In praise of Jazz at the Pawnshop

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It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes.

This posting started off as a response (in another forum) to what to me seems the usual attitude towards Jazz at the Pawnshop, as uninspired but well recorded Jazz, played by Swedes! Well I am going to commit the ultimate blasphemy and declare Jazz at the Pawnshop to be one of my absolute favorite records for it's music. The fact that it is well recorded is the icing on the cake. But then I have always had a soft spot for vibes. Anything by the MJQ certainly floats my boat. Other favorites:
1. Brubeckâ€™s Time out. I actually use Strange Meadowlark not JATPS as my stereo test track (in addtion to others).
2. Ellington: The Far East Suite.
3. Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and The Orchestra.
4. Bill Evans: Any of The Village Vanguard Sessions. Also featuring some well recorded china, glass and silverware like JATPS!
5. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue and his collaborations with Gil Evans. Sorry but Bitches Brew and most of his work from the mid 60s to 1980 definitely does NOT float my boat. Interestingly I like some of his later work from the 80s till he passed away.
6. Most of Stan Getz's Bossa Nova output.
7. Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954 album).
7. Anything by the Modern Jazz Quartet. Django, Fontessa Condorde and Dedicated to Connie are personal favorites.
Some of us like a somewhat gentler side to Jazz and actually like JATPS. In fact the album pulls off the feat of being fairly uptempo and gentle. It certainly floats my boat far more than most of Coltraneâ€™s or Monkâ€™s output (Coltrane's My Favorite Things and some of his work with Miles excepted).
Enough. I am climbing off of my Soapbox.
Peace.
Sincerely,
Hany.

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Topic - In praise of Jazz at the Pawnshop - haziz 18:29:30 03/28/07 (4)

Jazz at the Pawn Shop sounds great. - Pat D 12:05:18 03/30/07 (0)

It features some fine musicians - norfish 16:22:04 03/29/07 (0)

It's a matter of taste... - mkuller 10:40:13 03/29/07 (0)

Re: In praise of Jazz at the Pawnshop - jefe 05:58:15 03/29/07 (0)

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