[HAM] Definitive jazz organ recording

[David Damroze]

On Sep 1, 2006, at 3:39 PM, Bill Coe wrote:

>
> 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
................... loop? .............................
> piece of a Miles Davis piece.
>
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