Jazz and Blues Lounge

Some More Music to Watch and Hear

by balaspa on January 9th, 2008

I can’t get enough of YouTube.  I shouldn’t write about them so much, I suppose and you can just as easily spend half your day doing searches there like I have been doing.  Still, I am trying to save you some time and effort by pointing you to the great jazz performances.

Not long ago I wrote about the man who called himself the “inventor of jazz” Jelly Roll Morton.  Well, there isn’t any video of him that I can find, but you can still listen to his music at YouTube.  Click right HERE and hear one of his classic compositions, performed in 1926. 

How about some footage, in black and white, of the great Thelonius Monk performing his classic piece “Blue Monk?’  Well, yeah, you can find that by clicking right HERE.

The only thing missing from that Monk piece is the names of his side men, which is something most jazz fans like to know.  It was once told to me that were you to buy all of Miles Davis’ CDs and then buy at least one album from each of his side men, you would have a truly solid and outstanding jazz collection.

Want to see what Earl “Fatha” Hines looked like?  How about hearing him play in Berlin in 1965?  Well, you can do that by clicking right HERE. 

By clicking HERE you can check out a performance of Julian “Cannonball” Adderly recorded in 1964 for BBC television.

OK, I think that should keep you satisfied for now.  Will I post more?  Probably, I will post more later this week.  I am just having too much fun not only finding these recordings, but watching them and listening to them. 

Is it possible for someone to reach the end of YouTube?  Probably not, but it will sure be fun to try.

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