Buddy Tate, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Al Grey, trombone
Richard Wyands, piano
Major Holley, double bass
Al Harewood, drums
From the Broadway West Side Story Recorded February 15, 1965
Woody Herman, clarinet Andy McChee, tenor sax Don Radar, trumpet, arranger Bob Stroup, trombone I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. Hope you enjoy. sDg. #broadway #jazz #clarinet #jazzclarinet #vinyl
Clifford Brown in Paris (vinyl) Recorded October 15, 1953 Clifford Brown, trumpet Henri Renaud, piano Pierre Michelot, bass Benny Bennett, drums "The Paris sessions were organized by French pianist Henri Renaud, who previously recorded with visiting American mainstream jazzmen such as Don Byas, Buck Clayton and Roy Eldridge but this time had become deeply involved in the more modern approaches to jazz which had developed." - Brian Blevins (excerpt from Liner Notes) I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. Hope you enjoy. sDg. #jazztrumpet #jazz #oldschool #vinyl #bebop #swing #remastered
This is how I usually start in converting the analog recording from the vinyl record to digital so I can post the music on YouTube. Basically, I record the output from a tube preamp using a handheld digital recorder. Initially, I was using the Zoom H4 - the one on the right. I like its simplicity but unfortunately had to retire it as it kept crapping out. Had it maybe close to 15 years. The one on left that looks like the a mini-Transformer Robot is the H8 that replaced the H4. The H8 is ugly but has more bells and whistles. The H8 can record up to 96 kHz at 24 bit - compared to the H4 that records only at 44.1 kHz at 16 bit. I just go with 44.1 kHz at 24 bit on the H8. One of these days I'll experiment with higher resolution although I think the fidelity is likely to make no difference when listening on YouTube.
After saving the sound file, I import it to Studio One (by Presonus) where I do simple remastering by applying EQ, parallel compression, Hi-pass and Low-pass filter as appropriate. I do this so it will sound just like what I heard on my hifi system. I want to hear the low end from the subwoofer and the overheads from the tweeters. Still learning but it's been a wonderful journey to get back to sound recording - something I've abandoned for decades.
/Stan Gentz / Herbie Hancock / Ron Carter /Gary Burton / Elvin Jones/ I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. Hope you enjoy. sDg. #jazztrombone #jazz #oldschool #vinyl #jazzsax #bebop #swing #remastered
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959) Arguably, Young introduced an approach to improvisation that provided much of the basis for modern jazz solo conception. The impact of his style was so broad that he has been cited as a favourite by such diverse modern jazz figures as Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, and John Coltrane. Much of the West Coast “cool” style was a direct product of Lester Young’s approach, many saxophonists playing his lines note for note in their own performances. He was so important that singer Billie Holiday called him president of tenor saxophonists, and he was known thereafter as Pres (or Prez). In contrast to many of his hard-driving peers, Young played with a relaxed, cool tone and used sophisticated harmonies, using what one critic called "a free-floating style, wheeling and diving like a gull, banking with low, funky riffs that pleased dancers and listeners alike". Known for his hip, introverted style, he invented or popularized much of the hipster jargon which came to be associated with the music. I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. Hope you enjoy. sDg. #jazzsaxophone #jazz #oldschool #vinyl #jazzsax #bebop #swing #vinyl
... sweet destiny Love of my life I love you No other love could thrill me so completely No other lips could satisfy me Baby, Baby, don't deny me My hungry arms Long for your charms Love of my life I love you Artists: Everly Brothers Songwriter: John C. Popper Released 1959 The vocal harmonies of the Everly Brothers have influenced many great singers - including the Beatles. Think of "If I Fell". The influence to my ears is obvious. I was so enamored with the songs of the Everly Brothers that when I saw a vinyl album of their collective songs I bought it right away. I then realized that it was their third volume of songs, none of which I never heard before. I must admit that I was very disappointed. Lesson to me is never buy an album that is marked higher than volume 1. I made the same mistakes in the past and never learned my lesson. There are some redeeming materials that kind of grew on me. Such as this one. It's an abridged version of my own fault. Apologies to the EB fans. I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (The video clip is from Charlie Mounsey https://www.pexels.com/@charlie-mounsey-1653902.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. Hope you enjoy. sDg. #vocalharmonies #oldies #nostalgia #popmusic
Powder Puff - From the vinyl album Shorty Rogers Short Stops:
Shorty Rogers, arranger, conductor, trumpet Milt Bernhart, trombone John Grass, french horn Gene Englund, tuba Art Pepper, alto sax Jimmy Guiffre, tenor sax Hampton Hawes, piano Joe Mandragon, bass Shelly Manne, drums Recorded January, March, April 1953. I remastered the music from the original vinyl album as personal preference. I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. Hope you enjoy. sDg. #jazztrumpet #oldscool #jazz #vinyl #remastered
On the Boulevard du Crime people push in to see the pantomime at the Theatre des Funambules. Pierrot’s love makes Margot weep and the poor people laugh - here in Paris of 1830. At these masques without bergamaskers for their fantastic dances, the crowd croaks with laughter at the carnival of funny faces. But in that crowd laughing at Pierrot there are always Harlequins. There must be Harlequins or else love would only be words. And when Pierrot smiles he looks up up at the lovers in Heaven . . . All the people laughing at Pierrot are unaware that he’s really crying because his beloved wife ran off without a word . . . (excerpt from Liner Note of the album Potpouri par Piaf) I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. Hope you enjoy. sDg. #FrenchVocalist #jazz #oldschool #vinyl
Hey Mrs Jones is the first track on Ramsey Lewis's Goin' Latin vinyl album. I really believe that old school jazz should be listened on vinyl - as it was intended. I noticed that almost always the volume level on first couple of bars on the first track of most vinyl sound louder than the rest of the song. My theory is that during the initially take the recording engineer would record on the high side of what the loudness level should be, and then quickly bring the faders down a bit. Perhaps to get the attention of the listeners. So in this post, I remastered the music by bringing the volume level of the first few bars down to match the volume level of the rest of the song. I also applied some EQ to boost the bass and the mids to be able to compete with the loudness of contemporary recordings. The EQ selection is my own preference so perhaps the purist may find the alteration uncalled for. Nobody's fault but mine here.
Credits:
Ramsey Lewis, piano Cleveland Eaton, bass Maurice White, drums, Brian Christian, recording engineer Doug Brand, supervising engineer Richard Evans, arranger, conductor Don S. Bronstein, photos Tom Gorman, cover design Esmond Edwards, album production and supervision Recorded: December 21, 22, 23, 1966 RCA Studios, Chicago The album Goin' Latin reached number 2 and number 16 on the Billboard Black and Jazz Albums Charts. I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. Hope you enjoy. sDg. #LatinJazz #RamseyLewis #oldscool #jazz
Janey's down, can't get off the ground
Too low to fall, she can't come up at all
Hey, Janey's just an accident
Fatal mistake on the day after Lent
And her parents always say
"We don't need you today
And we expect just the same"
She's got a bluesy feeling in her eye
And it's making her sigh
Cry, cry for Janey
Well her mother plays on the golf course every day
And her daddy, he sits at home and plays with the maid
They've found the perfect alibi
Stay together for the sake of the child
You know divorce don't fit
And they're too young to split
Think they're martyrs but they're killing the kid
She's got a bluesy feeling in her eye
And it's making her sigh
Cry... cry for Janey
Written and performed by 15 year old Janis Ian. Yes, the same Janis Ian who gave us At Seventeen and Love is Blind, songs of awkwardness, introspection, and melancholy. When I bought the album, I was almost sure I made a mistake - thinking that this was not the Janis Ian I heard on the radio decades ago. Her voice on this album is so different. And yet, her attitude and observations of the society that surrounded her have not really changed. Liner note on Janey's Blues: Another generational message, which is again drawn from a variety of types and cross-section of people she has known. Janis points out that organ sounds "as tho' the chick was running." I hope you will enjoy this song as much as I did. At one point, I thought to myself that it could have been recorded today and it would still sound fresh and relevant. To my ears, even the arrangement and the recording sounded contemporary. I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album and the Mira Sound sessions.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. sDg.
Walkin' Away Blues is from the 1986 movie Crossroads. Eugene Martone, a young student studying classical guitar at Juilliard School was researching the blues and guitar music of Robert Johnson. His mythically creative acclaim that he "sold his soul to the Devil at the crossroads" intrigued the young student. Martone learns of the missing song that Johnson wrote and so begins a quest to find it.
Sonny Terry, harmonica Ry Cooder, guitar I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Photo of Robert Johnson is known as 'the dime store portrait' or 'the photo booth self-portrait,' and was taken by Johnson himself. The video clip of spinning turntable is from Atakan Ozkan https://www.pexels.com/@atakan-ozkan-....) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. Hope you enjoy. sDg.
I'm trying to get my mojo back. Trying to get energized. Except these are Duracell and not Energizer Batteries. I realized that I needed to get acquainted with my go-to camera again - the Fuji X100F. Made some mistakes after taking a long break from using it. Just a test shot here. No real story about it. I'll try to shoot more.
A ubiquitous sign wherever you are in Ireland. Except I found this one in Norther Spain. Slainte!
Hope your day is going well.
All Star Swing Groups, Pete Johnson, Cozy Cole, The Savoy Sessions
Back when Jazz was considered underground music. Click on the link, and listen to over 90 minutes of old school jazz, back when jazz was radical and your parents would hide at the basement so they can dance to the music, relax and sit back, or do your thing while you listen. Chill and enjoy.
I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album. The video clip of spinning turntable is from Atakan Ozkan @-ozkan-1068907.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.
Hope you enjoy. sDg.
