Contemporary Blues

[mountainman bob]

I can understand someone’s day being ruined by having to follow SRV as your opening act.

I saw him at a small beer fest with a couple three hundred +/- people in attendance........was basically standing within arms length of him the whole time!

I had a similar experience with Aldo nova/.38 special back in the early 80’s.....Aldo nova kicked **** live (much to my surprise) then .38 special came out and was so unimpressive we left as not to ruin the experience!

Timmy, yah.....love me some Chris Thomas King. Rap/blues/bluegrass mash up.....good stuff.

 

[mountainman bob]

Cant tell if this new one by Mojo blues band is an original or not, koko Taylor had a song ‘voodoo woman’ but this isn’t it (different lyrics) well whatever it is .....it’s a fine job!

Edit......digging deeper I find that this is a Austrian band that started out opening for touring blues acts in Austria! Never, ever would have thought that......I was thinking straight out da bayou!

Voodoo Woman - YouTube

 

[mountainman bob]

Walter Trout has a handle on the present day vibe! And plays the heck out of that strat in the process!

Walter Trout - Ordinary Madness (Official Music Video) - YouTube

 

[mountainman bob]

Well we covered some west African music and Eric Bibb has also been mentioned.......here they are combined.

I love the droning melodies that carry over from the traditional style, and the lyrics certainly hit home!

We Don't Care - Eric Bibb & Habib Koite - YouTube

 

[mountainman bob]

I’m usually not a big fan of the sax but this is awesome.....all of it gels so well.

It's Your Voodoo Working (feat. Jai Malano) - YouTube

 

[mountainman bob]

The mandolin and fiddle aren’t quite synonymous with the blues yet here they are, and it surely works!

Proud of My Sins - YouTube

 

[Markw4]

Jazz can be an acquired taste. There are two basic forms: 12-bar, and Rhythm Changes.
12-bar is likely to be the bluesy type since 12-bar is the most common form of blues. Rhythm Changes derives from an interesting source: Rhythm changes - Wikipedia

 

[mountainman bob]

It’s simple Mark,
A blues man plays 3 chords to thousands of people and a jazz man plays thousands of chords to 3 people.

Though similar it’s two different things....back when I first met my wife and we spent our first Christmas together her friends and family all gave me jazz music as gifts and finally after opening the 4th or 5th one I said what the heck is goin on here? She said, well I told everyone you liked jazz music and it would make good gifts. Back up the bus (not to sound ungrateful disclaimer stated) but it’s blues I like not jazz......she says ‘isn’t it the same thing’........all I could do is just shake my head no.

 

[scottjoplin]

Jazz is what happened when imaginative musicians got bored playing the blues.

A bit of saxy jazz or is it blues? Ornette Coleman - Ramblin' - YouTube

 

[mountainman bob]

I enjoy the early ragtime,swing,big band, Dixieland (is cool live) but modern jazz is much to chaotic for me.

 

[scottjoplin]

Some of it sure can be, there was a thing called free jazz, didn't last for long, I find much contemporary jazz too predictable, jazz by numbers I call it. I read a book called Shining Trumpets by Rudi Blesh, written in the forties I think, he loved "trad jazz" and it's polyphony and improvisation, he hated swing, said it wasn't jazz, ridiculous comment, but such was/is the resistance to change.

 

[mountainman bob]

It wasn’t this particular performance, but I saw ‘tuba skinny’ perform on the street just like this, this woman’s voice is just like it’s off an old 78! So cool to see in person.
Tuba Skinny - "Going Back Home" - Royal St. -*Tip the band at Venmo.com. More at Digitalalexa - YouTube

 

[Cindra]

Hoof Jelly - YouTube

 

[scottjoplin]

So cool to see in person.

I could waste a whole day like that

 

[scottjoplin]

It's interesting what Jelly Roll Morton said about jazz, "it has to have a Spanish tinge" Scott Joplin - Solace performed by Phillip Dyson - YouTube

 

[mountainman bob]

Definately some Dixieland influence in that one cindra....awesome!

It wouldn’t play for me maybe this version will play for others?

Hoof Jelly - YouTube

Here’s another off the same album Cold Creature - YouTube

Matt we wasted three whole days during Mardi Gras......its worth checking out if you’ve never been(if they ever have it again!)

 

[scottjoplin]

Did you see any Japanese High School marching bands? I dare you to watch this without grinning like an idiot Japanese High School Marching Band Puts On An Impressive Performance

 

[mountainman bob]

Cant say as I recall any.....we did end up in the second line of a funeral procession though!

 

[Cindra]

Bob, I cant see your links...it seems that its different for USA and EU

 

[mountainman bob]

I’ll try to make sure to add artist/album/song title besides the link from now on so people can look it up in eu. It worked when I searched your link title (that read title not available) so it must just be the link itself and not the actual material.