Nigel's Dream. Superb performance of a complex piece written by the great Shaye. Here the trumpet also plays well with its usual clear and clean sound, in the best style of classical jazz. For pure masochism I would like to listen to this piece performed by other "jazz revival" musicians (as they used to call it): I'd plug my ears. Instead I did not understand the title of the Victoria Spivey piece presented by Erica.
Blood Thirsty Blues, by Victoria Spivey, 1927 Blood, blood, blood! look at all that blood Blood, blood! look at all that blood Yes I killed my man, a low down good for nothing clown I told him blood was in my eye, and still he wouldn't listen none to me I told him blood was in my eye, and still he wouldn't listen to me Yes instead of givin' him sugar, I put glass in his tea Another thing folks, you can put me down and let me walk Another thing folks, you can put me down and let me walk You know I'm a mighty mean woman, and I won't stand for nobody's talk The only man I ever loved, out of thin air, to his ruin The only man I ever loved, out of thin air, to his ruin Yes I know I'm blood thirsty, from wonderin' what my poor man's doin'
Many thanks, Shaye's 2015 composition 'Nigel's Dream' sounds so authentically 1920s that you could easily be fooled into thinking it was a previously undiscovered manuscript by King Oliver. Its cheeky two-bar introduction involves nothing more than one 'Charleston' bar from the washboard followed by a single chord from the banjo, guitar and tuba. Then we are into Theme A - 32 bars in the key of C. Great use is made of a phrase (reminiscent of the Middle Eight of East Coast Trot) in which a flattened third is accentuated. Actually these 32 bars comprise two almost identical 16s; and at the end of the first sixteen (Bars 15 and 16) we have a 'break' (played by the banjo first time through and by the cornet and clarinet in a witty King Oliver-style mini-duet at 01:50 when the Theme is played again, led by the trombone, later). The final bar of Theme A takes us through a modulating chord into the Key of Eb, in which Theme B (starting at 00:56) is played. Twice through the sixteen bars (apparently both beginning with the chord sequence IV - IV - I - I) gives us a merry 32 bars. We then go straight back into Theme A (key of C again), with the trombone taking the lead. Then Theme B (in Eb) is re-visited. This is played through a couple of times with some boisterous, polyphonic ensemble, giving the piece a great ending. There is a neat Coda of just one bar. What a composition! It's just as well written and well played as those King Oliver Jazz Band classics from the 1920s. 'Blood Thirsty Blues', written and recorded in 1927 by Victoria Spivey, is on Tuba Skinny's 'Pyramid Strut' CD. And 'Nigel's Dream' is on two of their CDs 'Tupelo Pine' and 'Nigel's Dream'.
Nigel's Dream! Great! One of my favorites! Thanks Gábor!
Nigel's Dream. Superb performance of a complex piece written by the great Shaye. Here the trumpet also plays well with its usual clear and clean sound, in the best style of classical jazz. For pure masochism I would like to listen to this piece performed by other "jazz revival" musicians (as they used to call it): I'd plug my ears. Instead I did not understand the title of the Victoria Spivey piece presented by Erica.
Blood Thirsty Blues, by Victoria Spivey, 1927
Blood, blood, blood! look at all that blood
Blood, blood! look at all that blood
Yes I killed my man, a low down good for nothing clown
I told him blood was in my eye, and still he wouldn't listen none to me
I told him blood was in my eye, and still he wouldn't listen to me
Yes instead of givin' him sugar, I put glass in his tea
Another thing folks, you can put me down and let me walk
Another thing folks, you can put me down and let me walk
You know I'm a mighty mean woman, and I won't stand for nobody's talk
The only man I ever loved, out of thin air, to his ruin
The only man I ever loved, out of thin air, to his ruin
Yes I know I'm blood thirsty, from wonderin' what my poor man's doin'
@@BudgieJane So kind, thank you!
Many thanks, Shaye's 2015 composition 'Nigel's Dream' sounds so authentically 1920s that you could easily be fooled into thinking it was a previously undiscovered manuscript by King Oliver. Its cheeky two-bar introduction involves nothing more than one 'Charleston' bar from the washboard followed by a single chord from the banjo, guitar and tuba. Then we are into Theme A - 32 bars in the key of C. Great use is made of a phrase (reminiscent of the Middle Eight of East Coast Trot) in which a flattened third is accentuated. Actually these 32 bars comprise two almost identical 16s; and at the end of the first sixteen (Bars 15 and 16) we have a 'break' (played by the banjo first time through and by the cornet and clarinet in a witty King Oliver-style mini-duet at 01:50 when the Theme is played again, led by the trombone, later). The final bar of Theme A takes us through a modulating chord into the Key of Eb, in which Theme B (starting at 00:56) is played. Twice through the sixteen bars (apparently both beginning with the chord sequence IV - IV - I - I) gives us a merry 32 bars. We then go straight back into Theme A (key of C again), with the trombone taking the lead. Then Theme B (in Eb) is re-visited. This is played through a couple of times with some boisterous, polyphonic ensemble, giving the piece a great ending. There is a neat Coda of just one bar. What a composition! It's just as well written and well played as those King Oliver Jazz Band classics from the 1920s. 'Blood Thirsty Blues', written and recorded in 1927 by Victoria Spivey, is on Tuba Skinny's 'Pyramid Strut' CD. And 'Nigel's Dream' is on two of their CDs 'Tupelo Pine' and 'Nigel's Dream'.
Pops I love your commentary. Don't stop!
@@AndyZach Blessings on you.
You rock, Pops! 🥸
*If you don't know what jazz is..." ok, now you know
Been listening to jazz since I was 12 Modern and Trad.we had some good ones in the 50s early 60s.These are very good Alf now 75
I'd be interested to know the origin of the title.