Blogun ilk haftasında caz tarihinin en iyi şarkılarından oluşan bir liste oluşturmak istedim, ancak böyle bir liste oluşturmaya çalışmanın beyhude bir çaba olduğunu gördüm. Bu nedenle Blue Note "A Story of Jazz" seçkisinin ilk CD'sini kullanmaya karar vedim. Jazz tarihini kapsamaktan uzak olsa da seçilen şarkıların her birinin mükemmelliği ve performansların ustalığı tartışılmaz sanırım.
Moanin''de Art Blakey'e Benny Golson (t. saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Bobby Timmons (piano) ve Jymie Merritt (bass)'ten oluşan The Jazz Messengers eşlik ediyor.
"If you simply can only have one Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers disc (and why would you stop there?), it absolutely must be MOANIN'. This 1958 Blue Note date is the cream of the early Messengers' studio sessions. The group of this period featured the wailing Lee Morgan (trumpet), the swinging Benny Golson (sax) and the soulful Bobby Timmons (piano) with longtime bassist Jymie Merritt by Blakey's side. All of the pieces fell into place here to create one of the most hard-swinging, blues-inflected records in jazz history." cduniverse.com
30 Ocak 2009 Cuma
29 Ocak 2009 Perşembe
"Autumn Sonata"
Les Portes De La Nuit (1946)filmi için Joseph Kosma'nın bestelediği ve Jacques Prevert'in sözlerini yazdığı Les Feuilles Mortes (Ölü Yapraklar) şarkısı filmde Yves Montad tarafından selendiriliyor. 1949'da Jonny Mercer tarafından İngilizce'ye çevrilen şarkıyı Jo Stafford, Bing Crosby, Edith Piaf, Artie Shaw, Paul Weston, Nat King Cole, Roger Williams, Oscar Peterson, Chick Corea, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Diana Krall ve Patricia Kaas gibi bir çok müzisyen yorumladı. Cannonball Adderley'in (Sax.), Miles Davis (Trampet), Sam Jones (D. Bas), Hank Jones (Piano) ve Art Blakey (Davul)ile 1958 yılında yaptığı Somethin' Else albümünde şarkının en iyi enstrümental versiyonlarından birini dinliyoruz. Art Blakey'in eşliğinde Miles Davis trampetiyle büyülüyor.
"When alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley culled together this quartet, he grabbed three champions from seemingly disparate schools to complement his flinty solos: Miles Davis, the king of cool; Art Blakey, the thundering force of hard bop; Hank Jones, a veteran of swing; and Sam Jones, a versatile bassist adaptable to nearly any setting. The results are one of Blue Note's most beloved albums. The open-ended beauty of "Autumn Leaves," which features Davis beautifully stating the melody on muted trumpet, sounds like it could easily be an outtake from Kind of Blue (which it isn't). The midtempo title track provides the centerpiece of this classic as Adderley echoes Miles's swaggering melody before both unravel wonderful solos. A must-have Blue Note album." John Murph, Amazon.com
"When alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley culled together this quartet, he grabbed three champions from seemingly disparate schools to complement his flinty solos: Miles Davis, the king of cool; Art Blakey, the thundering force of hard bop; Hank Jones, a veteran of swing; and Sam Jones, a versatile bassist adaptable to nearly any setting. The results are one of Blue Note's most beloved albums. The open-ended beauty of "Autumn Leaves," which features Davis beautifully stating the melody on muted trumpet, sounds like it could easily be an outtake from Kind of Blue (which it isn't). The midtempo title track provides the centerpiece of this classic as Adderley echoes Miles's swaggering melody before both unravel wonderful solos. A must-have Blue Note album." John Murph, Amazon.com
27 Ocak 2009 Salı
My Funny Valentine
"My Funny Valentine"'ın en iyi yorumlarından birisini, Chet Baker'ın sesinden dinledim.
"Trumpeter Chet Baker was and will forever be the poster boy for West Coast cool jazz. His introverted, plaintive tone and relaxed, lyrical style was strikingly different from his fiery contemporaries such as Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown. Baker’s treatment of “My Funny Valentine,” painfully romantic and hauntingly beautiful, thrust him atop the trumpet polls in 1952. His humble interpretation of the melody creates an extraordinarily intimate atmosphere, compelling listeners to hold their breath in fear of creating the slightest disturbance. One of the most captivating and magical ballad performances in all of jazz. " by Matt Leskovic, Music October 24, 07.
"Trumpeter Chet Baker was and will forever be the poster boy for West Coast cool jazz. His introverted, plaintive tone and relaxed, lyrical style was strikingly different from his fiery contemporaries such as Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown. Baker’s treatment of “My Funny Valentine,” painfully romantic and hauntingly beautiful, thrust him atop the trumpet polls in 1952. His humble interpretation of the melody creates an extraordinarily intimate atmosphere, compelling listeners to hold their breath in fear of creating the slightest disturbance. One of the most captivating and magical ballad performances in all of jazz. " by Matt Leskovic, Music October 24, 07.
19 Ocak 2009 Pazartesi
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