>>>>>>Yeah, MJQ made a lot of magic for a lot of years. I have an album they did with the Swingle Singers that is pretty special.
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>>>>>I have one with Sonny Rollins at Music Inn that I like a lot. It's a bit different due to the Rollins influence. Of course that makes them a quintet, but if we want to talk about quintets, then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_v7mUGoKDc&feature=related or perhaps,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mji4nAk_8ZY&feature=related>>>>
>>>>Great clips. Funny, when you said Quintet the first thing that popped into my head was Miles Davis,. Jazz Messengers was a nice surprise too. The Art Blakey solos were stunning.
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>>>If you don't already own this, it is well worth getting:
http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Icons-Blakey-Messengers-Live/dp/B000H9HWQ4/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1232560429&sr=1-8>>>>
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>>Actually it is current #3 in my Netflix queue ( Thelonius Monk and Bill Evans Oslo Concerts are ahead)
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>>Oh, and if you don't have it the 10 DVD set of Ken Burn's
Jazz is a very worthwhile purchase.
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>I didn't see it when it was on (not one of my 3 channels), and I've heard really mixed reviews about it, like, "too much talking heads and not enough music". Also is it true that Wynton Marsalis actually said in it that Bix drank himself to death because he wasn't allowed to play with black musicians?
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There was plenty of music, and I liked most of the discussion (by both musicians and music critics). The most heavily covered musicians -- Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday -- are all personal favorites, so I had no complaints there.
One thing I do remember some people complaining about was there was very little coverage of jazz after the 1960s. And a good friend of mine from college, who was a jazzman (tenor sax) didn't like Wynton Marsalis. I didn't get that and asked him why. "He doesn't like white people," Craig said.
