king ubu Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Tremendously enjoying the bits of music left by Luis Russell's terrific band (with Higgy, Red Allan, Charlie Holmes, and some other great soloists) - there's some celeste there as well - used to great effect, in my humble opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) Sun Ra does a great celeste track on "Blues at Midnight" from the classic album "Jazz In Silhouette". He also plays celeste on the more obscure album "Impressions of a Patch of Blue" with the Walt Dickerson Quartet. Edited August 19, 2008 by jostber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I like a little celeste by Fats Waller (no-one's mentioned him yet) and Gene Harris on that first Three Sounds album. Some people get the celeste and harpsicord mixed up - they sound and look way different from each other. The U.S. reissue of Freddie Hubbard's "Blue Spirits" has a bonus track on which the harpsicord is listed as a celeste. For me, the harpsicord sucks and I think they should all have been burned with the old streetcars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 becasue the fender rhodes wasn't invented yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 For me, the harpsicord sucks and I think they should all have been burned with the old streetcars. A (not) well-tempered clavier (comment) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 That's right really. The piano was invented, and tuned, in order to cope with any key and still sound in tune. This involves a small compromise in the pitch of each note. As you know, the harpsicord has to be retuned for each key - otherwise it sounds even worse, if that were possible, . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randalljazz Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 For me, the harpsicord sucks and I think they should all have been burned with the old streetcars. the great one plays the great one more landowska scarlatti rameau Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 That's right really. The piano was invented, and tuned, in order to cope with any key and still sound in tune. This involves a small compromise in the pitch of each note. As you know, the harpsicord has to be retuned for each key - otherwise it sounds even worse, if that were possible, . No...12 equal temperament was conceived to play close to in tune in any key. You can tune either instrument to what ever you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 James "Steady Roll" Johnson - Lonnie Johnson's brother - plays celeste on Lizzie Washington's "My Low Down Brown". The combination of celeste and Henry Moon's slide guitar is oddly effective, though I think it would be wearing in larger doses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 (edited) I mentioned Les Baxter and Villa Lobos using the celeste - to stunning effect - earlier. I forgot about Sun Ra. Talk about a trifecta. Three geniuses of 20th Century Music. We may as well close the thread. Edited September 2, 2008 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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