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(loooooong post continued) The limits of hard bop were more typically chronic (i.e. playing the same songs night after night for years), than acute like Gonsalves at Newport, but they were very real. Hard bop is a music of artists pushing themselves and each other into new territory and, for a...

(loooong post continued): Musically, the typical listener finds hard bop is to be more accessible than bebop. While bebop is an intellectualized form of music made primarily for other musicians, hard bop is made with listeners in mind (both listeners in the band and in the audience). I...

A good rule of thumb is that bebop tends to have more complex chord sequences and shorter solos, while hard bop tends to have less complicated chord sequences and longer solos. A much longer take on it: Today, we might use the terms “album,” “record,” “LP,” and “vinyl” interchangeably when...

I think you're right and that's a great (and succinct) way to explain the problem with bebop from an artist's standpoint. I put a much less succinct piece on the facebook page about the same topic: The conscious decisions that went into the creation of bebop as a style that was characterized...

It's a great album. Christian McBride is a monster bassist. If he's not already on your radar, you should check out Jimmy Bruno (Philadelphia-based legendary guitarist) live some time.

Sorry. Didn't bother to check your location. This one is in the UK: https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/916630819

I had also assumed they had some new content that was going to be pushed out periodically as some sort of jazz/Blue Note education project. When that didn't seem to be happening, I thought we could make it happen on our own. I think with some tweaks, they could really improve the fb experience...

IMO a good value in Bill Evans (and other Riverside artists) is the Milestone "twofer" series. Here is an all-analog reissue of both days at the Village Vanguard in Mint condition for $25: https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/890799459 For whatever reason, it was common to change the names of the...

You m You must be from Philly! Speaking of jawns, have you checked out Christian McBride's New Jawn?

I'm glad the video was helpful! Which one was it? Let me know if there are other topics you'd be interested in.

I must have missed that! I'm not affiliated with (or compensated by) VMP in any way. Just trying to create some content on the fb that either helps people gain a foothold into the music and/or promotes dialogue about the music.

Hi there. I tried to do something akin to what you mentioned, but it got buried pretty fast by other posts. In case you didn't see it, here it is: How is this bebop? Like many of you, I held off on listening to any of the albums until I had the Blue Note Anthology records to hear (I wasn't...

Somehow I missed the creation of this thread, so I'm just hopping on. I am happy to create some dialogue/content around something you (or anyone else) might be interested in. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!

The major issue for some subscribers was that the back of the jacket was the CD remaster artwork, complete with wrong credits about digital remastering, etc., instead of the original notes by Leonard Feather. Some subscribers were also upset that the quality of the image on the front wasn't as...

It is a compilation of 10" sides but the running order of the original 10" LPs is Safari then Ecaroh, which is a really aggressive open to a first solo album! That open 5th that Horace Silver loves to play in the left hand is his calling card, I guess. You can hear it in a more refined way...

Anyone else a Newvelle Records season 4 subscriber? I just got the Greg Tardy & Bill Frisell album and am really digging it!

Genre: Jazz Subgenre: Cool jazz/West Coast jazz The bandleader does not play a solo. For most of the five-and-a-half minutes of the song, he alternates between two simple chords. Likewise, the bassist eschews the typical insistent thump-thump-thump-thump rhythm for a series very simple three...

Genre: Jazz Subgenre: Bebop (continued) Ready to dive into the mechanics of the song itself? No musical background required! If you read the previous piece on in-groups and out-groups, you’ll recall that the roots of bebop are intentionally exclusionary. While us listeners may not be able to...

Genre: Jazz Subgenre: Bebop Bebop is a style of performing music, and any song can be played in a bebop style. One aspect of the particular aesthetic of bebop is to play long passages of notes in a rapid, steady succession. The quickness and evenness of the notes gives bebop a characteristic...

This is a space to share your love of a particular style (hip hop, thrash metal, industrial, bluegrass, or whatever!), artist, or album. What do you like about the music? What can you share with people here to help us discover new things in the music?