26-06-2014, 04:29
mtthwibrahim Wrote:Baby Breeze-Chet Baker
Not a big fan of vocal jazz ,but throw in some fuglehorn and I'm down
He was playing a borrowed fluegelhorn because his was lost/stolen/pawned. Look up the word "defenestration"* and there's Chet Baker's pic, splattered on an Amsterdam sidewalk--he'd tried to cheat some drug dealers and they took extreme umbrage,. A pretty boy and brilliant subdued player who ruined both with his heroin addiction, Still, no denying his playing--Chet Baker with Strings is still a benchmark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIaAlXQWfqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1cf70VeE2U << make of this what you will...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y11EHQAGhU << Before this chestnut was a an over-done chestnut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN5zlC2UKoQ << beautiful solo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsz3mrnIBd0 << 2 famously restrained players with a Smooth Jazz dream band (the heart and soul of CTI records).
Interesting documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emKvxsvzux0
* It means "thrown out a window" and was a popular way to get rid of your enemies or blockades to your advancement, and was not uncommon in Renaissance Italy--both church and state.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR