BQ: Hit me up with a link back, something similar peut-etre? ou non? don't matter. just give it to me.
2009-07-24T18:20:55Z
melting media-- stop being such a hater. and shotgun was kidding about freddie mercury. nice reading comprehension skills you got going on there. it almost gives the impression your listening comprehension skills are likewise.
2009-07-25T10:00:33Z
melting media-- haha, yeah, you caught me in a bad mood, sorry bout that. bad thing about these additional details is you can't edit them.
2009-07-28T16:51:27Z
melting media-- thank you for your kind edit. and sorry again for jumping the gun. i've heard a little from the meters, but not the other two. they were hot! going on my "to be downloaded" list. thanks especially for sharing the last one. i've been meaning to expand the geographical area my music comes from and that region i am sadly lacking in. i was in new orleans last summer. what a fertile city for sweet juicy music!
Teaim2009-07-25T13:10:56Z
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I don't see any reason to draw lines between good music. If I see aquestion asked in the R&P catagory which I can bet answer with a jazz answer, that's the answer I give. Who cares what catagory its considered?
I can tell you something about Roy Hargrove. I saw him a couple years ago at the Jazz Gallery in NYC. He shared the stage with a young trumpet player. Hargrove was very gracious to this kid. He gave him equal time and was completely supportive of the kid. The show was great, and I left with a real good feeling about Hargrove.
Being that were talking about not having borders in music. I am posting a video of Don Byron. Byron has been involved in LOTS of styles of music. He has made avant garde, funk, classical, and probably other stuff I haven't heard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32YI74NWdOM&NR=1
I got to say, I'm really surprised to read Shotgun Willie's answer. I doubt the real Willie would say anything like that. In fact, Willie and Wynton Marsalis recently recorded an album together.
Oh yeah, I wonder if this Shotgun Willie likes...
Van Morrison. Van's classic album Astral Weeks whole band was mad of jazz musicians. Just one chapter in the changes of that albums bassist Richard Davis.
How about Wilco? Nels Cline is that bands bassist. His albums are difficult to even catagorize.
EDIT:
Shotgun Willie, I didn't mention the Willie/Wynton album, Astral Weaks album, and Wilco to find out if you like them. I was pointing out that the musicians on those albums are not concerned with creating borders and catagories in music.
I saw the word jazz so I figured I should chime in, jazz snob that I am.
took a look at the clips. not bad, but not my sort of thing, either.
BQs:
first, for those who might be interested, be sure to check out Weather Report's "Sweetnighter" album, especially "Boogie Woogie Waltz," "125th Street Congress," and "Will." full-length audio below courtesy of last.fm.
second, Shotgun Willie: did you get your hands on the Arcana disc I mentioned a few days ago? if so, what do you think of it? also, your mentioning Cannonball (and my listening to Zawinul, I guess) prompts me to add three more treats below to the musical conversation going on here.
Matilda, thanks so much. I was feeling bad thinking I hurt your feelings over a fun question. I really hope you enjoy Roger & The Gypsies. The song was a huge radio and dance club hit locally. Every band had to learn it or they couldn't get jobs.
Soul died as soon as bands like New Edition started that whiny-voice style of singing. The remaining masters carried on but there really hasn't been a popular soul singer since Teddy Pendergrast. The rest are nasal poseurs who all sound the same, including the women (exclude Macy Gray). Rusty Shaw is a great young soul singer but we'll never hear him on the radio until he learns to stop singing and start whining.
The jazz section is a bunch of wimpy smooth jazz lovers who think it's real jazz.
Same for the Blues section: except for a handful of blues lovers who know the music all the way back to its earliest recordings, you'd think Stevie Ray Vaughan invented the genre if you visit.
Early New Orleans funk from The Meters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HVFZtfTKJQ
More New Orleans funk from Roger & The Gypsies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWNkjayeIU4
Rock from Tehran in English: Hypernova with "Fairytales". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_sxsKBVJDE
Hope you enjoy the funk tracks. They were only played on New Orleans radio stations when I was growing up in the Crescent City. I used to watch The Meters for free in Jackson Square on Saturdays.