late afternoon jazz

revisiting this fertile song by Sigmund Romberg

Softly As In A Morning Sunrise 7:9:2025

sedate version MJQ tribute to Ralph Gleason -well known  jazz critic on west coast back in the day
The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical, cool jazz, blues and bebop. The Quartet consisted of John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Percy Heath (double bass), and various drummers, most notably Kenny Clarke (from 1952 to 1955) and Connie Kay (from 1955 to 1994). The group grew out of the rhythm section of Dizzy Gillespie's big band from 1946 to 1948, which consisted of Lewis, Jackson, and Clarke along with bassist Ray Brown. They recorded as the Milt Jackson Quartet in 1951 and Brown left the group, being replaced on bass by Heath. During the early-to-mid-1950s they became the Modern Jazz Quartet, Lewis became the group's musical director, and they made several recordings with Prestige Records, including the original versions of their two best-known compositions, Lewis's "Django" and Jackson's "Bags' Groove". Clarke left the group in 1955 and was replaced as drummer by Kay, and in 1956 they moved to

Ralph's New Blues ala(mjq)

rolling riffing along

feeling tropical on this cloudy muggy massachusetts summer day

percussive permissions

neotonal neoclassic jazz soaked third stream music..
arco bass/pizzicato bass/bassoon/electric bass

Bassically ...

fast and not furious this time
needed to get my yayas out bbbwwwaaaahhh

play something fast and wake up

keystring caress

Early Evening refrain

Ok let's do sumJazz&some Funk

I have played and loved jazz since the 1960's and now love to share my music with others.

Ok let's do sumJazz&some Funk

Stanley Sagov

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