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Scott Chris

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:15:52 +1200

Of course when it comes to The Police, the thing is that it’s only tangentially about Sting.

Speaking of tangents; it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that Sting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHW1zfy7XNs

Jos

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:15:02 +1200

Then there's BRAD MELDHAU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyOgjgEbo5s

Matthew Littlewood

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:58:04 +1200

It’s an odd genre, Jazz. I can’t think of any other, except perhaps Hip-Hop (and perhaps Country), that invokes such extreme reactions from people; you either like it or you hate it.

I think it's even more complicated like that- much like hip hop and rap, you get a lot…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:19:25 +1200

Jazz applause can be problematic...
Caution Jazz Hands

Danielle

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:41:57 +1200

Sting’s jazz-rock stylings make me feel vaguely homicidal.

Of course when it comes to The Police, the thing is that it’s only tangentially about Sting. It’s *really* about Stewart Copeland.

Speaking of drummers, anyone for some Gene Krupa?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J5Zt2Obko

(Edited to note that Harry James, trumpet-player there, married Betty Grable…

Rob Hosking

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:15:12 +1200

On my personal, Nick Hornby-ish, "Best Track One, Side One, numbers of all time" list.

Cannonball Adderley's "Somethin' Else" is also the perfect Sunday morning album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u37RF5xKNq8

Russell Brown

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:41:18 +1200

personally I’m not too keen on Jazz, any performance that has applause after every painfully long solo smacks of pretentious puffery to me

Jazz applause can be problematic, but let’s not have that rule out a vast and frequently beautiful body of music. Still less let minstrel blackface (ahem) colour…

Steve Barnes

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:29:26 +1200

personally I'm not too keen on Jazz, any performance that has applause after every painfully long solo smacks of pretentious puffery to me and the make-up leaves a bad taste.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIaj7FNHnjQ

Simon Grigg

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:52:32 +1200

I like to take it back even further.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy4CL2L0ono

And this take just turns me to jelly...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR13ECD71xU&feature=related

Danielle

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:04:50 +1200

And don’t think I’m the only person who will argue that Duke Ellington is one of 20th century America’s great composers, no qualifier required.

And how.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Y4U3h1ZzE

This one kills me. DEAD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSkxgARH6Sk

Joe Wylie

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:57:50 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhWuqhhNHOI
Don Ellis: The French Connection.
Crime jazz.

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:02:43 +1200

the Mingus Dynasty...
jumpin'...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovaY1KlQRi4

cruisin'...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxz9eZ1Aons&feature=related

TracyMac

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:58:37 +1200

Re Jobs and Young, eh, you're not going to bring such an influential and older-school musician home and crank up the Nano attached to your 5W boombox, are you?

I get a bit tired of the "marvels of vinyl" trope. Sure, if you had refernce-quality gear and kept records in…

Kumara Republic

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 10:47:22 +1200

In other Musick news…
Bon Jovi: Steve Jobs Killed the Music Industry

And Neil Young remarked that Steve Jobs may have founded iTunes, but listened to vinyl when he got home.

Craig Ranapia

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 10:07:48 +1200

It’s an odd genre, Jazz. I can’t think of any other, except perhaps Hip-Hop (and perhaps Country), that invokes such extreme reactions from people; you either like it or you hate it.

But it all really depends on what the meaning of "it" is, innit? (Sorry for getting all Clintonian…

Danielle

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:18:56 +1200

It's Saturday morning. Have a torch song I have loved for many years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G0qKQTGCWk

(Uh, not the one from Heart. Obvs.)

chris

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:38:51 +1200

This is like saying Henry Ford “killed” the transportation industry.

Hehe, quite apt..

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car|Electric cars were popular in the late 19th century and early 20th century, until advances in internal combustion engine technology and mass production of cheaper gasoline vehicles led to a decline in the use of electric drive…

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +1200

He has, but I only like part of his journey.

DexterX

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:58:03 +1200

Jazz – Miles – In a Silent Way, Kind of Blue, Man with the Horn, We Want Miles are cool – The short and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1hT2u1jwcs&feature=related

The long of some of it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqo3DRwlFO4&feature=fvwrel

DexterX

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:51:12 +1200

Paul Weller has got a lot of road miles.

Caleb D'Anvers

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:24:30 +1200

Bailterspace! Awesome! I remember finding a whole bunch of new (really good; kinda loose, garage-rocky) material of theirs on Myspace a couple of years ago and assuming they were working on a new album. Then it all went away. Nice to hear it will actually be surfacing in a tangible…

Jos

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:25:40 +1200

^^ she makes total sense!

A site I find many happy downloads on, some wonderful old jazz, look down the archives on the left...
http://rappamelo.com/

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:39:54 +1200

Jazz – oh jazz. I love it. From the old stuff to the new stuff. From Dave Brubeck and Chet Baker to Mark de Clive Lowe and Nathan Haines. Love love love. One of the reasons I refuse to go and see Paul Weller, is that, for me personally, the…

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:14:25 +1200

Talk about Livin’ on a Prayer, “not knowing what the record sounded like” yeah, just buy it shmuk.

It's just delusional, beginning to end.

Steve Barnes

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:57:38 +1200

In other Musick news…
Bon Jovi: Steve Jobs Killed the Music Industry
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is to blame for “killing” the music industry, rocker Jon Bon Jovi recently told the U.K.’s Sunday Times Magazine.

“Kids today have missed the whole experience of putting the…

Danielle

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:49:46 +1200

I have watched all twenty hours of Ken Burns' documentary series, Jazz.

Yep.

Tim Michie

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:51:11 +1200

For those staying home, apartment fun with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWXWivwhi14&feature=fvsr

For those going out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaR3TJjNUE8&feature=youtu.be
Thanks Ana Samways.

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:49:18 +1200

bailterspace…bashy! dub asylum remix- dat cris. ellie goulding – bag juice! wutless! ya guilty as charged rude bwoy, dat bandulu! autotune 4 zutopeck.

Boomselectah.

Kumara Republic

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:42:07 +1200

And Sting & The Police managed to throw it in the blender with punk and reggae.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1c7GkzRQQ

chris

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:27:18 +1200

bailterspace...bashy! dub asylum remix- dat cris. ellie goulding – bag juice! wutless! ya guilty as charged rude bwoy, dat bandulu! autotune 4 zutopeck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA2-6ZlOXeg

JacksonP

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:15:58 +1200

Funnily enough this has been one of the week's ear worms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PENWTz_8VMI&feature=related

Must be all this talk of a get together.

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:02:36 +1200

I like this. Great video too.

Scott Chris

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:11:26 +1200

you either like it or you hate it.

Full blown jamming jazz gets my goat, but I like it as an influence in pop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHV04eSGzAA

Richard Stewart

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:46:06 +1200

It’s an odd genre, Jazz. I can’t think of any other, except perhaps Hip-Hop (and perhaps Country), that invokes such extreme reactions from people; you either like it or you hate it.
But to me it encompasses such a wide spectrum of styles and artists that I’m sure there’s something…

Public Address

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:46:06 +1200

Discussion from blog post.