JRR Redacted...yet again

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

if it aint at the midnite hour and it is jazz it will get done over and the r3 hierarchy will be like a call centre on steroids telling of their commitment etc etc etc .... and it is a lie, they hate jazz, for them it is a bloody nuisance ...

hey bud can you spare me £80m .... i wanna play some jazz ...

[Ian Thumwood]

The 'Baroque Spring' invades JRR next week(30 March) at 7.30pm. So not much jazz then.

Jazzrook

I'm afraid that I would have to disagree with you on this one!!

I'm inclinded to think there's plenty of possibilities for really great jazz. I suppose Benny Goodman's "Bach goes to town" is the obvious starting point and then something like Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five would have to be next on the agenda. It would also be appropriate to include this mind-blowing piece by Lennie Tristano :-

The MJQ would probably have to feature somewhere in the programme and perhap's it might be possible to hear Gil Evans' arrangement of John Lewis' "Concorde" which is pretty sensational in my opinion. I seem to recall an Italian pianist also performed some Albert Ayler in a baroque style. Seem to recall a version of "Ghosts" once being a popular request.

More recentally Louis Sclavis has deconstructed Rameau and Kenny Barron has refined Bach compositions with Stefon Harris playing the vibes. I'd agree that Louissier is a bit of a fraud (playing a fugue and then improvising on blues changes, for example) and the likes of Jean-Pierre Rampal and Claude Boling offer plenty of scope for the twee. However, I think Bach is a composer whose work is very much within the DNA of all great music including jazz. I'm always surprised that Scarlatti hasn't been more popular as his harmony was pretty way out for his time.

Wonder if L'Arpeggiata might be on the bill too? Not snapped up their recent record but I love Christina Pluhars mixture of scholarly musical research and improvisation.



Cheers

Ian

Ian

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

BaaaaaaaaaaaaaRok...Bartok string qrts. will be cooler round my duck house instead. More angles than a duck a dealin'

Sensible Gents..what the fek is that?

BN.

[Jazzrook]

Jazzrook

I'm afraid that I would have to disagree with you on this one!!

I'm inclinded to think there's plenty of possibilities for really great jazz. I suppose Benny Goodman's "Bach goes to town" is the obvious starting point and then something like Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five would have to be next on the agenda. It would also be appropriate to include this mind-blowing piece by Lennie Tristano :-

The MJQ would probably have to feature somewhere in the programme and perhap's it might be possible to hear Gil Evans' arrangement of John Lewis' "Concorde" which is pretty sensational in my opinion. I seem to recall an Italian pianist also performed some Albert Ayler in a baroque style. Seem to recall a version of "Ghosts" once being a popular request.

More recentally Louis Sclavis has deconstructed Rameau and Kenny Barron has refined Bach compositions with Stefon Harris playing the vibes. I'd agree that Louissier is a bit of a fraud (playing a fugue and then improvising on blues changes, for example) and the likes of Jean-Pierre Rampal and Claude Boling offer plenty of scope for the twee. However, I think Bach is a composer whose work is very much within the DNA of all great music including jazz. I'm always surprised that Scarlatti hasn't been more popular as his harmony was pretty way out for his time.

Wonder if L'Arpeggiata might be on the bill too? Not snapped up their recent record but I love Christina Pluhars mixture of scholarly musical research and improvisation.



Cheers

Ian

Ian

Ian ~ With tracks from Roland Kirk & Bud Powell included I may have to revise my opinion of the jazz potential for a 'Baroque Spring' edition of JRR. It's just that on the whole I find that Baroque music and jazz don't usually mix well. Having said that, I agree with you about the great Lennie Tristano track and did get Giorgio Gaslini's version of Albert Ayler's 'Ghosts' played on JRR a few years back!

Cheers

Jazzrook

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

yep but it is not about gender bending genres and Bluesnix Ducks ... it is about stealing time away from Jazz and broadcasting truncated versions at irregular hours ... innit ....


did someone mention gender bending ... at the close down at White City .... oowt left to knock off?

Aunt is in Dire Straits

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

WFMU New Jersey....24\7 'onkin saxes, out of tune guitars chez ultra rare 50s R&B et soul B. sides...A Ducks delight.

"Oh, We dont need yo Baaaaaarok, Mister."

BN.

[MarkG]

And maybe this one...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_ZbxkRwcA

[burning dog]

Shepp may safely graze?