TenuredVulture wrote:

Ambitious stuff, with that "modern-weary" '70s sound

drsmooth wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

Ambitious stuff, with that "modern-weary" '70s sound

True story -- early 80's I'm way way out in the middle of nowhere up in the Adirondacks. Had to hike miles and row row-boats to get to my friends obscure cabin -- upper Lake Ausable area -- anyway me and my buddy and our two hippie chicks are up there camping --- we're up on the roof of the log cabin - looking at comets across the sky and biddie one starts humming this tune... and I'm like "wuh...???" and this is like the Crosby Stills Nash and Young kind of girl... and I'm like "are you humming Fly with the Wind ? She says "yeah..."

Totally random moment.

The best version of this is on the 1977 Live Album called "The Greeting" -- he also won a grammy for his Jazz Big Band in the 90's and they do a version of it on there... great tune... very much McCoy's sound compositionally ....

Philly the Kid wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

Ambitious stuff, with that "modern-weary" '70s sound

True story -- early 80's I'm way way out in the middle of nowhere up in the Adirondacks. Had to hike miles and row row-boats to get to my friends obscure cabin -- upper Lake Ausable area -- anyway me and my buddy and our two hippie chicks are up there camping --- we're up on the roof of the log cabin - looking at comets across the sky and biddie one starts humming this tune... and I'm like "wuh...???" and this is like the Crosby Stills Nash and Young kind of girl... and I'm like "are you humming Fly with the Wind ? She says "yeah..."

Totally random moment.

The best version of this is on the 1977 Live Album called "The Greeting" -- he also won a grammy for his Jazz Big Band in the 90's and they do a version of it on there... great tune... very much McCoy's sound compositionally ....

GREAT story, Kid - and I'm familiar with the location you mention. Beautiful - and remote!

while we're on '70s jazz, one of my favorites is this one from Bobbi Humphrey:

liking Yosvany Terry a lot

Here Comes the King

Twisted Noon

with Michael Rodriguez, Osmany Paredes

These two don't particularly go together any special way, but

Avishai Cohen's take on Ornette Coleman's One Man's Idea

There's YouTubes of it but they're just 45 second teasers (wtf)

and Jack Teagarden's 1950s version of A Hundred Years From Today, a sentimental 30s number that hits the spot, straight or (my preference) mixed with whiskey.

I like to imagine any backshegoes individual, particularly Smitty, or maybe even Whitey, would sing like Teagarden.

Allmusic basically relegates Teagarden's 50s Roulette sessions to the Dixieland bin. Ridiculous.

apparently today is International Jazz Day

love those funny, funny guys; "jazz is based on fear"

drsmooth wrote:

love those funny, funny guys; "jazz is based on fear"

I assume they were trying to be funny or something ... but talk about accidents -- those hair styles and clothing -- step in to the 21st century clowns.

joking?

wow

oooohhhhh, you Kid

still stunned, hours later

Barry Jive wrote:still stunned, hours later

never saw it

at first I thought it was a bad SNL skit...

This is the most action we've had in this thread since Floppy thought he could actually debate me on abstract art and music!

Glad I can still provide the willing suspension of disbelief!

brian blade is so awesome

yes

enjoyed pretty much everything about that clip, thanks Flop

Kitagawa is news to me, & good news indeed

very simpatico with both Blade & Barron

there are a startling number of outstanding clarinetists playing these days: Don Byron, Anat Cohen, Ken Peplowski, and a guy who may be my favorite - Evan Christopher.

Is there anything like "avant-traditional", or "avant-dixieland"? Check any of the recordings here out, but the last, Fantasy on Joe Avery's 2nd Line, will have you cha-cha'ing

Gotta admit I'm intrigued by that new New Orleans club, too

love frisell

Missing Gabriel & Dresden VIP pass at Electric Daisy Carnival this Fri in Vegas, but going to see Gonzalo Rubalcaba SOLO piano as part of SF Jazz on Saturday night! I had to pick one and since I was VIP'd out at Mansion in Miami in March, I went with who I wanted to see over my boy...