I’m going to start with a quote from Encyclopedia Britannica. “Most early classical composers (such as Aaron Copland, John Alden Carpenter—and even Igor Stravinsky, who became smitten with jazz) were drawn to its (jazzes) instrumental sounds and timbres, the unusual effects and inflections of jazz playing (brass mutes, glissandos, scoops, bends, and stringless ensembles), and its syncopations, completely ignoring, or at least under appreciating, the extemporized aspects of jazz. Indeed, the sounds that jazz musicians make on their instruments—the way they attack, inflect, release, embellish, and colour notes—characterize jazz playing to such an extent that if a classical piece were played by jazz musicians in their idiomatic phrasings, it would in all likelihood be called jazz.
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Pat Blythe – All That Jazz – Part V
Posted in life, music, Opinion, Review with tags 8-track, African, Afro-Cuban jazz, Bob Segarini, bossa nova, Brazilian jazz, cassette tape, clave, claves, DBAWIS, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, Ed Sullivan, ethnomusicologial, Fusion, improvisation, Jazz, Latin jazz, New York City jazz, samba, sub-Saharan, Telsat, The Beatles, transistor radio on March 16, 2022 by segariniGary Pig Gold goes FIFTY YEARS WITHOUT ED
Posted in life, music, Opinion, Review, Television with tags Beatles, Bo Diddly, Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, Dave Clark Five, Dusty Springfield, Ed Sullivan, Elvis Presley, Four Tops, Gary Pig Gold, George Carlin, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Herb Alpert, Jack Paar, Jim Morrison, Louis Armstrong, Sly and the Family Stone on June 21, 2021 by segariniIt’s hard to fathom a world where any imaginable sight, sound, or moving image of your fave rave pop star isn’t a mere mouse of a click away. But back in that Gold Age when the roll was still an essential part of rock, families instead gathered ’round their communal box every Sunday evening at eight to turn on and tune completely into the beauty, the splendor, the downright wonder which was The Ed Sullivan Show. And then, only if you were pubescent and/or lucky enough, at the top of any such given hour ringmaster Ed might just include in his introductory announcement, “And for all the youngsters out there…” before intoning – and quite often mispronouncing – none other than the name off the label of your latest, most current constantly-played 45.
Continue readingPat Blythe – Sounds Like Toronto…..and music
Posted in Interview, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Archie Alleyne, Bob Segarini, Canada Council of the Arts, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan, Jazz, Kensington Market, Kollage, luvthemusic, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, podcast, The Beatles, The Colonial Tavern, The Pandemic Interviews, The Underground Railroad Soul Food Restaurant, Toronto, Toronto Heritage, Toronto Jazz Festival, Town Tavern, yonge street, Yorkville on February 10, 2021 by segariniThere’s been much written about the vibrancy of Yonge Street, particularly beginning in the late 50s to its eventual winding down during the mid to late 80s. Clubs like the Brown Derby, The Colonial Tavern, Club Blue Note, Town Tavern, Le Coq d’Or, Steeles Tavern, Friars Tavern, Hawk’s Nest, The Zanzibar, Silver Rail…..graduating to The Gasworks, Piccadilly Tube, Nickelodeon, Hard Rock Cafe and many others. All gone, except the memories. The jazz and blues, the beginning of the Toronto Sound, rock, disco and punk invasions, the Yonge St. Mall…..
Peter’s Wild Kingdom
Posted in life, Opinion, Review with tags CoCo The Fashionable, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan, Jim Fowler, Marlin Perkins, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, Peter Montreuil, Robert Segarini, The 20th Century, Tiny Talent Time on November 5, 2020 by segariniSo the American election is over. Or is it? Is the American dream dead? Is it dying? Stay tuned on Sunday for the second part Roxanne Tellier’s incisive analysis of this major event, just another example of the great writing available on this blog. For my part this week I will focus on my adventures with the animal kingdom. While there will be some “Cat” adventures, most of these tales will be about the more feral side of local fauna. I hope you like it.
Gary Pig Gold Most Fondly Remembers Our Pal Joey
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 1977, Crash and Burn, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan, Gary Pig Gold, music, radio, Ramones, Records, Rock, Rock and Roll, segarini, Stive Bators, The New Yorker, The Pig Paper, Toronto on April 11, 2016 by segarini
Late one night in very late 1976, a singer acquaintance of mine burst into the (condemned) house I was then sharing with the neighbourhood bar band, shouting “You will never believe what I just saw in Toronto tonight! These four guys with Brian Jones haircuts wearing drainpipe Levis, singing all these really fast, short songs. Lots of ’em, too! And the best part? NO GUITAR SOLOS!”
Doug Thompson: “(WE’RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK” AGAIN
Posted in Opinion with tags American Film Institute, American Graffiti, Bill Haley and The Comets, Bill Haley and The Saddlemen, Bill Haley with Haley’s Comets, Billboard Magazine, Billie Holiday, Billy Crystal, Blackboard Jungle, Cashbox, Dave Prater, DBAWIS, Dean Martin, Denny Doherty, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doris Day, Doug Thompson, Ed Sullivan, Eddie Fisher, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Gene Clark, Gene Pitney, George Clooney, George Lucas, Glenn Ford, Grammy Hall of Fame, Halley’s Comet., Happy Days, International Astronomers Union, James Myers, Jim Dawson, Jimmy De Knight, jo stafford, John Phillips, Johnny Clifton and His String Band, Jr. Walker, Kay Starr, Kitty Kallen, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong., Louis Jordan, Mary Wells, Max C. Freedman, Mike Smith, Milt Gabler, Motown, music, Nat King Cole, New Musical Express, Patti Page, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Peter Ford, Pythian Temple, Records, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone Magazine, Rosemary Clooney, Roy Orbison, Sam & Dave), segarini, The Andrew Sisters, the Dave Clark Five, The Four Aces of Western Swing, The Ink Spots, The Weavers, Tony Bennett on November 17, 2014 by segariniThis column is the first of what hopefully, will become more of a regular one on DBAWIS by yours truly. My intention (and we all know what happens to intentions, especially good ones) is to take a closer look at some of the hit records and hit makers from the rock era using some of my interview archives.