Teasing the Korean Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/arts/music/peter-nero-dead.html?smid=url-share&fbclid=IwAR3Gp2q6oMjSv_GchAtGBR9giTX3qaJE_GjBhO2xvOIWJ3x0gwczWKu18zA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted July 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) During what I call the Great Vinyl Purge of the 1990s, I picked up at Princeton Record Exchange my one and only Peter Nero album, the soundtrack to Sunday in New York. Two of the tracks have that irresistible bustling metropolis sound. Edited July 9, 2023 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazztrain Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 I think that he lived on the same street that I did when I was a kid. Of course, I had no idea who he was at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 Dude had serious chops. I've had thoughts about doing a chart on Sunday in NY, but hearing someone like Mel Torme corn it up just stops me from going over the line. The bridge is pretty weak, too. I did one on a tune in the same groove by John Williams, because there wasn't a weak note in it, but SINY just doesn't call out to me enough. Nero must have done something good with those chops, in a jazz vein. He was admired by Horowitz, Ray Charles, etc... RIP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 R.I.P .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/arts/music/peter-nero-dead.html?smid=url-share&fbclid=IwAR3Gp2q6oMjSv_GchAtGBR9giTX3qaJE_GjBhO2xvOIWJ3x0gwczWKu18zA Paywall ... But anyway ... Some recommended JAZZ listening here: https://www.discogs.com/de/release/4131168-Bernie-Nerow-Trio-Bernie-Nerow-Trio One of the few Mode originals I have in my stash of Mode LPs. Edited July 9, 2023 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted July 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 10 hours ago, sgcim said: Nero must have done something good with those chops, in a jazz vein. He was admired by Horowitz, Ray Charles, etc... RIP... It was an interesting time when jazz, pop, classical, and showbiz were all intertwined. Peter Nero was part of that phenomenon, as were, to varying degrees, Liberace, Oscar Levant, Errol Garner, Dave Brubeck, and Oscar Peterson. It was probably a holdover from the Vaudeville ethos. The socio-cultural factors that enabled this no longer exist. Setting aside my own thoughts on Nero's playing, I acknowledge him as being a part of this vanished world. Shifting gears, which John Williams tune did you arrange? I like a lot of Williams's 1960s stuff, but I check out at Star Wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 RIP. He a favorite of my mother's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted July 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 Dope version of "Windmills of your Mind" played on the Moog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) This was one of my first "jazz" experiences at age 4-5: Edited July 9, 2023 by Daniel A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 6 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: It was an interesting time when jazz, pop, classical, and showbiz were all intertwined. Peter Nero was part of that phenomenon, as were, to varying degrees, Liberace, Oscar Levant, Errol Garner, Dave Brubeck, and Oscar Peterson. Don't forget Andre Previn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted July 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 17 minutes ago, JSngry said: Don't forget Andre Previn. Of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 Ok, now that we've remembered him, let's forget him again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted July 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 18 minutes ago, JSngry said: Ok, now that we've remembered him, let's forget him again. Well, there's the Doris Day album. And The Subterraneans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 Doris Day could always win when she wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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