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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject:
angrypuppy wrote:
LuxuryBrown wrote:
angrypuppy wrote:
LuxuryBrown wrote:
And I can't forget about my godpops - Kenny Burrell.
No way! Seriously?
Yeppers.
Caught Kenny Burrell at Concerts by the Sea. Brilliant performer.
He must know some great stories.
When I was growing up, my step-pops, who was heavily into the jazz scene, used to take me to the concerts. To meet Ernie Andrews and Ella as a youngster was cool, but it never truly dawned on me until I got older, almost around my college freshman year. I took a Pan-African History class and the professor was a huge jazz fan and one day in class he referenced the term "blue notes" and the rest of the class was baffled...except one dude . I promply explained what a blue note was and he LIT UP! .
Needless to say he was cool as hell with me for the rest of the semester and we'd kick back and talk jazz shop. He was impressed that an 18-year-old knew so much and he REALLY got geeked once I mentioned KB to him because he loved him, and I would bring him some of KB's albums that he didn't have and he would just go nuts. Oh, and of course I got an "A" .
But of all of the concerts I was a tag-a-long on, I remember going to the Santa Barbara Jazz Fest and remembering KB ripping it up and me being backstage with my step-pops and Ernie...and just completely oblivious to what I was witnessing at the time. _________________
Quote:
Smooth, but I move like an army / Bulletproof down in case brothas try to bomb me / Puttin' brothas to rest like Elliot Ness / Cuz I don't like stress
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject:
LuxuryBrown wrote:
angrypuppy wrote:
LuxuryBrown wrote:
angrypuppy wrote:
LuxuryBrown wrote:
And I can't forget about my godpops - Kenny Burrell.
No way! Seriously?
Yeppers.
Caught Kenny Burrell at Concerts by the Sea. Brilliant performer.
He must know some great stories.
When I was growing up, my step-pops, who was heavily into the jazz scene, used to take me to the concerts. To meet Ernie Andrews and Ella as a youngster was cool, but it never truly dawned on me until I got older, almost around my college freshman year. I took a Pan-African History class and the professor was a huge jazz fan and one day in class he referenced the term "blue notes" and the rest of the class was baffled...except one dude . I promply explained what a blue note was and he LIT UP! .
Needless to say he was cool as hell with me for the rest of the semester and we'd kick back and talk jazz shop. He was impressed that an 18-year-old knew so much and he REALLY got geeked once I mentioned KB to him because he loved him, and I would bring him some of KB's albums that he didn't have and he would just go nuts. Oh, and of course I got an "A" .
But of all of the concerts I was a tag-a-long on, I remember going to the Santa Barbara Jazz Fest and remembering KB ripping it up and me being backstage with my step-pops and Ernie...and just completely oblivious to what I was witnessing at the time.
Wow, Luxury, cool story. Thanks for sharing. I apologize for saying you didn't know anything about jazz. Now I feel stupid!
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 17429 Location: Mackadocious, Ca.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject:
Bballguru5000 wrote:
LuxuryBrown wrote:
angrypuppy wrote:
LuxuryBrown wrote:
angrypuppy wrote:
LuxuryBrown wrote:
And I can't forget about my godpops - Kenny Burrell.
No way! Seriously?
Yeppers.
Caught Kenny Burrell at Concerts by the Sea. Brilliant performer.
He must know some great stories.
When I was growing up, my step-pops, who was heavily into the jazz scene, used to take me to the concerts. To meet Ernie Andrews and Ella as a youngster was cool, but it never truly dawned on me until I got older, almost around my college freshman year. I took a Pan-African History class and the professor was a huge jazz fan and one day in class he referenced the term "blue notes" and the rest of the class was baffled...except one dude . I promply explained what a blue note was and he LIT UP! .
Needless to say he was cool as hell with me for the rest of the semester and we'd kick back and talk jazz shop. He was impressed that an 18-year-old knew so much and he REALLY got geeked once I mentioned KB to him because he loved him, and I would bring him some of KB's albums that he didn't have and he would just go nuts. Oh, and of course I got an "A" .
But of all of the concerts I was a tag-a-long on, I remember going to the Santa Barbara Jazz Fest and remembering KB ripping it up and me being backstage with my step-pops and Ernie...and just completely oblivious to what I was witnessing at the time.
Wow, Luxury, cool story. Thanks for sharing. I apologize for saying you didn't know anything about jazz. Now I feel stupid!
Kenny Burrell, huh? Not bad at all.
No problem, bro. And certainly no apologies needed, it's all to the good. We're both just some serious jazz headz - and last I checked, there ain't nothin' wrong with that . _________________
Quote:
Smooth, but I move like an army / Bulletproof down in case brothas try to bomb me / Puttin' brothas to rest like Elliot Ness / Cuz I don't like stress
Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 8125 Location: Born and Raised in Los Angeles, now living in Manhattan, NY.
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:12 am Post subject:
LuxuryBrown wrote:
Bballguru5000 wrote:
Wow, Luxury, cool story. Thanks for sharing. I apologize for saying you didn't know anything about jazz. Now I feel stupid!
Kenny Burrell, huh? Not bad at all.
No problem, bro. And certainly no apologies needed, it's all to the good. We're both just some serious jazz headz - and last I checked, there ain't nothin' wrong with that .
Wow, Luxury, cool story. Thanks for sharing. I apologize for saying you didn't know anything about jazz. Now I feel stupid!
Kenny Burrell, huh? Not bad at all.
No problem, bro. And certainly no apologies needed, it's all to the good. We're both just some serious jazz headz - and last I checked, there ain't nothin' wrong with that .
No absolutes in jazz. The music itself says everything is relative... and beat Einstein to the punch at that.
Since the thread is about your own personal favorites, and certainly with no disrespect to any of the great jazz legends mentioned, i like the sounds of the following:
Since the thread is about your own personal favorites, and certainly with no disrespect to any of the great jazz legends mentioned, i like the sounds of the following:
The Rippingtons
Hiroshima
Acoustic Alchemy
Used to be a big Rippingtons fan around the time Jeff Kashiwa was playing with them.
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject:
And since I started off as a jazz percussionist as a kid, here are my top 10 favorite jazz percussionists:
Art Blakey
Tito Puente
Buddy Rich
Max Roach
Chick Webb
Jeff 'Tain' Watts
Poncho Sanchez
T.S. Monk
Narada Michael Walden
Lionel Hampton (was a bad mutha on the skins before he switched to vibes) _________________
Quote:
Smooth, but I move like an army / Bulletproof down in case brothas try to bomb me / Puttin' brothas to rest like Elliot Ness / Cuz I don't like stress
And since I started off as a jazz percussionist as a kid, here are my top 10 favorite jazz percussionists:
Art Blakey
Tito Puente
Buddy Rich
Max Roach
Chick Webb
Jeff 'Tain' Watts
Poncho Sanchez
T.S. Monk
Narada Michael Walden
Lionel Hampton (was a bad mutha on the skins before he switched to vibes)
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 17429 Location: Mackadocious, Ca.
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject:
LarryCoon wrote:
LuxuryBrown wrote:
And since I started off as a jazz percussionist as a kid, here are my top 10 favorite jazz percussionists:
Art Blakey
Tito Puente
Buddy Rich
Max Roach
Chick Webb
Jeff 'Tain' Watts
Poncho Sanchez
T.S. Monk
Narada Michael Walden
Lionel Hampton (was a bad mutha on the skins before he switched to vibes)
Gene Krupa doesn't crack your top 10?
I wouldn't put him down as one of my "faves" but I would most definitely put him down as 1 of the top 5 most influential drummers, regardless of music genres. And I think Krupa came up with the rimshot, but I could be wrong though. But it was between him and Chick Webb, and Webb was one of his main influences, so Chick hits my fave list before Krupa. _________________
Quote:
Smooth, but I move like an army / Bulletproof down in case brothas try to bomb me / Puttin' brothas to rest like Elliot Ness / Cuz I don't like stress
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