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I have to say this guy is fantastic, and his style is out of this world. I don’t know if you’ll like this clip, but I love it. It’s 6 full minutes of Mark Guiliana going mad playing the drums.

I recently found out about him while listening to the wonderful album Continuo, by Avishai Cohen. That one is a fantastic album (if you like Jazz). Proof: a video

Repeat after me:

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“Minnie the Moocher” is a jazz song first recorded in 1930 by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, selling over 1 million copies. “Minnie the Moocher” is most famous for its nonsensical ad libbed (”scat”) lyrics (for example, “Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi”). In performances, Calloway would have the audience participate by repeating each scat phrase in a form of call and response, eventually Calloway’s phrases would become so long and complex that the audience would laugh at their own failed attempts to repeat them.

“Minnie the Moocher” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

It’s been a while since we had some music on this blog, so I thought we could have some today. Something cool, something awesome, some of a favorite of mine. Mr. Buddy. Rich..

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From 1971. Pat LaBarbera on tenor, and Jeff Stout on trumpet. The mute Jeff was using started to fall out of his trumpet and Lin Biviano pulled it out. A great arrangement

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I had a lot to drink last night, but woke up in a great mood today. So, why not some Buddy Rich, as it’s cool, it’s genius, and it has so much energy. Great video of this master. Enjoy!

Oscar Brown Jr. introduces Jimmy Smith, the guy who invented Hammond organ jazz. If you start watching the video, keep in mind it’s like 25 minutes.

I hope you don’t mind. I’m no jazz expert, I just enjoy this ‘genre’ as much as many others, and just wanted to share with you some great music.

I just found this at smashingtelly, a great blog that is all about posting videos, but not any kind of videos. According to their introduction:

Smashing Telly is a hand edited collection of the best free, instantly available TV on the web. Not 30 second clips of a dog on a skateboard, or the millionth person to mime the Numa song, but full length programs. Smashing Telly, not Gimmick Telly.
Many of the items that I’ll be putting up on a regular basis are documentaries, since thats what tends to be out there at the moment.

Anyway, enjoy

John Coltrane,Stan Getz,Oscar Peterson,Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, in Rifftide, European Tv, 1960.

Gene Krupa on TV in 1966

Pretty cool, amazingly cool. And here’s another fun jazzy video

Many consider Krupa to be the most influential drummer of the 20th century, particularly with regard to the development of the drum kit.

Krupa’s main influence began in the 1930s with his collaboration with the Slingerland drum company, but he had already made history in 1927 as the first kit drummer ever to record using a bass drum pedal. His drum method was published in 1938 and immediately became the standard text.

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April 2, 1959 on The Robert Herridge Theater Show, CBS Studio 61, Manhattan NY with Miles Davis, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb (trombones at final chorus: Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Bill Elton), And, of course, John Coltrane.

Some jazz for you today, hope you enjoy it!