Series #118 PART 1 "BETTER THAN HOLLYWOOD" THE MASTER SESSIONS Of Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith
Featuring Freddie Jacobs,Lew Scott with Kevin Duffy and Michael Purcell
HEALING SOUNDS ARE ALWAYS PRESENT WHEN MASTER, GENIUS MARVIN SMITH GATHERS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO PERFORM MUSIC. THE SERIES # 118
is special because what started out as a TRIO format turned into a QUINTET naturally and without any pre-meditation,unrehearsed and unexpected. Freddie Jacobs called Marvin in the afternoon and said he's bringing a piano player(Michael Purcell) and Jan Jurgielewicz shows up with a Tenor player(Kevin Duffy) and the rest is HISTORY and HEALING SOUNDS. Yeah, I've been very sick this past week and had several visits to the hospital. I listened to this music and started to relax,unwind and felt like I was floating like a boat ON THE OCEAN. Marvin Smith has an ability to draw the players that perform with him into a new, higher level of awareness of SOUND COLORS and DIRECTIONS because NOTHING IS REHEARSED OR PLANNED. Everything is LEFT UP TO THE EXACT MOMENT WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS. When players allow this to happen and avoid the THOUGHT PROCESS, the music has a chance to FLOAT and THE PLAYERS CAN DO WHAT MARVIN DOES, ENTER INTO A NATURAL FLOW. "BEAUTIFUL LOVE", one of my favorite tunes, shows this and IT IS BEAUTIFUL and it does show an example of all the musician's LOVE FOR THE MUSIC. Just listen to FREDDIE grooving as Marvin sparks everything with FLOWING FIRE that has strong warmth throughout. Freddie Jacobs sounds like all the MASTERS before him but he has put HIS OWN SIGNATURE on every breath of his playing. You can hear all the influences of Woody Shaw and Freddie Hubbard and all those great players that all of us honor from the past. The tradition of Jazz is brought forward as Jacobs embraces the DEEP LOVE that he has for THE ART FORM OF TRADITIONAL AMERICAN MUSIC. I admire Freddie Jacobs compassionate heart and I can see why HE EXECUTES his inner feelings so clearly. Freddie has amazing LOVE coming through that horn and the fact that he's been playing that trumpet for such a long period of time has given him so much to tap into from his long life experiences. Marvin continues to teach this very thing to each of the younger players. Listening to Michael Purcell play that piano reminds me of the early days of listening to great MASTER PLAYERS of the past. His sense of time is really good and his harmonic playing helps a novice ear better understand the complexities that the music can develop. Kevin Duffy is sounding really nice and he has so many diversified expressions coming out of his horn. What I liked about these two young players, both Michael and Kevin, is THE HONOR THAT THEY SHOWED TO THE THREE MASTERS, MARVIN, FREDDIE and LEW. The exposure that the young players have to MASTERS through Marvin Smith's Sessions, is TRULY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. IF I CAN EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE ABOUT MUSIC, I SAY THAT MUSIC IS "SOUND LOVE" THAT DRAWS BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW COLORS WHICH BECOME HEALING AS A PERSON CAN BE MOVED INTO A STATE OF HEALTH REGARDLESS OF ANY MEDICAL OR EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE ENCOUNTERED. IF Marvin Smith's music talks to you in a special way, it's because Marvin is a special human being. He's like A SAGE. He's a one of a kind, unique individual that has developed such a UNIQUE VOICE AS A PERSON, THAT HE CAN MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST CAPABLE LEVELS BECAUSE HE UNLEASHES TALENTS WITHIN OTHERS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN REALIZED UNTIL THEY ARE EXPOSED TO HIM. HE HAS AN UNCANNY WAY OF GETTING DEEP INSIDE OF ANOTHER PLAYER AND FIRE HIM UP TO INTENSITIES THAT EXPLORE NEW ROADS AND DIRECTIONS. Listening to this Series 118, you can actually experience NEW IDEAS coming forward, new conversations and new sentences of SOUND EXPRESSION not heard in any other of the almost 1500 videos that Marvin Smith has documented. Still, each of those almost 1500 videos are HEALING IN EVERY WAY. I know this for a fact because by experiencing all of them and seeing the beautiful results that have come about in my own life and the life of others exposed to this Genius of a man, I CAN SAY THAT MARVIN SMITH and his documented works are great for all serious musicians and listeners to check out and learn from. After spending enough time enjoying the music and NOT trying to figure things out, a person will better understand Marvin's method of "THE MOMENT" and LIVING IN IT WITHOUT WORRIES AND WITHOUT FEARS. HAVING NO EGO INVOLVED, brings each player into such a great state of joy as others have a chance to experience the same thing. THIS IS LOVE THROUGH SOUNDS OF COLORS, HEART FELT and created without REHEARSAL and PRE-MEDITATION. IF STUDENTS WERE ALL GIVEN A GIFT, THAT GIFT WOULD BE CALLED MARVIN SMITH. WHEN YOU RUB SHOULDERS ON THE BANDSTAND WITH MARVIN, YOU ARE ALSO TOUCHING MAX ROACH, ELVIN JONES, ART BLAKEY, PHILLY JOE JONES, PA PA JOE JONES, BUSTER SMITH, BILLY HIGGINS, SAM WOODYARD, MEL LEWIS, KENNY CLARK,ED THIGPEN, REGGIE GOLSON, TONY WILLIAMS, SONNY PAYNE, JOHN WILLIAM COLTRANE, JIMMY GARRISON, ERIC DOLPHY, JACKIE McCLEAN, WOODY SHAW, FREDDIE HUBBARD,LEE MORGAN,CLIFFORD BROWN,JJ JOHNSON, ARNIE LAWRENCE,ANDY McCLOUD, ART DAVIS, RICHARD DAVIS, MILES DAVIS, CARTER JEFFERSON, KENNY KIRKLAND, BUD POWELL, FATS W., WILLIE "THE LION" SMITH, ART TATUM, OSCAR PETERSON, CHARLES MINGUS, SUN RA, GEORGE COLEMAN, EVELYN BLAKEY, ART BLAKEY, JR, HAASAN DAWKINS, ALAN DAWSON, ALICE COLTRANE, BILLY BANG, DUKE ELLINGTON, COUNT BASIE, BUDDY RICH, COZY COLE, RAY CHARLES, JOHHNY HODGES, PAUL GONSALES, COOTY WILLIAMS, RAY BROWN, PAUL CHAMBERS, RED GARLAND, WYNTON KELLY, COLEMAN HAWKINS, CHARLIE PARKER, LESTER YOUNG, DEXTER GORDON, SONNY STITT, STAN GETZ, MILT JACKSON, JOHN LEWIS, CONNIE KAY,BENNY GOODMAN, TEDDY WILSON, CHET BAKER, BILL EVANS, GERRY MULLIGAN, WALTER BISHOP, JR.,DIZZY GILLESPIE, THELONIOUS MONK, FATS WALLER, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, BILLIE HOLIDAY, ELLZ FITZGERALD, DINAH WASHINGTON, NINA SIMONE, SARAH VAUGHAN, SIDNEY BECHET, EARL HINES, NICK LAROCCA, JOE "KING" OLIVER, RED NICHOLS , CAB CALLOWAY, BENNY CARTER, CHARLES CHRISTIAN, FLETCHER HENDERSON, DICK JOHNSON, ARTIE SHAW, BEN WEBSTER, PAUL WHITEMAN, MAYNARD FERGUSON, THAD HONES, HANK JONES, SHELLY MANN, LOUIS PRIMA, CAL TJADER, KETER BETTS, JIMMY BLANTON, PAUL CHAMBERS, ART DAVIS, MILT HINTON, BILL JOHNSON, SCOTT LA FARO, RED MITCHELL, JACO PASTORIUS, NIELS-HENNING ORSTED PEDERSEN, OSCAR PETTIFORD, SLAM STEWART,NAT ADDERLEY, CANNONBALL ADDERLEY, HORACE SILVER,HERBIE MANN YUSEF LATEEF, RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK, BIX BEIDERBECKE, JAKI BYARD, DANNY RICHMOND, CONNIE KAY, JACK MCDUFF, JOHN GILMORE, HUGH MASEKELA,CHARLES EARLAND, BILL DOGGETT, SHIRLEY SCOTT, JIMMY SMITH, LARRY YOUNG, REUBEN WILSON, RICHARD GROOVE HOLMES, KENNY WHEELER, STUFF SMITH, STEPHANE GRAPPELLI, RAY NANCE, EDDIE SOUTH, CLAUDE WILLIAMS, MIROSLAV VITOUS, BUNK JOHNSON,BUDDY BOLDEN, JELLY ROLL MORTON, FLEMING LOGAN, WAYNE "BUTCH" PARKER. YOU ARE ALSO RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH WATER, WIND, SUN, FIRE,EARTH AND MOST OF ALL AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU ARE RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH YOURSELF, A BEAUTIFUL CREATURE CREATED WITH YOUR OWN UNIQUE VOICE, NOW LEARN HOW TO BRING YOURSELF FORWARD FROM INNER TRUTH AND ALLOW MARVIN SMITH AND HIS MUSIC TO HEAL YOU. LISTEN TO THESE LOVELY SOUND VIBRATIONS AND LET THEM PENETRATE YOUR SOUL. LOVE ALWAYS and ALWAYS LOVE, ….. HABIB
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