Living outside of America, Dan's videos are so interseting to help understand the sociological context of the music I love so much. Go and subscribe to his channel, he's a living encyclopedia!!!
Ken Thank you for showing off Dan and his channel, after watching last nights episode on your channel I had to go and subscribe to The Jazz shepherd, I poured a large Scotch and binge watched his channel. Keep up the great work and both of you stay safe.
Hey Dan, great video, really strikes a chord with me (no pun intended). I can hear echoes of what you say in the current London scene. The last few years in the UK hasn’t been great here, with Brexit, Grenfell, the Windrush disgrace, a xenophobic tension in the air and the anti-immigration agenda. I’m not saying today’s black youth are enduring the same oppression as 40s and 50s black Americans did, but I feel there is a theme running through, a continuum that manifests itself in the music today. I saw a young tuba player last year called Theon Cross and he just sounded angry, full of angst and bile almost like he wanted to fight the social and political ills he’s witnessed going on around him and it came out in his live gig, it was really something. Perhaps that’s the infiltration of the hard bop music he says he’s so influenced by. Love your pure, unadulterated enthusiasm and passion for this great music, thanks for brightening my day.
Thanks Dan. My entry into Jazz was listening to hard bop. I didnt have a clue what I was listening to but I totally felt the tension. I really love Charles Mingus’ hard bop tunes. It doesn’t get much more angry than that does it? It appealed to me because I came from listening to a lot a heavy metal. I’ve listened to a lot of Jazz over the years but never really had the context explained to me. I’m very thankful for this lesson. Cheers!
I'm now a follower of this lovely hooligan, Dan The Jazz Shepperd. But friends let me say: I can't see any boundaries in terms of feeling art, music in this case. Just the world from a storm in Beethoven's Sith conducted by Carlos Kleiber to a piece of cheese hit by Han Bennink like an exploratory demon near his prime, that will be at hundred years or so as his internal pulse is blossoming the best of paradoxes: the ultimate and most precious gift of the masters, real youth. Just the sound of stones, rivers or silence spread in the stare of a kid, always misterious music. And this world has an axe that breaks through the infinite, partly a cotton-armoured skyscraper climbed by many angels called jazz.
Dan and Ken, the two of you have cornered the market on jazz information and knowledge and all of us are so much better for it. During the Coronavirus both of you have captivated us. Keep up the information and Ken thanks so much for introducing us all to Dan, he is “AMAZING” and both of you are a force to be recognized. Also guys please stop scolding Dan about how he holds “HIS” records, he has said it many times that he is not an Audiophile, he is a DJ and that his records are meant to be played and held and he is not going to be coddling them. Ken is the Audiophile. For those of you who think the music is too loud, Dan is using the music to stress what he is saying and it’s not taking away from his lesson, Dan himself is emoting from the artist music through speech. Quite clever if you know and are passionate about the source material.
You are the son of a preacher man. But beside your preaching, there is no other guy on youtube right now who can explain Jazz better than the Jazzsheppard. I am a Jazz musician myself so you can believe me, follow his videos and you will learn stuff that you don't learn on any other channel. He can teach you what's behind the music and what's in front too.
I watch dan and ken almost exclusively. Lots of truth and little b.s...thanks to both you guys! I listened alot to ayler, shepp, c.taylor, all the esp albums in the middle late sixties after all the bop, hard bop. It spoke to me in those times. I remember after the watts riots in los angeles all the black folks were sitting in lawn chairs in their front yards...sitting and proud after putting up with all the bs by the lapd. Those were the times.
Watching you all the way from Northern Ireland, U.K. it's 1 AM and I am listening to that Sonny Clark album you recommend. It's fantastic. I love how the horns blend together and how Sonny's piano bounces along as the framework for it all. Thanks for the heads up.
Spot on bro!! The avant-garde is pure selfishness and a waste of O2. Imagine how much better our world would be if Coleman, Coltrane, Cherry, Dolphy, Hill, Henderson, and McLean could have taken taken a lesson from the jazz shepherd about the black man’s plight. sad
This was very informative and interesting. Thank you for sharing. I have just come to realize that Hard Bop is my favorite jazz sub genre. Sonny Clark Trio The 45 Sessions is my new favorite.
“You don’t listen, you feel!” Amazing. Thx guys.
Living outside of America, Dan's videos are so interseting to help understand the sociological context of the music I love so much. Go and subscribe to his channel, he's a living encyclopedia!!!
Ken Thank you for showing off Dan and his channel, after watching last nights episode on your channel I had to go and subscribe to The Jazz shepherd, I poured a large Scotch and binge watched his channel. Keep up the great work and both of you stay safe.
Hey Dan, great video, really strikes a chord with me (no pun intended). I can hear echoes of what you say in the current London scene. The last few years in the UK hasn’t been great here, with Brexit, Grenfell, the Windrush disgrace, a xenophobic tension in the air and the anti-immigration agenda. I’m not saying today’s black youth are enduring the same oppression as 40s and 50s black Americans did, but I feel there is a theme running through, a continuum that manifests itself in the music today. I saw a young tuba player last year called Theon Cross and he just sounded angry, full of angst and bile almost like he wanted to fight the social and political ills he’s witnessed going on around him and it came out in his live gig, it was really something. Perhaps that’s the infiltration of the hard bop music he says he’s so influenced by. Love your pure, unadulterated enthusiasm and passion for this great music, thanks for brightening my day.
Thanks Dan. My entry into Jazz was listening to hard bop. I didnt have a clue what I was listening to but I totally felt the tension. I really love Charles Mingus’ hard bop tunes. It doesn’t get much more angry than that does it? It appealed to me because I came from listening to a lot a heavy metal. I’ve listened to a lot of Jazz over the years but never really had the context explained to me. I’m very thankful for this lesson. Cheers!
Thanks for uploading a second part of this. I completely loved the first one.
First I gasped at the way he grabbed that record off the turntable. Then I saw the plastikman slip mat and forgot.....
ya know I had to go and listen to that break again on Coltrane's album, I'll never hear that the same again...
I'm now a follower of this lovely hooligan, Dan The Jazz Shepperd. But friends let me say: I can't see any boundaries in terms of feeling art, music in this case. Just the world from a storm in Beethoven's Sith conducted by Carlos Kleiber to a piece of cheese hit by Han Bennink like an exploratory demon near his prime, that will be at hundred years or so as his internal pulse is blossoming the best of paradoxes: the ultimate and most precious gift of the masters, real youth. Just the sound of stones, rivers or silence spread in the stare of a kid, always misterious music. And this world has an axe that breaks through the infinite, partly a cotton-armoured skyscraper climbed by many angels called jazz.
Dan and Ken, the two of you have cornered the market on jazz information and knowledge and all of us are so much better for it. During the Coronavirus both of you have captivated us. Keep up the information and Ken thanks so much for introducing us all to Dan, he is “AMAZING” and both of you are a force to be recognized. Also guys please stop scolding Dan about how he holds “HIS” records, he has said it many times that he is not an Audiophile, he is a DJ and that his records are meant to be played and held and he is not going to be coddling them. Ken is the Audiophile. For those of you who think the music is too loud, Dan is using the music to stress what he is saying and it’s not taking away from his lesson, Dan himself is emoting from the artist music through speech. Quite clever if you know and are passionate about the source material.
You are the son of a preacher man. But beside your preaching, there is no other guy on youtube right now who can explain Jazz better than the Jazzsheppard. I am a Jazz musician myself so you can believe me, follow his videos and you will learn stuff that you don't learn on any other channel. He can teach you what's behind the music and what's in front too.
Ken, thanks a bunch for letting us know about The Jazz Shepherd! What a terrific addition to Jazz educational resources. Much appreciated!!!
Thanks Ken and Dan for sharing knowledge and ensuing we feel and don’t only listen. Keep pushing it! Highly appreciated! Respect to you both
I watch dan and ken almost exclusively. Lots of truth and little b.s...thanks to both you guys! I listened alot to ayler, shepp, c.taylor, all the esp albums in the middle late sixties after all the bop, hard bop. It spoke to me in those times. I remember after the watts riots in los angeles all the black folks were sitting in lawn chairs in their front yards...sitting and proud after putting up with all the bs by the lapd. Those were the times.
Watching you all the way from Northern Ireland, U.K. it's 1 AM and I am listening to that Sonny Clark album you recommend. It's fantastic. I love how the horns blend together and how Sonny's piano bounces along as the framework for it all. Thanks for the heads up.
Spot on bro!! The avant-garde is pure selfishness and a waste of O2. Imagine how much better our world would be if Coleman, Coltrane, Cherry, Dolphy, Hill, Henderson, and McLean could have taken taken a lesson from the jazz shepherd about the black man’s plight. sad
Love Dan's video's. I bought a few artists I was not familiar with. So much jazz knowledge. Keep up the great work Dan and Ken.
This was very informative and interesting. Thank you for sharing. I have just come to realize that Hard Bop is my favorite jazz sub genre. Sonny Clark Trio The 45 Sessions is my new favorite.
Love the man's passion and erudition on the culture. I'm going to refer some young friends to this video.
Just wonderful..thank you.