Writing on history of our own lifetime cannot avoid touching on politically sensitive matters, but my agenda is only about history.
I am a Dane who happened to be a member of Holbæk Jazzklub until I moved out of that little town after finishing our equivalent of the US high school. In that club I have heard Oscar Peterson with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen Stuff Smith with a local trio, my classmate Lars Rørbech on piano Earl Hines solo And my memory could come up with more if it hadn’t a dull spot with names. I missed out on Dexter Gordon and Zoot Zims, but at least DG lived in Denmark for years. The reason for all those American jazz musicians living and touring in Europe wasn’t about negligence of their music in the US. It was about US drug laws and for the younger players about not going to Viet Nam. Denmark took the opportunity in form of the Jazz Restaurant Montmartre, the formation of a new Kenton sized 20 members strong radio big band giving work to arrangers, conductors, and soloists, and then there were recording freaks with (for the period) high end equipment. Since then our drug laws have caught up and we fight the same wars as the US. Klaus >________________________________ >From: Chuck Israels <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 10:24 PM >Subject: Re: [Finale] Jazz piano dvds > > >On May 26, 2011, at 1:05 PM, John Spicknall wrote: > >> There are a lot of jazz piano dvds out there, I'll list a few of my >> favorites that I think are available from Netflix as well as from >> other commercial concerns. [they are listed in random order] >> Ray Bryant '77 "Norman Granz Jazz in Montreux >> Bill Evans: Live in '64-'75 [Sweden/France/Denmark] > >(I'm playing on some of these.) > >> The Jazz Channel Presents: Herbie Hancock--BET on Jazz >> Bill Evans Trio: The Oslo Concerts [1966 and 1980] including Nardis, >> Stella, Autumn Leaves >> Oscar Peterson Trio: Live in '63, '64, & '65 [in Sweden, Denmark and >> Finland with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen] >> Keith Jarrett Standards Two Live in Tokyo [1986] with Peacock and Dejohnette >> Keith Jarrett Standard One Live in Tokyo [1985] >> Chick Corea "Rendezvous in New York" Acoustic Band [with Pattitucci >> and Weckl] ca. 20?? >> Thelonious Monk: Live in '66-Norway/Sweden [qt with Charlie Rouse, >> Larry Gales and Ben Riley] >> Count Basie: Live in '62 [jazz icon series] --recently discovered >> concert in Sweden >> >> When I look over the above list, I find it strange that a high >> majority of these outstanding performances of an American music were >> not performed in America. Maybe a statement of how Americans value >> this music???? > >Powerful evidence, seems to me (unfortunately). > >Chuck > > > >> >> John Spicknall >> On 5/26/11, David McKay <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If you are a jazz piano fan, can you suggest any dvds that would be worth >>> showing to my piano students, please? >>> >>> Thanks for any help list members can give. >>> >>> David McKay >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >> >> >> -- >> John Spicknall D.M.A. >> 640 West Krislynn Woods Ave. >> West Terre Haute, In 47885 >> 812-535-1226 >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > >Chuck Israels >1310 NW Naito Parkway #807 >Portland, OR 97209-3162 >phone: (503) 926-7952 >cell phone: (360) 201-3434 >www.chuckisraels.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
