So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[BillF]

53 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

[sidewinder]

[JSngry]

32 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

  Yeah, I hear you.

I'm on a bit of a Sammy Davis kick.  I've just ordered his autobiography -- the version that combines both Yes I Can and Why Me? 

Looking forward to reading it.    

 

Tell you what, there were a lot of reasons to get Squeamish About Sammy, but underneath it all, the guy was an incredible old-school talent with an old-school mentality that you didn't half-ass ANYTHING. The older I get, the more I appreciate that, because...skills matter. And work ethic is a core character quality.

Besides, an old Sammy was a thing to behold, singing and dancing and anything else he wanted to do. The guy started literally as a toddler and never stopped. The life experiences he had....whatever directions they took, he owned them all, so...you don't have to "love" him, but i think you gotta respect the hell out of him. There's things to be learned there, real things.

[HutchFan]

3 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Tell you what, there were a lot of reasons to get Squeamish About Sammy, but underneath it all, the guy was an incredible old-school talent with an old-school mentality that you didn't half-ass ANYTHING. The older I get, the more I appreciate that, because...skills matter. And work ethic is a core character quality.

Besides, an old Sammy was a thing to behold, singing and dancing and anything else he wanted to do. The guy started literally as a toddler and never stopped. The life experiences he had....whatever directions they took, he owned them all, so...you don't have to "love" him, but i think you gotta respect the hell out of him. There's things to be learned there, real things.

Agree completely.  Davis was incredibly gifted -- and perhaps even more driven to succeed. 

And what a complicated life, full of paradoxes.  For example, until just recently, I didn't know that Davis was "uninvited" to JFK's inauguration when the administration learned that he was marrying a white woman.  That horrible rejection makes Davis' subsequent embrace of Richard Nixon easier to understand -- even as it alienated him from most African-Americans and cemented his reputation in the black community as an "Uncle Tom." ... Learning about that made me want to dig more deeply into Davis' life.  Yet another instance of things being much more complicated than they appear to be on the surface.

 

[mjazzg]

6 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

The label is Aerophonic!

depends on whether you like it or not

[JSngry]

whoa...

 

[medjuck]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Besides, an old Sammy was a thing to behold, singing and dancing and anything else he wanted to do. The guy started literally as a toddler and never stopped. The life experiences he had....whatever directions they took, he owned them all, so...you don't have to "love" him, but i think you gotta respect the hell out of him. There's things to be learned there, real things.

 He starred  with Ethel Watters in a short film when he was 8 years old!  He's pretty good too. I saw him  perform in a night club  when I was about 13.  Talk about "anything else he wanted to do": what he wanted to do was demonstrate his quick draw skills. I was more impressed with Bobby Darin whom  I  saw the same week (I was on vacation in Florida with my parents). 

[Rabshakeh]

7 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

The label is Aerophonic!

I blame it on my sausage fingers.

[Peter Friedman]

[John Tapscott]

[JSngry]

 

[BillF]

[Rabshakeh]

On 5/27/2022 at 8:20 AM, BillF said:

Has anyone ever seen Eric Alexander and the leader of the British opposition in the same room together? It's getting uncanny.

[sidewinder]

53 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Has anyone ever seen Eric Alexander and the leader of the British opposition in the same room together? It's getting uncanny.

Looks more like ‘Sir’ Danny Alexander to me..

Edited May 28, 2022 by sidewinder

[Rabshakeh]

Jeremy Pelt – Soundtrack (HighNote, 2022)

Someone posted this recently and I thought I'd give it a listen. It really is good. Chien Chien Lu is fantastic on vibes. 

[BillF]

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Has anyone ever seen Eric Alexander and the leader of the British opposition in the same room together? It's getting uncanny.

Yes, Eric doesn't look like the stereotype of a jazz musician, which is probably a little runt of man like this:

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

Looks more like ‘Sir’ Danny Alexander to me..

He'd need the hair. 

Just now, BillF said:

Yes, Eric doesn't look like the stereotype of a jazz musician, which is probably a little runt of man like this:

 

Who is that?

[BillF]

45 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

 

Who is that?

This guy:

 

To return to Eric, when I first saw him I told an American friend, "With the right haircut, he'd look like the US military, if you know what I mean."

Edited May 28, 2022 by BillF

[Rabshakeh]

3 minutes ago, BillF said:

This guy:

I'm being slow. Who is he?

[BillF]

33 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I'm being slow. Who is he?

Having described his appearance in less than complimentary terms, I'd better not say. 

He's a great tenorman, though.

[Joe]

 

[Peter Friedman]

It is Jerry Weldon, a really fine tenor player.

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Currently playing this one below

[soulpope]

One of Carmen McRae`s finest hours .... indispensable ....

[Peter Friedman]

[kh1958]

Jason Moran, The Armory Concert