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Jack Pine

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  1. Indeed, no accounting for taste as they say. I'm a huge fan of 50s West Coast! No doubt these are generational and probably geographical differences that push us in the different directions. I guess in some ways I was fortunate to grow up in a time when there was no real single defining genera in jazz, excepting the 1990s "swing revival" which I guess I was the prime target demographic for. Now that I consider it, maybe I should credit the Big Bad Voodoo Daddies or Brian Setzer for my present love of Jimmy Lunceford or Billy Eckstine.
  2. It is a fairly widely known standard I think, I was only really familiar with Nat Cole's version though. I've become partial to Shirley Horn's treatment of it, but there are many great versions. Regarding Chick Corea, I should probably just bite my tongue on this, but I'm not a huge fan. What people often say about Oscar Peterson is how I see Corea(lots of technique, not much to say). I respect and admire him as an artist, and agree there is much that can be learned from him, but he's just not for me. That said I can listen to his early stuff like Chick's Tune or Now He Sings.. and enjoy it much more than his fusion bag.
  3. Absolutely! I should thank you for encouraging me to look closer at 'You Stepped Out Of A Dream', I never thought much of the song until you brought it to closer attention.
  4. Incidentally in my estimation Dilla stands outside and well above what is currently going under the category of Lofi Hiphop, also Madlib and a few others who informed the style, much respect to all of them, it has devolved since those early days though I think.
  5. It lacks the sophistication, certainly of Gary McFarland or even Muzak, but I would think the current 'Lofi Hip-hop' genera of music could be seen as a contemporary form of easy listening.
  6. Scribd and Muscore are both pretty shady with their subscription schemes, I should have mentioned. There are methods to get pdfs from both services without an account; bootleg browser extensions(use at your own risk). Glad to get my hands on that Coleman folio, thank you!
  7. I should have mentioned, secondhandsongs.com is my go to site for seeing all the recordings of a tune. I admit I sometimes find recordings they miss though, so they aren't perfect. https://secondhandsongs.com/work/4849
  8. As a longtime lurker of this site I've been seriously enlightened by the recommendations of everyone here. I'm hoping that I can get some suggestions of great, but underappreciated standard tunes. Tunes considered standards, included in fakebooks, but not performed or recorded as much. I offer a few of my own favorites, and the basic metric I used was it had been recorded less than 100 times. It's Always You by Jimmy Van Heusen. Maybe this song was just a little too sweet to catch on like It Could Happen To You or some of his others, but it has everything one could want in a romantic ballad, also works as a mid-tempo swinger. Deep In A Dream also by Jimmy V is a wonderful song, great lyrics, great harmony, memorable simple melody. Foolin' Myself by Peter Tinturin and Jack Lawrence. Clever, humorous lyrics, great changes and melody. Dream Dancing by Cole Porter is an interesting case. Recorded more than 100 times, but seems to have fallen from fashion in the 1940s only to have been rediscovered and recorded more frequently in the 1990s up until today.
  9. I'm an avid sheet music collector, both paper sheets and now PDF, I feel spoiled for choice these days. There are file sharing services such as Scribd.com where you can find all the old unofficial fake books. There is muscore.com which is a subscription service; there are many user created lead sheets there. It's hard to beat the new(er) Sher publishing New Real Books, but they aren't that cheap. Here are a couple options if you can get by with just the chords: https://www.jazzstudies.us/ http://www.ralphpatt.com/Song.html And I know you don't want full arrangements, but one of my favorite recent finds: https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/ has scanned copies of old sheets in their original form(often with different changes from jazz versions). Also a link for the old real books: https://www.swiss-jazz.ch/Real-Book/
  10. Glad to be helpful!
  11. Chuck Sher's New Real Book Volume 3 has a very good sheet for this. Let me see if I can send it to you as a private message... I guess I can't send as a PM, but here it is anyway.
  12. Appreciate the contribution @AllenLowe, will check out the feature film for sure.
  13. This is a great little documentary, some nice clear shots of his hands on the piano. This left hand action you mention is what makes it so difficult for me to transcribe, there is a real unpredictable nature to it, stride like in some sense but also very much his own thing. I would be very interested to hear from Mr. Lowe and grateful for any insights he has to offer.
  14. On my list for sure! Thanks Gheorghe, I do have a little combo I play with regularly. This is a funny proposition to find an audience for an "Albany Memorial"; I do not live in an area where jazz is very popular. We struggled to get people to come out for something I thought would have broad appeal: a 'Duke Vs. The Count' night.
  15. I'm not that strong with piano transcription, but have been taking a go at some Joe, and would agree this is a superior way to get an understanding of a style. I would also agree the recordings he did with Bird are not his best work, he sounds very unsure. I would encourage you to check out the 'Portrait Of A Legend' recordings from the 60s, he is swinging hard there.
  16. Great tips, thank you. These old Jazz Review magazines are amazing, they go deep!
  17. Glad to return the favor to the forum, it was here that I was first really turned on to him. I'm just an keen amateur, player and listener, but Albany has a certain something in his playing that I find very attractive. His swing feel is exceptionally infectious, his ideas are clear and compelling, and his concept overall seems very personal. I'm reaching for other players to compare him to, or to get a sense of some of his inspirations, and aside from maybe Monk and Earl Hines, maybe in a way Teddy Wilson, I'm not sure who I could say is the "father" of his style.
  18. I've recently become very taken by the piano playing of Joe Albany and would like to get a better understanding of his concept and technique. I'm wondering if someone can point me toward some educational resources(transcriptions, PhD thesis, or the like)?
  19. After lurking here for several years I'm very happy to have my own username finally minted. I just wanted to relate my gratitude for all the reccomendations, I have been turned on to so many great artists and recordings going through these pages. Seriously this site is a gem!
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