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from Hot 5's to Be Bop, the music that soothes the savage breast

Artie on Jazz

Artie Cohen's ipod"I fell in love with Jazz as soon as I got to America," Artie shook his head, "For me, it was the sound of America, wrapping up everything I adored about the place: unpredictable, free, sexy, swinging to the beat of NYC. I always felt Jazz was welcoming me in, no questions asked.

I loved the stories of the great musicians, how they insisted on making their music against the odds. I loved the way Dizzy and Bird and Miles and Monk invented Modern Jazz, the fuck-you assurance of it, the refusal to play by the old rules. And of course I felt tangled up in the story of my favourite, Stan Getz, a deeply flawed man who made flawless music. I guess the moral maze at the centre of Stan struck chords with the the confusions of my own life. And he could play 'How about You' so it made my guts dance."

 

 
 

Artie's Favourite Albums

  • Stan GetzStan Getz
    The Steamer (Verve)
  • Tony Bennett/Bill Evans
    The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (Fantasy)
  • Errol Garner
    Concert By The Sea (Columbia)
  • Frank Sinatra
    Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (Capitol)
  • Miles Davis
    Birth Of The Cool (CDP)
  • Stan GetzElla Fitzgerald:
    Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book (Polygram)
  • Stan Getz
    Spring Is Here (Concord)
  • Louis Armstrong
    The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Sony)
  • Bill Evans
    At Village Vanguard (Riverside)
  • Miles Davis
    Somethin' Else (Blue Note)
  • Stan GetzJohn Coltrane
    Giant Steps (Atlantic)
  • Gerry Mulligan / Chet Baker
    The Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker (Pacific Jazz)
  • Gerry Mulligan/Thelonious Monk
    Mulligan Meets Monk (Riverside)
  • Stan Getz
    Getz/Gilberto (Verve)
  • Chet Baker/Russ Freeman
    Chet Baker Quartet Featuring Russ Freeman (Pacific Jazz)
  • Stan GetzModern Jazz Quartet
    Fontessa (Atlantic)
  • Stan Getz
    Jazz Samba (Verve)
  • Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Gershwin Songbook (Polygram)
  • Stan Getz
    Blue Skies (Concord)
  • Stan Getz
    Anniversary (Emarcy)
  • Stan GetzClifford Brown
    The Complete Clifford Brown (Blue Note)
  • Dave Brubeck
    Jazz At Oberlin (OJC)
  • Bill Evans
    Bill Evans At Town Hall (Verve)
  • Miles Davis
    Kind Of Blue (Columbia Legacy)
  • Stan Getz
    Serenity (Emarcy)
  • Stan GetzStan Getz
    People Time (Emarcy)
  • Porgy & Bess -Miles Davis
    (Columbia Ck65141)
  • Miles Ahead - Miles Davis
    (Columbia Ck 65121)
  • Gerry Mulligan
    California Concerts (Pacific Jazz)
  • Modern Jazz Quartet
    Concord (OJC)
  • Dave Brubeck
    Jazz At Pacific College (OJC)