Small Chamber Jazz

[Jerry_Jelinek]

Keep the ideas coming. This is great.

Another one I came across last night is the Fred Astaire Verve sessions from the mid 1950s. Has the JATP people with him - Charlie Shavers, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown etc. Some very nice things in that.

http://www.cdconnection.com/bin/nph-main/wxLZc8JGJPWh.b

[CafeSavoy]

the original Kansas City 5, 6, 7

Can someone direct me to the Lionel Hampton 30's small groups? I can't find it.

You can find the Lionel Hampton jam bands sessions on "The Jumping Jive ", "Hot Mallets," and "Tempo and Swing."

p.s. Some of those KC 5,6,7 tracks can also be found on "The Complete Lester Young on Keynote".

[CafeSavoy]

Keep the ideas coming. This is great.

Another one I came across last night is the Fred Astaire Verve sessions from the mid 1950s. Has the JATP people with him - Charlie Shavers, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown etc. Some very nice things in that.

http://www.cdconnection.com/bin/nph-main/wxLZc8JGJPWh.b

If you are including the '50s, you might want to consider some of the Benny Carter small group sessions with Oscar Peterson. There are also a bunch of Lester Young sessions from that era too. The early Modern Jazz Quartet recordings will probably qualify too, after all, they are the definition of polite jazz.

[Campus Five]

Basically the only LH small groups that I know of are all on the classics chronological, like 1936-1940. You'd have to double check allmusic or something like that.

[Jerry_Jelinek]

The early Modern Jazz Quartet recordings will probably qualify too, after all, they are the definition of polite jazz.

You bring up a very good point. The Modern Jazz Quartet was a style of chamber jazz. Very 'polite' and listenable. I'll re-listen, but I seem to recall the jazz is more based in 'bop' phrasing and texture than swing.

The George Shearing stuff is also very polite, but mostly based on bop things not on swing. I'm trying to stear toward swing musical stylings.

[GemZombie]

the original Kansas City 5, 6, 7

Can someone direct me to the Lionel Hampton 30's small groups? I can't find it.

I have an album I can't seem to find on AllMusic called "The Jumpin' Jive - The All Star Groups 1937-1939". Lots of good Hampton combo work on that one.

[CafeSavoy]

The early Modern Jazz Quartet recordings will probably qualify too, after all, they are the definition of polite jazz.

You bring up a very good point. The Modern Jazz Quartet was a style of chamber jazz. Very 'polite' and listenable. I'll re-listen, but I seem to recall the jazz is more based in 'bop' phrasing and texture than swing.

The George Shearing stuff is also very polite, but mostly based on bop things not on swing. I'm trying to stear toward swing musical stylings.

The first MJQ recording would probably be the most useful for your purposes, http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... rx282r052a



I agree that much of Shearing is more bop although some of his work with vocalists is more swinging. Among others i know he recorded with Dakota Staton and Ernestine Anderson; I think some of the tracks were instrumentals. If you wanted to include him, some suggestions would be his 1952 version of "Lullaby of Birdland", his 1949 "September in the Rain", and his 1962 "Makin' Whopee" [and not only because it was the last recording of Israel Crosby].

I don't know if anyone has mentioned the small groups of Art Tatum, Slam Stewart, and Cozy Cole.

[Yakov]

Erroll Garner?

[Jerry_Jelinek]

Erroll Garner?

Very interesting idea. I'm certain some of his I can use.

BTW - how many of you have checked out this DVD?



If your an Erroll Garner fan, you MUST get this. Amazing performances by Erroll. To see him play is something to behold.

[Jerry_Jelinek]

Another one that I heard this morning on the radio - Art Van Damme. A wonderful accordian player from the 50s and 60s. Has a very distinctive 'polite' style.

How many of you dance to Art Van Damme?