GeePawHill@GeePawHill@mastodon.social
The dozens? Here's Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry, and Clifford Brown, all vying for the attention of the great Dinah Washington.
"I've Got You Under My Skin".
Hear them stylin' against each other. You may not quite understand it, but these guys are major players, and they're laughing and *shit-talking* to each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC7n6SREFew
GeePawHill@GeePawHill@mastodon.social
Simple virtuosity? Louis Armstrong recorded the song that is generally regarded as the defining take of jazz. (He didn['t invent anything except himself, and all of the elements of what he did have precursors. What he did was put them together in a magnificent package. This is the first virtuoso of what we call jazz.)
"West End Blues".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTxhgmk_ofk
The opening cadenza is non-transcribable. Closest I've heard was from Nicholas Payton. But it's not quite the same.
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