Coolest Jazz Song Ever

Gavin B. · 07-29-2013, 01:41 PM

Place your nomination on this thread.

Song Title: Goodbye Porkpie Hat
Artist: Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Why It's So Cool:

1. It was written by Charles Mingus, the coolest bass player in the history of jazz.

2. The subject of the song is Lester "Prez" Young the coolest pre-bop saxophonist ever.

3. The song is played and sung by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, a bop era saxophonist, with a cool African name, who always wore shades and played two saxophones at once using a homemade double-sax thingamajig.

Rahsann Roland Kirk: Two saxes for the price of one

4. The title of the song has "pork pie hat" in it; the universal choice of headwear by cool hipsters every since the dawn of the Renaissance.

5. Rahsaan's sleepy vocal sounds like he just popped a hit of grade 1, Black Tar heroin...and heroin usage is like a religious ritual in the bop era world of jazz.

Stephen · 07-29-2013, 11:53 PM

Am I limited to one?

Wes Montgomery - D Natural Blues. It's Wes, need I say more?

Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years. I'm a sucker for good Hammond.

Dave Brubeck - Take Five. Cooooool as.

Ghora · 09-22-2013, 07:15 PM

'Cool' is the perfect adjective.

CoolBec · 09-22-2013, 07:27 PM

^ Thought we were doing "songs"...

I love the classic ballads and torch songs. Here's one by the great Billy Strayhorn.

~~Lord Larehip~~ · 09-22-2013, 09:44 PM

Antonio Carlos Jobim- Um Rancho nas Nuvens - YouTube

One of the greatest musical thinkers and composers of our time.

Problematique · 11-06-2013, 03:52 PM

I'm really more a fan of Hot Jazz.

BongoFury · 11-06-2013, 04:55 PM

Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments. Beautiful

Miles Davis - Milestones.
Miles, Trane, Cannonball, Red, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe tearin' it up.

**Frownland** · 11-06-2013, 06:48 PM

Just one of the best themes ever, I think.

Dark Horse · 11-06-2013, 08:18 PM

Cool, you say?

Jeff_Farkas · 11-11-2013, 08:18 AM

07-29-2013, 01:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	Coolest Jazz Song Ever Place your nomination on this thread. Song Title: Goodbye Porkpie Hat Artist: Rahsaan Roland Kirk Why It's So Cool: 1. It was written by Charles Mingus, the coolest bass player in the history of jazz. 2. The subject of the song is Lester "Prez" Young the coolest pre-bop saxophonist ever. 3. The song is played and sung by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, a bop era saxophonist, with a cool African name, who always wore shades and played two saxophones at once using a homemade double-sax thingamajig. Rahsann Roland Kirk: Two saxes for the price of one 4. The title of the song has "pork pie hat" in it; the universal choice of headwear by cool hipsters every since the dawn of the Renaissance. 5. Rahsaan's sleepy vocal sounds like he just popped a hit of grade 1, Black Tar heroin...and heroin usage is like a religious ritual in the bop era world of jazz. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt Last edited by Gavin B.; 07-29-2013 at 08:14 PM.

09-22-2013, 07:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
CoolBec Psycho Hosebeast Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Southeast U.S. Posts: 122	^ Thought we were doing "songs"... I love the classic ballads and torch songs. Here's one by the great Billy Strayhorn. __________________ *Bec's Poetry Corner* http://www.musicbanter.com/song-writ...ry-corner.html

11-06-2013, 03:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Problematique Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 61	I'm really more a fan of Hot Jazz. __________________ Last.fm We made love on the living room floor With the noise in the background of a televised war And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say If we walk away, they'll walk away

11-06-2013, 06:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Just one of the best themes ever, I think. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-29-2013, 11:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Am I limited to one? Wes Montgomery - D Natural Blues. It's Wes, need I say more? Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years. I'm a sucker for good Hammond. Dave Brubeck - Take Five. Cooooool as.

09-22-2013, 07:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ghora Groupie Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 16	'Cool' is the perfect adjective.

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~~Lord Larehip~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 899	Antonio Carlos Jobim- Um Rancho nas Nuvens - YouTube One of the greatest musical thinkers and composers of our time.

11-06-2013, 04:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
BongoFury Groupie Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Right past the fuming incense stencher Posts: 35	Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments. Beautiful Miles Davis - Milestones. Miles, Trane, Cannonball, Red, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe tearin' it up.

11-06-2013, 08:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
Dark Horse Avant-Hard Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 182	Cool, you say?

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Jeff_Farkas Groupie Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Oak Ridge TN/USA Posts: 2