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Thelonious Monk is considered to be one of the great piano geniuses of Jazz. A man with quite a few demons, he managed to compose, play and create an undenaibly personal playing style.
At 22 he became the official piano player at Milton´s in Harlem. He would jam with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Kenny Clark and many others. Together they give birth to a new sound which would be known as BeBop.
In this concert, recorded in Denmark, we find him playing with Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Ben Riley (drums) and Larry Gales (Base)
Jazz at the Philharmonic was a British program presented and produced by the BBC. It featured some of the world´s best and brightest Jazz musicians in a huge Jam Session.
In this episode (digitalized from an old videotape) from 1967, the line-up is incredible and worth a second and third look:
Clark Terry – James Moody -Zoot Sims -Dizzy Gillespie – Coleman Hawkins – Benny Carter – Teddy Wilson – Bob Cranshaw – Louie Bellson – T-bone Walker
The Jimmy Smith Trio live at Jazz Scene USA, 1962.
James Oscar Smith or 1928 was an American jazz musician whose albums often charted on Billboard magazine. He helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music (Wickypedia)
Today we look at an episode of the early 60s TV show “Art Ford’s Jazz Party”.
This time focusing on the early New Orleans scene.
It features: George Lewis ~ Clarinet, Punch Miller ~ Trumpet, Alphonse Picou ~ Clarinet, Sweet Emma Barrett ~ Piano, Peter Bocage ~ Violin, Charlie Love ~ Trumpet, Louis Nelson ~ Trombone, George Guesnon ~ Banjo Slow, Drag Pavageau ~ Bass, Paul Barbarin ~ Drummer.
I must admit that of all the Jazz forms, the old fashioned New Orleans sound is a little bit brash for my taste, but this program is definitely a wonderful little gem.