George had pulled this quintet together and was beginning to get a lot of attention. he had developed a distinctive piano style and worked it in to the group sound. marvellous to hear the early days! Thankyou.
You're welcome, Keith-san!! Once, there was a Japanese jazz band leader who thoroughly imitated Shearing's group sounds and later, founded Japan's largest talent agency, Watanabe Productions. For your information, the band's pianist at the time was Hachidai Nakamura, who composed the 1963 world-famous "Sukiyaki" sung by Kyu Sakamoto. Otaku4 (*^_^)/
I heard this on WKCR this morning---a real smoker from 1949. "Sid" has a perfect tempo for this sort of thing, kicked along by John Levy's wonderful upright bass...just layin' down that four, with perfect intonation, time and swing. If you look up "momentum" in the dictionary, you'll probably see a little picture of John Levy. The other players, all top pros, are on the case too, and how! The other tune is bit fast for my taste, but these masters handle it with ease.
“I looked. George Shearing. And as always he leaned his blind head on his pale hand, all ears opened like the ears of an elephant, listening to the American sounds and mastering them for his own English summer's-night use. Then they urged him to get up and play. He did. He played innumerable choruses with amazing chords that mounted higher and higher till the sweat splashed all over the piano and everybody listened in awe and fright. They led him off the stand after an hour. He went back to his dark corner, old God Shearing, and the boys said, 'There ain't nothin left after that.” ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road
George had pulled this quintet together and was beginning to get a lot of attention. he had developed a distinctive piano style and worked it in to the group sound. marvellous to hear the early days! Thankyou.
You're welcome, Keith-san!!
Once, there was a Japanese jazz band leader who thoroughly imitated Shearing's group sounds and later, founded Japan's largest talent agency, Watanabe Productions.
For your information, the band's pianist at the time was Hachidai Nakamura, who composed the 1963 world-famous "Sukiyaki" sung by Kyu Sakamoto.
Otaku4 (*^_^)/
@@60otaku4 tHANK YOU FOR THAT NEWS. MANY FINE jAPANESE MUSICIANS INCLUDING BIG BAND LEADERS AND ORGANISTS.
I heard this on WKCR this morning---a real smoker from 1949.
"Sid" has a perfect tempo for this sort of thing, kicked along by John Levy's wonderful upright bass...just layin' down that four, with perfect intonation, time and swing. If you look up "momentum" in the dictionary, you'll probably see a little picture of John Levy.
The other players, all top pros, are on the case too, and how! The other tune is bit fast for my taste, but these masters handle it with ease.
Fabulous stuff!
“I looked. George Shearing. And as always he leaned his blind head on his pale hand, all ears opened like the ears of an elephant, listening to the American sounds and mastering them for his own English summer's-night use. Then they urged him to get up and play. He did. He played innumerable choruses with amazing chords that mounted higher and higher till the sweat splashed all over the piano and everybody listened in awe and fright. They led him off the stand after an hour. He went back to his dark corner, old God Shearing, and the boys said, 'There ain't nothin left after that.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road