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God that piano player hurts my ears.
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I think the pianist was liking Monk in that period
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Ben's in the pocket. The pianist could brush up on the chords changes.
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cool harmonies. not Duke.
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Ben, you're the king.
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Beautiful! One of my favourite Billy Strayhorn songs.. (I've always liked the name - "stray horn") Nothing stray about Big Ben's horn though.. what a sound, no-one sounded like this guy . One of my first jazz albums years ago was the classic Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster, and they played this tune to perfection..
Great posting
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Thank you-- Gorgeous! Love Ben Webster, and I love Billy Strayhorn (sp?). The Edward Hopper of music. Thanks again.
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Beautiful sond
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Notice Ben doesn't bury the microphone in the bell of his horn- this shows he comes from an earlier Era- and plays with a full tone from the time when there were no stage microphones. Playing off mic gives much more freedom to his, and his contemporaries' expressiveness. I've seen Masters such as Johnny Hodges, and younger musicians like Hank Crawford and Don Menza, use this same approach in club appearances at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago. Study the microphone technique of Sarah Vaughan!
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Makes me want to drink gin and dance...real slow. *sigh*
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AlvarezCutaway 2 years ago 16
This is a gem. A carefully crafted masterpiece.
UltraMN 1 year ago 6