[HAM] Definitive jazz organ recording

[Bill Coe]

On Sep 1, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Markus Lind wrote:

> Organfreak schrieb:
>> A definitive
>> recording, IMO, uses the Jimmy Smith-style of playing organ bass
>
> I _totally_ agree with Scott here since it's exactly my
> ideal conception of a B-3 too and I love the 'stock'(?)
> sound of (well maintained) B-3 organs from the 50s and early
> 60s.
>
>
> otherwise -
>
> maybe it's hard to impress 16-25 year old students with
> Jimmy Smith's fantastic Blue Note recordings, Joe Bucci's
> Wild About Basie!, John Buzons's Inferno!, Larry Young,
> Larry Goldings, Groove Holmes, Jack McDuff, Earl Grant,
> Jackie Davis, Rick Wakeman, Brian Auger, Jon Lord, Charles
> Earland, Tony Monaco, Joey DeFrancesco, Papa John, Dick
> Hyman or Lonnie Smith and all the numerous other cats...
> must stop here :-)

I'm not trying to impress them--I just want them to hear the  
different instruments and start to think like a jazz listener--to  
listen for the bass player nuances, tone differences in sax players,  
stuff like that.  In the case of organ, to hear how comping is  
different than with piano, how playing your own bass allows for more  
chord substitutions.  That way, when they go to hear jazz they can be  
active listeners and appreciate the players' skills.

>
> I have no clue but perhaps Bill's students never have heard
> of Jimi Hendrix or Bob Marley and are usually more into MTV,
> VIVA, R'n B, Metal, Stoner Rock, Tech House, Downbeat,
> Electronica or even more 'evil' styles' but probably not
> jazz aficionados or even music connoisseurs.

Actually, I find it amazing how many of my students aren't just  
familiar with Hendrix, et. al., but are active listeners.  Last  
semester in Electronic Music I had students bringing in AC/DC and  
stuff like that to loop.  But, my best student did a killer loop  
piece of a Miles Davis piece.