Music Fools Crack the Beat
By Jakob and Tom
Each episode we delve into a song or musical genre; where Tom tries to bring it all back to the beat through dance, and Jakob dives into the theory, while giving a rounded historical and cultural view.
Welcome to “Music Fools Crack the Beat”.
Music Fools Crack the BeatJan 10, 2022
Happy New Year 2022
Happy New Year Everyone!
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite - Infernal Dance of Kind Kaschei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtdq0SQTtYs
Pachelbel - Canon in D - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wiRRv80ehM
Bob Dylan - All along the Watchtower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT7Hj-ea0VE
Jimi Hendrix - All along the Watchtower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY
The Mamas and the Papas - Dream a little Dream of Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJwjLYRPxJY
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Pennies From Heaven - Part 3 Instrumentalist Spotlight
Pennies from Heaven - Pt.3 Instrumentalist Spotlight
In this episode we discuss "fake books" whilst also exploring and highlighting versions of the song by; Dave Brubeck, Django Reinhardt, Stan Getz, Ben Webster, and Louis Armstrong with Jack Teagarden.
Reference playlist on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUHijBv5-mibX7RGd6FHFs08kFuC0MlI8
Dave Brubeck 1963 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msr47rqY9rU
Django and Andre 1937 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qH41EOZpRY
Stan Getz 1957 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9lDl1sNz0s
Ben Webster 1953 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kolbo_Qsblo
Louis Armstrong 1947 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIAa53Sr2Vw
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Pennies from Heaven Ep8 Pt.2 - Vocalist Spotlight
Pennies from Heaven Pt.2 Vocalist Spotlight
In this episode we look at classic vocal performances of "Pennies from Heaven". We talk about prosody and word painting while comparing recordings by Rose Murphy, Billy Holiday, Big Joe Turner, Frances Langford, Louis Armstrong, and Bing Crosby.
Rose Murphy - https://youtu.be/9Rync_XWQdg
Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday - https://youtu.be/jNS5jKwiXWc
Big Joe Turner - https://youtu.be/2hPkpnvZ7rk
Langford/Armstrong/Crosby - https://youtu.be/bZj2096wyy0
Louis Prima - https://youtu.be/vnz_gbDJnhI
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Pennies from Heaven Ep8 Pt.1 - Introduction with TV and Movie Treatment
Pennies from Heaven Pt.1 Intro
In this introductory episode on the song "Pennies from Heaven" we take a look at it's structure as well as it's treatment in television and film.
Eddie Duchin feat Lew Sherwood 1936 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g62erIedR7I
Ole Man Mose 1938- Eddie Duchin feat Patricia Norman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8uhGHgEMM4
Bing Crosby with George Stoll Orch 1936 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25wDawjMmEY
Skeleton in the Closet 1936 - Louis Armstrong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrKdtKk8Yhs
Pennies from Heaven TV series with the Accordion Man and the sausage (1978) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xw0da8ZUpo
You Rascal You - The Blue Lyres - https://youtu.be/IK2XSIRYFg8
In the TV series - https://youtu.be/svPiW06tu2U?t=3507
From the 1981 American Movie feat dance scene and the Chicken - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Q11jsN54A
Down by the Riverside - Ep.7 Pt.3 - Interpretations
Down by the Riverside Part 3 - Interpretations
In this episode we discuss various version of this song and an eclectic mix of interpretations.
Bing and Gary Crosby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0cv6_q1lTs
Ghost Monroe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBm81tEAzFc
Peter Paul and Mary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ma7mvN5eSI
Pete Seeger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ijtdJcenFM
Albi the Racist Dragon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Qu3iP3RYA
Cheeky Girls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfODYOp41ww
Bill Haley and the Comets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb7IpIp2lrE
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Down by the Riverside Ep.7 Pt.2
Down by the Riverside - Part 2 - Jazz
In this episode we continue our discussion of "Down by the Riverside" by focussing on some Jazz versions and talk about collective improvisation.
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3hLsC785Kk
Geroge Lewis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeB5ZKlQKw4
After Seben - https://youtu.be/22igp-ihYN4?t=92
Louis Armstrong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ih3kVkk5_Q
Blue Vipers of Brooklyn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OORtUdX-9oQ
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Down by the Riverside - Ep.7 Pt.1
In this episode we look at the old American song, "Down by the Riverside". We focus on it’s first known recording and Rosetta Tharpe’s popular gospel version of the song.
Louis Armstrong, Down by the Riverside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ih3kVkk5_Q
Fisk Jubilee Quartet, Down by the Riverside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyoKoJkJ2_4&t=2s
Thomas Andrew Dorsey, If You See My Savior - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKQ-mn772nE
Rosetta Tharpe, Down by the Riverside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHNW0sUWhX8
Rosetta Tharpe - Shout, Sister, Shout - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seCxFOYrlys
Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKCt8ssC7cs
Jimmy Lunceford, I Ain't Gonna Study War No More - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39CEYbsjgrU
One O'Clock Jump - Jazz Chats - Ep.6 Pt.2
One O'Clock Jump - Part 2
Blue Ball - https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/OneOClockJump.pdf
Count Basie - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Count-Basie
Walter Page - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Page
Buck Clayton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton
Glissando - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk2I4fA_Tis
Modern Erhu Example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_QKpppskDU
Powerful Dancing hitting the music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO3C4F3fMgc
Art Bernstein - https://www.allmusic.com/artist/arthur-bernstein-mn0001871780
Minor Goes Muggin' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaxUDQ3H-fA
Mumbles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Z6OJBYuDI
Paul Gonsalves 27 choruses at Newport 56' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTonhINTeXQ
Newport Jazz Festival - https://www.newportjazz.org/
The Metronome All Stars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_tLFzRNLBM
Buddy Rich False Start - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krE1BFg2mVw
Feedin' the Bean - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrbeDwAa_bM
Bechet's version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4HxTESOx8U
Roy CLarke and Gatemouth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNNUF9_qoeQ
Get out of the corn patch! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEny_nB5yyA
One O'Clock Jump - Jazz Chats - Ep.6 Pt.1
One O'Clock Jump - Jazz Chats - Ep.6 Pt.1
Six or Seven times 1929 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwg1LL4E1Ks
One O'Clock Jump 1937 (original recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3JyQnYPkZk
Bolero - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r30D3SW4OVw
Riff - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riff
All American Rhythm Section: Jo Jones, Walter Page, Freddie Green, and Count Basie
Notes on the Rhythm Section - https://blog.straycat.me.uk/2015/02/that-rhythm-section/
Jo Jones Famous Solo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWTJCtQo3_g
Jo Jones Playing style - https://www.moderndrummer.com/2009/12/papa-jo-jones/
Freddie Green Rare Solo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0eYMdDmlmM
Freddie Green Playing Style (note the archtop guitar) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7i6S4_vi3g
Lindy Hop, Balboa and Shag - Swing Dances.
Modern example of Balboa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM4eHsPB6zE
New Orleans Jazz Vipers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c4ydyvqFMQ
Oscar Peterson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkrEAg3C8E
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Intro to the Basie Rhythm Section, and Lester Young and Herschel Evans - Audio Short 2
Audio Short 2 - Introducing Basie Rhythm Section, and Lester Young and Herschel Evans.
Kansas City Style - https://www.britannica.com/art/Kansas-City-style
Freddie Green Rare Solo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0eYMdDmlmM
Jo Jones solo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czxMQ6-y10s
False Fingering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0yFFm_MGMk
Full One O'CLock Jump (Decca 1937)- http://www.jazz-on-line.com/a/mp3y/1937_247.mp3
Jazz Royalty and how the Count got his name - Audio Short 1
Audio Short 1: Jazz Royalty and how the Count got his nickname.
Notes:
Talking about Melisma - https://sites.google.com/a/cherrycreekschools.org/musical-links-investigation-medieval-hindustani/melismatic-text-setting
How Count Basie got his nickname - https://www.wrti.org/post/story-about-how-count-basie-got-his-nickname
Steve Miller - https://www.discogs.com/Steve-Miller-KC-Big-Band-The-Swinging-Kansas-City-Sound/release/5863916
The Peabody - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peabody_(dance)
One O' CLock Jump - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-0kT9sbY7s
Bei Mir Bistu Shein - Jazz Chats - Ep.5
Bei Mir Bistu Shein - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bei_Mir_Bistu_Shein
Bear Missed the Train - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7IKG7QrvJg
Original Recording (1937) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGveTSQbH30
Sheet Music - https://www.scribd.com/doc/314256091/Bei-mir-bist-du-schon
Yiddish Lyrics - http://www.hebrewsongs.com/?song=baymirbistusheyn
Andrew Sisters on Bei Mir - https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/Bei%20Mir%20Bist%20Du%20Schoen.pdf
Jim put a Rasher on the 45 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LBnMRWeV-E
Klezmer Music - https://www.britannica.com/art/klezmer-music
Doyna - https://www.jewish-music.huji.ac.il/content/doyne-lkt
Doina - http://borzykowski.users.ch/EnglDoina.htm
New Orleans Dixieland Band - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7OLgI6Xyyg
Benny Goodman feat Martha Tilton and Ziggy Elman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxfpMzBYBjo
Heptatonic Scales - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptatonic_scale
Pat Thompson - https://youtu.be/kWweGGYRNb0
Ochi Chernyie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnoCI2N9nWw
Janis Siegel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWvuB1vSsAc
Hot Sardines - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4-XIKt-ADs
Gordon Webster - https://gordonwebstermusic.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-philadelphia
Swing Ninjas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdNnLYNzBdY
Grand Diminion Jazz Band - https://www.gdjb.com/
The Bear Missed the Train - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7IKG7QrvJg
Wayfaring Stranger - Folk Chats - Ep.4
Wayfaring Stanger - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wayfaring_Stranger_(song) Versions - https://secondhandsongs.com/work/68472 Roud No. - https://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/3339#
Versions: Vaughan’s Texas Quartet (1930)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFMIR0sIaFs Burl Ives 1960 Coumbia Album “Return of the Wayfaring Stranger” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLwOfaK4QVU Tennessee Ernie Ford (1960, Live) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRhpHZ85Ozk H.P. Lovecraft (1967) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfPkfHKwxE The Smith Street Society (1981) - https://youtu.be/Kczjagy6cPo?t=570 16 Horsepower (2000)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_vdlo2X2ug Johnny Cash (2000) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIlbZAP8ASQ Dustin Johnson (2016) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0DZhvQ1OKA Jos Slovick (from the movie ‘1917’) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJA0JSH7wgY
Notes: Libby Prison Hymn - https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:278571/ Article on W.S. - https://www.manhattanbeachmusic.com/html/wayfaring_stranger.html Article 2 on W.S. - http://www.stephengriffith.com/folksongindex/poor-wayfaring-stranger/ Article 3 on W.S. - https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/wayfaringstranger.html Re Teas and Jazz point - https://anchor.fm/jakobandtomspodcast/episodes/Moanin---Jazz-Chats-Ep-2-eql9di Siun (Everybody Dies) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3j7SABxdA Going over Jordan - https://www.dominicanajournal.org/poor-wayfaring-stranger/ Solfege - https://www.musical-u.com/learn/solfege-do-re-mi-isnt-childs-play/ 4 types of Cadence - https://www.musicnotes.com/now/tips/cadences-in-music-theory-the-4-types-explained/ Kung Fu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvu5YcmYhSQ Seven Samurai - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhJv3HKhcc 16 tons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRh0QiXyZSk Foxtrot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrLqM8mZhis Peabody - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elo2PPU_opk Ain’t no Sin - https://www.discogs.com/The-Smith-Street-Society-Jazz-Band-Aint-No-Sin/release/9450635 HP Lovecraft
On the Sunny Side of the Street - Jazz Chats - Ep.3
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Original Recording (1930) Ted Lewis
Versions:
Harry Richman (1930, singer from the Revue)
Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee (1941)
Lester Young with Oscar P Trio (1952)
Notes:
Eric Idle - Look on the Bright Side of Life
Teddy Wilson quote from Benny Goodman
Skye and Frida Jump Through the Window
Moanin' - Jazz Chats Ep.2
Moanin' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moanin%27
Moanin' Lyrics - https://genius.com/Lambert-hendricks-and-ross-moanin-lyrics
Lead Sheet - http://freejazzinstitute.com/showposts.php?dept=transcriptions&topic=20080827100442_HalfNelson
Moanin' Versions:
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv9NSR-2DwM
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldXi8bs6PSw
Wes Montgomery - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXyldsTrBCE
Saint Clair Quartet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_TveRs1Muo
Sarah Vaughan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwgHJI7mTLE
Henry Mancini - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9ToSn60Zek
Bobby Timmons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjRQo-zpKA
Other Songs:
Bix Beiderbecke "Singin' the Blues" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMjjIPmPxWY
Louis Armstrong "West End Blues" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WPCBieSESI
Notes:
Craic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craic
Lee Morgan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Morgan
Horace Silver - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Silver
Bobby Timmons - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Timmons
Art Blakey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Blakey
Jymie Merrit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jymie_Merritt
Hard Bop - https://www.jazzhistorytree.com/hard-bop/
Hard Bop Quote on Art/Horace and Bebop Scene - https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/secrets-of-the-blue-note-vault-michael-cuscuna-on-monk-blakey-and-the-one-that-got-away/
Jazz Messengers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Messengers#Origins
Something Blueish - Tritone - Blue Note - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_note
Major Chords - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_chord
Jammin the Blues w/Harry "Sweets" Edison - https://youtu.be/53pNfjC9M6Q?t=98
Bix Beiderbecke - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bix_Beiderbecke
Lee Morgan Shot - https://www.ncarts.org/comehearnc/365-days-music/lady-who-shot-lee-morgan-larry-reni-thomas
Teas and Jazz Link article - https://www.counterpunch.org/2006/07/14/how-the-irish-invented-jazz/
Jazz the word Origins - https://www.wbgo.org/post/where-did-jazz-word-come-follow-trail-clues-deep-dive-lewis-porter#stream/0
Tap Origins - https://www.britannica.com/art/tap-dance
Starsky and Hutch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsJ4pALlbEM&t=6s
Wes Montgomery - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Montgomery
Sarah Vaughan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan
Pink Panther - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp6z3s1Gig0
Cool Jazz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_jazz
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Work Song - Jazz Chats - Ep.1
Work Song Notes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_Song_(Nat_Adderley_album)
Work Song Versions:
Nat Adderly 1960 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rmXbiD3Jog
Oscar Brown Jr 1960 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpewUVqowHE
Cannonball Adderly w/ Nat 1960 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCqRYneOdIM
Butterfield Blues Band 1966 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO2JAA47Mgk
Sammy Davis Jr with Count Basie 1964 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raOD3bF0_L8
Nina Simone 1967 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwXwzDqN6mc
Gregory Porter - ALbum: Be Good - 2012 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46PCShlnq6E
Grant Green 1972 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlNwprawJIE
Masha Bijlsma Band, Bob Malach 1996 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKue9yIIjHQ
The Ventures 1966 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiR_B4Ayh3Q
Other Songs:
Big John Special by Fletcher Henderson 1934 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je-7vSd_RRs
Moanin' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers 1958 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv9NSR-2DwM
Who Ya Hunchin' by Chick Webb 1938 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUWuXZIZUqk
Notes:
Lead Sheet - http://freejazzinstitute.com/uploads/20091129120052_HalfNelson.pdf
Chain Gang influence on work song - https://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupreme/2012/09/03/160411466/a-work-song-for-labor-day
Bebop - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebop
CHarlie Parker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker
Dizzy Gilespie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie
Hardbop - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_bop
Traits of Bebop vs Hardbop - https://musicfans.stackexchange.com/questions/837/what-is-hard-bop
Call and Response - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_and_response_(music)
Sam Jones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Jones_(musician)
Swing Out - https://youtu.be/ahoJReiCaPk?t=32
Cadence - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence#:~:text=In%20Western%20musical%20theory%2C%20a,section%2C%20or%20piece%20of%20music.
Blue Note - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_note
Work Song Lyrics - https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/w/worksong.html
Melisma - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melisma
That bass solo was by Aaron James- https://www.allmusic.com/artist/aaron-james-mn0002453962
Austin Powers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90h2gLgTz5g
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