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Discovering Jazz

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  • Larry The Radio Guy and the listener discover jazz together.
    © 2017 Discovering Jazz
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  • Archives, Episode 53: The Jazz Solo, Part 2

    Archives, Episode 53: The Jazz Solo, Part 2
    Apr 16 2024
    Another really fascinating episode from 5 years ago. This time I explore some of the controversies around two jazz solos. The first one is Tommy Flanagan’s solo on Coltrane’s Giant Steps. One jazz writer stated ““With Giant Steps Coltrane supplanted Cherokee as the litmus test for aspiring improvisers, packing so many harmonic substitutions into one progression that at first blush, consummate pianist Tommy Flanagan could barely eke his way through the changes”. So how bad was Flanagan’s solo? And was Coltrane’s solo so powerful that it could cause us to experience vertigo? Then there’s the controversy around Cannonball Adderly’s solo in Miles (aka Milestones). Fred Hersch said it ‘shone’. And another writer said he ‘struggled’ because he tried to play it like bebop rather than like modal music. You be the judge. Other solos featured are by Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Guido Basso, Ornette Coleman, Sara
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Archives: Episode 52, The Jazz Solo Part 1

    Archives: Episode 52, The Jazz Solo Part 1
    Apr 9 2024
    You just finished listening to Parts 4, 5, and 6 of The Jazz Solo. Now, as I take a bit of a break, lets go back five years and hear Parts 1, 2, and 3. The first episode was probably the best of the bunch. Why don’t we all say ‘so what’ to Miles Davis’s most highly renowned jazz solo? And the other great solos in that piece of work as well. Then there’s Louis Armstrong’s and Johnny Dodd’s solos in Potato Head Blues. I also play raved about solos by Paul Bley, Oliver Nelson, John Coltrane, and Israel Crosby.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 271: Great Solos Part 6

    Episode 271: Great Solos Part 6
    Apr 2 2024
    This is the last of my series designed to help me (and you) distinguish the difference between a ‘great’ jazz solo and a good one. Lots of great music once again from Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock (with Freddie Hubbard), Dave Brubeck, Ellas Kapell (w. Manne Skafvenstedt), Jeff Johnston Trio, Coleman Hawkins, and Hank Mobley.
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    1 hr
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