i don't care
as long as the bassline's pumpin
the drumline bangin away
tbug and i are headed to the hollywood bowl tonite for the piano masters concert that is part of the summer jazz concert series.
headlining the evening is dave brubeck, the cornerstone of the west coast cool jazz movement of the 1950's. benny goodman may have introduced california to jazz during his west coast swing but it was brubeck and his quartet that established a fresh new sound with the buttery tones of saxophonist paul desmond and the unique time signatures that brubeck employed as a composer and arranger. his 1959 release take five was the first jazz instrumental album to sell more than a million copies. brubeck is still going strong at the age of 82 but these days the only time we hear about the heavyweights of jazz are when they pass away (see: nina simone, ray brown). brubeck has a finite number of performances left on this level of existance and i plan on making the most of this special evening.
i don't know a whole lot about the next guy on the marquee, ramsey lewis. born in chicago and with a background in both classical and gospel music, lewis lists art tatum as one of his great influences. i do know quite a bit about tatum, who was a blind virtuoso that had a love of pabst blue ribbon. tatum's recording of 'three little words' is so fast, so brilliant that it should be named 'three million little words.' ramsey is touring with nancy wilson, a singer i caught at the 2001 playboy jazz festival.
rounding out this evening at the bowl is mccoy tyner. mccoy normally makes an annual stop at the jazz bakery in culver city with his partner jimmy garrison so i'm really excited to see him in my favorite concert venue. one of the mainstays of what's known as the 'golden age of jazz' and the auteur of what's probably the greatest, most slept-on album of that era 'the real mccoy', he's probably best known as the guy who played with coltrane after john split from the miles davis quintet and started his own quartet. you can hear his monk-influenced chunky chord style as he leads off in this recording of my favorite things.
i'm returning to the bowl on sunday for reggae night, headlined by reclusive bunny wailer. yes, that bunny wailer, the bunny that played with robert nesta marley and peter tosh in what was undoubtedly the greatest reggae band of all time. bunny doesn't tour a whole lot and i don't even know when his last performance outside of jamaica was so i'm looking forward to see what he he burns in his chalice.
somewhere in between concerts i need to finish my biz law homework, get my hair cut and go surfing. not necessarily in that order.
as long as the bassline's pumpin
the drumline bangin away
tbug and i are headed to the hollywood bowl tonite for the piano masters concert that is part of the summer jazz concert series.
headlining the evening is dave brubeck, the cornerstone of the west coast cool jazz movement of the 1950's. benny goodman may have introduced california to jazz during his west coast swing but it was brubeck and his quartet that established a fresh new sound with the buttery tones of saxophonist paul desmond and the unique time signatures that brubeck employed as a composer and arranger. his 1959 release take five was the first jazz instrumental album to sell more than a million copies. brubeck is still going strong at the age of 82 but these days the only time we hear about the heavyweights of jazz are when they pass away (see: nina simone, ray brown). brubeck has a finite number of performances left on this level of existance and i plan on making the most of this special evening.
i don't know a whole lot about the next guy on the marquee, ramsey lewis. born in chicago and with a background in both classical and gospel music, lewis lists art tatum as one of his great influences. i do know quite a bit about tatum, who was a blind virtuoso that had a love of pabst blue ribbon. tatum's recording of 'three little words' is so fast, so brilliant that it should be named 'three million little words.' ramsey is touring with nancy wilson, a singer i caught at the 2001 playboy jazz festival.
rounding out this evening at the bowl is mccoy tyner. mccoy normally makes an annual stop at the jazz bakery in culver city with his partner jimmy garrison so i'm really excited to see him in my favorite concert venue. one of the mainstays of what's known as the 'golden age of jazz' and the auteur of what's probably the greatest, most slept-on album of that era 'the real mccoy', he's probably best known as the guy who played with coltrane after john split from the miles davis quintet and started his own quartet. you can hear his monk-influenced chunky chord style as he leads off in this recording of my favorite things.
i'm returning to the bowl on sunday for reggae night, headlined by reclusive bunny wailer. yes, that bunny wailer, the bunny that played with robert nesta marley and peter tosh in what was undoubtedly the greatest reggae band of all time. bunny doesn't tour a whole lot and i don't even know when his last performance outside of jamaica was so i'm looking forward to see what he he burns in his chalice.
somewhere in between concerts i need to finish my biz law homework, get my hair cut and go surfing. not necessarily in that order.
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wendy1:
your entourage rules. And you're obviously a really smart guy. I'm just saying is all.
freyja__:
