Jazz And Blues

(Navrag/13021) What you could do is try some of Blue Notes sampler albums - The...

Navrag@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:06:00 -0500

What you could do is try some of Blue Notes sampler albums - There are lots,
but the quality is always great, and there is a wide variety of styles.  Be
prepared to change your preferances the more you listen though...

(Steppenwolf/13020) I was asking a similar question about five or so years ago, JXL,...

Steppenwolf@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:32:00 -0500

I was asking a similar question about five or so years ago, JXL, and came here
for advice--I was asking for best records, rather than single artists, since
jazz is so album-oriented (it seems to me) and playing careers are so long that
they can change drastically and possibly right out of a phase you liked (though
I don't think I understood this at the time fully).

I got a lot of great answers in here for top albums, and have downloaded a
whole lot of them, but the two that have stuck with me most--that I can put on
whatever mood I'm in and really enjoy--are Miles Davis and John Coltrane.  And
if I had to pick one, especialy as sort of an introductory piece, it'd be John
Coltrane, because Davis can be Really Weird sometimes.

Not that I don't like the Weird, but it takes getting used to.  With Coltrane,
I felt I could jump right in.

(JuggernautXL/13019) pokes forum

JuggernautXL@rss.iscabbs.com — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:34:00 -0500

*pokes forum*

Hey, what would be a good "go to musician" for getting introduced to Jazz.

Somebody who you could listen to all their work!!! Something like that.

TIA

(Lammam P Yrruf/13018) Diaper Man finally tore the roof off the sucker.

Lammam P Yrruf@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:14:00 -0500

Diaper Man finally tore the roof off the sucker.

RIP Garry Shider.

(Wasted Youth/13017) I recently discovered Melody Gardot, really like her.

Wasted Youth@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:06:00 -0600

I recently discovered Melody Gardot, really like her.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmc1XN3iVVc

I first heard her via her song If the Stars Were Mine, also on youtube.

(BDavis/13016) Not usually considered a jazz musician, but I went to see George...

BDavis@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:41:00 -0500

Not usually considered a jazz musician, but I went to see George Winston last
night. He did a couple of stride piano pieces that were just awesome, and I was
surprised he also plays harp pretty darn well. Interesting concert.

(BDavis/13015) I can't say I know of any "jazz brunches" in my town. Ever. :(

BDavis@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:10:00 -0500

I can't say I know of any "jazz brunches" in my town. Ever. :(

((Unknown ISCABBS User)/13014) Okay.

(Unknown ISCABBS User)@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:45:00 -0500

Okay.

Am I the only one who attends jazz brunches?

Or do you do that kind of thing in your town, too?

((Unknown ISCABBS User)/13013) that (RIP Les Paul) belongs in every music forum!

(Unknown ISCABBS User)@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:29:00 -0500

that (RIP Les Paul) belongs in every music forum!

(Giraffe/13012) RIP Les Paul.

Giraffe@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:36:00 -0500

RIP Les Paul.

((Unknown ISCABBS User)/13011) I figured it was the Ribs part that would be too expensive in th...

(Unknown ISCABBS User)@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:57:00 -0500

I figured it was the Ribs part that would be too expensive in this economic
climate.

Kansas City's Rhythm & Ribs festival is canceled for 2009
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/04/20/daily12.html

"The tough economy has claimed another victim:  Organizers of Kansas City's
Rhythm & Ribs blues and jazz festival canceled the event for 2009, citing
difficulty raising money.

The event had been planned for June 19-20. Organizers plan to resume the
festival during Father's Day weekend next year. The annual festival started in
2005.

Peter Yelorda, the festival's chairman, said Monday that the festival costs
more than $300,000.

'We probably needed another $160,000 to get the level of entertainment we
wanted, and production costs,' he said.

Entertainment alone for the festival costs $225,000 to $250,000, he said.

'We didn't want to have a festival that was less than we produced in the past,'
Yelorda said. 'A lot of our sponsors could only come in this year at a third of
what they'd done in the past, and a lot of them couldn't come in at all.'"

((Unknown ISCABBS User)/13010) Koko Taylor has died. She was 80.

(Unknown ISCABBS User)@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:05:00 -0500

Koko Taylor has died. She was 80.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/06/chicago-blues-legend-koko-taylor-d
ies-at-80.html

((Unknown ISCABBS User)/13009) The diatonic harmonica is much better for blues than the chromat...

(Unknown ISCABBS User)@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:19:00 -0500

The diatonic harmonica is much better for blues than the chromatic. You just
have to learn second position (or "cross harp") to play it right. You have to
learn much more than that to play well, but basically you're playing a C
harmonica in the key of G. Without getting into too much theory, the G blues
scale (with bent notes - something else you have to learn) is on the 1-6 holes
of the C harp, and the bent notes are on the draws. It's too late for me to
post much more, but do some web searches on blues harmonica lessons.

Adam Gussow (kudzurunner) has tons of great YouTube lessons, and so do others.
I wish I had YouTube over 20 years ago when I first started playing!

(Gwynn/13008) Nope, it has flats and such. Here's a guy supposedly giving gre...

Gwynn@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:02:00 -0500

Nope, it has flats and such.  Here's a guy supposedly giving great harmonica
lessons.

http://www.youtube.com/kudzurunner

This page has links to other lessons and some of his own, though he doesn't
cover what the blues scale is.

http://www.bluesharp.ca/lessons/harmonica_lessons.html

Here's the basic blues scale in C.  C - Eb - F - Gb - G - Bb - C

(Boogie With Stu/13007) Same pentatonic scale my mom thinks makes her windchimes sound o...

Boogie With Stu@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:17:00 -0500

Same pentatonic scale my mom thinks makes her windchimes sound oriental?
(i.e., ditch the four and seven out of the scale)  Or do you mean a different
set of five notes from the major scale?

(Gwynn/13006) No. There are people here who can give you much better info but...

Gwynn@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:11:00 -0500

No.  There are people here who can give you much better info but the blues is
pentatonic, five notes to the scale, so you don't need a chromatic anything.

(Boogie With Stu/13005) I got a diatonic C-major harmonica as a little present from my o...

Boogie With Stu@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:01:00 -0500

I got a diatonic C-major harmonica as a little present from my old man recently
- nothing fancy, just a $6 model or something.

It's been kinda fun sounding out folk songs and biergarten polkas on it, but
I'd like to be able to play something grittier.  Am I going to have to go
chromatic in order to play significant blues riffs on it?

(Lammam P Yrruf/13004) Yeah I was kinda joking. You have to admit there's some serious...

Lammam P Yrruf@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:32:00 -0500

Yeah I was kinda joking.  You have to admit there's some serious irony there.

((Unknown ISCABBS User)/13003) Blues festivals can be pretty damn expensive to put on. I know t...

(Unknown ISCABBS User)@rss.iscabbs.com — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:28:00 -0500

Blues festivals can be pretty damn expensive to put on. I know that from
experience.

(Lammam P Yrruf/13002) Shit. We're too poor to afford the BLUES?

Lammam P Yrruf@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:18:00 -0500

Shit.  We're too poor to afford the BLUES?

(Gespalder/13001) I don't usually read this forum but thougth I'd pass this along

Gespalder@rss.iscabbs.com — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:15:00 -0500

I don't usually read this forum but thougth I'd pass this along

There will be no Rhythm and Ribs Festival in Kansas City in 2009 due to the
economic climate.

((Unknown ISCABBS User)/13000) the complete decca recordings is one my favorites. but for songs...

(Unknown ISCABBS User)@rss.iscabbs.com — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:10:00 -0600

the complete decca recordings is one my favorites. but for songs: my man, in my
solitude, ain't nobody's business if I do, ... good stuff.

(Steppenwolf/12999) Anyone have a favorite Billie Holiday album I should download?

Steppenwolf@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:29:00 -0600

Anyone have a favorite Billie Holiday album I should download?

((Unknown ISCABBS User)/12998) Cadillac Records opened today. If you haven't heard about it, it...

(Unknown ISCABBS User)@rss.iscabbs.com — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:01:00 -0600

Cadillac Records opened today. If you haven't heard about it, it's a movie
based on the Chess Records story, and artists like Muddy Waters, Little Walter,
Chuck Berry, Etta James, Howlin' Wolf, etc. From what I've read, it's
entertaining but inaccurate (like all biopics), and the music in it is great.

((Unknown ISCABBS User)/12997) I found another video of my band on YouTube. This is from the DC...

(Unknown ISCABBS User)@rss.iscabbs.com — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:38:00 -0500

I found another video of my band on YouTube. This is from the DC Blues
Society's contest last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAw6KyaHwnE

(Calhoun/12996) Has anyone ever seen the Coryell Auger Sample Trio live? As son...

Calhoun@rss.iscabbs.com — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:30:00 -0500

Has anyone ever seen the Coryell Auger Sample Trio live?  As sons of three of
the greatest jazz musicians of their generation, I'd assume these guys are
worth seeing for $10.  Just curious about what they play, and if they cover any
of their fathers' works?