preferred the released take, but both are great.
Listened to the back-to-back takes the Bill Evans Trio did on the 1961 Vanguard gig, and I prefer take 1 which was not the released version. Strange, because for years I preferred the released take, but both are great.
Yikes, I sound like henry!
Which track, "Jade Visions?" And which Henry, Mancini?
It really shows the degree to which jazz was part of the popular consciousness at the time - even if it was not universally enjoyed. Could you imagine a show like this being produced today, for mainstream audiences?
Not only can't I imagine it being produced today, it's also difficult to imagine anyone on this forum outside of 2 or 3 FSMers discussing "The Subject is Jazz" or jazz itself.
I'm a jazz ignoramus, but this set looks intriguing. Anyone here have this, or know anything about this area of jazz? Worth getting?
Yes! We had a discussion about the Duane Tatro tracks when "The Invaders" set came out. Unfortunately I'm too busy to write more at the moment, but I left a message on OnyaBirri's ansafone, which he'll get when he wakes up in approximately three hours.
I'm a jazz ignoramus, but this set looks intriguing. Anyone here have this, or know anything about this area of jazz? Worth getting?
Yes! We had a discussion about the Duane Tatro tracks when "The Invaders" set came out. Unfortunately I'm too busy to write more at the moment, but I left a message on OnyaBirri's ansafone, which he'll get when he wakes up in approximately three hours.
This appears to be a good collection. Most of the major artists are represented, if only by one or two tracks.
I appreciate the feedback. I'm definitely going to sample some of this set.
If you like late 1950s/early 1960s TV private eye jazz, West Coast jazz is probably a good gateway into jazz in general.
From that era, I know that I like the piano-driven "classical jazz" acts like Dave Brubeck and Modern Jazz Quartet, but I also want to expand my knowledge.
I'm a jazz ignoramus, but this set looks intriguing. Anyone here have this, or know anything about this area of jazz? Worth getting?
There's a good variety of types of jazz from what I've listened to so far. I'm shaky on the "throughline" of jazz evolution, so it's interesting to hear what was going on in this place and time period. (A good mix of hot and cool in this collection.) From what I know, there seems to be a transition away from '40s swing and earlier forms of jazz into more experimental sounds and a harder "edge," so to speak.
Stan Kenton's "Jolly Rogers" is from 1950, but has that proto-Elmer Bernstein Sweet Smell of Success style of in-your-face brassiness that I didn't think was a thing until later in the 1950s.
Chico Hamiton's "Free Form Live/1955" is a good example of "cool jazz" - utilizing musical ideas from modern classical music.
Here's a surprise. A track called "Surf Ride" (Art Pepper) from 1953. I didn't think "surf music" was going on until the beginning of the 1960s.
