14-02-2009, 03:47 PM
David,
I don't have the album, and I thank you indeed for forwarding the clip.
FYI, I've been listening to jazz -- of the unadulterated variety -- since before I could walk (my mother's brother John was a celebrated clarinet and soprano and tenor saxophone player who worked with Louis Armstrong and managed the career of the legendary trumpeter/cornetist Bobby Hackett). I've published jazz criticism nationally, written liner notes for LPs and CDs, and produced major jazz festivals in New England and California.
Why the resume? Only to underscore the fact that I'm thrilled to hear the music evolve. And I'm not surprised that you're drawn to jazz and its unique ability to reconcile intellect and viscera.
You're aware, I'm sure, of Britain's great practitioners of the art. I direct your attention to alto saxophonist Peter King for starters.
As for the aforementioned Mr. Cullum: I'm not a fan, but I respect his work.
Do yourself an immense favor and find vocalist Mark Murphy's CD titled The Dream. I believe that it's available via Amazon. Then find any CD by vocalist Madeline Eastman.
For starters.
You will be richly and repeatedly rewarded.
CD
I don't have the album, and I thank you indeed for forwarding the clip.
FYI, I've been listening to jazz -- of the unadulterated variety -- since before I could walk (my mother's brother John was a celebrated clarinet and soprano and tenor saxophone player who worked with Louis Armstrong and managed the career of the legendary trumpeter/cornetist Bobby Hackett). I've published jazz criticism nationally, written liner notes for LPs and CDs, and produced major jazz festivals in New England and California.
Why the resume? Only to underscore the fact that I'm thrilled to hear the music evolve. And I'm not surprised that you're drawn to jazz and its unique ability to reconcile intellect and viscera.
You're aware, I'm sure, of Britain's great practitioners of the art. I direct your attention to alto saxophonist Peter King for starters.
As for the aforementioned Mr. Cullum: I'm not a fan, but I respect his work.
Do yourself an immense favor and find vocalist Mark Murphy's CD titled The Dream. I believe that it's available via Amazon. Then find any CD by vocalist Madeline Eastman.
For starters.
You will be richly and repeatedly rewarded.
CD
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene