ONE OF THE GREATEST JAZZ LINE-UPS OF ALL TIME

Ever been with someone who talks too much, goes on and on? How B O R I N G is that? Well that is what jazz sounds like if we fill up all the space with notes. We need tension and release lads.

I'm on about leaving time, no hurry, this week. Listen to the spaces in this recording. None of them are in a hurry, but particularly Monk and Gillespie. Neither are afraid of silence. Particularly Gillespie, renowned as one of the fastest jazz players ever.

Thelonius Monk has lots of time, no hurry, he makes space. Dizzy Gillespie, he has no hurry in the opening song either. Also he is playing like Monk echoing him with those odd intervals. Very clever. Gillespie has no problem with putting in long silences in between some very fast runs. Listen to his unaccompanied solo starting at 26 minutes, and to his space at minute 29.

Art Blakey drums, Sonny Stitt alto. Danish born, Kai Winding trombone, for me, always the best with JJ Johnson. How do you get all those notes with just two bits of metal sliding into one another?

But for me it is a collection of individual soloists, wonderful as they are, they just take turns. No Interplay. Few harmonies. Just picking up their cheques at the end of the gig. But they are, were, the Greats.

Geoff, any ideas for our Jazz Show with this one?

WORKSHOP SUNDAY
We will play How Insensitive and The End of a Love Affair together, using Geoff's charts. See how we get on. Separate email on that.

Also bring sheets for:

Autumn in New York in F con
Beautiful Friendship in C
Beautiful Love Dm con.
Billie's Bounce f#7 con

John

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