OK, Hardcore jazz fan am I ...

... Who else???

It is almost ALL I'll drive w/, it calms me more than classical ...

... And expands not only my mind, but my very soul!

I'm extremely old skool in my knowledge and taste ...

Miles Davis is my very, VERY favourite ... Along w/ John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, CannonBall Adderley, yanno the drill ... on and on ...

... Love Les Paul, Sergio Mendez and Herb Albert too ...

Lay down your links, fav pieces, dearest musicians, whatevs ...

Let's go from ... Then to Now and Back again ...

... To THE very heart of the source ...

... I'd LOVE to be turned onto even more of my current touchstone, GREAT Brazilian Jazz!

Slow, Anyone?

If ya have never gotten off on jazz, or it is your THANG ...

Lie back and close your eyes w/ these, get off and melt away ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpvpyb-PXM0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYqcMOKF4qM&feature=related

So What - Jonh Coltrane and Miles Davis, etc ... Kind of Blue Session

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjwVwASlVn4&feature=related


Ohhhhhhh, heeeeeeelllllllllllllllllll ... YEAH!!! ...

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Tangerine Video 1967

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82zmuzDM7d4

Schmaltz does NOT get ANY better than this ...

... My childhood, my ocean, my family ...


...

... Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass-More and More Amor ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpK0QizBADU

Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 - Look of Love ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSlnRwxed9c&feature=PlayList&p=25A16A0CA3787EDC&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=27

Jazz and Blues, Babay ...

... Summertime ...

(... My friend has the original song pencilled on notebook paper by Gershwin, her Father~in~law's best childhood friend ... )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N090STPx-2M&feature=related

Oh ... Framed and hung in great place of honour in her home ...


Must be worth a mint! More precious than gold to her ...

John Coltrane :~ Alabama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j_TDoOPnIA&feature=related

Dave Brubeck - Take Five ... Just take 5 ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJE92phKzI&feature=related

Dave Brubeck - Take The 'A' Train - 1966

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbUklDXdH2o&feature=related

Duke Ellington - Take the A Train (Ella Fitzgerald)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhK-zYfFsIY&feature=related

Joe Pass - Satin Doll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyjQv52Nzno&feature=related


Duke Ellington - Satin Doll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDDCzb3dv_Y&feature=related

Charles Mingus ~ Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXcRFAJDF0c&feature=related

John McLaughlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSybXLofaDM&feature=related

Jeff Beck - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat / Brush With the Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ej3BdMpgZw&feature=related

... Just noticed the initial link was broken ...


And SO many greats I've yet to name ...

They'll all reveal themselves in future posts ...

... Gawd, youtube rocks, such gratitude have I!!!

... Gotta get to the Brazilian Jazzzzzzzzzzzz too ...

Billy Taylor, Duke Ellington and Willie the Lion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCug5HG9jLg&feature=fvw


See? Jazz is da real thang schizzzzzzzzzzz ...

... Accept NO substitutions ... Drive into da heart of da wild night!

Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli ...Minor Swing ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmOTGungnA

Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli ...Gypsy Jazz ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6kDCwc7II&feature=related

Crusader's,Donald Bird,Freddie Hubbard,Bobby Humphery,Charles Earland, Minnie Riperton,Anita Baker,Chuck Loeb,Peter White

Benny Golson - Killer Joe ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW641zgPOqQ&feature=related

The Manhattan Transfer live in Leverkusen 2006 ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPWAFCJZXlA&feature=related