A little ‘unseasonal’ travelin’ music to end a beautiful fall day
Asked to name their favorite jazz instrument, I’d guess that most people would say saxophone, piano and trumpet, probably in that order. Mine would be the standup bass — a solo walking bass line always brings a smile to my face — and one of the greatest jazz bass players of all time was the late Ray Brown, featured here.
He’s accompanied by pianist Gene Harris, another favorite, playing probably the most-tortured song in the jazz repertoire. Every hack who ever took more than five music lessons thinks he can play this song, and I bet that right this minute it is being butchered in dozens of karoake bars around the world.
These guys redeem it from musical cliche, and ’round about 5:35, they really kick it to a higher gear.
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SOUTHERN ATL
November 6th, 2009
3:44 pm
Beautiful song for a Friday without rain….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PX5t9VJweQ
Bosch
November 6th, 2009
4:00 pm
Nice piece. It’s hard to believe from listening to that – that it’s only three guys playing.
Nothing Is Free
November 6th, 2009
4:06 pm
It just don’t get any better than this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO_hiihnkA4&feature=related
Nothing Is Free
November 6th, 2009
4:13 pm
I was wrong:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCEOgMAgmv4&feature=related
Lloyd Braun
November 6th, 2009
4:29 pm
Favorite jazz instrument: jazz flute played by the inimitable Ron Burgundy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0fKjyGH3co
stay sexy,
Brauny
Pogo
November 6th, 2009
4:35 pm
Son of a gun can “tickle the ivory” with the best. Excellent choice Jay. Jazz is quickly becoming a forgotten art form which I afraid that the generation now and in the future will miss. Too much trash out there. I am a rock and roll man myself but Jazz is Jazz and you gotta love it if you love music. It is all “kinfolk” so to speak.
Oh and Jay, Krauthammer is right.
Fair to Middling
November 6th, 2009
4:39 pm
Great selection, Jay. Here’s a little something to kick it up another notch.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 6th, 2009
4:47 pm
A tip of the hat to the Repugs-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbv6oeY8PTc
josef nix
November 6th, 2009
4:48 pm
JAY–thanks for the information above and thanks for closing comments…
Normal
November 6th, 2009
4:49 pm
It’s bee a rough couple of days and I just want to relax and love my family. Here’s some pretty pictures and relasxing music to go with them I hope you will listen to it all. Frome to you…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc3gkaS64jc&feature=related
Jay, the post above…Thank you.
@@
November 6th, 2009
4:51 pm
There ain’t nuthin’ bootiful about a fall day, jay.
Don’t mean to rain on your musical parade, but that version of Summertime sucks.
New Jersey’s Bruce has the Summertime Blues and IT’S suckin’ wind too.
Boo hoo blues in Jersey.
Normal
November 6th, 2009
4:53 pm
I’m not sure if this will work, I gotta go anyway.
Have a great weekend.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0&oq=smile&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADSA_enUS336US336&q=smile+lyrics
Normal
November 6th, 2009
4:54 pm
Play Smile by Nat…
Lightning
November 6th, 2009
5:02 pm
is striking again.
Nothing Is Free
November 6th, 2009
5:17 pm
Pogo
Jazz isn’t as popular here as it is in other countries. Brazilian Jazz is about as good as it gets.
jewcowboy shared this one a while ago downstairs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpcg5Pg4zHY
That girl. That beach. That song.
Talk about Allah Arkba
Nothing Is Free
November 6th, 2009
5:22 pm
Normal
Here ya go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXUYO7NpcEU
josef nix
November 6th, 2009
5:26 pm
was looking for something else and ran across this…amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3gMgK7h-BA&feature=related
SOUTHERN ATL
November 6th, 2009
5:29 pm
Good memories….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ISLeHByD-I
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 6th, 2009
5:29 pm
As you watch Obozo cavort with his Iranian thug buddies, remember this-
Communism’s body count dwarfs that of fascism and Nazism. The latter was uniquely monstrous in its attempt to eradicate an entire people. But communism was unmatched in its endless slaughter. The Black Book of Communism, written by several European intellectuals — attacked for their effrontery in criticizing Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and other well-meaning mass murderers — estimated the death toll at more than 100 million. And the killings continue in such communist hell-holes as North Korea.-AmSpec
These are the scum the libs admire.
Fair to Middling
November 6th, 2009
5:55 pm
Poor whiner. He is so sad and lonely. He needs someone to hate.
josef nix
November 6th, 2009
5:59 pm
For those who appreciate the Romany jazz contributions…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF3tDW0e6-0&feature=PlayList&p=29D3D927A4DE6C83&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=39
Common Sense/Block #23
November 6th, 2009
6:15 pm
An Army base staffed by thousands of highly trained combat soldiers and not even NCO’s or officers had the ability to defend themselves from a lone terrorist (let alone a coordinated group attack) before local police arrived. Times have changed. Sounds like a wake-up call to me.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 6th, 2009
6:20 pm
An Army base staffed by thousands of highly trained combat soldiers and not even NCO’s or officers had the ability to defend themselves from a lone terrorist (let alone a coordinated group attack) before local police arrived.
Their weapons are locked up in the armory when they are Stateside, moron.
@@
November 6th, 2009
6:42 pm
As much as I dislike opera, nobody does/did? “Summertime” better than Leontyne Price.
@@
November 6th, 2009
6:52 pm
Men don’t sing lullabyes, but Peter Gabriel’s version ain’t half bad.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 6th, 2009
7:09 pm
The obsession Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have with passing health care strikes some Democratic moderates as a completely misplaced priority. Polls show that fewer than a fifth of Americans rank health care reform as the most important issue. Their biggest concern right now is jobs. Only 29% of voters in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll believe the economy “has hit the bottom.”-WSJ
democrats are delusional, mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
@@
November 6th, 2009
7:19 pm
I didn’t know a congressional democrat switched parties this morning. Hopson?
RW-(the original)
November 6th, 2009
7:30 pm
@@,
I think he was in the Texas statehouse, not the US Congress, but that’s eight Democrats in Texas that have changed to Republican this week. I guess they didn’t get the memo that election day was a “big win” for Democrats.
Nothing Is Free
November 6th, 2009
7:43 pm
I Report
Healthcare allows the government to control every aspect of our lives. They can pas anything, once they tie it to health. And needless to say, it will give the fascist in Congress almost unlimited power. It isn’t about health. It’s about total and complete control.
We saw the reaction when they used the excuse: we put money into GM, now we can control GM. The libs were more than happy that the government took over control of one of our biggest companies. Libs are all for the government taking control of everything.
They are pushing it through with a Saturday Night vote, not because it is healthcare, but because it is complete control of our country.
Healthcare won’t take effect until after Obama runs again for the White House so it’s effects won’t ruin his chances. If that doesn’t say it all, what does?
@@
November 6th, 2009
7:45 pm
Thank you, again, RW.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 6th, 2009
7:54 pm
Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail. The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years.
So it’s either jail or the death panel, I believe you have a valid point there, NIF.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 6th, 2009
8:16 pm
Owens Breaks 4 Campaign Promises in first hour in Congress-The House Health reform bill contains sections that cut Medicare benefits, tax existing health care benefits, and increases taxes on the middle class, yet Mr. Owens stated today that he will now vote in favor of those things contrary to what he had promised the voters of NY’s 23rd Congressional District that he would vote against.
He once was a “conservative” and then he got elected, so now he is a pinko, surprise, surprise, NY-23.
Have fun with him.
TnGelding
November 6th, 2009
8:16 pm
It might have been appropriate to forego this tradition during this time of tragedy and self-reflection.
Bruno
November 6th, 2009
8:28 pm
Howdy gang. Catching up on the selections so far:
Jay–Great jazz piece. I don’t care for most jazz because there is little emotional inspiration in the music, seems more like a technical exercise. Gene Harris’s piano playing is on the next plane, though.
Lloyd Braun–Laughed my ass off at the “Ron Burgundy piece”. I didn’t see the movie, but that was hilarious.
Fair to Middling–Great John Mayall selection, really rocked it.
Reporter–A little early to declare the Repubs “Back in the Saddle”. Wait until 2010 to gloat.
@@–Jersey boy here.
Bruno
November 6th, 2009
8:34 pm
NIF–Nice Brazilian jazz video.
Here’s my “jazz” contribution tonight, from the man himself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsqE_yKfkhE
@@
November 6th, 2009
8:50 pm
Jersey boy? Okey Dokey, how about this one?
One of my daughter’s new roommates is from Jersey. They get along just FINE!
I’m surprised Owens reneged seein’s how he’s only serving a one-year term. He’ll be spending most of that year campaigning. But not have been a serious contender.
Bye Bye Bill.
@@
November 6th, 2009
8:52 pm
Where the heck did that “But” come from. Should’a been a “must”.
(IHBIRRDHBHIAMAIHL&SP)
DebbieDoRight
November 6th, 2009
9:02 pm
Here’s some of the best doing their rendition of “Round Midnight”.
Miles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mji4nAk_8ZY&feature=related
Thelanious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX_mwDvcZ2I&feature=related
Ella: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEaDj6TXiQQ&feature=related
And even AMY!! (My girl!!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IuALymbySw&feature=related
getalife
November 6th, 2009
9:06 pm
This is hilarious:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/tom-tancredo-walks-off-ms_n_349150.html
Do rush and cheney next.
Bruno
November 6th, 2009
9:07 pm
“was looking for something else and ran across this…amazing!”
josef–Up on the Atlantic City boardwalk in the 1990s, there used to be a woman who had no arms and no legs. She had a special hospital bed rigged up which she could “drive” using her mouth, and would trek from her home every day to the boardwalk where she would play a mouth harp for donations. I loved that lady–even with the meagerest of abilities, she made the most of her situation and kept her dignity by offering her donors something in return for their efforts.
On one of my yearly jaunts home circa 1997, I saw the lady driving her bed through the streets of AC and was glad to see her still making it. About 1 week after I got home, however, there was an AJC story announcing that this woman had been killed in a traffic accident while driving her bed through the streets. The article went on to explain that she had a daughter as well, and had made legal history in NJ when she successfully sued the state to retain the right to raise her daughter herself.
Anytime I start feeling sorry for myself, I try to remember this woman, someone who made a life for herself despite having almost nothing to work with.
Bruno
November 6th, 2009
9:24 pm
ATL–Big AWB fan here. I almost played “Work to Do” a few weeks ago here, but the audio quality was poor.
Josef–Nice choice with the Rosenberg Trio. Interesting to here a different arrangement of the song Jay played.
@@–Listening to the PG selection now.
DDR–You’ll be happy to know I’ve been betting with GT the past several weeks with great results. I’ve got them tomorrow (-14) vs. Wake.
Here’s one for you, sweet thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaMJeQYz6c4
Bruno
November 6th, 2009
9:35 pm
ATL–Big AWB fan here.
“Jersey boy?”–Enjoyed the Boss selection, @@. FYI, NJ is a divided state, North Jersey and South Jersey, a microcosm of our country. The part of South Jersey I’m from is actually south of the Mason-Dixon line. We root for the Philly sports teams, not the NY teams that Springsteen is singing about.
Here’s right back at ya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-8LUvW9qv4
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 6th, 2009
9:51 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3kG-7I_Y6k
Bruno
November 6th, 2009
10:18 pm
Back at ya, Reporter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn9a4BO2YOE
Common Sense/Block #23
November 6th, 2009
10:37 pm
To I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! :
Re: Your 6:20
You obviously don’t read well “knucklehead”. That’s why I said they weren’t able to defend themselves.
Policy needs to change. Senior NCO’s and officers (at least) need to be able to carry their sidearms on base. We are at war with Islamic terrorists whether in Afghanistan or Ft. Hood.
Kamchak
November 6th, 2009
10:55 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGDA0Hecw1k
jewcowboy
November 6th, 2009
11:03 pm
What gives me hope and inspiration for this country and for this world… is watching this post every Friday…and seeing the absolute joy people have in sharing music.
“I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.” ~H.A. Overstreet
jewcowboy
November 6th, 2009
11:05 pm
and then they muck it up with talks of politics.
Nothing Is Free
November 6th, 2009
11:36 pm
jewcowboy
Sorry about stealing your Brazilian song, Pal.
You weren’t here and she had to be shared.
jewcowboy
November 6th, 2009
11:36 pm
Kamchak,
It’s funny…when this first came out, I was entering high school and I just liked the song for the melody…but since you posted the video I listened to the lyrics…really for the first time in 21 years later, I can actually comprehend and digest the lyrics. Thanks.