Jim R

Great find, Cyril!

As big a Butler fan as I am, I find his Prestige albums very uneven, and for me, much of the material has not stood the test of time. However, "Dancing On The Ceiling" from YT&T is a ****ing guitar masterpiece. For me, it's just as masterful (moreso, probably, due to the chord/melody intro) and breathtaking as the original recording of "Honky Tonk" with Doggett, and that's saying something. It's on this CD twofer, along with "Night Life":

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MG, are you serious? I'm sure plenty of black people dug that album, but doesn't your definition suggest that these "Soul Jazz" recordings were intended as entertainment for black adults in particular? "A Day In The Life"? The one with strings, and songs like "Eleanor Rigby", the title track, and "Watch What Happens"? I'm still not on board re "Crusaders 1". If that was intended for black adults, something went drastically wrong somewhere. I saw the Crusaders a few times. Blacks were in the minority at all of the shows I saw, and the crowds were quite youthful. I had friends who owned that and other Crusaders LP's, and none were black (didn't have much choice in that, but hey, we can't always control our environment). None of us were quite to the point of being referred to as "adults" at the time, either. I realize that this is a small sample size. ("Sample" size!? Okay, that was just a stroke of accidental genius ).

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You know, it actually doesn't belong on the list. It has a much different feel than anything else on your list. It's not the late night, bluesy, greasy sound. At all. It's actually pretty sophisticated (relatively speaking) music in terms of chord changes, harmonies, and rhythms.

I remain somewhat curious as to the origins of the term "Soul Jazz". I've raised the subject with MG before (in a BFT discussion, iirc), and he suggested that it started (the term, not the style) around the mid-50's. I believe Bob Porter may have written something to this effect. At any rate, I can't recall the first time I encountered the term (can anyone else here?). MG has certainly helped to keep it in my consciousness around here, but I can't recall where or when I may have seen it in liner notes, for example. I'm equally vague on when "Acid Jazz" became a widely used term, and who started it.

Agree with everything Jim said re the Crusaders and their recordings. "Crusaders 1" put the Crusaders in a broader national spotlight, at least in the U.S. "Put It Where You Want It" was big, and their sound really began to form (or shall I say reform). ===== Playing jazz "soulfully" (e.g., Junior Mance on the Dexter album) does not automatically indicate a "Soul Jazz" labeling. ===== I wouldn't include the Wes Montgomery Trio album on such a list. "Missile Blues" is about the only track that comes close to the category. I don't think of Wes as a "Soul Jazz" guy at all.

Or American jazz drummer, or Japanese jazz drummer, or Antarctic jazz drummer, or any jazz drummer... Especially back when that show was recorded. The same thing applies to rhythm guitarists, pianists, etc, which is why it can be so difficult to sit through some of the old jazz interpretations of bossa (including Getz, although he certainly alleviates much of the pain for me).

It couldn't have hurt that she was married to Joao Gilberto for several years (and not only that, but from 1959-1963!), and being with Getz right after that. Jesus. Talk about hanging out with the right people to influence your phrasing. But she had to have begun with some talent. No doubt about that.

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Tangerine was one of my earliest Dexter purchases, and I still go back to it fairly often. Generation never hit me either... haven't heard it in a long time. To get the complete picture, I would also recommend "The Other Side Of Round Midnight" on BN. A different sound, but very rewarding, imo. He even pulls out the soprano.

I had the same thought... a LOT of music. And yet they played the Sly Stone tune twice. For most of my LP-buying life, I had a Tower store only about two miles away. In the 70's, I pretty much lived there. By the time of the CD revolution, it wasn't one of their bigger stores, and I was frequently driving 50 miles to SF or Berkeley to find the "good stuff".

First of all, do the sensible thing and collect everything he ever recorded. If that's too extreme, I would start by adding these to the above: The Jumpin' Blues (Prestige) The Tower Of Power (Prestige) More Power (Prestige) Bouncin' With Dex (Steeplechase) The Shadow Of Your Smile (Steeplechase) Swiss Nights, vols 1-3 (Steeplechase) And all of the Black Lion recordings from 1967

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Trivia time. Back in the 90's when our kids were younger, they had a CD-rom game called "Wacky Jacks" that was really great (very hip, as well as being well designed). Pardo was the voice of the game announcer, and his contributions were one of the best things about the game. RIP

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