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[atomic-raunch]

Nat “King” Cole, Oscar Moore, and Johnny Miller recording at the Capitol Records Studio in March, 1946

[kdo-three]

The King Cole Trio - Straighten Up and Fly Right (1943) Nat King Cole / Irving Mills from: "Straighten Up and Fly Right" / "I Just Can't See for Lookin'" (Single) "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (EP)

Jazz / Pop

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Personnel: Nat King Cole: Vocals / Piano Oscar Moore: Guitar Johnny Miller: Bass

Produced by Johnny Mercer

Recorded: @ C.P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood, California USA on November 30, 1943

Released: on April 14, 1944 Capitol Records

[jazzandothersounds-blog]

Charlie Parker watching Dizzy Gillespie perform in New York, circa 1947.

( English /Español)

It is said that Charlie Parker once said: "I couldn't stand the stereotypical harmonies that anyone was playing at the time. I kept thinking there must be something different. Sometimes I could hear it but I couldn't play it...".

"Yes, that night I improvised for a long time on "Cherokee". As I did so I realised that, by using the upper intervals of the harmonies as a melodic line and placing new harmonies more or less in tune underneath, I could suddenly play what I had heard inside me for so long. I was filled with life.

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Se cuenta que una ocasión dijo Charlie Parker: "ya no aguantaba más las armonías estereotipadas que cualquiera tocaba entonces. No paraba de pensar que debía de haber algo diferente. A veces lo podia oir pero no lo podía tocar..."

"Si, esa noche improvisé durante mucho tiempo sobre "Cherokee". Mientras lo hacía me di cuenta de que, al utilizar los intervalos superiores de las armonías como línea melódica colocando debajo armonías nuevas más o menos afinadas, podía tocar de repente aquello que por tanto tiempo había oído dentro de mi. Me llené de vida.

Fuente: El Jazz, by Joachim Berendt

LISTEN ´´CHEROKEE´´ HERE:

Charlie Parker/ Yardbird In Lotus Land/ Live in Los Angeles, 1946 -

Charlie Parker - alto saxophone

Benny Carter - alto saxophone

Willie Smith - alto saxophone

with:

The King Cole Trio

Nat King Cole - piano

Oscar Moore - guitar

Johnny Miller - bass

Buddy Rich - drums

[aspeccharactersoftheday]

Oscar Moore from Oh So Oscar is demisexual!

[gottahavesoul]

Nat King Cole Trio - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (1946)

Personnel:

Nat King Cole (piano, vocals) Oscar Moore (guitar) Johnny Miller (bass)

from the album 'UNFORGETTABLE' (Capitol Records)

[latelecaster]

1951 Fender Oscar Moore Nocaster

[2nd100yrs]

Oscar Moore, Nat King Cole, and Wesley Prince, N.Y July 1946

by William Gottlieb

[yeri]

This is amazing. The part with Nat King Cole and his guitarist Oscar Moore is particularly wowsers.

Sadly Oscar Moore has almost fallen out of memory as one of the preeminent jazz guitarists, which he was. It seems he stopped playing in the 1960s or 70s and became a bricklayer for the rest of his years.

Which makes me want to cry.