'50s California Cool:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/arts/design/21cool.html?_r=1&dpc&oref=slogin
Great find, Brother Longwing.
"The cool could not survive the 1960s, when all the repressed energies and conflicts of American society burst to the surface. But in its own time it was more than just a passing style. The cool did not try to change the world; rather, it was an end in itself.
It was a way of being that turned its back on the anxious striving and the inauthentic routines of corporate, middle-class life. To be cool was its own reward, a state of grace. It’s hard to imagine the stars lining up for a rebirth of the cool, but if there is a heaven, I bet it’s a pretty cool place."
Amen.
Last edited by Russell_Street (2008-03-22 03:28:48)
Feel Good music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3KYGvk_gME&feature=related
London in 1965:
'Summertime' by The Bill Evans Trio. Recorded in London, 19 March 1965, for the UK TV series Jazz 625. Bill Evans on piano, Chuck Israels on bass, Larry Bunker on drums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p_dHE5hQIA&feature=related
John Simons opens The Ivy Shop up Richmond Hill.
http://j.simons.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/page7.html
.... and I was born.
J.
Jimmy got a boost on the Boom years thread so here he is here too:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jimmy-Giuffre-Three/dp/B000002JMG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1206645186&sr=1-2
^ A 3 Btn with 3 buttoned.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jimmy-Giuffre-3-1961/dp/B000025WLT/ref=pd_sim_m_h_?ie=UTF8&qid=1206645186&sr=1-2
^ BD.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-Way-Vrv-Giuffre/dp/B000094T50/ref=pd_sim_m_h_?ie=UTF8&qid=1206645186&sr=1-2
Last edited by Russell_Street (2008-03-27 13:19:29)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_R4v54z884&feature=related
Pure style.
^ Why are birds in those old photos always so cute, compared to today?
Cute she may be, but she is still a back seat driver..........nothing changes!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4noNAphDFA8
Stone classic. Dig the Blakey shirt collar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW9rUWyQ40o
Byrd's the word. That's the jacket.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrqHuqZ-S6Y
Brother Blue swings. Serious cool.
Last edited by SubtleCool (2008-04-17 11:02:07)