Keep Oppo Jazz

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 01/06/2020 at 14:38 • Filed to: jazzlopnik, trumpetlopnik

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Four titans of the jazz trumpet world pass it around. In solo order: Wynton Marsalis, Arturo Sandoval, James Morrison, John Faddis. What Morrison does at 14:20 is just sick .

What’s interesting here is the wide variety of styles. Wynton keeps it cool until he’s badgered into getting outside his box, Sandoval is just a lunatic who sometimes doesn’t seem to remember what key he’s playing in (not that it matters), Morrison has extraordinary chops both high and low, and some of the fastest fingers I’ve ever seen, while Faddis shows a complete mastery of the instrument in various styles. He’s also got some of the cleanest articulation I’ve ever heard. If I had to pick a favorite, I would give the smallest of edge to Faddis over Morrison. Brilliant stuff.

InFierority Complex > ttyymmnn 01/06/2020 at 14:54

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If you insist

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 01/06/2020 at 15:03

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Good stuff, but I like to keep it a little weird:

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/06/2020 at 15:08

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Have to take some time to listen to this. Thanks.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 01/06/2020 at 15:11

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I can listen to that particular album over and over. It goes on every iPod/phone I ever have. Back in the ‘80s when I was in high school I used to drive to obscure record stores miles from home to get the latest stuff that ECM released, and I still have most of it on vinyl, only played once or twice (to record to cassette).

We are seriously spoiled today with YouTube (and a lifetime license to Softorino YouTube Converter 2...)

Right now I’m listening to some Egberto Gismonti Trio stuff I’ve never heard before and am stunned and incredibly happy. This is the kind of music that keeps me going:

OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 01/06/2020 at 15:25

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those are some well oiled valves at 14:20

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > InFierority Complex 01/06/2020 at 15:31

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Don’t have a Fit...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 01/06/2020 at 15:36

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I play fretless bass, cruelly known by some as t he ‘ guessing stick’ . Is playing in key something I need to be concerned with? :P

Sovande > ttyymmnn 01/06/2020 at 15:43

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Jazz is the only musical style where playing the horn to make it sound like air being randomly released from a balloon would ever be regarded as "good." 

ttyymmnn > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/06/2020 at 16:12

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Indeed. As my teacher used to say, “Well, you can tell that his valve oil works.”

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/06/2020 at 16:23

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I fell down a John Faddis rabbit hole this morning, and came across this performance . I had never heard Anthony Jackson play before. Hell, I’d never heard of him, or his six-string contrabass guitar. Christ, that guy is a monster. You might recognize the second tenor soloist, Blue Lou Marini from   The Blues Brothers . Notice how Marini turns around and looks at Faddis after his solo, as Faddis holds out a double-B forever (6:17).

ttyymmnn > Sovande 01/06/2020 at 16:24

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“The only problem I have with jazz is that it always sounds like they’ re just making it up.”

—Me

Sovande > ttyymmnn 01/06/2020 at 16:50

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I'm cool with making shit up as one goes, but I wish jazz players would make up stuff that goes with the song in which they are participating. Oftentimes, it sounds like a bunch of people playing different parts to completely different songs. And I don’t get down like that.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 01/06/2020 at 17:36

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That note. That, that isn’t possible. Wow.

This is a pretty impressive piece. I haven’t heard of Anthony Jackson either, but damn, he’s got some serious chops. And that’s one killer bass. Pretty tight band. One thing I love about the jazz world is how it seems to bring out the proficient players that like to improvise and play off of each other. Nobody’s going to get rich playing jazz, but that’s where you go if you just love playing for the freedom and open nature that the genre allows.

I like how the bass is pretty prominent in the mix and not buried in the background, but that just may be my personal preferences as a bassist coming through...

One of my guilty pleasures is the music of Patrick Williams. He’s the guy that did the theme music for The Bob Newhart Show back in the ‘70s. There are times I just love that big band sound, with lots of horns, and that ‘70s groove. Lots of trombone, flute . And the wah-wah guitar. Good stuff.

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/06/2020 at 17:57

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As great as that Jackson performance is, I still prefer the upright bass to the electric. It’s got a much more percussive quality to it, more rhythm to the rhythm section. The electric certainly has its place, and that particular arrangement was a good example of that. It was definitely more of a sizzly, rock sound to that chart. Over the holiday the orchestra did a concert of music by Ellington and Strayhorn. I sat right next to the bass player, and he was fantastic.