Avatar Contest, 8-26 to 9-2

[Dreadstar]

This weeks Avatar contest is JAZZ.

Do yo thang.


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The rules:

The CBR Avatar Contest© begins on Wednesday and ends on Tuesday, at which point voting begins, ending when Tuesday ends in all time zones. As a rule, voting before Tuesday is frowned upon, though exceptions are made if you've got a good reason. Suggesting avatar ideas for others is prohibited. By suggesting, you are in essence removing that idea from consideration by any and all players. Contest eligibility is dependent on keeping your entered avatar for the entire week. Changing your avatar before the week is up will disqualify you, unless you're changing it to something else that fits the contest theme and announce your change in the thread. Changing avatars within your chosen subject is permitted. Putting 'dibs' on a subject lasts for 48 hours, at which time it's free to be taken by somebody else. In the event of a tie, the winner will be decided by the first vote by a poster who has not previously voted in that week's contest. I once got stung by a jellyfish in my bad place. The contest winner chooses the next week's contest theme and must add something stupid to the rules. Value of prize is 1/100 of 1¢, and is not redeemable for cash. No prize alternatives are available. All decisions are final, and bitching about the decisions in a silly online game is stupid and will result in shameless mocking for an indeterminate period of time. Contest void in Delaware. We aren't sure why, but who cares? It's Delaware.

[Matt Algren]

Easy. Dibs on Ella Fitzgerald.

Though there is one selection that I'm pretty sure will win, if he enters it.

[thehod]

I'm in with Satchmo himself...

Louis Armstrong

[Dreadstar]

A little Oscar Peterson fits the bill for me.

[HomerJay]

Dibs on:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/HomerJay64/thumbnail_jazz_hands.gif

[HomerJay]

Though there is one selection that I'm pretty sure will win, if he enters it.
I thought about dibsing it just to piss him off.

[jesse_custer]

The recently deceased Joe Zawinul.

[DrewTheXenocide]

Dibs on the Fender Jazzmaster.

[Jared H.]

I know what jessecuster3's gonna do!

As for me, I'm in with Scatman John. While not actually singing jazz per se, John took a lot of influence from performers like Louie Armstrong(his song "Everybody Jam" was a tribute to him), and he used the jazz singing style of Scat to offset his own problems with his stutter.

http://img.mp3sugar.com/artist/artist_6990.jpg

[Matt Algren]

This is going to be a great week at CBR. I forget how much I heart Jazz. Seeing all these greats makes me smile.

[Bouncing Boy]

Dibs on Dizzy Gillespie http://www.jazztrumpetsolos.com/images/DizzyGillespie10sm.jpg

[Your Imaginary Pal]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/cherry_pizza/simpsons/2f32hyuiyuygyu6857645646.jpg
bleeding gums murphy
the dibs

[Slam_Bradley]

Dibs on Miles Davis.

[Dom]

A little Oscar Peterson fits the bill for me.

Damn you Dread. My hometown hero.

I'm in with The Original King, Buddy Bolden.

Can I get a shrink, por favor?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/BuddyBolden.jpg

[GozertheGozarian]

Dibs on the transformer Jazz.

[Guapo Méndez]

In with All That Jazz.

http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/7090000/7094138.jpg
A Bob Fosse film.

[Matt Algren]

Dibs on the transformer Jazz.
jesse's going to kill you.

I'm in with Dizzy Gillespie.Bouncing Boy already took him.

[Slam_Bradley]

I'm in with Dizzy Gillespie.

Groovin' High!

http://www.jazzphoto.ch/images/Dizzy_Gillespie.jpg


Check out Bouncing Boy above.

[Matt Algren]

Damn you Dread. My hometown hero.

I'm in with The Original King, Buddy Bolden.

Can I get a shrink, por favor?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/BuddyBolden.jpg
Here you go.

44071

[Dom]

Here you go.

44071

Beauty.

Thanks.

[Jared H.]

Dibs on the transformer Jazz.

Damn! My prediction is foiled!

[Mac Danny]

I am in with 1970's Porno Acid Jazz

Which reminds me of a Joke my wife told me.

What do you call a Brown Chicken and a Brown cow?


Brownchickabrowncow!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Txc0J9JrL._SS500_.jpg

[StarsAndGarters]

Dibs on CBR's very own Lyman "Punchy" Medeiros and the Lower Level.

[Matt Algren]

Though there is one selection that I'm pretty sure will win, if he enters it.Dibs on CBR's very own Lyman "Punchy" Medeiros and the Lower Level.
There it is!

[Guapo Méndez]

There it is!

He plays jazz?

I thought he was a cumbia/hip-hop/bossa nova deal.

[jessecuster3]

I know what jessecuster3's gonna do!


I can't.

Dibs on the transformer Jazz.


Please do a good job.


jesse's going to kill you.


Naaah, I won't break my rule.



Anyway, I am in with our next president, who is a big jazz fan.

[jesse_custer]

Anyway, I am in with our next president, who is a big jazz fan.

Only to appeal to the voting population that salivates over Michael Henderson bass licks.

[Dreadstar]

Only to appeal to the voting population that salivates over Michael Henderson bass licks.

Careful. Disparaging words spoken against Obama (even those spoken in jest) tend to elicit mass reprisal around here, and the Av contest isn't the thread for it.

[Cei-U!]

Duke Ellington. Nuff said.

Cei-U!
I take the 'A' train!

[Michael P]

Dibs on Kenny G, the Anti-Jazz Equation.

[Matt Algren]

Dibs on Kenny G, the Anti-Jazz Equation.
Motherfucker, I'll kill you for that. Kill you till you die from it.

[Bouncing Boy]

Dibs on Kenny G, the Anti-Jazz Equation.

"Smooth Jazz" is neither smooth, nor Jazz...discuss.

[Bouncing Boy]

In with All That Jazz.

http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/7090000/7094138.jpg
A Bob Fosse film.

It's ironic that you chose that as a second choice after finding out that I already took Dizzy, because "All That Jazz" was one of the others I was considering.

[Guapo Méndez]

It's ironic that you chose that as a second choice after finding out that I already took Dizzy, because "All That Jazz" was one of the others I was considering.

Really? Cool.

When I hear the word "Jazz" I immediately think in Dizzy Gillespie (I remember reading about his death in the 90's and I asked my father who he was and he gave me a cool talk about him). The other is the Schneider movie, because of the "all that jazz" expression.

Neat.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

Bird.

http://www.geocities.com/sax411/sax/saxophonists/charlieparker.jpg

[MacQuarrie]

I'm in with that most American of traditions involving that most American music...

The New Orleans Jazz Funeral (http://indiespeaker.com/jazz/new-orleans-jazz-funeral/)

http://indiespeaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/pic2.gif

That's the send-off I want. That or a Viking funeral. Maybe both.

[Resplendent]

Bit of Cowboy Bebop anyone?

http://love-suicide.com/Forum%20Images/Avatars/Lulz/August28.jpg

[StoneGold]

Dibs on Jazzercise

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x17/scrappyjessi/jazzercise.jpg

[Bouncing Boy]

Dibs on Jazzercise

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x17/scrappyjessi/jazzercise.jpg

Jazzercise is neither Jazz, nor exercise...discuss.

[Flash's Lightning]

I've never listened to jazz, but here goes. (Not a big music fan really.)

[Night]

In with Zatarain's motto for "Jazz it Up"

[Donald M.]

I'm in with the late great Cab Calloway!

[Slam_Bradley]

I've never listened to jazz, but here goes. (Not a big music fan really.)

Well, with the exception of Kenny G and the spoof entries you've got a pretty good jazz primer here. A bit light on Latin jazz and missing a couple of giants, but Satch, Bird, Dizzy, Duke, Miles and Oscar Peterson cover an awful lot of great music. Get listening.

[jesse_custer]

And make sure to check out Zawinul's (my av) keyboard playing on some of Miles' records and in his successful group, Weather Report.

There's another giant I'd like to mention, but I'll wait and see if anyone gets there first.

[Slam_Bradley]

And make sure to check out Zawinul's (my av) keyboard playing on some of Miles' records and in his successful group, Weather Report.

There's another giant I'd like to mention, but I'll wait and see if anyone gets there first.


To me, Zawinul means In a Silent Way. Which I absolutely love. I do love Weather Report though. Mysterious Traveler got serious consideration as my favorite album of 1977.

[Gingold]

I'm in with DJ Jazzy Jeff.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

Bird.

http://www.geocities.com/sax411/sax/saxophonists/charlieparker.jpg

Here's a link (http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_parker_charlie.htm)to Charlie Parker's bio, done by Ken Burns, if anyone's interested.

[DrewTheXenocide]

Here's a link (http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_parker_charlie.htm)to Charlie Parker's bio, done by Ken Burns, if anyone's interested.

Did Burns ever do a documentary about him? I remember hearing something about it it in some Jazz History class I took.

You know, it's amazing how boring Jazz can be when taught in class (poorly, might I add), but how cool it can be when you read about/listen to it on your own.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

Did Burns ever do a documentary about him? I remember hearing something about it it in some Jazz History class I took.

You know, it's amazing how boring Jazz can be when taught in class (poorly, might I add), but how cool it can be when you read about/listen to it on your own.

Yep (http://www.pbs.org/jazz/index.htm). It's a pretty good little documentary, too. But, yeah, I agree with you: I'd much rather listen to the music on my own. A great way to get a nice little sampling is to plug in the names from Slam's list onto pandora.com.

[MacQuarrie]

Easy. Dibs on Ella Fitzgerald.

Though there is one selection that I'm pretty sure will win, if he enters it.

Ella was my first choice.

Fun fact: My wife owns and occasionally wears one of Ella's dresses.

[jesse_custer]

To me, Zawinul means In a Silent Way. Which I absolutely love. I do love Weather Report though. Mysterious Traveler got serious consideration as my favorite album of 1977.

Mysterious Traveler and Heavy Weather are great. I haven't heard the mainly live album, 8:30, but that one is supposed to good, too.

[Slam_Bradley]

Mysterious Traveler and Heavy Weather are great. I haven't heard the mainly live album, 8:30, but that one is supposed to good, too.


It is very good. I suggest you run right out and get a copy.


Hop to it. I'll wait.

[jesse_custer]

Slam, there are two Miles albums I've come upon recently, and I know you're a big fan so I wanted to see if you've heard them.

The first one is 1953-55 Sessions, a two-disc Essential Collection that includes Monk and Mingus among other greats. I'm listening to it now. Absolutely fantastic.

The second is a 1980s Miles album called Aura--recorded in '85 but released in '89. With the exception of the first track, simply "Intro," every track is named after a color, like "Red," "Violet," etc. John McLaughlin is back as guitarist. The album was composed and arranged by Palle Mickelborg, a Danish trumpeter. Anyway, the album is extremely weird. Not sure what to think of it yet.

[Slam_Bradley]

Slam, there are two Miles albums I've come upon recently, and I know you're a big fan so I wanted to see if you've heard them.

The first one is 1953-55 Sessions, a two-disc Essential Collection that includes Monk and Mingus among other greats. I'm listening to it now. Absolutely fantastic.

The second is a 1980s Miles album called Aura--recorded in '85 but released in '89. With the exception of the first track, simply "Intro," every track is named after a color, like "Red," "Violet," etc. John McLaughlin is back as guitarist. The album was composed and arranged by Palle Mickelborg, a Danish trumpeter. Anyway, the album is extremely weird. Not sure what to think of it yet.


I'm very familiar with Aura. With limited exceptions I'm not a fan of Miles' late Columbia output or his Warner Brothers albums. For the most part I felt like they were experimentation for the sake of experimentation and that they generally failed as experiments. The exceptions would probably be Star People and Amandla.

Not that there wasn't some interesting things in Aura. It was clearly an attempt to recapture the Gil Evans type orchestration in a fusion setting. And it's always good to see John McLaughlin working with Miles. But overall, it seemed like a failed attempt to translate fusion to Evans-type orchestration.

I don't think I'm familiar with the other one. But there are so many Davis compilations that it's hard to say.

[K'Nort]

Teach me to wait two days to dibs something.

The album that brought us Bicycle Race and Fat-Bottomed Girls (by Beethoven!).

http://www.queenpicturehall.com/albums/queen/q07juklp.jpg

[Squirrel]

Dibs on Will Riker, cuz frankly I don't care for jazz but I'm all about hot guys.

And if anyone can find a decent pic of him playing the trombone, I will <3 u 4-evar.

[Sanagi]

Andy Narell from Sakesho, Caribbean Jazz Project, and Calypsociation. My favorites of his albums are Behind the Bridge and The Passage.

Here he is with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjtB_0-Yz8I

[Flash's Lightning]

Well, with the exception of Kenny G and the spoof entries you've got a pretty good jazz primer here. A bit light on Latin jazz and missing a couple of giants, but Satch, Bird, Dizzy, Duke, Miles and Oscar Peterson cover an awful lot of great music. Get listening.

What is one song I could listen to and know if jazz is my thing or not?

[MacQuarrie]

What is one song I could listen to and know if jazz is my thing or not?

That's sort of like asking if there's one street you can look at to see if the USA is your thing.

[GozertheGozarian]

Anyone know how to resize this without losing the animation?

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm254/gozerthegozarian/jazz.gif

[Night]

Y'all are getting slow.... I was expecting someone to come up with something like
'"Zatarain's" is neither food, nor Jazz...discuss.'

[MacQuarrie]

Anyone know how to resize this without losing the animation?

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm254/gozerthegozarian/jazz.gif

I can do it, but it's gonna be a bear getting it under the size limit.

[MacQuarrie]

Will this do?

[Paradox]

This work for you, Squirrel?

[GozertheGozarian]

Will this do?
Sweet. Thanks Jim.

[Flash's Lightning]

That's sort of like asking if there's one street you can look at to see if the USA is your thing.

Okay then.

What's the magic number? What is the minimum number of streets a person has to look at before they're sure they hate the US of A?

[Spike-X]

What is the minimum number of streets a person has to look at before they're sure they hate the US of A?

Where did you find the original lyrics to Blowin' In The Wind?

[Paradox]

Flash's Lightning asks for a number:

Okay then.

What's the magic number? What is the minimum number of streets a person has to look at before they're sure they hate the US of A?

54,342. Better get cracking and break out the Google maps.

:biggrin:

One of the problems with "I need a jazz song to listen to" is that there are many MANY types of jazz, and the genre is somewhat improvisational to begin with. So even jazz fans are going to find lots and lots of jazz they don't care for.

It's hard to even say "What is jazz?". I think it's where the phrase "If you gotta ask the question, you ain't never gonna understand the answer." originated.

[Cei-U!]

It's hard to even say "What is jazz?". I think it's where the phrase "If you gotta ask the question, you ain't never gonna understand the answer." originated.

Since, if memory serves, twas Louis Armstrong who said it, that would make sense.

Cei-U!
I summon the safe bet!

[MacQuarrie]

Okay then.

What's the magic number? What is the minimum number of streets a person has to look at before they're sure they hate the US of A?

Start with Old-School New Orleans Jazz and work your way forward. Louis Armstrong prior to the '60s.

Then Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Ella Fitzgerald for a warm-up. Then come back and ask for more.

[Your Imaginary Pal]

look what I found,
an rare recording of Bleeding Gums Murphy's live set at the cotton club
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h125/Baqula/MURPHY-1.gif
by found i mean foundin my brain.

[StoneGold]

by found i mean foundin my brain.

That would explain why he got his name wrong.

Murphy, not Murphey.

And just as proof...

http://chrismiles.info/figures/simpsons/images/S06_BleedingGumsMurphy.jpg

[Augusto]

I'm in with DJ Jazzy Jeff.

Arghhh! The one I was thinking to choose....:frown:

[Sanagi]

Okay then.

What's the magic number? What is the minimum number of streets a person has to look at before they're sure they hate the US of A?
The point is that passing judgment on the entire entity is a useless generalization, no matter how much of it you examine.

[Your Imaginary Pal]

That would explain why he got his name wrong.

Murphy, not Murphey.


yeah i even saved the file as murphy
It's a thing i do....f*ck up the simplest of things, and perfect the most complex.
I'll correct it soon, if only to make you look crazy.

[Rallura]

Did no one pick Billie Holiday? If not I dibs her.

[Your Imaginary Pal]

Where did you find the original lyrics to Blowin' In The Wind?

funny exchange,,,great set up?

[HomerJay]

MacDanny has my vote.

[Matt Algren]

StarsAnd Garters

[jessecuster3]

Gozer the Gozerian, absolutely.

[Paradox]

MacQuarrie

[jesse_custer]

Bouncing Boy.

Dizzy's face is something else.

[Your Imaginary Pal]

GinGold
Jazzy Jeff.
now more than ever.

[Black Vespa]

dibs on Sun Ra

http://www.elipedelty.com/blog/uploaded_images/Sun_Ra-795932.jpg

[Cei-U!]

Matt Algren. To me, Ella *is* jazz.

Cei-U!
I summon the scat singer supreme!

[Black Vespa]

might be late, but, oh well. sun ra was a baaad mutha.
i might just keep this avatar around.

[Mac Danny]

A vote for Homer Jay and Jazz Hands.. Which are very different from Spirit Fingers

[GozertheGozarian]

K'Nort.




Stupid 10.

[MacQuarrie]

Cei-U is right, Ella IS jazz. From her early days at the Cotton Club to her 1966 concert with Duke Ellington in Stockholm, she personified the music.

I saw her at her last Los Angeles performance at the Hollywood Bowl.

Matt Algren gets my vote.

[morna]

Gotta go with Michael P and his evil anti jazz entry. god I loathe Kenny G

I am quite surprized no one went for Dave Brubeck I guess I should have done it myself - take 5!

[DrewTheXenocide]

Replendent

[Slam_Bradley]

StarsandGarters.

[Guapo Méndez]

Bouncing Boy!

[Resplendent]

Your Imaginary Pal!

It's been so long I swear since I've seen him.

[Spike-X]

Slam Bradley, of course.

[Spike-X]

I am quite surprized no one went for Dave Brubeck I guess I should have done it myself - take 5!

I reckon I would've voted for that.

[K'Nort]

Guapo Mendez

[Perry Holley]

Resplendent, because he(?) got to Cowboy Bebop before I could dibs it.

[Resplendent]

Resplendent, because he(?) got to Cowboy Bebop before I could dibs it.

xD Yes, I am a he.

[Chris N]

Your Imaginary Pal

[thehod]

MacDanny. Because I'm a perv.

[StarsAndGarters]

K'Nort. Won't you take me home tonight?

[Spike-X]

K'Nort. Won't you take me home tonight?
What are you trying to say there?

[Matt Algren]

Voting was all over the place this week. We have a seven way tie for first.

With one vote each are: Gozer, MacQuarrie, Gingold, Homer Jay, Michael P, Slam Bradley, and Guapo Mendez.

Tied for first at two votes each are: MacDanny, StarsAndGarters, Bouncing Boy, Matt Algren, K'Nort, Resplendent, and Your Imaginary Pal.

Next vote for one of the last list wins.

[Jared H.]

Resplendent

[Matt Algren]

Resplendent wins it!

Resplendent, go ahead and start a thread with the dates and such like this one has.

[Resplendent]

o_O Holy crap, does this mean I won? New one coming up then!