Spy Jazz

I'd love to tell you, but then I'd have to shoot you #jazz #NYC

[Spy Jazz @spyjazz]

Good friends @TheDaveHolland & Anthony Braxton back in the day, Anthony with his monster #contrabass #saxophone #jazz

[Spy Jazz @spyjazz]

Bands played four sets nightly back then, each over an hour long..
"During our breaks we'd go out the back door to the alley, stand around drinking, smoking weed, chewing bennies - anything to keep going because the gig was so long"
Quote from bassist Red Callender #jazz #Harlem

[Birdland Jazz Club and Theater @birdlandjazz]

@spyjazz Great share of the #history at the time! A very sad day for #Birdlandjazz...

[Spy Jazz @spyjazz]

Miles Davis beaten by police outside Birdland the week Kind of Blue was released! 1959 #shame #policebrutality #jazz

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Keir Starmer is to announce the introduction of digital IDs (to reduce illegal migration) at the Labour party conference this month. This will be manipulatively framed as ‘for safety and security’. But digital id is a huge government overreach of control. No one voted for this.

[Henry Villarreal @Henryvillarreal]

Dizzy Gillespie.. momentos..🙏🏼

[Spy Jazz @spyjazz]

@kittylaroar Kitty you’re back!!

[Kitty La Roar 💋 @kittylaroar]

On the street of dreams 🧡

[HODLOFFᴮ 🤝 @hodloff]

Just checked Herbie’s famous story which I’ve heard before and it references Stuttgart but the video you posted is supposedly from Milan but whatever (unless you refer to another story)

Herbie calls it a “mistake” to make a point to non-musicians but it’s not really a mistake as he is playing on So What which only has two chords, so he is adding myriad improvised harmonies throughout. What he is saying is that the one he played didn’t sound the way he wanted: this happens all the time on the bandstand
But Miles wouldn’t have been angry, he’s probably just got resting bitch face lol

Anyway no offence, love your work 🤝

[Spy Jazz @spyjazz]

@slaughter_won Bad times make good music

[SLGHTR! 13x @slaughter_won]

Before the Hip-Hop police, there was the Jazz Police. They fucked over Thelonious Monk over an expired “cabaret card”

[Spy Jazz @spyjazz]

Arrested along with Ella were Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonist Illinois Jacquet

Police had raided the dressing room alleging “dice being played”

Promoter Norman Granz (also arrested) had demanded the concert be non segregated, later branding this as police retaliation..

[Spy Jazz @spyjazz]

@slaughter_won Agreed

[Spy Jazz @spyjazz]

Miles vibing Herbie’s “mistake”? Or just regular bandstand intensity?

[Spy Jazz @spyjazz]

@hodloff @TheMonologist Good analysis as any jazz musician would probably agree. There’s same clip on YouTube calling Miles angry, probably where he got the idea from SMH

[Jazz Is Dead @jazzisdeadco]

Thelonious Monk "Rhythm-A-Ning" live in Brussels, 1963

#jazzisdead

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Miles Davis smoking a cigarette under the marquee of the jazz club Cafe Bohemia in New York City (1956)

[Salad Jazz @SaladJazz1]

Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk (Norway, 1966)
#Jazz

[Salad Jazz @SaladJazz1]

Miles Davis Quintet, Stockholm 1967
#Jazz

Miles Davis:tp
Wayne Shorter:sax
Herbie Hancock:p
Ron Carter: bs
Tony Williams:ds

[Kitty La Roar 💋 @kittylaroar]

Hey y’all I’m back at Ronnie Scott’s @officialronnies June 1st, who’s coming?

It’s Sunday lunchtime and I’m with the quartet.. 💋
https://t.co/cbMtj07Awb

[UK Jazz News @LondonJazz]

Jazzdor Strasbourg-Berlin-Dresden 2024
https://t.co/YnnlsDO0eE