tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806139740885604178.post2485683608730315746..comments2023-06-01T07:19:16.402-07:00Comments on Oligarchic Stooge Talk: Who's Forcing Willis Hart To Listen To The Music Of Kanye West?Dervish Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806139740885604178.post-3110046146840976922016-09-25T22:44:08.752-07:002016-09-25T22:44:08.752-07:00Well, truth be told, I was just a rock and roller....Well, truth be told, I was just a rock and roller. Although I made a fairly serious study of Herbie Hancock. I didn't get that I should have been learning jazz charts and maybe playing with the Jazz Band at school. But I was the real thing! I only retired eleven years ago after a five-year stint with Paradise LSR. (Latin Soul that Rocks.) A septet loosely based on Carlos Santana, War and other Latin Soul bands.<br /><br />In my heyday, I carried around a 1964 Farfisa mini-compact, a Fender Rhodes and a couple of speaker cabinets, including a Leslie Combo 12". More recently, I was playing an Alesis synthesizer.<br /><br />My greatest concert was two Beethoven grand sonatas, back-to-back at the First Baptist Church, March of 2006. Once I played Gershwin's <i>Rhapsody in Blue</i> to an enraptured audience of seniors. My greatest collaboration was with an Air Force Band trumpeter, a son of my local church where I still play the organ every Sunday. I still tear it apart with Bach, Pachelbel and Buxtehude!Flying Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098313953658606206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806139740885604178.post-52247947920116969662016-09-25T13:00:37.032-07:002016-09-25T13:00:37.032-07:00Interesting. I've got nothing to add, but both...Interesting. I've got nothing to add, but both comments read. I have no talent in the musical department.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806139740885604178.post-39743440436838602152016-09-25T05:37:00.470-07:002016-09-25T05:37:00.470-07:00You do know your jazz artists Flying Junior!
Wha...You do know your jazz artists Flying Junior! <br /><br />What instrument(s) do you play?<br /><br />From 11 years old on in school I was called the little All Hirt. Played a lot of classical moving into big band jazz as I matured in ability. <br /><br />In my early 20's I played in the Ronnie Drum youth orchestra which performed at the Eastern States Exposition in '72' if memory serves.<br /><br />For some stupid reason I stopped playing when I got married (the first time), my business career took off, and the kid came along. I miss making music but the chops are shot and the work to bring them back is too much at my age.<br /><br />BTW, Maynard Ferguson was one of my favorite big band leaders and his high note horn was amazing. He inspired me to reach for the double High C. Almost made it.<br /><br />Jazz is truely an American art form that spread across the globe. And jazz has its roots in classical chording. <br /><br />Good stuff!Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806139740885604178.post-24993773075087706882016-09-24T21:31:06.356-07:002016-09-24T21:31:06.356-07:00Being a lifelong "frustrated" jazz music...Being a lifelong "frustrated" jazz musician, (having the desire, but never being quite good enough,) my relationship with Davis has always been one of life-changing, eye-opening and amazing sources of inspiration. I never heard any of his early 1960s successes when I was young, including <i>Sketches of Spain</i> or <i>Bitch's Brew</i>, but at a very tender age of adolescence, my best friend's mom bought a very historic double album of his called, <i>Big Fun</i>. The cover art was typical for early 1970s black artists, extremely hip cartoon figures. But the music inside was the real mind-blower, Miles had teamed up with the greatest names in contemporary jazz. Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, Benny Maupin, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Airto Moreira, Billy Cobham, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, and a host of others, including electric sitar and tablas. It was a mind-blowing compilation of sessions that remains to this day, one of the seminal works of early fusion jazz. Absolutely incredible.<br /><br />Then as a college student, I picked up an old 10" LP with two sides on <i>Dial Records</i>. It was Charlie Parker's greatest compilation. One side was the Charlie Parker Septet, including Dizzie Gillespie. Side two was the Charlie Parker Quintet, featuring twenty-year old Miles Davis on the trumpet. It's like I instantly understood the entire heritage. It was also a good primer on Bebop music, including such incredible songs as <i>Yardbird Suite, Gypsy, Lover Man, A Night in Tunisia, Ornithology, Moose the Mooche </i>and <i>Max is Making Wax.</i>Flying Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098313953658606206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806139740885604178.post-63890847159452254442016-09-22T14:56:05.994-07:002016-09-22T14:56:05.994-07:00Davis was awwsome (remains awesome). The music if ...Davis was awwsome (remains awesome). The music if Blanchard is fine as well.<br /><br />Perhaps Will has forgotten how the selector dial or off swith works? Heard West a couple of times, not my cup of tea. BTW, age has nothing to do with my take. Davis and Monk were simply superior musicians to the trained ear.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.com