On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:05:12 -0400,
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 07:05:51 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 19 Apr 2019 23:07:32 -0400, wrote:

If you like jazz at all you should check out the Ken Burns show, now
on Amazon. If nothing else there is a lot of great music there.

I have never been able to wrap my ears around jazz at all. Sandy loves it, but if I'm in the car we
compromise with Bluegrass, which isn't my favorite either.


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Of course there are many different types of jazz, and a car is not
exactly the ideal listening environment for any music except possibly
hard rock. I tend to prefer solo instumentalists like Miles Davis or
Gerry Mulligan, either performing individually, or in small groups.

Speaking of music, we saw a local performance of The Million Dollar
Quartet the other night. It was very good and brought back a lot of
memories from the early days of rock and roll. It's a musical based
on Sam Phillips and his legendary Sun recording studios in Memphis.
The quartet, which he got together for one famous recording session,
was Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.

We were at Sun Studios a few years back on one of our road trips and
it was great - well worth a visit.

Some of my jazz favorites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ5uo9_OijY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMQD3Bv5ZG4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHVarQbNAwU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHdU5sHigYQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzPZvKSdN7g


I was a little disappointed that they did not make the link to Motown
after doing over 2 shows on swing and the big band sound. They could
have easily pointed out the jazz roots in the Funk Brothers and the
fact that they were doing jazz gigs on the side during their time at
Motown. Most of that studio music was improved and they laid the
vocals down on what the Funk Brothers gave them.
It was still a pretty good show.
I am still looking for things to watch tho. I went through WWII in
color again and a few other WWII shows. "Stalin" is interesting and if
you are a plane guy B17, Flying Legend is good..
Now I am starting to think my wife was right tho. I do know how this
will come out ;-)
The Spymasters is pretty good if you want a little more insight into
the CIA from a dozen former directors.