[DudeAsInCool]

Kooperman, on Apr 18 2004, 10:29 PM, said:

Good grief, reading your excellent post made me realize I forgot to include Milt Jackson in my favorites list! Shame on me....

There are so many jazz greats that it's impossible to think of everybody....

Yeah, Milt Jackson and ANYTHING produced by CTI records - all their stuff was just great.

[-medusa-]

A site that some may find wothwhile for broad spectrum of info and jazz festivals throughout the year. Interesting articles, highlights of new releases,

Jazziz Website .... free membership allows you to view some articles in full, artist searches etc

and they provide this page of links to other Jazz music sites:

page of Jazz music site links

page for lists of jazz festivals in US, International, and Club Guide:

Jazz Festivals: US, International, Club Guide

hope you find it as interesting as I have, enjoy.

[DudeAsInCool]

:good job:

[rickio]

Cool thread. Thanks for reminding me about Weather Report. Always dug them.

How about Mahavishnu Orchestra and Count Basey?

also I always dug John Coltrane and remember reading somewhere that Jimi Hendrix was inspired by Coltrane. There are a few versions of "My favorite things" that Coltrane covers and I have never been able to locate the first version I heard but it was a live set somewhere in New Jersey and really blew me away when I first heard it.

If you check him out do hear that cover.

peace

[DudeAsInCool]

rickio, on Apr 19 2004, 12:10 PM, said:

How about Mahavishnu Orchestra and Count Basey?  Allso I always dug John Coltrane and remember reading somewhere that Jimi Hendrix was inspired by Coltrane.

I like John McGlauglin's guitar work on the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and as Ive posted elsewhere, particuarly on Miles Davis's Jack Johnson sessions. Santana also does a pretty good cover on John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. Count Basie and Benny Goodman ran with swing jazz in the forties... this is one art form that is constantly evolving..

[nate]

Zoot Sims tenor/soprano sax

Art Pepper alto sax

Art Tatum piano

nore variations on my favorite theme, bepop/ lounge

This post has been edited by nate: 19 April 2004 - 12:48 PM

[Kooperman]

Let me add a couple of very high profile names from the mainstream:

Henry Mancini
He did scores for, well,...scores of films, many of them brilliant. The album I'd most recommend is The Jazz Sound From Peter Gunn

Nelson Riddle Like Mancini, Nelson Riddle was very prolific in movies and TV work, but for me his signature work is the theme from the early '60's TV show, Route 66. I could quite easily listen to a 2 hour loop of this...and I have tapes of every episode of the ancient show.

[CTC Command]

Kooperman, on Apr 19 2004, 01:00 PM, said:

Henry Mancini

There's one that got away from me last night!

[DudeAsInCool]

CTC Command, on Apr 19 2004, 03:06 PM, said:

Kooperman, on Apr 19 2004, 01:00 PM, said:

Henry Mancini

When I was a grad student at UCLA, a bunch of us helped produce a tribute to Henry Mancini, which featured Quincy Jones and Pavorotti. Quincy Jones performed a versin of Peter Gunn that was smokin' Henry Mancini created a lot of great movie scores and gave Quincy his first break..

[Kooperman]

Peter gunn's hangout on the old TV show was a smokin' jazz club named "Mother's". The show actually gave many TV viewers their first exposure to real jazz.

[desdemona]

what about "Steely Dan", I thought "two against nature" was kinda jazzy, they always seemed to have a jazz influence in their music to me too, anyone agree?

[nate]

Steely Dan uses very atypical compositions, very tight construction

if it isn't jazz, it's damn close (avant garde or smooth maybe?)

[Kooperman]

yes indeed, jazz was always a strong part of the Steely Dan sound, along with other influences all blended together. Here's the AMG view of the group:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Bqmfozffheh6k

Another group, which may or may not have been mentioned in this thread is Al Kooper's creation, Blood, Sweat & Tears.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Aoqozefykhgf5

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Bm9m8b5x4tsq4

[Kooperman]

nate, on Apr 19 2004, 05:44 PM, said:

Steely Dan uses very atypical compositions, very tight construction

if it isn't jazz, it's damn close (avant garde or smooth maybe?)

You're right nate...I think i'd term it "Cold War Jazz" , since that's an era that seemed to be such an influence on Donald Fagen.

[Umma]

Steely Dan sounds more like latin jazz to me... but what do I know...