Jazz sped up my clock

[Alan H]

If you're ever in San Antonio, go down to the Riverwalk and catch the Jim Culum jazz band. Jim owns a club right on the water, and he gets the best traditional jazz players, both the old, old guys who are left and the folks who've learned from the recordings to come in and play.

When I was there in 2002 for a conference, I'd leave the conference at 5:00 and head straight for the club, and stay until 1:00 AM. From 5:00 - 7:30 it was nearly abandoned, I was the only guy in the place several times and I talked to the players quite a bit....had some long chats with the clarinet player. Wonderful.

San Antonio, Texas...Riverwalk.

Check Public Radio for Jim Cullums show.

[Alan H]

Alan you would love to listen to My Kind of Jazz with Jeff Healey on Jazz FM 91 the music he plays goes from 1900-1940's

I often have KCSM....http://www.kcsm.org

playing here.

IN the mid 1980's I was teaching biology at the College of San Mateo. In the mornings I'd have class and in the afternoons 90% of the students would leave campus. I'd sit in my office with my feet up, KCSM on the radio, and work up lesson plans and grade papers.

Good days, those were.

I played at their Jazz on the Hill Festival, once.... THAT was a thrill...the "CSM All-Stars", with Fred Berry, Ellington Alumnus on trumpet, and yours truly on clarinet. What a gas.

[Alan H]

Somewhere I have some MP3's from my band from the late 1990's...1999 I think. I oughtta post 'em. The piano player is fantastic, makes me look like a hack.

[ccga3359]

I've often tried to get into Jazz and found some of it fantastic and some not so. I wish I could stick to my easy listening like the stuff my mum had on the kitchen radio in England in the late sixty's, early seventies. It seems nobody seems to take the time to listen to radio anymore except in the car in traffic.

[Alan H]

I've often tried to get into Jazz and found some of it fantastic and some not so. I wish I could stick to my easy listening like the stuff my mum had on the kitchen radio in England in the late sixty's, early seventies. It seems nobody seems to take the time to listen to radio anymore except in the car in traffic.

Of course! Some rock is wonderful, and some isn't. Some rock crosses boundaries, ignites ideas, causes sparks, and some doesn't. Some bands do basically the same things over and over again. They may be very good at that one thing, but they don't explore any new things, don't push any limits, don't look ahead.

But some, do.

[Kilted_John]

Brubeck is definitely a favorite...

Most of the time, I'm listening to KEXP 90.3 FM <http://www.kexp.org> when I'm listening to FM radio... They have a pretty decent jazz show that occurs from midnight-2am PST on Sunday nights. Also have many other specialty shows during the evenings and weekends. The rest of the time, the music is a variety of stuff, ranging from rock, to world music, to jazz, to blues, etc... Well-worth a listen.

-J

[beloitpiper]

Now, here's the composer of the music from Black Orpheus, playing Desafinado with American tenor saxophonist Stan Getz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LTQt...eature=related

Did you see the movie "Black Orpheus"? You youngsters who haven't seen that movie...SEE IT... Rent it. The music is *Incredible*. Sure, it doesn't have the snazzy special effects of star wars, but watch it and listen. Understand where it came from, the time...all of that. It'd be a great date with your boy/girlfriend.

Yeah, Jobim is amazing. Have you heard his recordings with Sinatra? Even better, in my opinion, is Vince Guaraldi's take on the soundtrack. Wow. Just...wow. He's my favorite pianist (Charlie Brown, anyone?), and I think Jazz Impressions on Black Orpheus is my favorite album of his.

[Arlen]

Sounds good to me.
I tend to prefer Lionel Hampton and Humphrey Lyttleton, though.

[Chase]

If you're ever in San Antonio, go down to the Riverwalk and catch the Jim Culum jazz band. Jim owns a club right on the water, and he gets the best traditional jazz players, both the old, old guys who are left and the folks who've learned from the recordings to come in and play.

When I was there in 2002 for a conference, I'd leave the conference at 5:00 and head straight for the club, and stay until 1:00 AM. From 5:00 - 7:30 it was nearly abandoned, I was the only guy in the place several times and I talked to the players quite a bit....had some long chats with the clarinet player. Wonderful.

San Antonio, Texas...Riverwalk.

Check Public Radio for Jim Cullums show.

If I could just get passed Durty Nelly's Pub, then I would make it to Jim Cullum's show...Maybe I should go there first...Thanks for the tip.

Chase