JAZZ - THE THREAD

Is this jazz?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_625

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jazz+625

In case anyone's interested, here's the discography at the end of The Jazz Book - a super dense overview of, well, jazz. If you want to check out more after listening to everything in this thread.

Enjoy!

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Count Basie through His Own Eyes

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Documentary, told in Count Basie’s own words, which reveals for the first time the private passions and ambitions that inspired the world-famous bandleader and pianist. 

Until now, little was known about Basie’s private and family life, but director Jeremy Marre has found a treasure trove of home movies and photo albums that show Basie’s remarkable relationship with his wife Catherine, whose pioneering support for African-American causes placed her at the side of Martin Luther King. Through Basie’s intimate footage and letters - and interviews with friends like Quincy Jones and Annie Ross - we discover the count’s protective love for his disabled daughter Diane who ‘was never out of his heart and mind - the hidden core of his creative life’. 

Basie’s musical achievements were remarkable. He was the first African-American musician to win a Grammy. He brought the blues to the big band podium. He was ‘King of the Swing Kings’. We see rare performances with Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Sammy Davis Jr and many others. But this film digs deeper, uncovering the inner motivation and passions that drove Basie’s career as he became a unique link between jazz and America’s turbulent social history.

 

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@ManjuShri great find. Thanks!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Casual

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jazz+casual

came for the gimmick, stayed for the theory and the sheer virtuosity 

shame she didn't quite nail barry harris's voicings, some of these he'd consider plain wrong and would never play them

yeah like i'm a jazz scholar

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https://junkmagic.bandcamp.com/album/compass-confusion

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With classics from Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Abdullah Ibrahim, Stan Tracey and Jacques Loussier to Duke Ellington, Return to Forever and Herbie Hancock. The performances are culled from cult classic programmes such as Jazz 625, Show of the Week, Late Night Line Up, Love You Madly, Birdland, The Late Show and Later... with Jools Holland, and date from 1964 to 2009.

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Whiskey story time is SO nice. Reminds me a bit of the Hausu soundtrack for some reason haha

Really enjoyed the Ronnie Scott documentary on BBC. Seemed a very nice yet troubled and sad man. I'm glad it is felt the new owners have continued the legacy. Some amazing footage too. Nina Simone was incredible. Van Morrison with Chet Baker. Really must visit the club someday.

Wait ... is that guy putting his beer on the monitor?

makes the beer taste better

lol