i've heard the Chet version many times but not Carlos.
this underscores one of the reasons i got into jazz and blues. in both those songs are typically considered to be 'standards' and are played while honoring the original composer. in other forms of music they're typically considered to be 'covers' and somehow have a stigma placed upon them because you didn't think of it yourself.

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R.I.P. Pat Martino

a truly gifted guy

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I love this song

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yeah, Jaco was different...and so was Ron.



it's interesting that in Jaco's early years he recorded with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, both played with Ron Carter in Miles' second great quintet.
watching Carter's fingers on the bass is mesmerizing, and in the vid below he's positioned in a spot on stage where he can easily look to his left and visually communicate with Tony Williams. and the way Miles just slides right in after his solo...simply beautiful

and if you want to watch the whole show
we should consider ourselves fortunate to watch a 57 year old live video of five of the greatest musicians to ever play together. Miles is obviously the headliner, but he gives the other four musicians an incredible amount of space during the performance to do what they do best (other than around the 40:30 mark when Miles is obviously disgruntled with Herbie's improv).

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this album is a classic - Evans has a light touch - a hint of classical - he's very different


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raw fusion - real niche - he drives his vibes thru a fuzz box - as far as I know it's never been done before or after -

the other 2 tracks are excellent too IMO
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it's not just Evans. the trio of Evans, Motian, and LaFaro are one of the greatest ever assembled with the goal of all three musicians having an equal voice in the music.
i'm pretty sure i've mentioned it before in this thread, but the Village Vanguard recordings were made 10 days before LaFaro died in a car crash at age 25. he not only played bass with Evans and Motian, he also composed several of the songs they recorded, including the first one in this video. Evans was never the same after La Faro passed.

LaFaro recorded with Ornette in January of '61 (a few months before the Village Vanguard recordings with Evans and Motian). when you have your name in the title of an Ornette song, you're probably doing something right.

The Alchemy of Scott LaFaro

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Lee Morgan was a great talent and a rising star - sadly he was shot dead by his wife at a club where he was playing - he was just 33

this track is great - his fantastic solo begins at 1:50 and at 3:02 he hits some riffs - well - I've never heard anybody else do anything like it on trumpet
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i'll always associate Lee Morgan with the Blue Note label and the Blue Train album

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after working with Trane he did some great stuff on his own including this highly regarded album

one of the commenters under this YT VID mentioned that there is Netflix doc on his life called "I Called Him Morgan"

I didn't know that and I'm looking forward to watching it

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Bill Henderson vocal

Easy on The Heart

More Bill Henderson

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this goes way back - 1941 - Charlie Christian was, I believe, one of the first to bring lead guitar (arpeggios) to jazz

the Savoy was an extremely successful music club in Harlem from 1926 to 1958

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i think Christian was one the first to bring electric guitar to jazz. some of the earliest origins of jazz in america include guitar as a primary instrument.

Django was one of the most well respected and well known jazz guitarists in the 30's.


Count Basie's rhythm section, featuring Freddie Green on guitar, recorded as the Kansas City Five and Kansas City Six (when Lester Young joined on sax) in the 30's




it's probably fair to say Green wasn't playing very many arpeggios, but Christian was one of the first to use amplified electric guitar to cut through the big band sounds and be noticed as an instrument.

I saw this film in music class in jr high.

The song that played through the credits has stayed with me and I dial it up once in a while.

Afro Blue, Mongo Santamaria:



Coltrane's version with McCoy Tyner:

i don't remember hearing about Giuffre before this....i'm going to have to do some digging.

that Jazz Casual version of Afro Blue is one of my favorite renditions.
Trane, Tyner, Garrison & Jones were just so tight together.

Time to start getting into the Christmas Spirit:

Kay Starr I've got my love to keep me warm

Bill Evans all excited about Santa Claus

such a gift

Portland statue brings this song to mind: