jpmosu Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Hi! I seem to recall the use of jazz in a few ads during the past decade or so. Namely, a Jeep ad that featured Trane's "Naima" and a Chrsyler spot that may have used Herbie's "Maiden Voyage." Am I just imagining this, or am I correct? And, are there other prominent examples of jazz on Madison Ave. that I'm fogetting? Thanks in advance for any help with jogging my memory. john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mule Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 There was some car commercial that used Mingus' "II BS" a few years back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 I remember a Honda car commercial from ca.1990 tha had original music VERY much in the style of a "softer" Lee Morgan-esque Latin flavor. Always wondered who wrote it. Honda for a long stretch featured original music in their ads that made subtle but unmistakable references to the "Blue Note Sound", so I'm thinking the same guy was doing them all (writing & producing them, that is). Anybody know who this jazzy jinglemeister might have been? Oh yeah, Sonny did a Pioneer stereo commercial that used "God Bless The Child" from THE BRIDGE. This was in the later 70s, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 (edited) I have a hard time remembering the commercials mentioned. We have an upscale grocery store chain here that uses Brubeck's "Take Five" as the music for their commercials. Not very original, I know. B) Edited August 25, 2003 by catesta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 We have a upscale grocery store chain here that uses Brubeck's "Take Five" as the music for their commercials. Not very original, I know. B) Maybe not, but I still want an Infinity. And I don't even drive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Interesting topic. It always catches me off guard when I hear these things on commercials, and I often have trouble remembering what was being advertised (especially if I only see the ad once). I remember hearing Sarah Vaughan's "Key Largo" a couple of years back, and a few years before that there was a perfume ad that featured a vintage Nina Simone recording (I forget the title of the song now). Also, 25+ years after the fact, I still can't get over hearing AND seeing Son Seals in a Colt 45 Malt Liquor ad. Oh, and speaking of blues music in advertisements, do those Kraft macaroni and cheese ads drive anybody else up the wall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Grant Green's 'Iron City' was used in an ad a couple of years ago, but I don't remember the product. Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Levi's used Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' amd Dinah Washington's 'Mad About the Boy' for extensive TV commercials usage in Europe. It made a hit for Dinah Washington a couple of years ago. Ella Fitzgerald's 'Too Darn Hot' is the timely background for an Adidas TV commercial 'running' on TV here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Nina Simone's "My Baby Just Cares For Me" was in a spot for something a few years ago. Something else - in 1982, I was in the position to wake up early every day and watch the Today show. There was a commercial for Mazola oil that sounded very much like it was the work of Jon Hendricks in both musical style and performance. Not a sample of one of his records, but an original jingle. 8 bars - the first 4 being either scat syllables of else scatted ways to use the product (hey, I wasn't THAT awake...), the last 4 being the hook - "MaZOla...has no..choLESterOL at alllll". Anybody ever hear this jingle or hear of Hendicks doing some annoymous jingle work? Some good buckage there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpmosu Posted August 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Wow, this produced more of a response than expected. What's amazing to me is the number of commericals that seems to be appropriating a particular jazz sound/label, so that instead of "The Sidewinder," we get a quasi-"Sidewinder." I guess it's cheaper just to rip off the originals!!!! john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Nina Simone's "My Baby Just Cares For Me" was in a spot for something a few years ago. Something else - in 1982, I was in the position to wake up early every day and watch the Today show. There was a commercial for Mazola oil that sounded very much like it was the work of Jon Hendricks in both musical style and performance. Not a sample of one of his records, but an original jingle. 8 bars - the first 4 being either scat syllables of else scatted ways to use the product (hey, I wasn't THAT awake...), the last 4 being the hook - "MaZOla...has no..choLESterOL at alllll". Anybody ever hear this jingle or hear of Hendicks doing some annoymous jingle work? Some good buckage there... Jim, that was the Nina Simone rec I was referring to. Now that you've recalled the tune, I now recall the ad (I think). It was for Chanel #5, I believe, and I just remember a very chic, Beverly Hillsish swimming pool and a couple of well-tanned models in white swimsuits. I tried Googling the Mazola ad (of course, even knowing you had likely already done so), but so far nothing. BTW,what is up with THAT? A GOOGLE failure?!? Maybe I should blame our pitiful culture... actually DISPOSING of something as valuable as a Hendricks jingle- even if it was from an ad for corn oil. Anyway, somewhere in the deepest recesses of the cold storage area of what I'll refer to as my "brain", I know that more lyrics from that jingle may very well exist. The "no..choLESterOL at alllll" line resonated with me somehow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 FUCKIN' A!!!! THAT'S IT!!!! Nah, I didn't even THINK to look for it on Google. Silly me... Kick my ass if that ain't Jon Henricks! Now - that might explain how HEndricks was able to take his Hendricks Family act on the road - this commercial was airing about the same time I caught them in Albuquerque. Mighty fine shows (I caught 3 out of the 5 nights they were there, and had him autograph my copy of New York, N.Y. He really flipped when he saw it, said that that was one of the most special things he's ever done. His inscription? "What can I say? It's all in here." I'm SUCH a Fan Boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 DAMN that's some hip shit. God bless Jon Hendricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpmosu Posted August 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Grant Green's 'Iron City' was used in an ad a couple of years ago, but I don't remember the product. Bertrand. Sure would be approariate if the product was that old hometown favorite of mine--Pittsburgh's finest--"Iron City Beer" Somehow I doubt it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 FUCKIN' A!!!! THAT'S IT!!!! I should have known... the problem lay with my search technique, not with the ALMIGHTY (everybody bow) Googs. B) That's our man JH, alright. Thanks couw, now I'll get a decent night's sleep tonight after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgraham333 Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Let's take this a different direction... How about jazz songs that should NEVER be used in advertising. I'll start. Coltrane's A Love Supreme - used in a Taco Bell ad I can just hear it, "Taco Supreme, Taco Supreme, Taco Supreme, TaCO Supreme" Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 here 't is! (click) It's still there, swinging than ever, 30 seconds of supreme hipness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibes Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 I'm pretty sure the beginning of "Ginza Samba" from the Stan Getz with Cal Tjader CD is played in a Nike/Finish Line commercial I saw yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 A little off track, but the restaurant-review show "Check, Please" on WTTW-Ch. 11, Chicago uses Tommy Flanagan's Freight Trane as a theme song. The Burrell/Coltrane version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 (edited) Anybody ever hear this jingle or hear of Hendicks doing some anoymous jingle work? Some good buckage there... Maybe that's what we should be talking about: how to milk that bad boy and get in on this and make some of those ducats. Hear that composers?javascript:emoticon('') Edited January 29, 2004 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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