Well, Frank Sinatra said he is the best jazz singer.
I think he is a jazz singer. I have seen him live 3 times. All 3 times he performed some of the same tunes, and each time the approach was different. To me that's a jazz artists.
I like many of here, have a large collection of music, but do you have one particular recording that you listen to over and over again? I find myself always pulling out Grant Green's The complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.
In an email to a friend of mine, there may be a good chance that part of this 80th birthday concert getting released in the fall. I would hope it is the Sonnymoon For Two with Ornette. But Sonny may think differently.
When I bought my ticket at the box office, I asked the woman if they were playing together or with their own bands. She said "I believe together." Oh well, it is still going to be a great night of music.
Friday and Saturday are the shows. I have my ticket, and from the only response, so does Allen.
This should be a great show. If you're in NYC try to make it.
I can think of James Moody's solo to "I'm in the Mood for Love." It produced "Moody's Mood for Love."
Coleman Hawkins' solo to "Body and Solo."
I don't mean the vocalese style of writing words to solos, but solos that have become their own melodies and tunes.
These are the only two that come to mind.
Sad, but he left us a lot of music to always remember him by each day. RIP Sir George. Thanks. I will surely spin some of your music tonight. "In the Night" with Nancy Wilson and "George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers" are two of my favorites.