25-04-2014, 00:19
Jerome Wrote:I know little or nothing of jazz, so I cannot really comment, but I do have one album I play quite a bit - Ramsey Lewis- Them Changes. I inherited this one and initially did not play it much but these days it gets a fair bit of spin. I also bought an album in Italy whilst on holiday - really progressive jazz - called Specula and Gemini by Roberto De Simone & Bruno Tommaso. Have to be in the right frame of mind to listen to this one. Very complex piece of work. This is like Atom Heart Mother on acid!
When I saw the title "Them Changes" I immediately thought "Buddy Miles? Nah, can't be."
Then I looked up the song on youtube and sure enough it was the Buddy Miles song jazzed up. And it was a-mazing.
Here's the song for anyone curious;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exgnqmoyO3g
As for me, I think the best jazz song has to go to Coltrane's "Psalm." Such power and beauty mixed into one song. Its breathtaking. Probably one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. The entire album, "A Love Supreme," is amazing as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1xe7FDsQWY
jazzboCR Wrote:I feel jazz-rock started from the rock side--fusion started from the jazz side. Looking for comments on this assertion.
Interesting. I don't know a whole lot about jazz, but I always used jazz-rock and fusion interchangeably. How do you distinguish the two?