Set 1 1:36 Four in One 10:38 Think Of One 17:57 Light Blue 28:08 Hackensack 38:13 Bye-Ya Set 2 47:47 Trinkle Tinkle 56:31 Epistrophy 1:06:43 Work 1:17:27 Ask Me Know 1:29:49 Rhythm-A-Ning
Monk’s music has always seemed to me to be the musical equivalent of Picasso’s visual art: new, another-dimensional, inspired and inspiring. It is a pleasure and a privilege to listen to it through to these exceptional musicians.
Stone cold amazing... no words... except maybe... SO interesting to see a more "traditional" ...but GREAT big band with great players and arrangements fronted by Chick...who's creativity and familiarity and complete mastery of Monk and ALL styles is SO interesting for many reasons... one being his effortlessness and joy.
what can I say ? this was wonderful ! This band is so incredible. Mr Marsalis work for promoting Jazz can never be paid for. Mr Corea ? a great pianist. And to answer El Mission comment here under : I prefer to see educated musicians playing in suits, than idiots shouting insanities in rap or whatever s. they dare call music today. of course, more idiots are those who listen and buy it. But, as somebody says hereunder too : when I don't like something I just don't listen to it and don't comment on it. But YOU just got on my nerves ! By the way EL MISSION is bad spanish, It is LA MISION. Sorry, Spanish became my second mother-tongue (after French) I speak it daily since 1988 and I spoke it already in 1958. I live in South America. Que tenga un agradable dia y deja de criticar lo que no conoce ! Gracias.
One of the techniques Wynton Marsalis employed on his trumpet solos sometimes was circular breathing. But, one of the things Wynton Marsalis does probably better than any other jazz trumpet player is playing in time, "in the pocket", at any tempo. His consistency and time accuracy playing "in the pocket" is unmatched. You must close your eyes and listen to truly appreciate his mastery in this regard, especially on improv solos on fast swing tempos where other trumpet players are also soloing on some choruses. Every note he plays is exactly where it needs to be, timewise. Other great professional trumpet players play in time but Wynton is at a whole other level.
Chris, I suggest you listen to the late Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, or living artists Nicholas Payton and Freddie Hendrix....these guys have the same and with a lot more feeling
Yes, Daniel. Winton Marsalis is the creator of the JALC Orchestra, and he is on stage almost all tthe times there is a streaming from JALC. That's why for me the attendance of Winton Marsalis was note a news to be underlined.
One of the techniques Wynton Marsalis employed on his trumpet solos sometimes was circular breathing. But, one of the things Wynton Marsalis does probably better than any other jazz trumpet player is playing in time, "in the pocket", at any tempo. His consistency and time accuracy playing "in the pocket" is unmatched. You must close your eyes and listen to truly appreciate his mastery in this regard, especially on improv solos on fast swing tempos where other trumpet players are also soloing on some choruses. Every note he plays is exactly where it needs to be, timewise. Other great professional trumpet players play in time but Wynton is at a whole other level.
IN THE PAST I THOUGHT THAT JAZZ MUSICIAN DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO READ MUSIC. TODAY I SEE THAT THEY READ MUCH MORE COMPLICATED PARTITURES THAN THOSE OF SYMPHONIC MUSIC.
wyn-,done SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF... For showcasing Chick Corea, playing the Music of Thelonious Monk -- sounding like a goddamned Laurel & Hardy movie. These arrangements are stuff -- other than Chick's playing -- and he SHOULD HAVE KNOWN TO AT LEAST do better than what others LESS TRAVELED IN MUSIC could do. The trombone riffs are a plain drag. They don't lift the Music like SOME of the Ensemble passages. The arrangements from the Columbia 'Monk BigBand & Quartet,' live album ARE MUCH MORE ALIVE, and sound ADVANCED for 1964. Big Band Monk HAS BEEN DONE 7, 8, 9 times....and they ALWAYS play Monk's WELL KNOWN MELODIES. There are a HEAP of His Themes from the BlueNote era THAT ARE SELDOM REVISITED. Duh....
Nah, everyone loves Monk, and no one denies that he's one of the greatest. Actually, the most controversial figure there ... is Wynton Marsalis! Because there's no lack of people in the jazz scene who really hate Wynton Marsalis.
JALC -- what Miles Davis feared. Social music became the music of the museum. Dig the dichotomy y'all: Chick shows up in a windbreaker, jeans and T-shirt. The rest of the fools freaking show up in matching grey outfits and that stupid varsity tie. Holy shit. I can't stand JALC. Chick was okay though. I wish they let him play the set on a DX7...
so much hate... amazing how all this criticism always comes from people who claim stupid things like to know what Miles feared. if you don't like this don't listen to it, it's simple. live and let live bro. btw, whenever you can write or play like these "fools" let us know. and also, if chick wanted to play the set with a keyboard he'd do it, i don't think nobody tells chick what to do.
And classical orchestras are playing in jeans and t-shirts: are they becoming "social music"? I don´t think so. And what's wrong with celebrating musicians like Thelonius Monk and bringing them to a wider audience? What is "social music" supposed to mean? Smaller venues? More improvisation? That still lives on, I'm pretty sure all members of JALC perform regularly. I just don´t get your comment. Corea is also well known for performing and celebrating "museum music", playing Scarlatti, Mozart and Rodrigo and fusioning it into his own musical language. For him, there wasn't any "museum" or "social" music, only music. That's why he shares the stage with Mr. Marsalis. I'm pretty sure he could have been performing elsewhere that night if had had chosen to do so.
