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Mossback said:
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In the 90s I played for a while with a stride pianist who would play so hard he occasionally broke strings! He had great chops but he didn't 'comp much. The rest of the group was just 'kinda there.

This video of Willie "The Lion" Smith in the UK with a couple of very talented sidemen shows his graciousness to let them shine @ 20:50 during an extended version of Nagasaki.
 
Old Man said:
When you go back, you go way back.
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Remember it as a kid. I loved that song and kate smith the bear went over the mountain … elvis buddy holly , frankie laine endless memories… a lot of music in our family when growing up.Jim I will be 69 in a couple weeks in case you wondered about me being too young.
 
I like Boplicity because the triplet in beats one & two of bar two of the melody gives the melody a cool and unusual flavor. The harmony in some versions of Boplicity just sounds off to me. Yesterday I heard a great version with Miles that but I can't seem to find it. I did find this version where even the MA7#11 in the turnaround sounds "in tune".
 
Brian Miller said:
I like Boplicity because the triplet in beats one & two of bar two of the melody gives the melody a cool and unusual flavor. The harmony in some versions of Boplicity just sounds off to me. Yesterday I heard a great version with Miles that but I can't seem to find it. I did find this version where even the MA7#11 in the turnaround sounds "in tune".
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Capt Insano Emeritis said:
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When looking for the Boplicity recording today I got to thinking about Watermelon Man. Herbie Hancock wrote and recorded it on "Takin' Off" in 1962. Shortly afterwards Mongo Santamaria asked Hancock if he could record it. Even though it was arranged in the standard 2:30 format for play on popular radio stations and the individual performances are nowhere near that of Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon, the 1962 (and '63 single) Santamaria recordings' gliss in bars 1 & 5, and the laid back meter in bars 2 & 6 of the head, and the ever-so-slight ritard going into the turnaround make the Hancock version sound stiff in comparison.


I like the 1965 Columbia "La Bamba" version even more for the extended gliss in head bars 1 & 5.

I don't care for the Head Hunters version.
 


This song has been stuck in my head for like 4 years now. MGMT has some great lyrics and unique sounds. They were a pop band a long time ago supposedly just to get the money but now they are just deep psychedelic band and do what they want.
 
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