i think thus is the biggest key.... to hearing n undrstanding this music n history.... separating the art from the history is a great loss of perspective
@@TheJazzShepherd I will try, relax, and get into that groove... Thank you. Great video and info, I did not really know the specifics. And the historical context is key as you said! Awesome.
Living outside of America, Dan's videos are so interseting to help understand the sociological context of the music I love so much. Go and subscribe to his channel, he's a living encyclopedia!!!
Thanks Dan. My entry into Jazz was listening to hard bop. I didnt have a clue what I was listening to but I totally felt the tension. I really love Charles Mingus’ hard bop tunes. It doesn’t get much more angry than that does it? It appealed to me because I came from listening to a lot a heavy metal. I’ve listened to a lot of Jazz over the years but never really had the context explained to me. I’m very thankful for this lesson. Cheers!
Watching you all the way from Northern Ireland, U.K. it's 1 AM and I am listening to that Sonny Clark album you recommend. It's fantastic. I love how the horns blend together and how Sonny's piano bounces along as the framework for it all. Thanks for the heads up.
Dan and Ken, the two of you have cornered the market on jazz information and knowledge and all of us are so much better for it. During the Coronavirus both of you have captivated us. Keep up the information and Ken thanks so much for introducing us all to Dan, he is “AMAZING” and both of you are a force to be recognized. Also guys please stop scolding Dan about how he holds “HIS” records, he has said it many times that he is not an Audiophile, he is a DJ and that his records are meant to be played and held and he is not going to be coddling them. Ken is the Audiophile. For those of you who think the music is too loud, Dan is using the music to stress what he is saying and it’s not taking away from his lesson, Dan himself is emoting from the artist music through speech. Quite clever if you know and are passionate about the source material. I was lucky to have been a DJ in my younger years and when you are spinning records, you are in the moment constantly thinking about what to put together next even though you have brought the records that you are going to spin, because your purpose is to get people on the dance floor and the mood changes with the beats and tones that you play. Also as a DJ, you must know the current music that you are playing in your genre, quite well. I’m now an Audiophile, heck I have always been one, but I appreciate what Dan is doing through my own experience as a DJ, your records are your bread and butter, so harming them is not an option and Dan is not going to change because you keep mentioning it, so let’s concentrate on the knowledge that he is delivering, which is why we are all here. Dan has his own style and Ken has his, let’s be respectful to both of them. I’m blessed enough to own 50-70 percent of the music that both Ken and Dan show on their channels, if it’s Bluenote or Impulse the percentages are even higher. You don’t have time to handle your record like an Audiophile if you are mixing, especially if you are beat matching at 120bps, it’s one record on and one record off and switching between the mixer. Let’s let Dan do what he does best and not bother him with our own silly thoughts on record handling and cleaning. Dan is in the moment and he is matching words with music. Clean and handle your records the way you do and allow Dan to do the same. If you think doing what Dan is doing is easy, try it yourself and you will get a new appreciation for Dan, because he doesn’t miss a beat. If you watch what he is doing and his eye movements he is talking, moving, grabbing preselected music from his crate and he is in his head timing all of this, he is doing what DJs do and is doing it well with speech and looking at a camera I might add, one word, his timing is “Perfect”.
You kinda nailed it.... its a very in the moment kind of thing.... I have never had some one at any of my gigs, say your records sound dirty.... i do clean em when they need it... n I have t he time... Its nice to have some one recognize the coordination, and like you say, its not as easy as it looks! Appreciate the kind words Sid!!
I watch dan and ken almost exclusively. Lots of truth and little b.s...thanks to both you guys! I listened alot to ayler, shepp, c.taylor, all the esp albums in the middle late sixties after all the bop, hard bop. It spoke to me in those times. I remember after the watts riots in los angeles all the black folks were sitting in lawn chairs in their front yards...sitting and proud after putting up with all the bs by the lapd. Those were the times.
Ken Thank you for showing off Dan and his channel, after watching last nights episode on your channel I had to go and subscribe to The Jazz shepherd, I poured a large Scotch and binge watched his channel. Keep up the great work and both of you stay safe.
Hey Dan, great video, really strikes a chord with me (no pun intended). I can hear echoes of what you say in the current London scene. The last few years in the UK hasn’t been great here, with Brexit, Grenfell, the Windrush disgrace, a xenophobic tension in the air and the anti-immigration agenda. I’m not saying today’s black youth are enduring the same oppression as 40s and 50s black Americans did, but I feel there is a theme running through, a continuum that manifests itself in the music today. I saw a young tuba player last year called Theon Cross and he just sounded angry, full of angst and bile almost like he wanted to fight the social and political ills he’s witnessed going on around him and it came out in his live gig, it was really something. Perhaps that’s the infiltration of the hard bop music he says he’s so influenced by. Love your pure, unadulterated enthusiasm and passion for this great music, thanks for brightening my day.
UK has embraced some populism, sadly, thankfully not as 'evil' as Trump's catastrophic 'fascist' regime. I was on a London Bus not long ago and a couple of older females who were of Caribbean-Windrush lineage were hassling a young Estonian chap due to his struggles with English. The bullied, become the bullies. Meanwhile the UK is technically 98% ''illegal'' if we look at the history, there!!! What makes me angry is that countries still exist, disgusting constructs!
You are the son of a preacher man. But beside your preaching, there is no other guy on youtube right now who can explain Jazz better than the Jazzsheppard. I am a Jazz musician myself so you can believe me, follow his videos and you will learn stuff that you don't learn on any other channel. He can teach you what's behind the music and what's in front too.
Dan has set the the standard on this subject,all Jazz u-tube channels should look to and learn from the master,I don't believe I have"ever" heard Dan say or discribe an album as great sounding, audiophile quality etc etc don't buy/do buy!!!!
Jeff Hunter There’s nothing wrong with appreciating the sound quality of a record. Absolutely nothing. In fact one has nothing to do with the other. If you enjoy a record purely for his music that’s fine if you wanna delve deeper in here every last iota of the music in the grooves then you go for the best pricing. There’s no reason to malign either preference. And I guarantee you if I brought Dan to my house and played in my stereo he would love it.
@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 You make a good point Ken,as I have said to you before,as a newbie to Jazz/vinyl I've learned more about Jazz/vinyl/record labels from you that I couldn't thank you enough for your"free" insite/advice 😎
I'm now a follower of this lovely hooligan, Dan The Jazz Shepperd. But friends let me say: I can't see any boundaries in terms of feeling art, music in this case. Just the world from a storm in Beethoven's Sith conducted by Carlos Kleiber to a piece of cheese hit by Han Bennink like an exploratory demon near his prime, that will be at hundred years or so as his internal pulse is blossoming the best of paradoxes: the ultimate and most precious gift of the masters, real youth. Just the sound of stones, rivers or silence spread in the stare of a kid, always misterious music. And this world has an axe that breaks through the infinite, partly a cotton-armoured skyscraper climbed by many angels called jazz. ThxK/D 🌎🌍🌏
This was very informative and interesting. Thank you for sharing. I have just come to realize that Hard Bop is my favorite jazz sub genre. Sonny Clark Trio The 45 Sessions is my new favorite.
Good, quality information again. Your room looks like a good space to play vinyls, has a sweet ambience, ideal lighting, lovely twin decks. It's rare to see this, if I visit a 1,000 vinyl collectors rooms about 0.5- 2% would be tolerable to sit in!!
Thnx Mike.... It is a fine room for sure, a nice breakfast coffee and a side of jazz, i hop e to make it a bed n breakfast , / with a small cafe coffee shop eventually
Hey Dan, question, how do you compare this music to that of Chuck D and KRS One? They were angry black men venting through their music, I wonder if you see any parallels?
If I may add...the 2 tracks that are a must hear on this album by Rich are " Astronaut " and his version of Monk's " Straight no chaser " if that one doesn't send you trough the roof... it's because you have lost your hearing or are dead...lol.😂
Finally someone tells the real story behind Bop Jazz. Besides the social issues of the 60's the business end of the music was shameful. They were constantly screwing over the Jazz artists. Having them sign away their musical rights and holding back their royalties. Some things never change even today. Mobley, Clark, Morgan all victims .....
Dan Martinez Things certainly do change. Modern day blue note has gone out of their way to find original families and pay the royalties. Same is true of Columbia and the Miles Davis family we have basically used him like an ATM ever since. And with digital tracking no sample goes unpaid.
If I may suggest, an album called " The driver " on Emarcy, 1960,by Buddy Rich. A mixed Black and white personnel. Some of the hardest driving and swinging hard bop I've ever heard! Buddy could really do it and the musicians on this with him are all on fire. It shows you can really hard bop...even if you've got a white "experience." If this is not as hard bop as anything Blakey ever did... I'll eat some coronavirus ! -cheers Dan! Keep up the good episodes.
seems to be from 1967 actually... long after Emarcy has departed, and may have been a UK release primarily..... They do use the Emarcy logo , but the sequence number is Mercury 26000! Anyway not a record I have come across, notsure if it has a US release history... Discogs mentions a Promo 67 US ....???
@@TheJazzShepherd Hey Dan, All I know for shure is it was recoded in 1960. definitely not 66 or 67 cause Buddy had just started his big band at the time and was rarely performing in small groups. My copy of that whole album is on the fantastic 7 cd release by that great specialty jazz company, Mosaic records, regrouping all the small group recordings done by buddy between 1954 and 1964 approx. There is some incredible small group jazz on these and Buddy even has Sonny Criss playing with him on a number of songs. Highly recommended. Cheers !
Spot on bro!! The avant-garde is pure selfishness and a waste of O2. Imagine how much better our world would be if Coleman, Coltrane, Cherry, Dolphy, Hill, Henderson, and McLean could have taken taken a lesson from the jazz shepherd about the black man’s plight. sad
I enjoy hard bop music as portrayed in Blue Note recordings. Although I never sensed any socio political context in the music. However emotional expression, mood and themes are evident. Perhaps not living in the US can be an explanation.
“You don’t listen, you feel!” Amazing. Thx guys.
i think thus is the biggest key.... to hearing n undrstanding this music n history....
separating the art from the history is a great loss of perspective
@@TheJazzShepherd I will try, relax, and get into that groove... Thank you. Great video and info, I did not really know the specifics. And the historical context is key as you said! Awesome.
Living outside of America, Dan's videos are so interseting to help understand the sociological context of the music I love so much. Go and subscribe to his channel, he's a living encyclopedia!!!
thnx my brutha!!!!
Thanks for uploading a second part of this. I completely loved the first one.
Keep it coming!
thnx for watching my friend!!
Thanks Dan. My entry into Jazz was listening to hard bop. I didnt have a clue what I was listening to but I totally felt the tension. I really love Charles Mingus’ hard bop tunes. It doesn’t get much more angry than that does it? It appealed to me because I came from listening to a lot a heavy metal. I’ve listened to a lot of Jazz over the years but never really had the context explained to me. I’m very thankful for this lesson. Cheers!
Ken, thanks a bunch for letting us know about The Jazz Shepherd! What a terrific addition to Jazz educational resources. Much appreciated!!!
Glad you watched... hope you subscribed!!!
@@TheJazzShepherd I did indeed!
ya know I had to go and listen to that break again on Coltrane's album, I'll never hear that the same again...
it was a real breakthrough for me
Watching you all the way from Northern Ireland, U.K. it's 1 AM and I am listening to that Sonny Clark album you recommend. It's fantastic. I love how the horns blend together and how Sonny's piano bounces along as the framework for it all. Thanks for the heads up.
Dan and Ken, the two of you have cornered the market on jazz information and knowledge and all of us are so much better for it. During the Coronavirus both of you have captivated us. Keep up the information and Ken thanks so much for introducing us all to Dan, he is “AMAZING” and both of you are a force to be recognized. Also guys please stop scolding Dan about how he holds “HIS” records, he has said it many times that he is not an Audiophile, he is a DJ and that his records are meant to be played and held and he is not going to be coddling them. Ken is the Audiophile. For those of you who think the music is too loud, Dan is using the music to stress what he is saying and it’s not taking away from his lesson, Dan himself is emoting from the artist music through speech. Quite clever if you know and are passionate about the source material.
I was lucky to have been a DJ in my younger years and when you are spinning records, you are in the moment constantly thinking about what to put together next even though you have brought the records that you are going to spin, because your purpose is to get people on the dance floor and the mood changes with the beats and tones that you play. Also as a DJ, you must know the current music that you are playing in your genre, quite well.
I’m now an Audiophile, heck I have always been one, but I appreciate what Dan is doing through my own experience as a DJ, your records are your bread and butter, so harming them is not an option and Dan is not going to change because you keep mentioning it, so let’s concentrate on the knowledge that he is delivering, which is why we are all here. Dan has his own style and Ken has his, let’s be respectful to both of them. I’m blessed enough to own 50-70 percent of the music that both Ken and Dan show on their channels, if it’s Bluenote or Impulse the percentages are even higher.
You don’t have time to handle your record like an Audiophile if you are mixing, especially if you are beat matching at 120bps, it’s one record on and one record off and switching between the mixer. Let’s let Dan do what he does best and not bother him with our own silly thoughts on record handling and cleaning. Dan is in the moment and he is matching words with music. Clean and handle your records the way you do and allow Dan to do the same. If you think doing what Dan is doing is easy, try it yourself and you will get a new appreciation for Dan, because he doesn’t miss a beat.
If you watch what he is doing and his eye movements he is talking, moving, grabbing preselected music from his crate and he is in his head timing all of this, he is doing what DJs do and is doing it well with speech and looking at a camera I might add, one word, his timing is “Perfect”.
Thanks Sid!
You kinda nailed it.... its a very in the moment kind of thing.... I have never had some one at any of my gigs, say your records sound dirty.... i do clean em when they need it... n I have t he time...
Its nice to have some one recognize the coordination, and like you say, its not as easy as it looks!
Appreciate the kind words Sid!!
I watch dan and ken almost exclusively. Lots of truth and little b.s...thanks to both you guys! I listened alot to ayler, shepp, c.taylor, all the esp albums in the middle late sixties after all the bop, hard bop. It spoke to me in those times. I remember after the watts riots in los angeles all the black folks were sitting in lawn chairs in their front yards...sitting and proud after putting up with all the bs by the lapd. Those were the times.
Amazing history you have Alan!!
Ken Thank you for showing off Dan and his channel, after watching last nights episode on your channel I had to go and subscribe to The Jazz shepherd, I poured a large Scotch and binge watched his channel. Keep up the great work and both of you stay safe.
thnx for checking it out man!!!
Hey Dan, great video, really strikes a chord with me (no pun intended). I can hear echoes of what you say in the current London scene. The last few years in the UK hasn’t been great here, with Brexit, Grenfell, the Windrush disgrace, a xenophobic tension in the air and the anti-immigration agenda. I’m not saying today’s black youth are enduring the same oppression as 40s and 50s black Americans did, but I feel there is a theme running through, a continuum that manifests itself in the music today. I saw a young tuba player last year called Theon Cross and he just sounded angry, full of angst and bile almost like he wanted to fight the social and political ills he’s witnessed going on around him and it came out in his live gig, it was really something. Perhaps that’s the infiltration of the hard bop music he says he’s so influenced by. Love your pure, unadulterated enthusiasm and passion for this great music, thanks for brightening my day.
that would certainly fuel a new young generation of UK musicians!! Great insight.
UK has embraced some populism, sadly, thankfully not as 'evil' as Trump's catastrophic 'fascist' regime. I was on a London Bus not long ago and a couple of older females who were of Caribbean-Windrush lineage were hassling a young Estonian chap due to his struggles with English. The bullied, become the bullies. Meanwhile the UK is technically 98% ''illegal'' if we look at the history, there!!! What makes me angry is that countries still exist, disgusting constructs!
Thanks Ken and Dan for sharing knowledge and ensuing we feel and don’t only listen. Keep pushing it! Highly appreciated! Respect to you both
Love Dan's video's. I bought a few artists I was not familiar with. So much jazz knowledge. Keep up the great work Dan and Ken.
Thnx buddy!!! be safe Dan
You are the son of a preacher man. But beside your preaching, there is no other guy on youtube right now who can explain Jazz better than the Jazzsheppard. I am a Jazz musician myself so you can believe me, follow his videos and you will learn stuff that you don't learn on any other channel. He can teach you what's behind the music and what's in front too.
thnx Wolfgang, very kind words!!!!
Wolfgang Pointner Amen!
Dan has set the the standard on this subject,all Jazz u-tube channels should look to and learn from the master,I don't believe I have"ever" heard Dan say or discribe an album as great sounding, audiophile quality etc etc don't buy/do buy!!!!
Jeff Hunter There’s nothing wrong with appreciating the sound quality of a record. Absolutely nothing. In fact one has nothing to do with the other. If you enjoy a record purely for his music that’s fine if you wanna delve deeper in here every last iota of the music in the grooves then you go for the best pricing. There’s no reason to malign either preference. And I guarantee you if I brought Dan to my house and played in my stereo he would love it.
@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 You make a good point Ken,as I have said to you before,as a newbie to Jazz/vinyl I've learned more about Jazz/vinyl/record labels from you that I couldn't thank you enough for your"free" insite/advice 😎
Just wonderful..thank you.
Love the man's passion and erudition on the culture. I'm going to refer some young friends to this video.
Dan I like your passion for the Blue Note Records👍🎶🎷🎺🥁
thnx my friend!!
I'm now a follower of this lovely hooligan, Dan The Jazz Shepperd. But friends let me say: I can't see any boundaries in terms of feeling art, music in this case. Just the world from a storm in Beethoven's Sith conducted by Carlos Kleiber to a piece of cheese hit by Han Bennink like an exploratory demon near his prime, that will be at hundred years or so as his internal pulse is blossoming the best of paradoxes: the ultimate and most precious gift of the masters, real youth. Just the sound of stones, rivers or silence spread in the stare of a kid, always misterious music. And this world has an axe that breaks through the infinite, partly a cotton-armoured skyscraper climbed by many angels called jazz.
ThxK/D 🌎🌍🌏
Great video nice vinyl collection I want to get in to jazz music
First I gasped at the way he grabbed that record off the turntable. Then I saw the plastikman slip mat and forgot.....
Dan has great showcases and really gets into the cultural side of the music too.
Thnx Norman , appreciated !!!
This was very informative and interesting. Thank you for sharing. I have just come to realize that Hard Bop is my favorite jazz sub genre. Sonny Clark Trio The 45 Sessions is my new favorite.
excellent, just like part 1,
You are the jazz poet 👍🎷😊
Good, quality information again. Your room looks like a good space to play vinyls, has a sweet ambience, ideal lighting, lovely twin decks. It's rare to see this, if I visit a 1,000 vinyl collectors rooms about 0.5- 2% would be tolerable to sit in!!
Thnx Mike.... It is a fine room for sure, a nice breakfast coffee and a side of jazz, i hop e to make it a bed n breakfast , / with a small cafe coffee shop eventually
Ken, this guy is great. Thanks for the introduction
pls don't stop here.
go to Dan's channel for more
Hey Dan, question, how do you compare this music to that of Chuck D and KRS One? They were angry black men venting through their music, I wonder if you see any parallels?
100% the linkage between the Hard bop, ....Marvin Gaye n C Mayfield....into G S Herron...Last Poets.. into Chuck D KRS, n Rakim is direct!
Great video as usual !
Great post as always! Keep up the goodwork.
If I may add...the 2 tracks that are a must hear on this album by Rich are
" Astronaut " and his version of Monk's " Straight no chaser " if that one doesn't send you trough the roof... it's because you have lost your hearing or are dead...lol.😂
Incredible video thanks for the info very cool 😎
Fantastic
Finally someone tells the real story behind Bop Jazz. Besides the social issues of the 60's the business end of the music was shameful. They were constantly screwing over the Jazz artists. Having them sign away their musical rights and holding back their royalties. Some things never change even today. Mobley, Clark, Morgan all victims .....
Dan Martinez Things certainly do change. Modern day blue note has gone out of their way to find original families and pay the royalties. Same is true of Columbia and the Miles Davis family we have basically used him like an ATM ever since. And with digital tracking no sample goes unpaid.
@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455
Thanks for the update
@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 example Peter Frampton 55 million streams and he gets a check for $1,700.00. That's not right just saying....
you are misinformed. it's not 1958
If I may suggest, an album called " The driver " on Emarcy, 1960,by Buddy Rich. A mixed Black and white personnel. Some of the hardest driving and swinging hard bop I've ever heard!
Buddy could really do it and the musicians on this with him are all on fire. It shows you can really hard bop...even if you've got a white "experience." If this is not as hard bop as anything Blakey ever did... I'll eat some coronavirus !
-cheers Dan!
Keep up the good episodes.
seems to be from 1967 actually... long after Emarcy has departed, and may have been a UK release primarily..... They do use the Emarcy logo , but the sequence number is Mercury 26000!
Anyway not a record I have come across, notsure if it has a US release history... Discogs mentions a Promo 67 US ....???
@@TheJazzShepherd Hey Dan, All I know for shure is it was recoded in 1960. definitely not 66 or 67 cause Buddy had just started his big band at the time and was rarely performing in small groups.
My copy of that whole album is on the fantastic 7 cd release by that great specialty jazz company, Mosaic records, regrouping all the small group recordings done by buddy between 1954 and 1964 approx. There is some incredible small group jazz on these and Buddy even has Sonny Criss playing with him on a number of songs. Highly recommended.
Cheers !
Preach Brotha Preach.
Cool Vid! Does anyone know the tune playing right at the beginning? I know I heard it before, but I cant quite figure it out. ThX! :)))
Hey, what was that track that was playing at the very beginning of the video?
right!!!!!!
It caught my attention too and I asked not long ago. It's "At The Corner" by Free Walking Trio.
Right On Brother Ken !!
Spot on bro!! The avant-garde is pure selfishness and a waste of O2. Imagine how much better our world would be if Coleman, Coltrane, Cherry, Dolphy, Hill, Henderson, and McLean could have taken taken a lesson from the jazz shepherd about the black man’s plight. sad
A jazz conservatory
I enjoy hard bop music as portrayed in Blue Note recordings. Although I never sensed any socio political context in the music. However emotional expression, mood and themes are evident. Perhaps not living in the US can be an explanation.
👏👏👏
Oops. Correction the song is "Brainwashed" not "astronaut"
Hard Bop all the way. 🎵
Masterclass in knowledge here.
thnx brutha!!!
Gift
god f**k I'm learning !!!! :))
Be-bop lead to Hard-bop- lead to funk lead to hip-hop
I'm repulsed by hard bop.
Then unfortunately, hard bop is repulsed by you.