I'm not a big fan of jazz music. I'll listen to a little, and tolerate a little more, but it soon palls on me, and I'll go looking for something more tuneful and melodious.
Nevertheless, I had to do a double-take when my wife sent me a link to jazz artist Gunhild Carling performing live, with bagpipes. Bagpipes as a jazz instrument? This I had to hear!
She's also noted for playing up to three trumpets simultaneously.
For those who enjoy jazz more than I do, here's a complete performance with her own band and the Harlem Hotshots.
Hope you enjoyed it, jazz fans!
Peter
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MInd-bleach and ear-bleach, please.
That was...interesting... to say the least... :-)
I had two thoughts about her. Others did too. From the youtube comments to the second video:
"There's good-crazy and bad-crazy. This woman is good-crazy. :-)"
"My sentiment exactly, you stole the words right out my mind :) She must be so much fun at parties...Love her!!!"
"Bagpipes as a jazz instrument?"
Well, bagpipe anyway.
My dad (a very long-time trumpet player) was the photographer for a gig she did in Tucson, AZ, and noted that she was playing in Austin two days later. After a very hurried phone call to make sure he wasn't disrupting plans, he got us tickets.
We were amazed. Even our young kids were very well-behaved even late into the night.
An amazing talent -- what a dynamo of energy!
Rufus Harley, the most famous jazz piper.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmaicurzPb0
I wonder if she's ever heard of Rufus Harley.
This is from 1966: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_nJMvXLM0
Well dang. I didn't see Antibubba's comment till I'd posted mine.
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