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What's your favorite opening to a Jazz track?

downtownrobbrowndowntownrobbrown 446 Posts
edited September 2012 in Strut Central
Mine's Milt Jackson's "Sunflower".




Yours?

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  • OligeeOligee 289 Posts
    Probably Acknowledgement from A Love Supreme.
  • strataspherestratasphere Blastin' the Nasty 1,035 Posts
    Art Farmer - Soul Sides
    Doug and Jean Carn - God Is One
    Awakening - When Will It Ever End
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts








    + dozens more
  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts






    and a million more.
  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    Classics:






    Breaks related:


    Modern:
  • CastenedaCasteneda 100 Posts
    Seconded on the Milt Jackson "Sunflower" and Coltrane "Acknowledgment"

    Add to it:

    Herbie Hancock "Wiggle Waggle"
    John Coltrane "India"
  • phatmoneysackphatmoneysack Melbourne 1,124 Posts


  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,889 Posts
    bassie said:

    This been my fave since time. Bassie gets it in on page 1.

    Pity I am already married.
  • paddlissimopaddlissimo 58 Posts
    Johnny Lytle - Gonna catch that boat. Best narration ever.
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Eddie Gale "The Rain"

    Sparse, folky opening with solo female voice and acoustic guitar and then...boom! Full on rhythm section with wailing choir. Real powerful opening that still melts my face.

  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Johnny Lytle - The Man

    Seedy, late night noir crime jazz slow walking bass line, then BOOM huge euphoric symphonic three ascending and three descending vibes and organ blasts further into the track.

    I wish I could hear that for the first time again.

    And honorary mention to Working Week for the vast and sprawling spaghetti western intro to the 12" of Venceremos. So good.
  • tabiratabira 856 Posts
    Cosign on Soul Sides and Sunflower, but for me this is and will always be the game over of intros

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
  • chasechase 767 Posts
  • DJBombjackDJBombjack Miami 1,665 Posts
    Howlin' For Judy
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    I gotta go with Mal Waldron "status seeking"...the bass and cello build this tension that Dolphy's sax just tearing into it obliterates...gave/gives me chills. I admit that a lot if it is sentimental. The first time I heard it was 15 or so years ago after digging with a friend and we went back to his house to listen to our finds. The Waldron was one of his finds...just sitting there on the floor in front of the speakers, just finishing up a joint, the needle dropped and I was just "whoa" when that record started.
  • parallaxparallax no-style-having mf'er 1,266 Posts
    "ill drama stabz, horn loops, braekz...mega raer, HEAR!"



    Seriously though, I love this track.

    Kindly,
    parallax
  • JectWonJectWon (@_@) 1,654 Posts
    Boom


    Bam
  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
  • ostost Montreal 1,375 Posts
    I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned.

    Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
  • sneakypsneakyp 202 Posts
    I like this because it just sets everything up so nicely...at 1:21 the trumpet just drops in so smooth
  • Sagittarian MovementsSagittarian Movements 25 Posts
  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
  • Mr_Lee_PHDMr_Lee_PHD 2,042 Posts
    This thread is melting my face. So much good good schitt which leads me down new paths. This is why I love Teh Strut.



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