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~ Directions (Joe Zawinul)
Views: 10036 |  |  |  |  | BOB BELDEN BIG BAND
"Birdland" May 25, 2004
MILES DAVIS BIRTHDAY BASH
Jeremy Pelt, Seneca Black, Tony Kadleck, Lew Glucken, Ray Vega(tpt),Dave Gibson, Andre Hayward(tbn), John Clark(fh) Howard Johnson(tuba) Dave Riekenberg, Charles Pillow, Mike Mig ...More liore, Ronnie Cuber, Gary Smulyan(winds) Kevin Hays(piano) Derek Neyvergeld(bass) Tommy Crane(drums)
Arranged and conducted by BOB BELDEN |
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~ Someday My Prince Will Come
Views: 13459 |  |  |  |  | Something very strange occurred in the making of this video. I placed an out-of-focus image at the beginning to fill time before my playing started. When I rendered the file, numerous strange and colorful artifacts mysteriously appeared in the final produ ...More ction. I had absolutely nothing to do with them. I'm sure there is a logical explanation..............???
Miles Davis was, and continues to be a monumental musical influence throughout the world. He went in so many musical directions, that he defied labels. Some people didn't like his "electric phase" others saw it for the creative genius it was (and still is).
There are so many great songs that are associated with Miles, and this is one of them. A simple, yet lovely tune, written in 1937 by Frank Churchill for the Walt Disney film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". It went on to become a jazz standard and has been covered by most, if not all of the greats.
For my version, I like to play the melody a little out of time, trying to play behind the beat and add embellishments. I play this song differently each time and I like to experiment, especially with the chords for the "F" pedal tone. I also like to try and add chromatic substitutions. Sometimes my experiments work, sometimes they don't, but I hope you'll enjoy the ride just the same.
A "tip-a-the-hat" to 7NM at 1:46 with the flying hand (I've seen him do this, really). And thanks to STKS100 who is teaching me that it's all in the presentation. ;-) |
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~ The Land Before Time - Going Under
Views: 17327 |  |  |  |  | Note: Apparently, someone else has uploaded a Land Before Time video with this track on it. So, before you start the slings and arrows, please know that, 1. I had no idea about this video being up, and 2. The two videos are in stark contrast to each othe ...More r in several ways. (Honestly, I really liked Counterinsurgency's version after seeing it; I was AWED by it! Anyway people, it is a complete MISTAKE; I planned this video for a couple of days in my head, and worked on it for like, two hours, maybe three. Six or seven if you count fixing it because of Windows Movie Maker. My deepest apologies to Counterinsurgency, I had no idea that you did the same thing. To everyone else, I recommend that you watch the other version too, it's really GOOD! ...My preceeding note follows...
After all of these Land Before Time fanvideos popped up here - and a few on Veoh - I was inspired to create one of my own. I was most inspired by Bluedramon's "19 Years of Land Before Time," one of the more touching ones - though I could think of other ones that have inspired me as well. The idea here is, that at different times in the video, the "perspective" is from a different character, or group of characters. This is the only way I could think of, to "make this work." It is an experiment going in different directions, similar, perhaps, in ways to Miles Davis' experimentations with Fusion when he created his second Fusion recording, #@!&es Brew - perhaps his most interesting piece of music. In other words, I wasn't sure where I would take this, so it goes off in different directions at times. Although it's my first upload, it's the second one I'm working on. My other video is currently stalled by a small lack of ideas and buggy software - the latter also hampered this, which is why the beginning looks a little jumpy, sorry. After all the problems, I decided to leave it alone. Two - very blessed - passes through Windows Movie Maker were required to get out all but that bug - what a drag. At any rate, go ahead and rate and comment; NO HATERS PLEASE! Credits: Universal, Evanescence, all of you other Land Before Time fans who aren't afraid to stand up for yourselves, and last, but most, YHWH El Shaddai, for giving my life meaning and purpose, and for using The Land Before Time as a gift, to return my heart to a childlike state. Until last year, I had forgotten just how beautiful this series is. No thanks to: Land Before Time haters, putter-downers, and those other OFFENSIVE LBT "fanvideos;" who do all you other people think you are?? It's our world, you can't have it, and I will defend this series, my position, and my faith, all the way to hell! (Sweet Transvestite??? I HATE THAT SONG! ...Sorry; I guess they have as much of a "right" to upload what they want; I guess I'm the only one left that has morals, codes of honor like the Japanese, and respect for decency, love and childlike innocence... In other words, living like before puberty was "invented.") The Land Before Time belongs to Universal, and Going Under is by Evanescence. I don't own either of these, obviously. |
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~ My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
Views: 15878 |  |  |  |  | My Favorite Things is a 1961 jazz album by John Coltrane. It is considered by many jazz critics and listeners to be a highly significant and historic recording. It was the first session recorded by Coltrane on the Atlantic label, the first to introduce hi ...More s new quartet featuring McCoy Tyner (Piano), Elvin Jones (Drums) and Steve Davis (Bass) - neither Jimmy Garrison nor Reggie Workman featured as yet.
It is classed as another album in which Coltrane made a break free of bop, introducing complex harmonic reworkings of such songs as "My Favorite Things", and "But Not For Me". Additionally, at a time when the soprano saxophone was considered obsolete, it demonstrated Coltrane's further investigation of the instrument's capabilities in a jazz idiom.
The standard "Summertime" is notable for its upbeat, searching feel, a demonstration of Coltrane's 'sheets of sound', a stark antithesis to Miles Davis's melancholy, lyrical version on Porgy and Bess. "But Not For Me" is reharmonised using the famous Coltrane changes, and features an extended coda over a repeated ii-V-I-vi progression.
The title track is a modal rendition of the Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein's seminal song My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music. The melody is heard numerous times throughout the almost 14-minute version, and instead of soloing over the written chord changes, both Tyner and Coltrane taking extended solos over vamps of the two tonic chords, E minor and E major. Tyner's solo is famous for being extremely chordal and rhythmic, as opposed to developing melodies. In the do#@!&entary The World According to John Coltrane, narrator Ed Wheeler remarks:
"In 1960, Coltrane left Miles [Davis] and formed his own quartet to further explore modal playing, freer directions, and a growing Indian influence. They transformed "My Favorite Things", the cheerful populist song from 'The Sound of Music,' into a hypnotic eastern dervish dance. The recording was a hit and became Coltrane's most requested tune—an abridged broad public acceptance."
A cover of the title track appeared on the OutKast album The Love Below.
It is one of the most well-known examples of modal jazz, set in the Dorian mode and consisting of 16 bars of D minor7, followed by eight bars of Eb minor7 and another eight of D minor7. This AABA structure puts it in the format of popular song structure.
The piano and bass introduction for the piece was written by Gil Evans for Bill Evans and Paul Chambers on Kind of Blue. An orchestrated version by Gil Evans of this introduction is later to be found on a television broadcast given by Miles' Quintet (minus Cannonball Adderley who was ill that day) and the Gil Evans Orchestra; the orchestra gave the introduction after which the quintet produced a rendition of the rest of "So What".
The distinctive voicing employed by Bill Evans for the chords that interject the head, from the bottom up three perfect fourths followed by a major third, has been given the name "So What chord" by such theorists as Mark Levine.
While the track is taken at a very moderate tempo on Kind Of Blue, it is played at an extremely fast tempo on later live recordings by the Quintet, such as Four and More.
The same chord structure was later used by John Coltrane for his standard "Impressions". |
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~ Cassandra Wilson - Lover Come Back to Me (♫)
Views: 334 |  |  |  |  | Although her recording career has been somewhat erratic, Cassandra Wilson became one of the top jazz singers of the '90s, a vocalist blessed with a distinctive and flexible voice who is not afraid to take chances. She began playing piano and guitar when s ...More he was nine and was working as a vocalist by the mid-'70s, singing a wide variety of material. Following a year in New Orleans, Wilson moved to New York in 1982 and began working with Dave Holland and Abbey Lincoln. After meeting Steve Coleman, she became the main vocalist with the M-Base Collective. Although there was really no room for a singer in the overcrowded free funk ensembles, Wilson did as good a job of fitting in as was possible. She worked with New Air and recorded her first album as a leader in 1985. By her third record, a standards date, she was sounding quite a bit like Betty Carter.
After a few more albums in which she mostly performed original and rather inferior material, Cassandra Wilson changed directions and performed an acoustic blues-oriented program for Blue Note called Blue Light 'Til Dawn. By going back in time, she had found herself, and Wilson has continued interpreting in fresh and creative ways vintage country blues and folk music up until the present day. During 1997 she toured as part of Wynton Marsalis' Blood on the Fields production. Traveling Miles, her tribute to Miles Davis, followed two years later. For 2002's Belly of the Sun, she drew on an array of roots musics -- blues, country, soul, rock -- to fashion a record that furthered her artistic career while still aligning well with trends in popular music. Glamoured, released in 2003, posed a different kind of challenge; half the material was composed by Wilson herself. Unwilling to stand still, Wilson gently explored sampling and other hip-hop techniques for 2006's Thunderbird.
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~ Fishbone at Hen House Studios - "Skank & Go Nuts"
Views: 2946 |  |  |  |  | Fishbone formed way back in 1979 in the same LA scene that forged Jane's Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Originally a ska / reggae band, Fishbone gained legendary status early on with their live shows full of rich improvisations and driving beats ...More that seamlessly merged their songs into one huge set. A tour with innovators The Beastie Boys encouraged Fishbone to bring more diverse sounds and textural richness to their sounds, initially amping up the distortion with hardcore and heavy metal sounds (culminating in the powerful metal-plated version of Mayfield's classic "Freddy's Dead"), bring increasing fury and political awareness to their live performances. At the same time, Fishbone was also exploring the roots of Americana, from a folk to Delta blues. By 1990, Fishbone had added a Miles Davis alumnus on keyboards and guitar (John Bingham) and tore through the early 90s savagely, from appearances on Saturday Night Live to a video directed by auteur Spike Lee.
The mid-90s weren't so kind, starting with unexpected departures and rocky relationship with their record label. Shifting personnel infused the band with new sounds and new directions, and the hardcore fanbase followed along. Fishbone exploded into the new millennium with The Hen House DVD Critical Times: The Hen House Sessions, an intensive exploration of the creative dynamics of the band and the recording process. Since then, Fishbone members have worked on diverse projects, including the visually stunning Idlewild featuring Outkast.
At the time of the Hen House recordings, Angelo Moore is the lead vocalist and plays saxophone and theremin. Norwood Fisher is the bass player and background vocalist. Walter Kibby II is on vocals and pocket trumpet. The other Fishbone members are Spacey "T" on guitars, John McKnight on keyboards, trombone and guitar and John Steward on drums.
www.HenHouseStudios.com
Hen House Studios is a record label and do#@!&entary film company located in Venice, California. First made famous by their unique concept in which they recorded musicians for free in exchange for the right to film them, Hen House has grown to a premiere, web based multi media company. Their site www.HenHouseStudios.com features countless music videos, CDs, DVDs, and podcasts all produced by the studio. Hen House has also produced a TV show "Hen House Studios Live" which is syndicated nationally. Visit HenHouseStudios.com where you can "Hear the music and see the stories." |
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~ Steve Morrison Featuring Jeff Duff on Kerri-Anne Aug 2007
Views: 1991 |  |  |  |  | Australian bass player Steve Morrison (www.stevemorrison.com.au) is joined by Legendary Australian singer Jeff Duff (www.jeffduff.com) on live national Australian TV. The show aired in August 2007 as part of the pre-launch promotion of Steve's album "So Q ...More uiet" which featured Jeff Duff on vocals. Kerri-Anne Kennerley is the host. The performance features the brilliant drum work of Steve Ley. Ley moved back to Sydney from New York some years ago and has been a regular in Morrison's band for many years. His drumming is truly breathtaking, as is his breath. Tim Rollinson was made famous back in the 90's by DIG (Directions In Groove) but his recent work with Morrison has made him even more famous. Now his wife even recognises him. Of all the guitarists in Australia Tim is truly on of them. Hugh Barrett also plays piano and Cyndi Tan is on percussion. Neither Miles Davis or John Coltrain appear in this performance. |
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