The Waverly Consort - The Christmas Story ( Side 2 of the vinyl LP)

 

The Waverly Consort - The Christmas Story ( Side 2 of the vinyl LP)

IV.   Herod's Court

V.   The Adoration

VI.  The Slaying of the Innocents

VII. Epilogue

 

 

Matthew 2:

 

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

 

3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

 

6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

    are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;

for out of you will come a ruler

    who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

 

9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

 

The Escape to Egypt

 

13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

 

14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

 

16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

 

18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,

    weeping and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children

    and refusing to be comforted,

    because they are no more.”

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Images on this video 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.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

You can also listen to side one here.

 

This upload is way overdue.  My apologies.  Hope y'all enjoy.  Merry Christmas. 

 

 

INXDS.   #ChristmasStory #cantata #vinylrecord

Don McLean - Babylon (restored 1971 vinyl LP "American Pie")

 

Don McLean - Babylon (restored 1971 vinyl LP "American Pie")

By the waters

The waters

Of Babylon

 

We lay down and wept

And wept

For thee Zion

 

We remember

Thee remember

Thee remember

Thee Zion

 

Don McLean – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo

Lee Hays – arranger

West Forty Fourth Street Rhythm and Noise Choir – chorus

 

The song Babylon is from the 1971 LP "American Pie".  It's based on Psalm 137, a song of mourning the loss of Jerusalem to Babylon and the exile of the Jewish people around 600 BCE.  It describes how they would sit by the waters of Babylon — perhaps the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, perhaps the irrigation canals.  There, they would hang their harps in the trees in sorrow while they remember Zion.  Their Babylonian captors would mockingly demand that they sing one of their songs but the Israelites would not.  

 

Donald McLean (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1971 hit song "American Pie", an 8-and-a-half-minute folk rock "cultural touchstone" about the loss of innocence of the early rock and roll generation.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Images on this video were appropriated from the original album "American Pie".) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

 

INXDS.   #folksong #vinylrecord #Psalm137

Shorty Rogers - Infinity Promenade (restored vinyl LP of 1953 recording of Short Stops)

Shorty Rogers - Infinity Promenade (restored vinyl LP of 1953 recording of Short Stops)

"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks." - Herodotus

 

From the vinyl album Shorty Rogers and his Orchestra and the Giants - 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.

 

Scott Yanow of AllMusic Review writes, "This double LP offers listeners a strong introduction to the trumpet playing and arrangements of Shorty Rogers, but unfortunately it has gone out of print and was the first and last in its series. The 32 selections feature six different groups headed by Rogers during 1953-1954, ranging from an octet to a big band; all of the bands feature sidemen who essentially formed a who's who of West Coast jazz. Among the other soloists are altoist Art Pepper; tenors Bill Holman, Bill Perkins, Zoot Sims, Bob Cooper, and Jimmy Giuffre; trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison; pianist Hampton Hawes; and altoists Herb Geller and Bud Shank. The majority of the selections are Rogers originals; there is music from the Marlon Brando film The Wild One and a Count Basie tribute set."  

 

Milton "Shorty" Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arranger.

 

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.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.  

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

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What I want to only ask from you...

 

... is please don't burn my eggs.

Teddy Buckner - West End Blues (restored vinyl LP)

 

Teddy Buckner - West End Blues (restored vinyl LP)

 

From the vinyl LP Teddy Buckner and his Dixieland Band.  "West End Blues" is a multi-strain twelve-bar blues composition by Joe "King" Oliver.  Covered by Louis Armstrong but this version by Teddy Buckner was just waiting to be found and now can be heard on this channel. 

 

Teddy Buckner (July 16, 1909 in Sherman, Texas – September 22, 1994 in Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz trumpeter associated with Dixieland music.

 

Early in his career Buckner played with Sonny Clay.  He worked with Buck Clayton in Shanghai in 1934,  and later worked with Benny Carter among others. From 1949 to 1954, he worked in Kid Ory's band, which was perhaps the closest to the style he preferred.[1] In the late 1950s his work with Sidney Bechet in France made him popular there but, before going to France, he recorded the soundtrack of the movie King Creole with Elvis Presley in 1958. From 1965 to 1981 he performed with his traditional Dixieland jazz band at Disneyland's New Orleans Square. 

 

In addition to this he worked with blues musician T-Bone Walker and did some acting. This included an uncredited role in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? He played cornet in a few of his film roles.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Image post and video art were appropriated from original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.  

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

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Illinois Jacquet - Our Delight (1975 Vinyl LP How High the Moon)

 

Illinois Jacquet - Our Delight (1975 Vinyl LP How High the Moon) 

"Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing." - Oscar Wilde

 

From the vinyl LP How High the Moon - a fine sampler to Jacquet's music when it was released in 1975 and it features Illinois in a variety of settings (ranging from a quartet to a mini-big band). Highlights include "Bottoms Up," "The King," "How High the Moon" and Illinois Jacquet's haunting bassoon feature on "'Round Midnight." 

 

Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo.

 

Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor saxophone that became a regular feature of jazz playing and a hallmark of early rock and roll, Jacquet was a skilled and melodic improviser, both on up-tempo tunes and ballads. He doubled on the bassoon, one of only a few jazz musicians to use the instrument.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Image post and video art were appropriated from original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

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Alone in 2021

 

She came as the headless fashionista, and she was a blast at the Halloween party.  They loved her.  But I think she may have partied too much.  She was by herself alone when everybody left.  Left in the dark, she is still waiting for a taxi to get home.  

Harry James Band - Blues Like (restored vinyl LP)

 

Harry James Band - Blues Like (restored vinyl LP)

 

From the vinyl LP "The Harry James Band".  Don't get fooled by the hokey album cover.  The young all American Midwestern blonde -  who lives next door and whose father is the chief of police - is really a secret agent who works in the CIA.  The music is from the era of big band.  

 

Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947 but shortly after he reorganized and was active again with his band from then until his death in 1983. He was especially known among musicians for his technical proficiency as well as his tone, and was influential on new trumpet players from the late 1930s into the 1940s. He was also an actor in a number of films that usually featured his band.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

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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 cover.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

  

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

The Message is the Medium

 

Truly, something is not right here.  Is the message the medium?  Or is the medium the message?

Image captured at the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee.  These are Duane Eddy's guitars.  They're not the same, but kinda look the same.  Both have the Bigsby bar, which is used to get the tremolo sound.  (The correct term I'm told is vibrato but then the name stuck.)  

I hated the Bigsby because the guitar almost never remains in tune.  Once you yank the bar, the strings don't return to their original positions.  I have a tremolo bar on my Strat, which I never used.  I have another one on my Jaguar, which I had my guitar tech modify the mechanism so the tremolo is blocked and impossible to even move without breaking the guitar.  This is what Eric Clapton did to his Strats.  Children, don't buy  the Fender Clapton Strat model.  It costs twice as much as the regular Strat.  Just insert a block of wood where the tremolo springs are located.  Viola, your bargain priced guitar just doubled its value.  

I digress.  What's so important about Duane Eddy's guitars?  Well, his guitar sound is famous for its twangy tone.  His big hits are "Rebel Rouser", "Ramrod" and "Canonball".  Back then he was using a Gretsch Chet Atkins, which I believe are these two guitar.  Always wanted the Orange Gretsch.  I just think it looks cool.  I helped a buddy of mine score a brand new Gretsch replica, and it sounded so great.  Just don't touch the Bigsby bar.  

Hope your day is going well.

Gordon Dexter - Gotham City (1980 recording vinyl LP)

 Gordon Dexter - Gotham City (1980 recording vinyl LP)

 "We are what we believe we are."   C. S. Lewis

 

Gotham City is a jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1980 and released by Columbia in 1981.

 

Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone

George Benson – electric guitar 

Cedar Walton – piano

Percy Heath – bass

Art Blakey – drums

 

AllMusic Reviewer Scott Yanow's writes:  "Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was still in pretty good form at the time of this later recording. The veteran great is joined by an all-star rhythm section (pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Art Blakey) along with guest appearances from trumpeter Woody Shaw and guitarist George Benson. Although this boppish set is rather brief (just four songs totalling around 37 minutes), the quality of the solos is quite high. " 

I love George Benson's guitar playing here.  The solo is a killer.  Then, he got famous.  I think he is a better guitar player than a singer.  Should have stuck to the guitar.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

INXDS #bebop #jazzsax #vinylrecord #quoteoftheday /

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

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.

 

How to spot a Tourist

 

There are three people taking a photo on the street.  Can you spot them all?

Illinois Jacquet - After Hours (1975 Vinyl LP How High the Moon)

 

Illinois Jacquet - After Hours (1975 Vinyl LP How High the Moon)

 

"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." - Lily Tomlin

 

From the vinyl LP How High the Moon - a fine sampler to Jacquet's music when it was released in 1975 and it features Illinois in a variety of settings (ranging from a quartet to a mini-big band). Highlights include "Bottoms Up," "The King," "How High the Moon" and Illinois Jacquet's haunting bassoon feature on "'Round Midnight." 

 

Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo.

 

Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor saxophone that became a regular feature of jazz playing and a hallmark of early rock and roll, Jacquet was a skilled and melodic improviser, both on up-tempo tunes and ballads. He doubled on the bassoon, one of only a few jazz musicians to use the instrument.

 

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.

 

 All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

INXDS.  #jazzblues #bebop #jazzsax #vinylrecord #quoteoftheday /

 

The Late Great Johnny Winter

 
If you are into Texas Blues and have never heard Johnny Winter performed, then you ain't heard nothing yet.  

The first Winter LP I discovered was "Live Johnny Winter And".  I was just learning to play the acoustic guitar and then I heard his tone and style of playing.  It made me take blues guitar playing seriously.  Ever since, all I wanted was to play an electric guitar like Johnny Winter.

In 1988, Winter became the first white musician named to the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame.

Winter is widely recognized as being one of the greatest slide guitar players of all-time. And while many guitarists utilize odd items to run up and down their fretboards – Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band famously used old Coricidin glass pill bottles – Winter’s choice was similarly unique. “I used to play slide before this, but could never find a good slide,” he told Tom Guerra. “I'd use everything from a wristwatch crystal to broken-off test tubes to lipstick cases, bottles ... I tried everything, but nothing would work, until I found this conduit pipe, and I've used the same piece of pipe for 30 years for both acoustic and electric slide. Its just a piece of plumber's pipe that just fits my finger real good.”

Image taken at the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee.  The guitar is real.  So is the textured wall.  The man in the photo is a cardboard cut out.  Sometimes the best photo is the one already taken.

Hope your day is going well.

Billie Holiday - Lover Man (restored vinyl LP The Billie Holiday Story)

Billie Holiday - Lover Man (restored vinyl LP The Billie Holiday Story)

“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.” -  Desmond Tutu

 

From the vinyl LP The Billie Holiday Story.

 

I don't know why but I'm feeling so sad

I long to try something I never had

Never had no kissing

Oh, what I've been missing

Lover man, oh, where can you be

The night is cold and I'm so alone

I'd give my soul just to call you my own

Got a moon above me

But no one to love me

Lover man, oh, where can you be

I've heard it said

That the thrill of romance

Can be like a heavenly dream

I go to bed with a prayer

That you'll make love to me

Strange as it seems

Someday we'll meet

And you'll dry all my tears

Then whisper sweet

Little things in my ear

Hugging and a kissing

Oh, what we've been missing

Lover man, oh, where can you be

I've heard it said

That the thrill of romance

Can be like a heavenly dream

I go to bed with a prayer

That you'll make love to me

Strange as it seems

Someday we'll meet

And you'll dry all my tears

Then whisper sweet

Little things in my ear

Hugging and a kissing

Oh, what we've been missing

Lover man, oh, where can you be

 

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: James O. Davis / Jimmy Sherman / Roger J. Ramirez

Lover Man lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave

 

“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)” (often called simply “Lover Man”) was written by Jimmy Davis, James Sherman and her old pal Roger (“Ram”) Ramirez from their teenage years appearing at The Apollo Theater in Harlem together. 

 

In her 1956 autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, Billie Holiday recounts that “Jimmy [Davis] was in the Army when he wrote ’Lover Man’ and brought it straight to me.” Unfortunately, before she could record the song, Davis was shipped back to Europe and Holiday never saw him again. While the singer does not mention Jimmy Sherman she does lament “Ram Ramirez gets all of the credit for ‘Lover Man,’ but that’s only part of the story.”

 

The song is particularly associated with Billie Holiday, for whom it was written, and her 1944 version reached #5 on the R&B chart and #16 on pop in 1945, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989.

 

Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), known professionally as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.

 

After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by producer John Hammond, who liked her voice. She signed a recording contract with Brunswick in 1935. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia and Decca. By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse.  Because of personal struggles and an altered voice, her final recordings were met with mixed reaction but were mild commercial successes. Her final album, Lady in Satin, was released in 1958. Holiday died of cirrhosis on July 17, 1959, at age 44.

 

Five Fascinating Facts About Billie Holiday

 • Billie Holiday once worked in a brothel. 

 • Billie Holiday auditioned to be a dancer and ended up a singer. 

 • Billie Holiday was an early reality star. 

 • U2's "Angel of Harlem" is a tribute to Billie Holiday.

 • Billie Holiday is responsible for the song of the century.

 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62880/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-billie-holiday

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Image art was 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. 

 

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All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

Art Blakey - April Jammin' (1960 recording vinyl LP Jazz Messengers vol 1)

 

Art Blakey - April Jammin' (1960 recording vinyl LP Jazz Messengers vol 1)

 

"You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them." - Desmond Tutu

 

Recorded NYC, April 23, 1960

Lee Morgan - trumpet

Wayne Shorter - tenor sax

Bobby Timmons - piano, co-writer

Jymie Merrit - bass

Art Blakey - drums, co-writer

 

The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective, and ending when long-time leader and founding drummer Art Blakey died in 1990.  Blakey led or co-led the group from the outset.  "Art Blakey" and "Jazz Messengers" became synonymous over the years, though Blakey did lead non-Messenger recording sessions and played as a sideman for other groups throughout his career.

 

"Yes sir, I'm gonna to stay with the youngsters. When these get too old, I'm gonna get some younger ones. Keeps the mind active." - — Art Blakey, A Night at Birdland, Vol. 2 

 

The group evolved into a proving ground for young jazz talent. While veterans occasionally re-appeared in the group, by and large, each iteration of the Messengers included a lineup of new young players. Having the Messengers on one's resume was a rite of passage in the jazz world, and conveyed immediate bona fides.

 

Many former members of the Jazz Messengers established careers as solo musicians, such as Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Timmons, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Keith Jarrett, Joanne Brackeen, Woody Shaw, Chuck Mangione, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison and Mulgrew Miller.  Some members, such as bassist Clarence Seay and Gregory Charles Royal, are documented to have played in the Jazz Messengers but did not record with the group.

 

Blakey, also called Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, (born October 11, 1919, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died October 16, 1990, New York, New York), American drummer and bandleader noted for his extraordinary drum solos, which helped define the offshoot of bebop known as “hard bop” and gave the drums a significant solo status. His style was characterized by thunderous press rolls, cross beats, and drum rolls that began as quiet tremblings and grew into frenzied explosions.

 

Blakey taught himself to play the piano while he was a teenager and performed on piano (and later drums) in jazz clubs in the evenings while working in the steel mills by day. Beginning in 1939, as a drummer, he performed with several bands, most notably (1944–47) with that of Billy Eckstine. Among the artists he met and performed with during that period were Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, and Billie Holiday.  [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Art-Blakey]

 

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Image post and video art were appropriated from file donated to Wikimedia Commons by Riksantikvarieämbetet as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by Europeana.  Riksantikvarieämbetet; http://kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000424176; @/record/91622/raa_kmb_16001000424176.  Art Blakey, trummor och ledare för The Jazz Messengers, på Umeå jazzfestival.; Musik; Personer; Övrigt; http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/5449.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

INXDS.  #bebop #jazzdrums #vinylrecord #quoteoftheday #hardbop #drummer

The Medium is the Message

 

. . . a phrase coined by the Canadian communication theorist Marshall McLuhan and the name of the first chapter in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, published in 1964. McLuhan proposes that a communication medium itself, not the messages it carries, should be the primary focus of study. He showed that artifacts as media affect any society by their characteristics, or content.

    McLuhan writes:  The title "The Medium Is the Massage" is a teaser—a way of getting attention. There's a wonderful sign hanging in a Toronto junkyard which reads, 'Help Beautify Junkyards. Throw Something Lovely Away Today.' This is a very effective way of getting people to notice a lot of things. And so the title is intended to draw attention to the fact that a medium is not something neutral—it does something to people. It takes hold of them. It rubs them off, it massages them and bumps them around, chiropractically, as it were, and the general roughing up that any new society gets from a medium, especially a new medium, is what is intended in that title."

Woody Allen sums it well: 'Marshall McLuhan predicted books would become art objects at some point. He was right.'

From Annie Hall:

Alvy Singer : [the man behind him in line is talking loudly]  What I wouldn't give for a large sock with horse manure in it!

Alvy Singer : [to audience]  Whaddya do when you get stuck in a movie line with a guy like this behind you?

Man in Theatre Line : Wait a minute, why can't I give my opinion? It's a free country!

Alvy Singer : He can give it... do you have to give it so loud? I mean, aren't you ashamed to pontificate like that? And the funny part of it is, Marshall McLuhan, you don't know anything about Marshall McLuhan!

Man in Theatre Line : Oh, really? Well, it just so happens I teach a class at Columbia called "TV, Media and Culture." So I think my insights into Mr. McLuhan, well, have a great deal of validity!

Alvy Singer : Oh, do ya? Well, that's funny, because I happen to have Mr. McLuhan right here, so, so, yeah, just let me...

[pulls McLuhan out from behind a nearby poster] 

Alvy Singer : come over here for a second... tell him!

Marshall McLuhan : I heard what you were saying! You know nothing of my work! You mean my whole fallacy is wrong. How you got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing!

Alvy Singer : Boy, if life were only like this!

Jonah Jones - St James Infirmary (restored 1957 vinyl LP “Muted Jazz”)

 

Jonah Jones - St James Infirmary  (restored 1957 vinyl LP “Muted Jazz”)

"When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."  -  Barbara Bush

 

From the vinyl LP “Muted Jazz” released in 1957.  "St. James Infirmary Blues" aka "Gambler's Blues" is an American blues song of uncertain origin.  The first time I heard this song was from a cartoon animation showing a down and out clown.  At an early age, I thought that was the darkest and most depressing cartoon I've ever seen.  I can still remember it after all these years.  Later on I understood what it was about.

 

Well folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary

See my little baby there

She's stretched out on a long, white table

Well she looks so good, so cold, so fair

Let her go, let her go, God bless her

Wherever she may be

You may search this whole wide world over

But she'll never find another sweetheart like me, yeah

Take apart your bones and put 'em back together

Tell your mother that you are somebody new

Feel the breeze blow and tell 'em all, "Look out here it comes!"

Now I can say whatever I feel like to you

Then keep me six crap-shooting pallbearers

Let a girl sing me a song

Put a red-hot jazz band, we raise

Hallelujah as we go along, well

Well folks, now that you have heard my story

Now that you heard my song 

Say bartender, give me another shot of that booze

'Cause I've got some of those St. James Infirmary blues

 

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Mills Irving / Primrose Joe (possibly)

 

Got to love this vocal rendition.  

 

Bass – John Browne

Drums – Harold Austin

Piano – George Rhodes

Trumpet, Vocals  – Jonah Jones

 

Jonah Jones (born Robert Elliott Jones; December 31, 1909 – April 29, 2000) was a jazz trumpeter who created concise versions of jazz and swing and jazz standards that appealed to a mass audience.  

 

There was a time when jazz fans would consider Jonah Jones as one of the the best trumpeters, hence being called “Louis Armstrong II.”  Jones did get musical inspiration from the great Satchmo. Those were the heydays of the mainstream jazz era when jazz people would hang out in small bar to hear a small jazz combo, a format favored by Jonah Jones.  

 

Also an outstanding singer, his rendition of St James Infirmary is exceptional.  Unfortunately, his vocal rarely was allowed to stretch out on his recordings.

 

Shame on the Capitol catalog.  Muted Jazz is top-of-its-class album that has never been released in CD or even MP3 format.  This channel aims to promote jazz artists that some recording companies have forgotten. One reason why all music posted here are from restored vinyl records.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Image post and video art were appropriated from original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

INXDS.  #bebop #jazztrumpet #vinylrecord #quoteoftheday

Nothing is real anymore

 

Sorry for not posting in a while.  I'm a bit of a wreck right now.  A lot of little troubles in Big Texas.  Well, I know, this too shall pass.  Hope your day is going well.

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - The Work Song (restored 1966 recording jazz vinyl LP)

 

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - The Work Song (restored 1966 recording jazz vinyl LP)

"Prevention is better than cure."  Desiderius Erasmus

 

Released 1966, SRO was the seventh album by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, and it performed about as well as most of its predecessors, reaching #2 on the U.S. album charts, helped by three singles: “The Work Song,” “Flamingo,” and “Mame.”

 

By late 1966, it seemed as if every TV commercial and every pop arranger had latched onto the Herb Alpert “Ameriachi” sound — at which point the resourceful originator of that sound began to pare it down and loosen it up a bit. S.R.O. (Standing Room Only), referring to the Tijuana Brass’ string of sold-out concerts, is an accurate title, for this LP is about a seven-piece band loaded with experienced jazzers who groove and swing together to a greater degree than on their previous albums. Sure, the arrangements are very tightly knit and don’t allow much room for spontaneity, but they still sound fresh and uninhibited, and Alpert often allows the flavor of jazz to come through more clearly. (All Music Review )

 

  Arranged By – Herb Alpert

  Bass Guitar – Pat Senatore

  Design – Peter Whorf Graphics

  Drums – Nick Ceroli

  Engineer – Larry Levine

  Guitar – John Pisano

  Leader [Band] – Herb Alpert

  Liner Notes – Chuck Champlin

  Photography By [Cover] – George Jerman

  Piano – Lou Pagani

  Producer – Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss

  Trombone – Bob Edmondson

  Trumpet – Tonni Kalash

  

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.

 

As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.

 

Hope your day is going well.

 

INXDS.  #latinjazz #jazz #vinylrecord #quoteoftheday

Jonah Jones - Rose Room (restored 1957 vinyl LP “Muted Jazz”)

 

Jonah Jones - Rose Room (restored 1957 vinyl LP “Muted Jazz”)

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mahatma Gandhi

 

From the vinyl LP “Muted Jazz” released in 1957.

 

Bass – John Browne

Drums – Harold Austin

Piano – George Rhodes

Trumpet, Vocals  – Jonah Jones

 

Jonah Jones (born Robert Elliott Jones; December 31, 1909 – April 29, 2000) was a jazz trumpeter who created concise versions of jazz and swing and jazz standards that appealed to a mass audience.  

 

There was a time when jazz fans would consider Jonah Jones as one of the the best trumpeters, hence being called “Louis Armstrong II.”  Jones did get musical inspiration from the great Satchmo. Those were the heydays of the mainstream jazz era when jazz people would hang out in small bar to hear a small jazz combo, a format favored by Jonah Jones.  

 

Also an outstanding singer, his rendition of St James Infirmary is exceptional.  Unfortunately, his vocal rarely was allowed to stretch out on his recordings.

 

Shame on the Capitol catalog.  Muted Jazz is top-of-its-class album that has never been released in CD or even MP3 format.  This channel aims to promote jazz artists that some recording companies have forgotten.  One reason why all music posted here are from restored vinyl records.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Image post and video art were appropriated from original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

INXDS.  #bebop #jazztrumpet #vinylrecord #quoteoftheday

Zoot Sims - Rissy (Zoot Sims Plays Johnny Mandel 1984 jazz vinyl LP)

 

Zoot Sims - Rissy (Zoot Sims Plays Johnny Mandel 1984 jazz vinyl LP)

"God gives us life and takes us away as He sees fit." - Johnny Cash

From the vinyl album  Zoot Sims Plays Johnny Mandel "Quietly There" (1984 recording)

Bass – Chuck Berghofer

Drums – Nick Ceroli

Engineer – Allen Sides

Percussion – Victor Feldman

Piano – Mike Wofford

Producer – Norman Granz

Tenor Saxophone – Zoot Sims

John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman's big band, afterward enjoying a long solo career, often in partnership with fellow saxmen Gerry Mulligan and Al Cohn.

Later in his career, Sims continued to evolve as a player. According to saxophonist and composer Bill Holman, Zoot's tone aged and became gruffer, and he expanded his repertoire thanks to the influence of pianist Jimmy Rowles. But he never gave up on what many consider his greatest asset: his incredible sense of swing. "No matter what he played, it was perfectly in time," said saxophonist Harry Allen. "If you were making your own perfect saxophone player up in your head, that's where you'd put the notes. And [Sims] managed to do that without fail."

By the early '80s, a weakened liver forced Sims to quit drinking. His health improved at first, but he soon learned that he had cancer. "If I can't play, then what can I do?" he asked bassist Red Mitchell in an interview only a few months before he died. Zoot Sims continued to perform up until his death in 1985, and he never lost touch with the swing that had always enlivened his playing. (source: https://www.npr.org/2008/03/19/88488393/zoot-sims-brother-of-swing )

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Image post and video art were appropriated from the vinyl album Zoot Sims Quartet.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.

Hope you enjoy. 

INXDS.  #bebop #jazz #jazzsax #vinylrecord #quoteoftheday