Comments on: Great Jazz on Video and Vinyl

By: DJ Pari

DJ Pari — Mon, 14 May 2018 13:14:57 +0000

@GST “Of course what do I know as I actually like Lee Morgan’s Candy cover”

This right here is a major disqualifier LOL

By: cellery

cellery — Sat, 12 May 2018 22:04:48 +0000

Yeah, I remember Silver saying in an older Blue Note documentary that while most artists didn’t much care about the cover designs of their albums he prided himself on actively busying himself with it, as well as making them promote as many of his previous albums on the back cover as possible.

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Sat, 12 May 2018 20:46:33 +0000

Hey Joc, had this one for over 20 years. It’s a swinger ! Hope you get it….Hooray forBob Gordon.

By: GST

GST — Fri, 11 May 2018 21:11:32 +0000

@DJ

Some aren’t bad, but none are great (obviously just my opinion). Finger Poppin and Blowing the Blues are the best of the bunch, but I’m not a fan of albums like Songs, Tokyo or Cape Verdean and Doin’ the Thing looks like a lazy version of the classic Blue Note style. Of course what do I know as I actually like Lee Morgan’s Candy cover 😉

By: Paul V

Paul V — Fri, 11 May 2018 20:21:21 +0000

I like watching Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKOoxgI_xfQ

By: JOK

JOK — Fri, 11 May 2018 19:39:05 +0000

Slightly off-topic, but I know there are a couple of Bob Gordon fans in here. I’ve been looking for this record a long, long time, and I’ll never see one in this shape ever again, but it’s over my limit, so unless I sell some game used autographed baseball bats, I’m not going to buy it. But for those of you who like Bob Gordon and collect his records, this IS the grail record: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HALL-DANIELS-SEPTET-Playing-10-BLUE-VINYL-1955-EX-LP-Zoot-Sims-Jump-JL-9/352349431920?hash=item5209a9a870:g:wKEAAOSw61haeMSf

By: DJ Pari

DJ Pari — Fri, 11 May 2018 19:09:29 +0000

@ GST

I respectfully disagree, I think Horace Silver album’s show some fantastic art work, even past “The Stylings of Silver.” I like “Further Explorations,” “Blowin’ the Blues Away” is fantastic, and so is “Doin’ the Thing.” The cover of “Song for my Father” is a great homage to his dad and an excellent photo, and “Jody Grind” is up with the times. “You gotta take a little love,” however, that cover is hideous, and whoever did that must have been smokin’ crack (had that been a thing in the late ’60s.)

Artists usually have little creative input over cover design, although in Silver’s case, he was known to have been a little bit more hands on so I wouldn’t be surprised if his views were at least considered.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Thu, 10 May 2018 18:32:09 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry3_wiiH4Pc Everyone in top form.

By: GST

GST — Thu, 10 May 2018 16:51:45 +0000

On a related note did Horace have some kind of control over the cover art for his Blue Note albums? For the most part it’s all down hill after “The Stylings of Silver” (which I don’t think is great either), and “The Jody Grind” is just…yikes!

Perhaps it’s just me.

By: GST

GST — Thu, 10 May 2018 16:39:22 +0000

Great Horace video. Thanks for sharing!