Are There Any Jazz Lovers Out There?

[Elvis]

Thanks Wiz.
I've seen them before.
Very talented group of performers.
Noticed one of the songs listed in that link you posted was "How high the moon".
I've got a very nice version of that on the Tommy Flanagan album "Confirmation".
Check it out. That whole album is really great...and its all outtakes! (!!!).
Wanted to post it, but then ran across this one.
Features the bass player from the album I just mentioned, George Mraz and the drummer is the late, great Bobby Durham. Probably one of the most unsung drum heroes in all of Jazz.
I used to watch Bobby, every weekend, backing Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown on Oscar's TV show back in the 80's.
Guy was one hell of a talent.

...anyway, enjoy...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54hcmMBuhY0

 

[Old Wizard]

Ted Heath's 100th Palladium Concert from the early 50s has a really fun version of How High the Moon.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxXt6oWPaYI

 

[Elvis]

Bold, Wiz....and Brassy.
Bold and Brassy.
Brassy and Bold!
...and that whole band is being driven by Animal from The Muppet Show.
Nice. Thanks. =)


Elvis

 

[Old Wizard]

Try this one by the Original 12 Girls Band. They had more personality and liveliness than the newest version. Zhan Li Jun on the two stringed Erhu
plays the solo. There are other versions of the song by them.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmxay6tYgro

 

[Elvis]

Changing gears, just a bit, here's a couple of fun tunes by a woman who used to post her explorations into learning classical guitar on youtube.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn267HwLHsw

 

[Elvis]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II5RmxulSxE

 

[Old Wizard]

You might like this by the Trombone Inc.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08y420Af5Z8

 

[Elvis]

Thanks Wiz. That's a new one for me. I'll have to look those guys up.
Here's a couple from Sarah Vaughan...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXVOeGybepw

 

[Elvis]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eGmNZII6ps

 

[Old Wizard]

Here's one many late night DJs used as their theme song.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DpQ_yZP2dA

 

[Old Wizard]

Here's another late night DJ theme. By the time Artie Shaw went into the navy, he said he hated this song.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0lH8OM8gmI

 

[Elvis]

I'll have to look that Artie Shaw record up. I might actually have it.
The Woody Herman tune was classic. Remember it well.

...and now...a little Pete Foutain, courtesy of Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGV0DjYXBLk

 

[Old Wizard]

Here's a very underrated lady. Saw her years ago on the bill with the Ted Heath Orchestra.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4yEkAdCgl4

 

[Old Wizard]

If you've got 15 minutes, here's one of my favorites.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAiWkD6pmLQ

 

[Elvis]

What happened to the forum?
Has there been an update?
All I see is "Metro" across the banner.
....maybe its my computer. Service has been a slow tonight.

...anyway...

Re: Skylark - Here's a more contemporary version. She also sings with a group called "Lake Street Dive". Very good, all of them.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8150Oxy9VY

 

[Elvis]

...another cut off that album. This is the one they played on the radio that made me aware of her in the first place...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_WzB3l66o8

 

[Old Wizard]

Here's one featuring Bobbie Hackett [cornet] and Billy Butterfield [trumpet]. Both great musicians.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnr8tRFcOKs

 

[Elvis]

Not to skew the thread, but I'm watching the Classic Arts channel right now, while surfing and just heard this.
Too good not to share....


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiP1mguJa9Q

 

[Old Wizard]

Here's Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five, the first one, featuring a Harpsichord.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1PIbRMvD9A

 

[Old Wizard]

The second Gramercy Five. Great pictures of a real beauty.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hb1_JEhq_E