Three more Funkin' weeks!!

Var · 06-17-2004, 08:01 PM

Jazz fans? Sweet! I'm a big fan. Played bass in jazz and blues bands for years. You guys are alright!

Check out Harry Conick, Jr. Good stuff

**P-funk** · 06-17-2004, 08:06 PM

Dean Martin

as far as guys go....the are tons more Female Jazz vocalists
billie holiday
ella fitzgerald
etc....

I recommend a CD called "Blue" by Joni Mitchell....she is amazing (more folk sounding though but is also an accomplishe jazz vocalist).

**P-funk** · 06-17-2004, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Var

Jazz fans? Sweet! I'm a big fan. Played bass in jazz and blues bands for years. You guys are alright!

Check out Harry Conick, Jr. Good stuff

I graduated form Berklee College of music with a degree in Jazz performance (guitarist)

Var · 06-17-2004, 08:08 PM

There's some really good newer jazz, too. Cherry Poppin Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, Squirrel Nut Zippers, etc...

PreMier · 06-17-2004, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

Dean Martin

as far as guys go....the are tons more Female Jazz vocalists
billie holiday
ella fitzgerald
etc....

I recommend a CD called "Blue" by Joni Mitchell....she is amazing (more folk sounding though but is also an accomplishe jazz vocalist).

Thanks man.

Var · 06-17-2004, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

I graduated form Berklee College of music with a degree in Jazz performance (guitarist)

No way! I was going to go there. Had my recommendations ready to go and everything. Backed out last minute because I had second thoughts about making it a career.

PreMier · 06-17-2004, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Var

There's some really good newer jazz, too. Cherry Poppin Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, Squirrel Nut Zippers, etc...

Im particular to the old stuff. I like the way it sounds "Vintage".

**P-funk** · 06-17-2004, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Var

There's some really good newer jazz, too. Cherry Poppin Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, Squirrel Nut Zippers, etc...

I don't like those bands to much. To psudo swing to me.

Want good music? Check out:

the keith Jarret trio
John coltrane
Miles Davis
Joe Henderson
Brad Mehldau
Jim Hall
John Scofield
Joshua Redman

Var · 06-17-2004, 08:11 PM

Have you heard the new stuff? Its not the same, but still good.

I mostly listen to Coltrane, Mingus, Miles Davis (everyone should own Kind Of Blue), JJ Johnson...stuff like that.

Var · 06-17-2004, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

I don't like those bands to much. To psudo swing to me.

I dont see it that way. They're just trying to revive a good old sound by updating it. I'd love to see swing make a comeback.

**P-funk** · 06-17-2004, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Var

No way! I was going to go there. Had my recommendations ready to go and everything. Backed out last minute because I had second thoughts about making it a career.

Good idea!! I went, graduated. Moved to NYC and played a bunnch of gigs, was offered a teaching job in NJ and couldn't take it becasue I had no car. It is a tough career. When I was in high school I was either going to go and study music or study Sports Medecine. I was such a burn out by the end of school I said "Fuck it, I am studying music" so I did. I wish I had studied ,edcine though. I am thinking about banging out a nursing degree and working three days a week doing that as I get my masters in something medical (maybe reasearch).

PreMier · 06-17-2004, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Var

I dont see it that way. They're just trying to revive a good old sounds by updating it

**P-funk** · 06-17-2004, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Var

Have you heard the new stuff? Its not the same, but still good.

I mostly listen to Coltrane, Mingus, Miles Davis (everyone should own Kind Of Blue), JJ Johnson...stuff like that.

hell yeah.......hank mobly!! sonny stitt!!

Var · 06-17-2004, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

Good idea!! I went, graduated. Moved to NYC and played a bunnch of gigs, was offered a teaching job in NJ and couldn't take it becasue I had no car. It is a tough career. When I was in high school I was either going to go and study music or study Sports Medecine. I was such a burn out by the end of school I said "Fuck it, I am studying music" so I did. I wish I had studied ,edcine though. I am thinking about banging out a nursing degree and working three days a week doing that as I get my masters in something medical (maybe reasearch).

Sounds like a great plan! Good luck with it

Var · 06-17-2004, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

hell yeah.......hank mobly!! sonny stitt!!

Bop is where its at. I love it!

Var · 06-17-2004, 08:19 PM

I just picked up some Winton Marsalis, too. Amazing!

**P-funk** · 06-17-2004, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Var

I just picked up some Winton Marsalis, too. Amazing!

Wynotn is good. I like Branford Marsallis the best though. He is incredible.

Var · 06-17-2004, 08:28 PM

I like Branford, too. I'm just always amazed by jazz trumpet. Ive always seen trumpet as being really abrupt and formal (like in marches)...so I love how sweet some of those guys can make it sound.

My favorite combo is Bass, Drums, Piano, and Trombone.

JLB001 · 06-17-2004, 09:51 PM

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.....I knew it.....WOMEN ARE PIGS!!

Shhh...don't let our secrets out!

PreMier · 06-17-2004, 10:00 PM

Questions.

Do you eat the same thing every day, or do you have variety? Do you have time to list what you are eating?

When your doing cardio, I noticed its either cardio, or bike. Do you always do HIIT or Traditional, or a mix?

**P-funk** · 06-18-2004, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by PreMier

Questions.

Do you eat the same thing every day, or do you have variety? Do you have time to list what you are eating?

When your doing cardio, I noticed its either cardio, or bike. Do you always do HIIT or Traditional, or a mix?

Went to be before this was posted and just woke up (4:45) to go to the gym and get my cardio in before I start training clients.....be back later with answers.

Monolith · 06-18-2004, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

I graduated form Berklee College of music with a degree in Jazz performance (guitarist)

Are you serious??

Thats an awesome music school! Like THE best!! What the hell are you doing working in a gym, P? You should be out performing.

naturaltan · 06-18-2004, 10:18 AM

It's amazing the kinds of threads that can be found inside some of these journals. I enjoy reading that there are others that enjoy jazz music.

**P-funk** · 06-18-2004, 02:27 PM

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Are you serious??

Thats an awesome music school! Like THE best!! What the hell are you doing working in a gym, P? You should be out performing.

Long story. I posted a few posts above about how hard it is to make a living and how i was going to go into medecine but was a burn out is high school. Aside form that, being a professional musician can get depressing. First of all you sit in a room, by yourself and work on all the things you do poorly (that is practicing). That can destroy you mentally and leave you with a shitty self image.... "OH, I suck. I am shit..I am no good...I have so much to work on." It totally kils your social skills. Then I looked at the guys that were on the "scene" here and while it seems great, "oh man, these guys play this great music for a living...Awsome!!", it is more than that. Most of them are really depressed guys. They are in their 40s, they don't own their own apt., they drive beat up cars, they have no health insurance and they hav no families. They are trying to survive on these shitty $50-100 paying gigs and they are miserable. So I saw myself going that route, was really depresed and decided to change and realized that it is wonderful to have such a great hobby but I really should have looked to doing something medical to make a living and keep it as just that, a hobby.

naturaltan · 06-18-2004, 02:34 PM

Unless you're prepared, like you say, to put up with the smaller gigs, the musician route is a tough one. My father played the piano for many years with many top Canadian jazz celebs ... but never got anywhere. Being on the road didn't make for a good father (in this case) - but man could he play. Being a total blues/funk/jazz freak, when he was home, I'd ask him to listen to a song on the radio and then ask him to put some soul/jazz into it ... those were some of the best memories I have of him. He'd get his toe tapping, listen for a minute, then slowly bang out this great tune.

To this day, at the jazz festival, I love to ask the musicians to randomly take a song and put something to it.

Var · 06-18-2004, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

Long story. I posted a few posts above about how hard it is to make a living and how i was going to go into medecine but was a burn out is high school. Aside form that, being a professional musician can get depressing. First of all you sit in a room, by yourself and work on all the things you do poorly (that is practicing). That can destroy you mentally and leave you with a shitty self image.... "OH, I suck. I am shit..I am no good...I have so much to work on." It totally kils your social skills. Then I looked at the guys that were on the "scene" here and while it seems great, "oh man, these guys play this great music for a living...Awsome!!", it is more than that. Most of them are really depressed guys. They are in their 40s, they don't own their own apt., they drive beat up cars, they have no health insurance and they hav no families. They are trying to survive on these shitty $50-100 paying gigs and they are miserable. So I saw myself going that route, was really depresed and decided to change and realized that it is wonderful to have such a great hobby but I

06-17-2004, 08:01 PM	#121
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P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,629	Dean Martin as far as guys go....the are tons more Female Jazz vocalists billie holiday ella fitzgerald etc.... I recommend a CD called "Blue" by Joni Mitchell....she is amazing (more folk sounding though but is also an accomplishe jazz vocalist).
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Var Filthy Animal Join Date: May 2002 Location: Finally back in New England!! Posts: 5,438	There's some really good newer jazz, too. Cherry Poppin Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, Squirrel Nut Zippers, etc...
	But when you disarm them, you at once offend them by showing that you distrust them, either for cowardice or for want of loyalty, and either of these opinions breeds hatred against you. -N. Machiavelli

06-17-2004, 08:11 PM	#129
Var Filthy Animal Join Date: May 2002 Location: Finally back in New England!! Posts: 5,438	Have you heard the new stuff? Its not the same, but still good. I mostly listen to Coltrane, Mingus, Miles Davis (everyone should own Kind Of Blue), JJ Johnson...stuff like that.
	But when you disarm them, you at once offend them by showing that you distrust them, either for cowardice or for want of loyalty, and either of these opinions breeds hatred against you. -N. Machiavelli

06-17-2004, 08:19 PM	#136
Var Filthy Animal Join Date: May 2002 Location: Finally back in New England!! Posts: 5,438	I just picked up some Winton Marsalis, too. Amazing!
	But when you disarm them, you at once offend them by showing that you distrust them, either for cowardice or for want of loyalty, and either of these opinions breeds hatred against you. -N. Machiavelli

06-17-2004, 08:28 PM	#138
Var Filthy Animal Join Date: May 2002 Location: Finally back in New England!! Posts: 5,438	I like Branford, too. I'm just always amazed by jazz trumpet. Ive always seen trumpet as being really abrupt and formal (like in marches)...so I love how sweet some of those guys can make it sound. My favorite combo is Bass, Drums, Piano, and Trombone.
	But when you disarm them, you at once offend them by showing that you distrust them, either for cowardice or for want of loyalty, and either of these opinions breeds hatred against you. -N. Machiavelli

06-17-2004, 10:00 PM	#140
PreMier happy sumo Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 21,300 Photos: 2	Questions. Do you eat the same thing every day, or do you have variety? Do you have time to list what you are eating? When your doing cardio, I noticed its either cardio, or bike. Do you always do HIIT or Traditional, or a mix?
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06-18-2004, 10:18 AM	#143
naturaltan Going nowhere fast! Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 9,935 Photos: 7	It's amazing the kinds of threads that can be found inside some of these journals. I enjoy reading that there are others that enjoy jazz music.
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06-18-2004, 02:34 PM	#145
naturaltan Going nowhere fast! Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 9,935 Photos: 7	Unless you're prepared, like you say, to put up with the smaller gigs, the musician route is a tough one. My father played the piano for many years with many top Canadian jazz celebs ... but never got anywhere. Being on the road didn't make for a good father (in this case) - but man could he play. Being a total blues/funk/jazz freak, when he was home, I'd ask him to listen to a song on the radio and then ask him to put some soul/jazz into it ... those were some of the best memories I have of him. He'd get his toe tapping, listen for a minute, then slowly bang out this great tune. To this day, at the jazz festival, I love to ask the musicians to randomly take a song and put something to it.
	just kick'in it in the ole Charger