Saturday 27 was Lester Young's 102nd anniversary. The President is a cornerstone of jazz, the perfect blend of swing, blues, sound, and quirkiness. Thanks to recordings, anyone can appreciate his musical qualities, but we can only rely on our elders' stories about his quirks. There's much written about his mannerisms, the way he talked, even the kind of shoes he preferred.
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Did you ever see the Prez walking?
Saturday 27 was Lester Young's 102nd anniversary. The President is a cornerstone of jazz, the perfect blend of swing, blues, sound, and quirkiness. Thanks to recordings, anyone can appreciate his musical qualities, but we can only rely on our elders' stories about his quirks. There's much written about his mannerisms, the way he talked, even the kind of shoes he preferred.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Unheard Tal Farlow, Eddie Costa, Marian McPartland...
... at least unheard by me. Via Marian McPartland's Facebook page, I just bumped into this radio broadcast presented by NBC in association with the AFM "as a contribution to the US savings bonds division of the Treasury department"—which could hardly be more relevant at the moment 55 years later—from The Composer, a club where, in the Summer of 1956, the bill was shared by two trios, Tal Farlow's and Marian McPartland's. The relief pianist was John Mehegan.
Personally I'm gobsmacked because Farlow's trio with Eddie Costa and Vinnie Burke, the line-up here, was an extraordinary but very short-lived group, and while I knew about this gig, I didn't know it had been recorded and preserved. McPartland's trio has Bill Britto on bass and the great Joe Morello on drums.
I can't really say nothing else right now, so I'll leave you with the music. You can listen on the player below, or go to the site where I found it, Past Daily. The details are as follows:
July 23, 1956.* The Composer, New York.
Tal Farlow Trio: Farlow (g), Eddie Costa (p), Vinnie Burke (b).
0:00 They can't take that away from me
5:34 You don't know what love is
10:02 And she remembers me
Marian McPartland Trio: McPartland (p), Bill Britto (b), Joe Morello (d).
15:28 Falling in love with love
19:20 For all we know
23:54 Bohemia After Dark
* It's possible that this was broadcast on this date, but recorded previously. The MC mention that the music was "transcribed" (recorded for later broadcast), and according to the New Yorker magazine, Farlow's last day at the Composer was July 18th.
Personally I'm gobsmacked because Farlow's trio with Eddie Costa and Vinnie Burke, the line-up here, was an extraordinary but very short-lived group, and while I knew about this gig, I didn't know it had been recorded and preserved. McPartland's trio has Bill Britto on bass and the great Joe Morello on drums.
I can't really say nothing else right now, so I'll leave you with the music. You can listen on the player below, or go to the site where I found it, Past Daily. The details are as follows:
July 23, 1956.* The Composer, New York.
Tal Farlow Trio: Farlow (g), Eddie Costa (p), Vinnie Burke (b).
0:00 They can't take that away from me
5:34 You don't know what love is
10:02 And she remembers me
Marian McPartland Trio: McPartland (p), Bill Britto (b), Joe Morello (d).
15:28 Falling in love with love
19:20 For all we know
23:54 Bohemia After Dark
* It's possible that this was broadcast on this date, but recorded previously. The MC mention that the music was "transcribed" (recorded for later broadcast), and according to the New Yorker magazine, Farlow's last day at the Composer was July 18th.
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