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championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 02-08-2014
Alan Broadbent An NZ man who is perhaps the best string/orchestral arranger of our time. An outstanding pianist, working with Charlie Haden for many years. You've heard him hundreds of times without being aware of it--the mark of a consummate musician/ arranger. Here's the wiki (tunes later to be inserted): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Broadbent and his site: https://www.alanbroadbent.com/
BTW, if you want to give string arranging a go, there's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Rg7nGZ9fA some tunes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Fe0kDJ2PY << solo piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FwTRX9M32w << trio setting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6gzYNDPPHY << with big band and a bit of explanation about why this project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaUpaWpOJ20 << with Charlie Haden
As a composer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yVBaRbvLVs << written as a commission for Diana Krall--this perf is a graduate recital, so purity and nervousness are to be expected
As an arranger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJn6zff5GBU << Natalie Cole--I think I got the right version; willing to be corrected
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IF8fFXpz0w << Charlie Haden/ Shirley Horn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lN1-r4cvts << Glenn Frey traipsing that well-trod GAS* path
BONUS: about a 1/2 hour interview & perf clips--skip tp 1:20 then press "PLAY": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rWHgVTSHjo << the interviewer is something of an all-about-himself gasbag but Mr. Broadbent gives in-depth answers in his usual self-effacing style to soft-ball questions...And those perf clips at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Lincoln Center, NYC...
GAS = Great American Standard songs,i.e. Gerswin, Schwartzmann, Porter, etc.
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - SteveO - 02-08-2014
Freddy Cole......http://www.allmusic.com/artist/freddy-cole-mn0000155901
A great entertainer of the standard jazz songbook !
[video=youtube;AAwptbdad-w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AAwptbdad-w&list=PL0777FC97569C5305[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1C1EWj90lM
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 02-08-2014
Great choice and a terrif example of why this Thread exists. Some more by Freddy Cole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6dODbIYA8M << nice movie clip and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ3wdkT1Npk << some hip players backing on this album.
This 1-hour concert perf ought to really convince: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV0XxBr4bX4
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - SteveO - 05-08-2014
Idris Muhammad passed away a week ago today at the age of 74. He was a fabulous jazz bebop, soul and funk drummer as well as a composer who performed with his own bands and with countless musicians!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris_Muhammad
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/idris-muhammad-mn0000090389
Here are some clips to show the joy he brought to all music lovers including myself! Rest in Peace brother Idris !
[video=youtube;cbXdUXsIlJ8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbXdUXsIlJ8[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uuIiKVwd-8&list=RD8uuIiKVwd-8#t=356 - Wander
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmooOTmGpMc - House of the Rising Son !!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9nJCDq8Zzc - Demonstration of his virtuoso drumming !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKL56SEnH_M - Soulful Drums
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 05-08-2014
Hadn't heard of Mr. Muhammad's passing. Yours was a fitting tribute, Bro SteveO--good job.
ADDED 8/10/14-- here's an reasoned obit by The NYTimes premier jazz critic: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/09/arts/music/idris-muhammad-drummer-whose-beat-still-echoes-dies-at-74.html << the click-throughs are mainly paid promos--seek out the originals on YouTube or elsewhere--you'll be amply rewarded.
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 10-08-2014
For just this one perf, we can thank both Lennon/McCartney for writing it and that wicked, wicked Pickett for doing it (big shout-out to Skydog, natch): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5B1Vfdk7W8 << The encouragement to shy guys like me is incalculable but, trust me, immediate and long-lasting.
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 16-08-2014
Cover albums/tributes by either solos or groupings have become a strong cottage-industry. These include artists doing stuff out of their usual genres. Still, when such a piece comes along, it's a minor shock. Martina McBride has done just that with Everlasting, an album of soul/R&B covers. I think it's better than AMG's 3-1/2 stars but here's the piece and some songs: http://www.allmusic.com/album/everlasting-mw0002613784
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N6yzpVTKqY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGEWBhXf4Wo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DoSU4cpQeo << I've sure been in this place--how about you? << lovely version of an unusual mid-tempo weeper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVg4wwL9Rbw << Brother Otis The Big O would be proud...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--laAwdtYoE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isn4mXIdFJ4 << Melvin, the Mick and that Philly guy should regard this as righteous competition...
Spends a minute talking about a song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSTXkC8Kw1c then does it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDBeBjWCgE8 << an unheralded Fred Neil classic song
Here's a song from an Arsenio Hall appearance: http://www.arseniohall.com/video/music-performances/4760_Martina_McBride_Performs_In_The_Basement << Takes capacious ovaries to cover an Etta James classic...
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 24-08-2014
Hard to imagine a fresh take on The Beatles...but here it is--a series of 4 albums (and counting) of various Memphis artists Black and White doing the Fab 4. Quality variances among the artists are to be expected, of course, but overall, it works brilliantly. Here's a review of the first one, with a promo snippet following:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/fried-glass-onions-memphis-meets-the-beatles-mw0000244409
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di1fDH9foWU
The org that did the albums also puts on shows. Here's a song from one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zypa4uBR4Fo
You can get a taste of the individual songs and download MP3's from the Usual Suspect.
Fried Glass Onions, Vols. 1-4
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - SteveO - 25-08-2014
WOW ! Thanks for the Beatle cover posts ...there are so so many in various genres!!!! Here's one I love!!!!...I know they're not unheralded...a faux pas...but I wanted to post it here,,,classy posts...
[video=youtube;6SFNW5F8K9Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y&feature=player_detailpage[/video]
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - SteveO - 25-08-2014
Dani doing Old Brown Shoe!!!!, cover of Get Back, they are all great! Sarah Vaughn has a Beatle album ...the list is infinite!