Route 66, Diana with Natalie, just fantastic

I was following Diana further and found that she sung with Natalie Cole. Hey this is something I cannot miss. That apply you as well. 'Cause they are fabulous. Just fantastic!

You remember Route 66, the TV series? Oh, no. I should ask you "Do you know Route 66, a TV series?" instead. That was the America I was dreaming of. Martin Milner and George Maharis stared in. Above all the Corvette was the dream car at the time.

If you surf to find that TV series on line, the series run 1960-64. I was in college. It was broadcast in Japan. It was the dawn of TV entertainment here. I had to fight to watch it. Parents wanted to watch some boring news program, y'know.

I am not sure if the tune has been the theme music of the program. But I remember Nat King Cole sings Route 66 along with his trio.

Those were the years I enjoyed living. 50 years ago now, I can't believe it. Where are those TV stars like guys on 77 Sunset Strip, Rawhide, Man from UNCLE, The Fugitive etc etc. . . . .

Diana Krall≒Oscar Peterson

I wondered out to see if there's something new. I found this lady pretty nice. Her name is Diana Krall.

At first I was watching a video talking about Oscar Peterson and his life. There she was. She talked a little about him. I couldn't recognize her. But thanks to internet.

A few clicks later, I found her playing Night Train aka Oscar Peterson. Here it is.

She does two tricks of Oscar Peterson. One is the glissando and the other is the riff Oscar did of 4 bars. She traces nicely the way Oscar swings.

Yeah I like that far. Her chords are bit too complicated for me. But she sure has the mind of Jazz.

I'll be fan of you, honey.

Mr. Peterson plays with Count Basie, wow!

Who enjoyed this session most? Two of them, of course. Suppose, If you don't know them, that's a boring video that shows two old guys playing. But if you know who they are, you see them conversing all through the session. Oh, I wish I were there! During my active jazz age, we did not have internet. So there were very little information on players themselves. Yes, we were able to know how they look by snap shots printed on LP covers, or posters. It's been long time ago. My first live session of jazz was Art Blakey in Tokyo, in 1961 or 62. There were and still is nice concert hall that has around 2000 sheets. Art Blakey in concert hall? Yes, they were idol for young Japanese of my age at that time. I luckily bought ticket and went there on one of New years days. (We call January 1-5 as "inside of special occasion=Matsu no uchi") We read discography. We read a little gossip on jazz players here and there. The information was pretty limited. For you Americans, if it is nothing special to hear this duo of Mr. Peterson and Count plays a blues, it cannot be that ordinal for us. Oscar Peterson plays piano with Count Basie! waoh!, hey didyouhear that? They were so different for us. Mr. Peterson plays piano trio. The Count Basie plays Big band. How can those two players get together, don't you think? I sure appreciate internet. Otherwise, I would have died without knowing them play together, my, my