Harry "Sweets" Edison - Willow Weep For Me

He was the one in the earlier clip.

It was Lester Young who gave him his nickname, "Sweets".

 Here is another jazzcat, that almost every night sat in at the gigs, at the local JazzClub called  "Bohemia" in Malmö (Sweden) Guess who?

This jazzclub was at Regementsgatan in Malmö, and in the 70´s they had conserts at least 3 nights a week and Fridaynights it was "fusion" jam and Saturdays was for "real" jazz. You could say it was a local pub small, but always crowded both by listeners and the "students" of the Jazzhighschool or the Music-highschool as well. We were recomended by the teachers to check these guys up. These famus jazzcats (most of them) lived in Copenhagen at that time and worked both with the Danish Music Conservatory, and also with the Danish Radio Big Band. They also made many conserts at the famus Danish Jazzclub Montmartre in Copenhagen.

 

 

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Moore of these cats tomorrow.

  Today the house is still there and still has the "Folkuniversitetet" as an office. The jazzclub
 was at  the streetfloor. It is history today..

Check this picture. Click the grey line below, please.

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Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, 1988 with friends

1988  Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, and friends.

Watch this clip, here are some of the jazzcats that during the 70´s and late 80´s performed and also had some Jazzclinics at Malmö- Jazzhighschool (Sweden). I still remember some of these cats, but to us .... we didn´t know or even had heard of them at this time. And we also thougt that they were ordinary American jazz-teachers, that come over from Copenhagen to sit in at a local gig... 

If we, and I had known WHO they really were and to whom those cats had been playing with.

You wouldn´t  have dared to sit in with them.

But, these cats didn´t brag of their knowlege or who they had been playing with at all. They all found us as ordinary students or jazzlovers.

I will tell you later on who they were. Until then,

lets see if you will recognize one of these cats that was playing and had clinics in this clip ?

All the others here also made some concerts in Malmö/Sweden or Copenhagen/Denmark too.

SOUL TRAIN

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Take your time, jump on a train called SOUL TRAIN.

This is a Music Show that started in Chicago for Television.

The film is a history of American Music called SOUL.

You must have in mind that, this film also has a perspective on a problem that USA still has today, and that is segregation of White and Black people. Whatever you like it or not, its a very important part of  USA:s history. It´s more notable in the bigger citys. Still very notably in the southern states of USA today too unfortenatly. 

The style that first had its roots in Detroit (Motown) across the lake from Chicago, this music rapidly developed a lots of spinoff styles. Some were called Funky or Funk. And it was the original music that later on become popular at the discos in the USA. Note  that the "Disco-music" in Europe at this time, was far from what a Disco in USA was. In Europe it was called Euro-Disco, that had very little to do with the original Funkmusik or soulmusic , just the "backbeat". And The dancingplaces called Disco in Chicago in the 80´s was very  "Black or White only".

To me these places were places were people went and they really danced.

Almost like a dance-show. People went there for the good show at the dancefloor. The dancefloores were also built-up like a stage, with spotlights on the couples that were dancing. So far from the European Discoteques as it could be. In small clubs in smaller towns and near a University or college you could find something like the European style maybe. In NY, there was the famus, Studio 54.

Now, I do know that there are different aspects of soulmusic, what´s "soulmusic" or not, and that differs alot to many listeners. It depends on the listeners ear or mood.  The labelling of this music is not important. There is so much "undertones" of what is real soulmusic or not. So has Jazz, Blues, and R&B too to their listeners . Soulmusic could also be related to some christian churches, like Babtists in The USA then it´´s getting closer to godspell.  It´s just a matter of musical styles that are close related to each other. Some may call it "groove" or "feeling"  some might call it soul. That´s what I think.

Watch the film it has a lot of history too!

Pat Metheny Group - Here To Stay

Pat Metheny Group

If you Want to learn to play the guitar ..

Don´t look at this guy playing, because he is not playing according to the book, or your teacher. He does all the mistakes in the world that a guitarplayer shouldn´t do.

1) He holds the pick, in his hand the wrong way

2) He has the guitar too high, to get real action.

3) He holds his left thumb over the freatboard,   in a way thats wrong. 

4) He is fingerpicking at the same time as he plays the solo with a pick.

Isn´t it amazing that he could play that good?

And if you think he plays that good because of his great guitar..

Forget it!

The Size has no difference!

 

Lee Ritenour - Wild Rice

Så, då var allt inköpt...

En ny  Gitarr, en ny förstärkare och Två nya skivor för lite inspiration.

Nu ska vi se då ...

E  6:e sträng,  A : 5:e ,  D: 4: e,   G: 3:e,  B: 2:a, och E : 1.a sträng

 

..hmm

 

Då var det accorden, hur var dom nu ? Låt se ....

 

Ringfinger 3: e band 6:e sträng  och långfinger  på 2:a band med 5:e sträng och lillfinger 3:e band 1:a sträng 

Det borde bli ett G-dur  accord.... 

Fan det var ju lätt!

E, G, B, D, F och F, A, C, E  Det blir 12 med halvtonerna....

 

Skalor .. och takter  å sånt, det kan man lära av skivorna..har jag hört.

 

Noter, det får man väl lära sig sen ... det här,  det börjar ju bli kul!

 

  Får se... vilken ska jag börja med  ..?

Det får bli denna ny-gamla

John McLaughlin (Philosopher in life and music) Part III

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John McLaughlin: Piece 3: Take 6's A Quiet Place

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Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin - Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord 

Don´t let the title of the song get you wrong here, but this song swings like xxxx! 

J M is a Master!

John McLaughlin (Philosopher in life and music) Part II The Beatles

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Well,  anyone surprised?

Even to this gigant of those famus Jazzcats, The Beatles has made a great source of Inspiration.

JM a child of his time?

No way!

Check this link below out

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McLaughlin_%28musician%29 

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