A Revisit to "I Remember Clifford" - Oscar Peterson
Jul 13, 2020 09:57:40 #
georad wrote:
Oscar was so talented beyond belief. His rendition of this beautiful song is powerful. Many thanks.
georad
georad
My pleasure. His speed, dexterity and creative improvisations are unmatched.
Mark
Jul 13, 2020 10:05:15 #
And this version from the Modern Jazz Quartet's European Tour double album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtFZZDQAOyg&feature=emb_title
The Oscar Peterson version reminds me of one of my favorite radio shows of my high school years. In Rochester, NY, the local TV weatherman, Will Moyle, also had a jazz radio program that was the background to my homework. Peterson, a friend of his, wrote the program's theme song, "According to Moyle." The show featured interviews with musicians who often passed through town, and every year he'd make a long-distance call to Peterson in Montreal for an on air conversation. Some of the talk was about music, but much involved getting caught up on each other's families. Rather than feeling voyeuristic, it just made clear what nice people these were.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtFZZDQAOyg&feature=emb_title
The Oscar Peterson version reminds me of one of my favorite radio shows of my high school years. In Rochester, NY, the local TV weatherman, Will Moyle, also had a jazz radio program that was the background to my homework. Peterson, a friend of his, wrote the program's theme song, "According to Moyle." The show featured interviews with musicians who often passed through town, and every year he'd make a long-distance call to Peterson in Montreal for an on air conversation. Some of the talk was about music, but much involved getting caught up on each other's families. Rather than feeling voyeuristic, it just made clear what nice people these were.
Jul 13, 2020 10:08:51 #
markngolf wrote:
Last week I posted a link to Lee Morgan's "I ... (show quote)
Oscar was one of the greats! This is a *fine* piece.
If you enjoy that, look for Art Tatum’s works — the Zenph Studios Album, *Piano Starts Here* is amazing.
Jul 13, 2020 10:28:41 #
Bridges wrote:
It is said that one of the reasons the Beatles' mu... (show quote)
Agreed. I have many Beatles albums.
*Yes* took that concept to another entire dimension! Their music is the most complex, mentally challenging and moving I’ve ever heard. Pardon me for throwing you off the high dive:
https://youtu.be/sOz5w8Lb1m4
There is a LIVE version of *Gates of Delirium* from 2001 which is accompanied by a symphony orchestra (also on YouTube, as an incredibly well produced video, in three parts).
Jul 13, 2020 10:29:54 #
burkphoto wrote:
Oscar was one of the greats! This is a *fine* piece.
If you enjoy that, look for Art Tatum’s works — the Zenph Studios Album, *Piano Starts Here* is amazing.
If you enjoy that, look for Art Tatum’s works — the Zenph Studios Album, *Piano Starts Here* is amazing.
I often felt Tatum was a mentor (in spirit) of Peterson. Amazing pianists!
Thanks, Bill!
Mark
Jul 13, 2020 10:48:22 #
markngolf wrote:
I often felt Tatum was a mentor (in spirit) of Peterson. Amazing pianists!
Thanks, Bill!
Mark
Thanks, Bill!
Mark
Damn, I miss working in mid-1970s college radio! So many albums, so little time. We had 10 hours of jazz on the air each week, plus 30 hours of classical. That was along with “almost anything else,” (rock, folk, blues, bluegrass, soul, beach, pop, African percussion, punk, polka, disco, experimental synth...). The music department professors were offended daily by the variety! They eventually got their way... since 1978, the station is all classical, despite the fact that most music in existence has been written and recorded since 1877, and the modern audience for classical is about 2% of the population — on a good day.
Jul 13, 2020 10:49:12 #
Well done Mark. It is obvious that Oscar had spent many years "deep in the shed" as they say. He has such amazing talent and speed that only comes with years of discipline and practice. He is the mechanic like no one else. He owns that piano.
The second recording of I Remember Clifford was also superb and the lead trumpet was excellent and with such feeling.
Oscar Peterson gives such a tribute to Clifford Brown and Benny Golson.
You have aced it again, three times actually.
Bill
The second recording of I Remember Clifford was also superb and the lead trumpet was excellent and with such feeling.
Oscar Peterson gives such a tribute to Clifford Brown and Benny Golson.
You have aced it again, three times actually.
Bill
Jul 13, 2020 11:37:39 #
burkphoto wrote:
Damn, I miss working in mid-1970s college radio! S... (show quote)
In the 50's I used to listen to Symphony Sid (Sid Torin) broadcasting live from Birdland. Talk about the "good old days"!!
Finally, in 53' (I was 16) my HS buddies & I rode the Penn Railroad to NYC for a few days and stayed in The Hotel Bryant. One night we went to Birdland, my first of a few visits to the icon jazz nightclub.
Thanks,
Mark
Jul 13, 2020 11:42:05 #
markngolf wrote:
Last week I posted a link to Lee Morgan's "I ... (show quote)
I like the chord progressions he used a lot. I wish he'd had a horn to play the lead or a soft sax. instead of all those arpegios he was running....it distracted me from the score and ruined the mood for me....artistically.
His prowess on the 88's is clearly undisputed though. Thanks Mark.
Jul 13, 2020 11:43:20 #
markngolf wrote:
In the 50's I used to listen to Symphony Sid (Sid Torin) broadcasting live from Birdland. Talk about the "good old days"!!
Finally, in 53' (I was 16) my HS buddies & I rode the Penn Railroad to NYC for a few days and stayed in The Hotel Bryant. One night we went to Birdland, my first of a few visits to the icon jazz nightclub.
Thanks,
Mark
Finally, in 53' (I was 16) my HS buddies & I rode the Penn Railroad to NYC for a few days and stayed in The Hotel Bryant. One night we went to Birdland, my first of a few visits to the icon jazz nightclub.
Thanks,
Mark
Those were the heydays of Jazz. I sometimes wish I’d been there. I was born in 1955 and until college, lived in areas where great live music wasn’t really available.
Jul 13, 2020 11:44:39 #
Bill Mauritania wrote:
Well done Mark. It is obvious that Oscar had spent... (show quote)
Thanks, Bill!! You are obviously an admirer of Oscar, jazz fan and knowledgeable. One does not "magically" play quality jazz. It takes years of dedicated practice, as you mentioned, "in the shed"!
Mark
Jul 13, 2020 11:44:43 #
Blair Shaw Jr wrote:
I like the chord progressions he used a lot. I wish he'd had a horn to play the lead or a soft sax. instead of all those arpegios he was running....it distracted me from the score and ruined the mood for me....artistically.
His prowess on the 88's is clearly undisputed though. Thanks Mark.
His prowess on the 88's is clearly undisputed though. Thanks Mark.
Add Stan Getz and John Coltrane...
Jul 13, 2020 11:49:38 #
burkphoto wrote:
Those were the heydays of Jazz. I sometimes wish I’d been there. I was born in 1955 and until college, lived in areas where great live music wasn’t really available.
I certainly understand that wish. However, you have other valuable and memorable music experiences.
Mark
Jul 13, 2020 11:51:05 #
Jul 13, 2020 11:52:07 #
burkphoto wrote:
Add Stan Getz and John Coltrane...
Yes , by all means and no disrespect intended. That ear produced some of the greatest Jazz artists that ever lived.
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