Who Did It Better???

[GGJaguar]

Not so tough for me since I'm a Waits fan.

 

[geoguy]

Shawn C gets my vote on that one. Love her voice, and she honors the spirit of Tom's fine song, imo.

 

[Canard]

The Sidewinder

Hard Bop by Lee Morgan




Acid Hard Bop by "Burnin'" Vernon

 

[James Hart]

 

[James Hart]

 

[James Hart]

 

[davidbeinct]

Definitely the original Sidewinder for me. The head swings and the guitar band version sounds like almost every great guitarist trying to play horn lines. I love Vernon Reid but I can’t get into the track.

 

[chazmo]

Gah! I meant I liked the Colvin version better, but articulated it like a drunken sailor! Thanks for the correction!

Now who's acting like a retired person, buddy!

 

[Canard]

@James Hart

You are not playing fair.

Like ... uhm... you've stacked the deck, putting those Molly Tuttle cards in there.

Good Golly, Miss Molly!

 

[Canard]

Definitely the original Sidewinder for me. The head swings and the guitar band version sounds like almost every great guitarist trying to play horn lines. I love Vernon Reid but I can’t get into the track.

Reid's version works better if you don't think of the two Sidewinders as being the same tune or if you don't already have Hard Bob [er .. Bop] templates in your brain.

The Morgan version wanders into 60's funky Jazz (Blakey/Hancock) but doesn't abandon the foundations of Bop. And Lee Morgan .... welll ... Lee Morgan ... not much more to be said. Hard to compete.

Interesting and sad documentary if you haven't seen it:




I have seen Reid do Sidewinder live. It was looser and longer, but still more Funk and Shred than Bop.

 

[davidbeinct]

Reid's version works better if you don't think of the two Sidewinders as being the same tune or if you don't already have Hard Bob templates in your brain.

The Morgan version wanders into 60's funky Jazz (Blakey/Hancock) but doesn't abandon the foundations of Bop. And Lee Morgan .... welll ... Lee Morgan ... not much more to be said. Hard to compete.

Interesting and sad documentary if you haven't seen it:




I have seen Reid do Sidewinder live. It was looser and longer, but still more Funk and Shred than Bop.

I would love to see Reid live. Also lol at the Hard Bob autocorrect.

 

[Canard]

I would love to see Reid live. Also lol at the Hard Bob autocorrect.

No, not auto-correct, but dyslexia or dysgraphia. I usually have to go over things again and again and again, because I just do not see typos or spelling mistakes.

But funny in context, yes.

I also saw Reid with Spectrum Road, Jack Bruce, John Medeski, and Cindy Blackman Santana. A great show, if one liked Tony Williams' Lifetime.

 

[davidbeinct]

No, not auto-correct, but dyslexia or dysgraphia. I usually have to go over things again and again and again, because I just do not see typos or spelling mistakes.

But funny in context, yes.

I also saw Reid with Spectrum Road, Jack Bruce, John Medeski, and Cindy Blackman Santana. A great show, if one liked Tony Williams' Lifetime.

Sorry about that. Good news though-the times have caught up with you. You probably proofread more than anyone as the rest of us have let our phones make us lazy.

 

[Teleguy61]

The Sidewinder

Hard Bop by Lee Morgan




Acid Hard Bop by "Burnin'" Vernon

I can't compare them, Lee Morgan's record is so great, and so important in the development of hard bop r&b influenced jazz--and it
frigging swings like nobody's business. Bob Cranshaw and Billy Higgins--particularly Higgins--are monsters on this track.
Lee all the way.

 

[Teleguy61]

Both good versions, different takes on a nice tune.
But...Sarah...wow.

 

[chazmo]

The Sidewinder

Hard Bop by Lee Morgan




Acid Hard Bop by "Burnin'" Vernon

Lee Morgan's.

Vernon's is really cool, and the solos are probably "better," but sorry... Lee's is where it's at.

 

[chazmo]

Lee Morgan's.

Vernon's is really cool, and the solos are probably "better," but sorry... Lee's is where it's at.

Oh and I should mention the choice is obvious.. Because trumpet.

 

[Canard]

@davidbeinct

I also saw Reid with Living Color when they opened for the Stones on the Steel Wheels tour. It wasn't great, and it wasn't their fault.

Living Color got almost none of the PA.

They didn't get to use any of the large video screens.

From my cheap seats in the big sports arena, I could see nothing and hear nothing. Toothpicks in brightly coloured costumes dancing around on a distant stage and crowd noise. That's it. Not much else.

The Stones must have feared them greatly to treat them so badly.

 

[davismanLV]

This is a tough one..... JESUS!!!



or this one....

 

[West R Lee]

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