oh yeah.. talk about longevity.. he started in the 40s, always playing beautiful, always playing with the very best. One of the great drummers of all time.
Was sitting out by the pool with my wife and Miroslav and his girlfriend sometime in the 70's... all of a sudden he got up and said "I've got to go inside".... I asked why? He said "to Practice". Minimum 4 hours a day just doing woodshed. What a genius he was and is. He now has that Orchestral Suite that he developed with all the instruments of the Orchestra fully translated to Digital so the sounds could work with MIDI. I think Miroslav is still in Prague.... still making great music.
Great palying all round--exceptionally good, and Chick's comping adds his inimitable magic. Check out the related interview between Getz and Perlman in which Getz sings Corea's praises as the finest player to come out of his band. Praise indeed!
You ever see that film 'Big Trouble in Little China'? There's a scene where one of the three storms keeps inflating until he explodes. Kinda reminds me of Diz..
Lenny Bruce, when finding himself in front of an audience like this, would describe it as "Playing to Mt. Rushmore.....There's Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson, staring at you like you just buggered the Christmas Goose...."
Getz & Gillespie cut a great record together in 1953- wish "Groovin' High" had been on there. And with all the dead air in that room, I agree with previous comments that putting on a decent showing is the very definition of "pro".
Lets HEAR it 4-the boyz WHOOA. Itzhak was the only one shakin his head . WOEo , AndThe Wizard,of oz at Heart ,who's behind that curtain. Scary place to play. Hope they all ate a well and partied and got the Hell out of there safely..Getz always has that rip in His eyes .
"Groovin' High" is just the thing that you want to hear, Mr. President, before you head into a meeting with the "Joint Chiefs of Staff." Was this performance given during the Reagan Administration? Delicious!
lol ''the pianist'' lololol,, it s Chick!!! and he s taking one hell of a solo,,, I think Stan was just looking at him saying '' what r u going to do with that wild comping,,,,'' he was curious i think,, but yeah sure he had to do a great solo after head comping,,, ..... changing subject ,,, do you think they were more wasted or less wasted playing at the white house? lol
someone will correct me if I'm wrong but, I believe it's the other way 'round: Miles took a bit of the old Groovin' High recording for his Four. At least that's how I remember it.
@SiCmetalfan That's not exactly true read Dizzy's book "To be or not to bop" One of Dizzy musician friends, a really fat guy, sat on is trumpet at a jam session, by accident. How do these false stories get started He was pissed about it but then he checked the sound out he liked it
Excuse my ignorance here, but why does Dizzy always play with the trumpet bell turned up like that? I've maybe only seen one or two other players with that. What's the difference/advantage?
