Lost another great

[hilsideser]

drummer Joe Morello passed yesterday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Morello

 

[bgbassplyr]

Sorry to hear.

 

[DNK]

Gonna have to pull out my Take 5 CD

 

[anthony7777]

Sad, as a drummer ive always enjoyed listening to him, original and impeckable technique.

 

[Bayless]

Joe was my all time favorite drummer. He really made those Brubeck albums come alive. So sorry to hear of his passing.

 

[equiprx]

When I was a kid, I started to learn to drum. I listened to all the old guys and wanted to be the best. Then I heard Morello and decided I would never even come close and gave it up. I just became the best listener I could. No one ever could do what he did. His drumming could even be separated from the rest of the group and stood up to the dreaded solo. Everyone else was just keeping time while he was making music.

 

[drooartz]

Bruebeck's "Time Out" was the first jazz album I heard growing up, and had a huge influence on me. Sparked my enduring love of odd-meter music. Still one of my all-time favorites. Joe's drumming was big part of that. Sad to see another great go on to the great gig in the sky.

We'll have to pull out Take 5 at our gig on Wednesday in his honor.

 

[TR6BILL]

Bruebeck's "Time Out" was the first jazz album I heard growing up, and had a huge influence on me. Sparked my enduring love of odd-meter music. Still one of my all-time favorites. Joe's drumming was big part of that. Sad to see another great go on to the great gig in the sky.

We'll have to pull out Take 5 at our gig on Wednesday in his honor.

And don't forget on the flip side of the 45, <span style="font-weight: bold">BLUE RONDO A LA TURK</span>.



(some of you young-uns out there might not know what a 45 record looks like.....)

 

[TR6BILL]

blue rondo a la turk

 

[DNK]

Thanks Bill :banana: :thumbsup:

 

[drooartz]

And don't forget on the flip side of the 45, <span style="font-weight: bold">BLUE RONDO A LA TURK</span>.

That whole album is fantastic -- spent some time listening to it again last night while I was working.

 

[equiprx]

blue rondo a la turk

Wow! I just listened to that link while perusing the rest of the topics. Blown away again. Don't think I ever heard that version before, though it's been years since the last time. Is it the original? It sounded like an unfamiliar guitar solo and the drums seemed to have a lot of reverb. Is my hearing that bad? I have an appointment with the ENT tomorrow anyway.

 

[TR6BILL]

blue rondo a la turk

Wow! I just listened to that link while perusing the rest of the topics. Blown away again. Don't think I ever heard that version before, though it's been years since the last time. Is it the original? It sounded like an unfamiliar guitar solo and the drums seemed to have a lot of reverb. Is my hearing that bad? I have an appointment with the ENT tomorrow anyway.

It's the real deal. Again, on the flip side of the Take-5 45 record.

 

[DrEntropy]

Sparked my enduring love of odd-meter music. Still one of my all-time favorites. Joe's drumming was big part of that. Sad to see another great go on to the great gig in the sky.

Much is revealed by that, Drew. :wink:

Brubeck was a seer. IMHO Lalo Schifrin and Henry Mancini were equally great.

 

[equiprx]

blue rondo a la turk

Wow! I just listened to that link while perusing the rest of the topics. Blown away again. Don't think I ever heard that version before, though it's been years since the last time. Is it the original? It sounded like an unfamiliar guitar solo and the drums seemed to have a lot of reverb. Is my hearing that bad? I have an appointment with the ENT tomorrow anyway.

It's the real deal. Again, on the flip side of the Take-5 45 record.

I don't suppose they credit the guitar on the 45? It was also common to put lots of reverb on some of the tracks back then. Joe always had a heavy bottom sound but that sounded a bit much on the processed side. I wish I had my LP collection and audio system where I could use it.

 

[drooartz]

It's the real deal. Again, on the flip side of the Take-5 45 record.

That particular link is to a MIDI file of the recording, not the actual recording -- a computer is making the instrument sounds. No guitar on the original, just the quartet (piano, drums, bass, alto sax).

Sparked my enduring love of odd-meter music. Still one of my all-time favorites. Joe's drumming was big part of that. Sad to see another great go on to the great gig in the sky.

Much is revealed by that, Drew. :wink:

Brubeck was a seer. IMHO Lalo Schifrin and Henry Mancini were equally great.

I finally got to see Brubeck live a year or two ago. Man's 90 and he still played with all the old gusto. Mostly new music as well, just a couple of pieces I recognized. No slowing down there that's for sure.

 

[Andrew Mace]

Brubeck was a seer. IMHO Lalo Schifrin and Henry Mancini were equally great.

I could not agree more. Mancini has been a favorite of mine since I was a "child of the 1950s"! Last weekend, I happened to have the TV on in the background, and Peter Gunn (yet another great Mancini theme) was on. Suddenly, during the episode, I heard "Dreamsville" pretty much in its entirety as background music...which only made me realize that I've now yet another CD to buy soon....

 

[Bayless]

I've been a serious Brubeck fan since '56 (cough, cough) so was quick to sign up when he was here a couple years ago with the symphony. They first played his entire mass. the second half of the program was mostly just the quartet. At almost 90, he moved around a bit slow but still has his chops on the keyboard.

 

[Bayless]

Hmmm, I don't know where the purple stuff is coming from in the above. Basil's magic maybe?
BTW, agree on Mancini too. Very creative. Great stuff.