JAZZtalk

[DeeDee]

Anyone else hooked on that genre? If so, what styles/artists/songs would you recommend to wind down to or whatever? Here's my selection.

Top styles: Bebop, West Coast, Bossa Nova

Top artists: Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Herbie Mann, Ahmad Jamal

Top songs: Take Five, Take Ten

Hope to keep this thread going.

[DeeDee]

So, like... no one else?   

[Striving Wolf]

I love

[DeeDee]

Did you know that Paul Desmond actually played (the solo) on Brubeck's version of Take Five? And later on after it turned out to be a great hit Desmond recorded the album Take Ten as a sequel to Take Five? Take Ten is pretty much similar in arrangement to Take Five, but slightly different too.

Same but different... does that make any sense? Mmmm.

[Striving Wolf]

Sure it makes sense. 

I'm a total nitwit as far as jazz is concerned, but I've always loved music with a jazzy

[PATRYK]

DEE DEE & ALL:

IF TANITA WERE TO DO AN ALBUM OF ALL JAZZ COVERS, WHAT WOULD YOUR PREFERRED SONGS BE???

PATRYK

[DeeDee]

1. It Don't Mean a Thing
2. I've Got You Under My Skin
2. Fly Me To The Moon
3. Love Letters
4. My Favorite Things
5. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
6. How Insensitive
7. Purple Rain (great cover by Bob Belden and Holly Cole!)

That's for starters, I've yet to think of more.

[PATRYK]

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING DEE DEE! 

NOW I WOULD MOST DEFINITELY LOVE TO HEAR TANITA DO THIS LINE-UP 

LUV YOUR BRO

[Striving Wolf]

How about Everytime we say goodbye?

[PATRYK]

ANOTHER SONG THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE FOR TT TO COVER WOULD BE FOUR WOMEN BY NINA SIMONE...

[DeeDee]

Great selections Striving Wolf and PATRYK.

Has anyone heard of Patricia Barber? especially her live album called Companion? I'd like to experience that much intimacy during a Tanita show. Worth a listen (or two!). Also the kind of "less means more" instrument arrangement where percussion coupled with the bass and Patricia's voice is more than you'd expect of a jazz show.

[PATRYK]

YES YES YES DEE DEE

PATRICIA BARBER IS FROM CHICAGO AND A MAJOR JAZZ TALENT.  YOU ARE ENTIRELY RIGHT ABOUT THE INTIMACY OF HER SHOWS.  IT WOULD FARE WELL FOR TT.

(SHE WAS ALSO ON A MAKEOVER SHOW IN AMERICA AND LOOKED QUITE BEAUTIFUL BEFORE AND AFTER!!)

PATRYK