tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post1341420529914763747..comments2023-06-21T04:23:48.342-07:00Comments on The Instant Fossil Factory: MusicThe Old Fossilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309164084032722383noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-86145161707022502612012-12-12T15:46:37.984-08:002012-12-12T15:46:37.984-08:00Good to mark Dave's passing - he did indeed en...Good to mark Dave's passing - he did indeed enrich us before he left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-82591208483311635502012-12-08T10:29:39.948-08:002012-12-08T10:29:39.948-08:00@Rummuser
I have been to performances similar eno...@Rummuser<br /><br />I have been to performances similar enough in their lasting impression, their spell-binding mastery, that I can appreciate the drum solo as you describe. Still, imagination never can match the experience and you have my envy on this one.The Old Fossilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309164084032722383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-27130822173249871232012-12-08T06:23:27.625-08:002012-12-08T06:23:27.625-08:00Dave Brubeck - Thathaasthu.
Many decades ago, Duk...Dave Brubeck - Thathaasthu.<br /><br />Many decades ago, Duke Ellington band had come to India and was playing in all the major cities. This was the pre USA India cold war days and we were still friendly! The particular concert that my brother Arvind and I attended had the band playing Take Five and after the full introduction of the theme, the band bar the drummer Sam Woodyard went off the stage one after the other leaving Sam on a five minute drum solo. What a magnificent performance and as the band walked back in to join in, the spectacle was spell bounding. It was one performance that neither Arvind nor I have ever forgotten.<br /><br />I have been told by aficionados that it must have been one of the rarest performances.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-83764219918736184502012-12-07T17:42:13.515-08:002012-12-07T17:42:13.515-08:00@Delirious
Playing on "Young Frankenstein&qu...@Delirious<br /><br />Playing on "Young Frankenstein" we could say, "Synchronicity, synchronicity, no escaping, not for me!"<br /><br />That is a shame about your husband's jazz albums. You two seem like the type that forgive each other, though.The Old Fossilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309164084032722383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-11152336764033071472012-12-07T17:23:42.300-08:002012-12-07T17:23:42.300-08:00He died just yesterday? Wow that is synchronicity...He died just yesterday? Wow that is synchronicity in play for sure! I love jazz, but once again, I don't claim to be an expert. My one big flub up in our marriage was that I accidentally gave away my husband's box full of jazz albums. :S It was partly his fault too, and he didn't blame me, but it was sad. Delirioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564398770468606675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-11156728433540526412012-12-07T11:42:19.506-08:002012-12-07T11:42:19.506-08:00@Maxi
A jazz pianist for a father. Wow! I bet y...@Maxi<br /><br />A jazz pianist for a father. Wow! I bet you grew up surrounded by some great music.<br /><br />It always seemed to me that a jazz musician had to have a special sense of the world. I think it is one of the most interesting and intriguing of the art forms. <br />The Old Fossilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309164084032722383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-87521228436164483142012-12-07T11:10:45.224-08:002012-12-07T11:10:45.224-08:00My father was a jazz pianist, I grew up with this ...My father was a jazz pianist, I grew up with this music. We lost a great one.<br />Blessings ~ MaxiMaxihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906657260598913275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-85189206015101927362012-12-07T10:12:02.771-08:002012-12-07T10:12:02.771-08:00@shackman
I'd hate the musician's life. ...@shackman<br /><br />I'd hate the musician's life. In my case, that is definitely no threat! LOL<br /><br />Mel Torme - the Velvet Fog. Love him. And Zydeco, too. My taste, as in so many things, is a lot more eclectic than refined, I fear. :)The Old Fossilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309164084032722383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-37138783492286243012012-12-07T09:33:10.532-08:002012-12-07T09:33:10.532-08:00Oh yeah - who doesn't like Ella? AndMel Torme....Oh yeah - who doesn't like Ella? AndMel Torme.<br /><br />Sadly Brian gave up the sax - he has a hugely successful practice in Palo Alto - last we spoke about it he'd uncovered the horn and was going to give it to his youngest son. That was before I came to Texas. He said the musician lifestyle just did not appeal to him - and he has a family at a young age.<br />Another genre I fell in love with is Zydeco - real beer drinking, toe tapping stuff - definitely the yin to smooth jazz's yang <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYKAe60O_WwShackman https://www.blogger.com/profile/01690901432037614409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-6485745096100749162012-12-07T09:09:28.106-08:002012-12-07T09:09:28.106-08:00@shackman
Sax is one of those instruments that se...@shackman<br /><br />Sax is one of those instruments that seems to just lend itself to jazz and may most closely emulate the flexibility of the human voice. Lafawnda actually won an award at a Simi Valley Jazz festival as a soloist with her voice and I believe the song was "Ain't nobody here but us chickens!" if I remember correctly.<br /><br />In any case, did your friend on the keep up his hobby? Does he still live on Cathy Way, because the Lady and I still walk it almost every evening.<br /><br />And I will visit Kenny Rankin. I've listened to him before and liked him. And, I assume you like Ella.<br /><br />The Old Fossilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309164084032722383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-88921720608419506662012-12-07T09:04:23.974-08:002012-12-07T09:04:23.974-08:00@Grannymar
He did. He also had marvelous talent ...@Grannymar<br /><br />He did. He also had marvelous talent with him, like Paul Desmond on the sax who I think actually wrote "Take Five."The Old Fossilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309164084032722383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-70631081495715254662012-12-07T08:49:24.824-08:002012-12-07T08:49:24.824-08:00Fos Take Five is one of my all time favorite tunes...Fos Take Five is one of my all time favorite tunes - easily in my top 5. Back in HS I had a friend that blew his sax on a par with Paul Desmond - so said club owners who'd heard them both. He ended up being a dentist because because of his practical side and in fact he lived not far from you on Cathy Way.<br /><br />As I said in my piece, music is a large part of what has kept me sane but I suspect I really know only a small portion of what you think I know - LOL - I just have eclectic tastes, know a little about a lot of music and have friends in the music biz - including one who is the uncredited writer of several million sellers in the 60s. <br /><br />If you like jazz singers give Kenny Rankin a listen - he's my fave. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzQowN2Vzk0Shackman https://www.blogger.com/profile/01690901432037614409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-17386611831390999632012-12-07T07:26:40.112-08:002012-12-07T07:26:40.112-08:00Take five, takes me way back. Dave had wonderful t...Take five, takes me way back. Dave had wonderful talent.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.com