>>>>>>>>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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>>SNIP
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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.
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>>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.
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>Well, I understand that Marsalis did say at one point that no white player has ever had a major influence on jazz. Doc Cheatham said that when Bix first came around, and he heard him, he and everybody else with a horn started trying to sound like that. Benny Goodman - no influence, Stan Getz?
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>Your friend is not the only person who thinks that Marsalis is anti-white. I have no personal knowledge of it, but if Marsalis really said those things, then it may well be true. Check the section on Bix in the set and see if he really said Bix drank because he wasn't allowed to play with black players. If he said that, it's utter nonsense. I've been told that there are a number of inaccuracies in the program, but as I said, I've never seen it, and I'm not ready to spend that kind of money to find out. There are also many in and out of the jazz community who consider Stanley Crouch (Marsalis' apostle) to be anti white. I understand he was also featured in that documentary.
If you would like to borrow my copy to check it out, just email me your shipping address.
