What's your favorite Jazz song?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Though I'm listening to the classic "sentimental mood from Duke Ellington and John Coltrane album I think my favorite is......

I know its not a fair question.


I'll say, right now.....Lonely Woman by Ornette Coleman.

A Love Supreme will always be the best. I know its really 4 songs with different names but I consider it one song.

[BeatleBoot]

1. Serge Gainsbourg

"Requiem pour un twisteur"

Only because I am listening to it right now.

I am a huge Coltrane fan, though.

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. At the moment, it's Moanin'...by Charles Mingus...

abso-bloody-lutely amazing, electrifying, spine-tingling baritone sax intro, and in my opinion the best "blues"-style jazz ever recorded. Mingus is right up there in my list of jazz giants, not too far behind Monk and Coltrane.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

14. Mingus is my fiance's fave!

She'd hug you for saying that.

It is a fucking killer song!

:toast:

[Spider Jerusalem]

38. That whole album is killer...

"My Jelly Roll Soul" is some of the best Dixieland I've ever heard, and Dixieland isn't a style I'm particularly fond of (my tastes run more to bop, post-bop, "straight ahead" jazz...or what could be thought of as Jazz After Bird, I guess)

[NightTrain]

3. I can only pick one?!

Geez, you're a stern taskmaster! But what the hell, I can take a stab at it....

OK, at this particular moment in time, my favorite jazz recording is Duke Ellington's "Take The 'A' Train." But if you ask me again tomorrow, I may have a completely different answer!

[Radical Activist]

4. Today its, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Is that considered jazz or proto-hip-hop? Ask me again tomorrow and I'll give a different answer. I'm really into Gil Scott-Heron lately though.

[Swamp Rat]

5. "Uma A Zero"

Well, at the moment it's "Uma A Zero" by Pixinguinha... if Brazilian Chôro counts as jazz in your estimation.

[Radical Activist]

12. If we're going international...Zombie by Fela Kuti

If you want to call that jazz. That might be stretching it. One of my favorite songs of any genre.
It makes fun of the troops in the military dictatorships in Africa at the time.

[Swamp Rat]

15. I love Fela Kuti

I saw his son Summer 2002 in SF at the Filmore. He had his wife and son performing with him - really wonderful to see him pass his art on to his child.

Chôro is an improvisational form similar to and concurrent with early New Orleans jazz, though I won't argue about Fela Kuti. I spent last year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil studying Chôro and other styles. You'd be amazed at how many great jazz musicians live in Rio alone!

[Radical Activist]

16. I've never heard of Choro.

I'll have to check it out. Sounds interesting.

Oh yeah, welcome to DU.

[Swamp Rat]

21. Thanks

Thanks for the welcome!

I just joined DU today, though I've been lurking daily for over 3 years. Mopaul called me out today when he started a thread about rebels... I couldn't resist! Though, music is a topic in which I am more familiar. I've been a rebellious type my whole life, and that's why I really like Che, your avatar. You'd be surprised at how many T-shirts and posters of Che I came accross in Brazil - he's a very popular figure there, as well as John Lennon, Bob Marley, and Mahatma Gandhi.

Please check out chôro music. My guess is that you will love it. Here's some names to google:

Pixinguinha
Jacob do Bandolim
Jackson do Pandeiro
Ernesto Nazareth (he's very early, more like ragtime)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

17. FELA FELA FELA!!!!! I was just listening to Beasts of No Nation earlier!!!

"This uprising will bring out the beast in us!"

YES THAT IS JAZZ!!!!!!!!

[Ann Arbor Dem]

27. Adoro Pixinguinha! Choro and jazz crossed paths....

...in Paris in the 1920's. Pixinguinha and his group, Os Oito Batutas, spent time in Paris and hung out with the leading jazz musicians of the time. I can't imagine what their parties were like...

Welcome to DU!



:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

31. Muito obrigado

Thanks for the welcome!

Yes, these musical styles did literally cross paths and we're still in constant communication, musically speaking. There's definately a New Orleans-Paris-Rio de Janeiro nexus. I've played in all three cities (though I was studying classical music while in Paris) and have concerned myself with this cross-pollination as a thesis topic as well.

Well, you could come to New Orleans and go to Donna's Bar and Grill on Thursday nights, where you will hear this music live! I have a few friends, namely Tom McDermott and Evan Christopher that play this music as well as the origional masters (in my opinion). We have some excellent parties down here in the Crescent City, and I might also suggest Rio de Janeiro for some great musical partying!

tchauzim!

[Ann Arbor Dem]

35. Great thesis topic!

As a matter of fact, I'm reading an interesting book by Henrique Cazes about choro right now.

[Swamp Rat]

37. Henrique Cazes

Yes he's the diretor da Orquestra Pixinguinha and has a lot of great recordings. Are you reading ""Choro, do Quintal ao Municipal?"

[Ann Arbor Dem]

41. Exatamente!

I'm also reading "Feitiço Decente: Tranformações do Samba no Rio de Janeiro (1917-1933)" by Carlos Sandroni.

Do you have any suggestions?

[Swamp Rat]

42. I wish I had more time to read... though, I read at least 5 hours a day

Cool! I wasn't aware of the Carlos Sandroni book. "The Music of Brazil" by David Appleby is a must for your library (though I've been checking this book out from libraries for years - I will buy it someday!). Gerard Behague wrote a seminal work on Villa-Lobos (one of my favorite composers).

To be honest, I haven't read anything on chôro for about 6 months. I am currently studying about cannibalism (not just Brasil) in an anthro class. I have to read about 3 books+lots of articles per week (Summer school). In the next few weeks I'll be studying about magic, religion and witchcraft in another anthro class. Luck for me I was invited to film a candomble ceremony (120 minutes on miniDV), so I'll have a lot of editing work to prepare for this class.

My music research is on hold until the end of the Summer. I haven't even played my guitar for months nor my surdo since Mardi Gras! I'm sooo rusty!!!

Anyway, you might have suggestions for ME on what to read.

[Ann Arbor Dem]

44. I had the Appleby book...I lent it to a friend and never saw it again....

You've probably already read it, but Hermano Vianna's "The Mystery of Samba" is interesting. I can send you some other names by PM if you want.

[Swamp Rat]

45. Ok

Ha! I was looking for the Vianna book on my bookshelves after the DU server went down for a while. I have a bunch of books on "tropicalia" too, some in Portuguese and others in English.

You can "PM" me if you like, though I haven't used this feature on DU yet - this site is wonderful, and has been easy to use so far.

I can't find some of the books I brought back with me from Brasil (my house is a book repository), but the one before me right now is good: "Jackson do Pandeiro, o rei do ritmo" by Fernando Moura e Antônio Vicente.

[CanuckAmok]

6. "Linus and Lucy" - Vince Guiliardi Trio

And anything off Glen Miller Live at Carnegie Hall or John Zorn Spy Vs. Spy (Ornette Coleman tribute CD)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

18. You know I like Vince's version of Greensleeves better than St. John's

Though I like Coltrane's alot. There's something about Vince's...Damn, now I have to hear it!

:)

[BrotherBuzz]

30. Cast Your Fate to the Wind

is my favorite Vince Guaraldi song. He lived up the street from me in the mid sixtes and he would play it for the world with his windows open. It was beautiful.

[AlCzervik]

7. Take the A train by Duke Ellington

[King_Crimson]

8. "Right Off"...

Miles Davis...from "A Tribute To Jack Johnson"

[Swamp Rat]

49. Good one!

I've also enjoyed listening to and had the priviledge of meeting Howlin' Wolf, since he's played a number of times in my neighborhood.

[Pretty_in_CodePink]

9. Too hard to pick one

two that come to mind....

"Stolen Moments" and "Lush Life"

recorded by many people but I am partial to Mark Murphy

[tigereye]

11. HI Chavez

:hi:

hard to pick
Miles Davis, all of Kind of Blue
Ellington's Caravan.
Thelonius Monk Crepuscule With Nellie, although I like many of his songs
Don Byron. pretty much anything he does.

see you can't pick just one!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

13. Crepuscule With Nellie!!!!!! Awesome!!!

:toast:

My favorite Monk song is 'Round about midnight - I'm just old fashioned I guess!

:)

[tigereye]

22. well they are all amazing

have you seen the movie about him... was it Round Midnight? I love to watch him dance and play and ponder. What a cool guy he was.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

23. I haven't been able to find it

Many DU folks have recommended it - in fact someone offered to copy it for me. I should have said ok but I've been looking for it!

[tigereye]

24. you could probably rent it

I think we did before we bought it

[DieboldMustDie]

10. I've always thought of A Love Supreme as being a single piece...

in four movements. :shrug:

[Fenris]

19. "Big Nick" performed by Coltrane and Duke Ellington

Such a lovely tune.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

26. That's on the same album as the Sentimental Mood I was referring to

You, sir have taste!!!

[Forkboy]

20. I dont know the name of it

I heard this song by Duke Ellington once.It had caribbean sounds at the beginning and went to the most fantastic horn work I've ever heard.It blew me away,and if you can tell me what it might have been I'll send my first born your way (gladly).

[Nevernose]

25. Do "show tunes" count?

If they do:

"All of Me" and "As Time Goes By", both by Cole Porter.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

28. Anything by Cole Porter counts. Plus have you ever listened to Ella?

A bunch of her albums were named things like "sings the Cole porter Songbook", "sings the Rogers and Hart porter Songbook", "sings the Gershwin porter Songbook", etc. As were others.

Say it loud "I love showtunes and I'm proud!!!!"

[tishaLA]

46. "As Time Goes By" was written by

Herman Hupfeld, not Cole Porter, and "All of Me" was written by Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks. But they're wonderful songs all the same.

[oxymoron]

29. How High the Moon

by Ella

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

32. Good Choice!

:toast:

[oxymoron]

36. Thanks

I also like Ella's songbooks a lot, but somehow they seem generally more Pop, and sometimes a bit overproduced to me. I love the live concert stuff from the fifties and sixties.

[chaska]

33. Goodbye Porkpie Hat, My Favorite Things, Round Midnight.

[No2W2004]

34. The Crave - Jelly Roll Morton

Old School :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

40. old OLD school at that!

Pork Pie hats off to you!!!

:)

[killbotfactory]

39. Toledo

Beat up thunderbird.

Mrs. Killbotfactory votes for...

Barry Adamson - Jazz Devil

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

43. Both are excellent votes!

Please hug the missus for me!

:toast:
:hug:

[Maat-hotep]

47. Blue Rondo a la Turk - Dave Brubeck

You heard me!

Okay, I'm a newbie.

[Redleg]

51. Excellent choice, newbie. Welcome to DU!

Brubeck has so many great songs.

[non sociopath skin]

48. "Body and Soul" by Coleman Hawkins

... hits me between the shoulder blades every time I hear it.

The Skin

[oxymoron]

50. Lullaby of Birdland

by Ella or Sarah

[robertpaulsen]

52. Compared to What by Les McCann

GODDAMMIT!

[Magrittes Pipe]

53. Trane's version of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue"

from the Live in Japan album.

[Swamp Rat]

54. Shameless kick

kicking because the jazz poll belongs above the AC/DC poll... not that I don't jam to their music occasionally also.

[regularguy]

55. "Stolen Moments" Oliver Nelson

Jordu - Duke Jordon
Cerora - Lee Morgan

TOO MANY!!!!!