Mairead's Music Part (I forget) Jazz / Big Band Edition

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Mairead's Music: Part Sept -Jazz / Big Band Edition

1. Billie Holiday

-...pioneered a new way of manipulating wording and tempo, and also popularized a more personal and intimate approach to singing...

Summertime-

http://www.youtube.com/v/n4PSju9HYwU

2. Charles Mingus

-First of all, awesome name, secondly, even awesomer bassist, composer, and pianist.

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat-

http://www.youtube.com/v/TU_RxWXijz0

3. Chet Baker

-One of my favorite musicians / singers. His voice is so strange and smooth.

My favorite song by him is "Blue Room" but it's damn near impossible to find, so here is "Let's Get Lost"

http://www.youtube.com/v/Q0ZBaZoBCaA

4. Duke Ellington

-Described his music as "American Music" despite being named one of the most influential figures in jazz.

Satin Doll-

http://www.youtube.com/v/SDDCzb3dv_Y


5. George Gershwin

- Called the "King of Jazz". I don't know about that, but "Rhapsody in Blue" is amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/v/jl0ZvLoHvfg

6. Ella Fitzgerald

-Known as the "First Lady of Song" and one of the most influential jazz vocalists.

Angel Eyes- (Chet Baker does a great version of this one too)

http://www.youtube.com/v/6m6vtHIXzF8

7. Benny Goodman

-The King of Swing

Stompin' At The Savoy-

http://www.youtube.com/v/4rifhroClGI

8. Jamie Cullum

-So some might disagree with him being on this list at all, if they can even remember his one-hit "All At Sea" in 2003 off the album "Twentysomething". He's more jazz-pop than anything, and his original songs are just alright, but he covers a lot of songs and jazzifies them like NERD's "Frontin'" for one, and my favorite "Wind Cries Mary"

Frontin'- (I don't get this video montage, but just listen to the song)

http://www.youtube.com/v/0Qnc10wGSXs

Wind Cries Mary

http://www.youtube.com/v/Y4x-vLDwyqQ

9. John Coltrane

Favorite Things -

http://www.youtube.com/v/I_n-gRS_wdI

10. Miles Davis

-Considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th centery

Miles Ahead-
http://www.youtube.com/v/zQHP77FJOH4

11. Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto

-I saved the best for last. If you like jazz at all, you need to own the Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto Live at Carnegie Hall albums.

Un Braco No Bronfa
http://www.youtube.com/v/HAlbulvelFU

 

[melanie2]

ah very nice list...and Ella's voice..so smooth...i have to retract my former statement about female singers..as i had forgotten Karen Carpenter...and the like..

my father loved jazz...he was a drum enthusiast..had his own set..loved Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich...he would sit through the movie "Best Years of Our Lives" just for the brief cameo of Gene Krupa..

mom and dad once saw Louis Armstrong live when he visited my hometown in the sixties..

i grew up listening to the Big Band sound...