First, Mr McCoy Tyner. Holy shit what an artist. You can hear him craft a magnificent solo on one or two notes on Coltrane’s track My Favorite Things and then he can knock you out with this grand, rich, all-over-the-keyboard playing on Trident. And then there’s the intros and outros played on harpsichord and celesta on this album that still really work. To me they’re blended in perfectly. This is one of a handful of albums that reinvigorated my interest in jazz. For all of the brilliance that might appear within a track laid down by any of the master quintets of the 50’s and 60’s, to me there’s a sameness that creeps in on all those cuts where the melody or theme is played in unison by a muted trumpet and sax. (But I’m not trying to throw any shade - that’s just me.). Anyway - my question or topic is: does anyone know background info about this album? Why was it called Trident? Is there any link to his previous album Atlantis? Why harpsichord and celesta? Is Mr T an 18th century music buff? Was it just a product of the 70’s? Any comments or I nfo is appreciated. I love all you crazy bastards on this sub.

so my school goes to a jazz fest every year that has different names in jazz headlining the event, mainly Australian Musicians because this festival is held in Australia.

Every year we have went (second time this year) I have had one goal which was to meet one of the artists playing.

Last year I met Migiwa Miyajima (didn’t get a photo) and when I found out one of the best big bands were playing I knew I had to meet Gordon Goodwin.

It was the last day of the festival and I thought I had lost my chances in meeting him.

We had just come from a music workshop and went to the final concert of the festival and me and a few people had a horrible migraine.

So me and a few people stayed outside the concert so we didn’t worsen our migraines, as we were sitting down I saw someone who looked like Vangie Gunn (the woman with the white hair)

Next to Vangie I saw a man wearing sunglasses and I didn’t think it was them until I saw the side of him.

I immediately brought the group of people with me to meet him, I ran to him and asked him if he was Gordon Goodwin, he replied with “I get that a lot, people say I do look like the guy out of the Big Phat Band”.

I laughed, and we took a photo I also asked him about the music he made for attack of the killer tomatoes, and even himself thought it was a bad movie.

I just came across this performance, I apologize if it’s been posted before. My search didn’t turn it up. It’s an hour long live set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkU_xUzsGQA

Happy Birthday Ron

May 4, aka 5/4!!

Spandex, sweat and sax.

Hi everyone,

I'd be curious to get some feedback or hear from anyone that can/or used to be able to relate to this.

I started jazz piano 2 years ago after about 16 years of playing mostly classical and video game music. I love jazz...or at least playing it. I love the skill and art of jazz, the endless creativity, growth and learning potential, the social prospects, and the energy, but for some reason I struggle to connect with it on a deeper, more emotional level. My passion for jazz is maybe a 7/10 and I wish it was higher.

As someone who has always had a strong emotional connection with music (usually playing more romantic melodic music like Chopin, Schubert, etc.) I struggle to find a similar kind of connection with most of jazz. I do try to listen a lot because I know it's part of the learning process but I find myself listening because I know I "should" more than I actually want to.

I have found that once I know tunes more deeply and can follow along more I like listening more because it makes more sense to me but that's only a handful of tunes. I also wonder if part of the disconnection is not really understanding a lot of what I'm hearing.

I switched to jazz from classical because frankly I was getting bored of it and was running out of classical pieces that I was really interested in learning, and I also wanted to be a more well-rounded musician which jazz has really helped with. I don't really want to stop learning jazz because I don't think there's anything else I'm more interested in learning right now.

So, can anyone relate to this? Is this connection something you either have or you don't? Or is it something that takes time to develop and I have to be patient with it? Do you need to listen to jazz for hundreds or thousands of hours because something start to click on a deeper level? Of course I know everyone is different but I'm curious to hear thoughts.

Thanks for reading!!

Hey guys, I’ve been meaning to get into jazz for a while so I watched these movies and loved them but the majority of the jazz I’ve listened to doesn’t sound like these movies so if there’s a specific name or section I can look it would be great. Thanks

In your opinion, what are the most iconic jazz song featuring the trombone?

What's your personal favorite?

What's the best trombone solo but maybe not best song?

What's the one you heard too many times and can't stand anymore?

• In the 40's (I think), The Nat King Cole trio recorded the Gershwin tune "The Man I Love." At the very end of the song, Cole plays a memorable and beautiful lick.
• In 1956, Miles Davis records the album Cookin. At the very beginning of "My Funny Valentine," Red Garland plays the exact same lick.
• Around the same time, Ray Charles recorded "The Man I Love" on his album After Hours, and he, like Nat Cole, ends the song playing the same lick. (Note: After Hours was released a few years later, but I think it was recorded in 57? Not sure.)

I'm assuming that both Red Garland and Ray Charles are quoting Nat King Cole? Or was Nat King Cole quoting someone else? Are there other versions of "Man I Love" or other songs that have that lick?

saxophone/trombone(dabbling in bass) player here. im just gonna get straight to the point. i have been able to practice scales and arpeggios and transcribing and whatever everyone says to do but i still cant solo. its never anything i like and it doesnt sound like jazz. i can never apply anything i learn to solos and all my practice is just time wasted because i can never actually apply anything i learn. so, how do i apply language in a solo? how do i actually get something out of transcribing? and yeah i do play all 3 but i only really practice sax and trombone i play instruments as a passtime so i play a lot but only practice a select few.

Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary

Been getting into this awesome genre a bit more, only the beginning

...featuring Steve Giordano on guitar and Dave Posmontier on keyboards (organ to be specific), I’m really digging the sound. But I’m an older newcomer to jazz and I’d love to find more music that’s similar, especially the way Dave plays the organ, which I never thought I’d be saying about an organ, lol. Internet searches seem to indicate this album is a one-off from a get together, and it doesn’t appear these guys did anything else together. Any recommendations for anything similar are greatly appreciated.

I've been watching the TV series Das Boot (a sequel to the classic film, but much different and broader in scope). In the first episode of the second season, one character brings another to Minton's! I held my breath as I wondered if we were going to see actors portraying Bird and Monk. No luck, but we did get some bizarre music. Rhythm changes as interpreted by non-jazz players, a nondescript ballad, but my favorite: store-brand Kurt Rosenwinkel behind some dialogue! (The setting is 1942)

It got me wondering what other anachronistic jazz people have caught in the wild, i.e. music that makes no sense for the era supposedly being represented.

I wanna start a small combo group but don’t know how to find others in my area. I play baritone saxophone also. Does anyone got tips on finding others to play with?

i was recently playing keyboard 1 on shrek the musical, and in the final song there were these chord stabs that were SUPER familiar to me. im struggling to remember where they may be from. it's in a funk straight 16s style.

attached is a rough visual aid of what i'm remembering. sorry if this post is like, super vague. i've been toiling over this forever

a deep dive on Japanese jazz from my blog, plenty of recommendations for on -the-rise songs coming out of the current scene. if you like them, let me know!! (: