Classic 60′s Jazz Part One: Joe Henderson, Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley

By Jose Reyes The 60 ‘s was full of pioneering music in all facets of sound but this change took place in the middle of the decade. The most popular of all was the modern Rock n’ Roll sound. But there was a revelation also in the Jazz scene. Although it was more traditional than Rock n’ Roll it was rather new. You can say it was a sort of extension of Hard Bop because most of the musicians were from the Hard Bop era and were very young at the time it officially started. The Hard Bop era ran from 1955 to 1965. After 1965 the term Avante Garde officially started, supposedly. Although I appreciate all the different Jazz eras, I personally love the Hard Bop the most but I love the Avante Garde era just as much. So I seem to be stuck between both. And anyone else would be also, since some songs from the late 50′s are very similar to ones from the late 60′s. I feel that it was just a slow transitional change and both eras overlapped. Nevertheless, the quality never changed, it was and still is the best music ever. I truly feel I could say this because of my wide range of taste. I appreciate all types of music and had the opportunity to hear them but I feel and in my opinion, that there are no more talented musicians than Jazz musicians. I always appreciated Jazz but never studied it. Now that I have begun to and believe me, I’m in the early stages, now I am appreciating it even more. These Cats are the best. Maybe because of how old fashion I am at heart and because I value tradition to its fullest, I need to fight to keep it alive. This outstanding form of music is only listened to in a very limited manner because the radio stations around the world simply do not play it. The internet has helped quite a bit but still its not enough to give it justice. I am trying to help in my own little way by promoting CD albums by way of Blogtalkradio.com. This way people can hear its beauty and purchase the music. I have to say, I’m not the best host ever, so bear with me. Just concentrate on the music, give it a chance and you will realize exactly why I devote so much time to promote it. But then again, I’m having a ball listening to it.....Continue Here