2020 Jazz with Mr. RAS: What's Jazz Got To Do With It?
2020 Jazz with Mr. RAS: What's Jazz Got To Do With It?: Who dare say that jazz is dead and has no place in our musical destination? Listen to the old, current and new innovations, doin...
2020 Jazz with Mr. RAS: 2020 Jazz with Mr. RAS
2020 Jazz with Mr. RAS: 2020 Jazz with Mr. RAS: I like Jazz. I've listened to it for 65+ years and never stop loving all the music I hear on recordings along with live performances and...
What's Jazz Got To Do With It?
Who dare say that jazz is dead and has no place in our musical destination?
Listen to the old, current and new innovations, doing so without hesitation
Jump over the boundaries that hold us back and explore what awaits our musical soul
As we take jazz in and assess how it reaches to set future musical goals
What is this beat and lyrics that sets my heart to racing?
I know not how the jazz folks decided on this succinct dissonant pacing
It lifts me high and sets me free into another sphere
I see dramatic shapes and feel new things and lose all my fears
The lyrics and the singers escape all normal bounds
I’m sure digging on these new eclectic and innovative sounds
Each musician works to synchronize with the others to immerse ~
Their minds, their talents in expectancy of achieving perfection in this verse
A quality of music to draw everyone in as they communicate searching for a direction
With notes and verse, triplets and paradiddles as they seek this indefinable perfection
When it happens, they all come together as one and a new sound is born
Enveloping the audience as we enjoy all that is new and do so without scorn
Thrive as you allow jazz to enter your very being and feel the new world it defines
As you embrace this genre and it expands your thinking mind
You’ll never be the same thanking those that let you in this game
Bada Bing, Bada Boom
RAS
February 9, 2020
Things To Know
I started in the 1980s recording and commenting on music I love. The last time I did this with any effort was in 2000 and it was quite effective. I have to realize that the end of the trail for me is starting to come into focus. I want to leave a legacy of how much I appreciate music with an emphasis on jazz. It’s been a major part of my life. In Jazz racism is pretty much a non-issue. I'm presenting a cross section of our society to listen and view. When I played, you judged musical ability of the musician and that's that for all concerned.
I'm having fun putting the material together for this jazz musical presentation. Who knows when I'll be done? I'll initially use 20 selections. Some shall stay while others may lose their place. I reserve the right to change my mind; as I often do. When ready for the Jazz world, I'll set the blog to Public for exposure. Then I'll asses the comments to see what might need changing.
None other than the King and I at the Hawgz cafe in North Little Rock, AR Thank you, Thank you Very Much
How to use the blog. NOTE: This blog works in Chrome, Firefox, Brave and Edge for PCs and for Apple, Safari.
The Google Blog format, while good, presents some limitations in producing. When it pops up on your screen @ https://2020ras.blogspot.com/ it opens to this Home page. Read the instructional info for the best presentation. Some are "How to" while others provide biographical informational. Note: Enter the above blog link into your browser, press enter to go to the site. On a smartphone type in the info and follow the prompt.
Instructional: Getting around the blog.
I designed the blog on my laptop using Google Blogger. I checked access with my PC laptop, Google smartphone, Apple iPad and Sony smart TV. Screen size does make a difference as they maximize viewing and listening pleasure. Smartphone is okay, but the size hampers acceptability. Having YouTube and Google Apps is an essential requirement for enhanced viewing. My PC laptop with an 18" screen and Bose audio works fine and also allows the "Chromecast" for viewing on the Smart TV. To view on a smart TV requires either a Google Dongle or the latest Smart TV that has this capability internally. Commands use Microsoft PC language. Apple products may require different commands inherent to their design...I've been viewing on an Apple iPad and it does a terrific job. Take your pick.
Presently there are only two Posts. I use Pages to present the music and verbiage.
To get around from the Home page, look to the right to see the list of Pages. They contain Browser links to the music. Select the page you desire and it opens. Read what you wish and click on the link to access the specific YouTube selections for play. On a smartphone hover over the link to access YouTube.
Click on this link and it takes the viewer to YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQja5zGhDEs
Walter Rodriquez plays “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” What better way to start the Jazz edition of my blog? I ran across it several years ago and kept the link. The song can get you in touch with your inner self and how music works for you. From the predictable intro to a few jazz licks at the end make an excellent way to get started with 2020 Jazz.
Once you are done with a page, select "Home" on the screen to the right for another page. Some pages have more than one song selection. The blog does not possess the capability of automatically exiting from YouTube. For PC and Apple just click on the browser back arrow key at the top of the screen to exit from YouTube. It returns you to blog page originally selected.
You can also comment about a page and its content. Save any snarky comments for politics. I want to determine if I have the right songs posted that properly portray an overview of Jazz and its future.
Caveat: I do feature an artist playing one of my favorite songs, "The Shadow of Your Smile." from the movie, "The Sandpiper." The artist, Karrin Allyson, is also is one of my favorite musician/singers. Only one other artist ever sang the song well and that was Lou Rawls. I saw him in Clearwater, Florida a number of years ago and he had the audience captivated. His original recording was made in 1966.
2020 Jazz with Mr. RAS
I like Jazz. I've listened to it for 65+ years and never stop loving all the music I hear on recordings along with live performances and YouTube Music and Sirius Radio.
I once had a massive collection of LPs, CD, Tapes, etc. Now much of what I like is on my Google Play account and some on YouTube. Upload, download, share, stream it's all fantastic. I have to tell you that I first did a Jazz series in 1985 on tape just before CDs hit the market. I still have the tape and it plays well on my ancient Marantz Tape player. I tape recorded music live and canned. I played drums in bands some good, some bad over the years. I had a great time playing. I then wrote a story about Jazz in 2001. Now it's 2020 and time for my final jazz series.
I going to cover many artists, bands soloists, etc. Some new, some old and some I just like the particular song and arrangement.
I choose to start “2020 Jazz by RAS” with this rendering of “Hello Central Give Me Dr. Jazz” played by and sung by Jelly Roll
Morton with his band in 1926. Now you ask what has this got to do with 2020? My
answer is that if we don’t listen to the voices of the past, we lose the
opportunity to properly plan and improvise for the future. The musicians in the band are
playing their best. Quite a bit of innovation in the solos. It makes you tap
your feet and wish you were there digging the sound. It’s all part of our roots in appreciating music and the Jazz genre. As you go through my selections in this series
think often how often it goes back to the roots of what we learned as the evolution
took place over the 94 years ago and as a guide to the future.
By no
I once had a massive collection of LPs, CD, Tapes, etc. Now much of what I like is on my Google Play account and some on YouTube. Upload, download, share, stream it's all fantastic. I have to tell you that I first did a Jazz series in 1985 on tape just before CDs hit the market. I still have the tape and it plays well on my ancient Marantz Tape player. I tape recorded music live and canned. I played drums in bands some good, some bad over the years. I had a great time playing. I then wrote a story about Jazz in 2001. Now it's 2020 and time for my final jazz series.
I going to cover many artists, bands soloists, etc. Some new, some old and some I just like the particular song and arrangement.
I choose to start “2020 Jazz by RAS” with this rendering of “Hello Central Give Me Dr. Jazz” played by and sung by Jelly Roll
Morton with his band in 1926. Now you ask what has this got to do with 2020? My
answer is that if we don’t listen to the voices of the past, we lose the
opportunity to properly plan and improvise for the future. The musicians in the band are
playing their best. Quite a bit of innovation in the solos. It makes you tap
your feet and wish you were there digging the sound. It’s all part of our roots in appreciating music and the Jazz genre. As you go through my selections in this series
think often how often it goes back to the roots of what we learned as the evolution
took place over the 94 years ago and as a guide to the future.By no
Click on the link to go YouTube. When the song is finished close YouTube and it returns to this blog. If you leave YouTube on it plays other Jelly Roll Morton selections
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I like Jazz. I've listened to it for 65+ years and never stop loving all the music I hear on recordings along with live performances and... -
Who dare say that jazz is dead and has no place in our musical destination? Listen to the old, current and new innovations, doin... -
I started in the 1980s recording and commenting on music I love. The last time I did this with any effort was in 2000 and it was quite effe...