Rock Evolution – The History of Rock ’n’ Roll - Jazz (pg 15)

[mancity111]

How can you be apologising when you've just taught me the word salmagundis ?

Some attestation that I am a FOC.

My mother went to an all girls Catholic School but wasn't Catholic by any stretch , so when she was somewhat refractory which was often she had to use such words in a sentence until she got the Nuns imprimatur.

She introduced me to the Oscar Peterson Trio ( Night Train ) , I was very ambivalent at best to it at first who wouldn't as a primary school aged student but now I know where she was coming from , took me almost 50 years to come over to the dark side but better late than never as they say.

Loved your intro TS not bad for someone who I assume Jazz is not their first love nor will it be their last be it assisted by the internet or otherwise in part.

 

[mancity111]

Ok...lets face it...can't discuss the golden era of the Jazz greats, without mentioning ....heroin...Why did so many feel the need...Chet, Bird, Miles, 'trane...in fact pretty much all of Miles 'kind of Blue' combo...Was it pressure of gigging? did it inspire creativily...'No Junk, No soul?...

I would have loved Dick Cavett to ask Jon Lennon the same question but I guess both figured one of Nixon's men would be watching.

Blues , pop , rock , you name it genre of music , sex and drugs of all sorts go together like consuming a neapolitan on a very hot day.

 

[Kippaxpete]

Some attestation that I am a FOC.

My mother went to an all girls Catholic School but wasn't Catholic by any stretch , so when she was somewhat refractory which was often she had to use such words in a sentence until she got the Nuns imprimatur.

She introduced me to the Oscar Peterson Trio ( Night Train ) , I was very ambivalent at best to it at first who wouldn't as a primary school aged student but now I know where she was coming from , took me almost 50 years to come over to the dark side but better late than never as they say.

Loved your intro TS not bad for someone who I assume Jazz is not their first love nor will it be their last be it assisted by the internet or otherwise in part.

I'm impressed mancity111! 'Attestation', 'refractory', 'imprimatur'. You've clearly inherited your mother's love of the English lexicon. Intelligent, articulate and eloquent comments on this site can be few and far between! More power to your elbow my friend.

 

[RobMCFC]

Finally, I can get a nomination on the board (as I feel I nicked Gershwin from Sadds). I stumbled across this in my readings, had a listen and it sounds great.

EDIT: then added the Monk tune

"Un Poco Loco" - Bud Powell
"Round Midnight" - Thelonious Monk

 

[mancity111]

I'm impressed mancity111! 'Attestation', 'refractory', 'imprimatur'. You've clearly inherited your mother's love of the English lexicon. Intelligent, articulate and eloquent comments on this site can be few and far between! More power to your elbow my friend.

You are more than munificent in your praise Kippax , I pale into insignificance when compared to many posters on this forum including your good self when it comes to the English language but I thank you dearly for your kind words.

Given that mathematics and some of its derivatives were disciplines that I had and still do have some grasp over , I am in awe of those that have mastered the language to the degree that some I know throughout my travels have attained or were blessed with from the womb as they say.

I can also say the same when it comes to music and next to having children and good health is the greatest creation mankind IMOO has given to the masses.

 

[threespires]

Ok...lets face it...can't discuss the golden era of the Jazz greats, without mentioning ....heroin...Why did so many feel the need...Chet, Bird, Miles, 'trane...in fact pretty much all of Miles 'kind of Blue' combo...Was it pressure of gigging? did it inspire creativily...'No Junk, No soul?...

Blimey, yes where to start on this. It's such a big thing that I think there's phd's written on the subject. This book has never been published in paperback but were it I'd probably give it a go though I can't imagine it's a light read.

Bop Apocalypse: JAZZ, RACE, THE BEATS, & DRUGS — MARTIN TORGOFF

Martin Torgoff's Latest Book - Bop Apocalypse: Jazz, Race, The Beats, and Drugs

www.martintorgoff.com

There's loads of people who met Davis who came away underwhelmed with him as a person and you have to assume the drug use contributed to that. Does that tarnish their legacy? Some bucked the trend, why did Gillespie manage to avoid the perils when so many around him didn't? Cab Calloway produced songs about drug use but apparently didn't take them himself.

In some ways the drug use mirrors the changes in the music itself. In the swing era in was marijuana but then when bebop appeared it mutated into heroin use. Looser music looser drug, hard music hard drugs.

With Coltrane (who is my personal favourite) the sadness was that he did manage to kick the habit but it's highly likely by then the physical damage was sufficiently great that it was this that led to his early death.

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

Blimey, yes where to start on this. It's such a big thing that I think there's phd's written on the subject. This book has never been published in paperback but were it I'd probably give it a go though I can't imagine it's a light read.

Bop Apocalypse: JAZZ, RACE, THE BEATS, & DRUGS — MARTIN TORGOFF

Martin Torgoff's Latest Book - Bop Apocalypse: Jazz, Race, The Beats, and Drugs

www.martintorgoff.com

There's loads of people who met Davis who came away underwhelmed with him as a person and you have to assume the drug use contributed to that. Does that tarnish their legacy? Some bucked the trend, why did Gillespie manage to avoid the perils when so many around him didn't? Cab Calloway produced songs about drug use but apparently didn't take them himself.

In some ways the drug use mirrors the changes in the music itself. In the swing era in was marijuana but then when bebop appeared it mutated into heroin use. Loose music loose drugs, hard music hard drugs.

With Coltrane (who is my personal favourite) the sadness was that he did manage to kick the habit but it's highly likely by then the physical damage was sufficiently great that it was this that led to his early death.

even Satchmo' hoovered up the 'tea' back in the day, and I think Billie Holliday indulged herself in most things.....
Good call in the Ray CELESTIN 'blues quartet' of novels...I have them all, I think thats it for Ray on the subject unfortunately although he does write crime novels outside of the genre.

 

[threespires]

Finally, I can get a nomination on the board (as I feel I nicked Gershwin from Sadds). I stumbled across this in my readings, had a listen and it sounds great.

EDIT: then added the Monk tune

"Un Poco Loco" - Bud Powell
"Round Midnight" - Thelonious Monk

Gone for a couple of classics there Rob.

Mention of Monk, who was far from universally loved for his idiosyncratic approach, makes me think of another pianist who very much ploughed his own furrow... If you are feeling cosmic check out Herman Blount otherwise known as Sun Ra who is possibly one of the most underrated jazz men, maybe as a result of him claiming to be an alien and dressing accordingly. Notwithstanding his unusual approach he was a bit of a restless pioneer in the Miles Davis mode and he definitely deserves a mention here.