jazz dudes dressed ridiculously while totally goin in

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thread of fashion lolz & musicianship awe

http://www.eskimo.com/~bpentium/dimeola/concert/al_dimeola_400.jpg

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 21 July 2008 23:55 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.downbeat.com/photos/IM55716.jpg

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 21 July 2008 23:55 (seventeen years ago)

Oh man, you started it!

Well, here's the Brecker I posted over yonder.

http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/images/Brecker_Michaelsmall.jpg

Oilyrags, Monday, 21 July 2008 23:57 (seventeen years ago)

Rush thread right next door=prog dude dressed ridiculously while totally goin in

http://www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com/rock/images/geddy_lee.jpg

Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:02 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.futurestyle.org/archives/images/h/hancockHerbiePortKeyb.gif

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:03 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/02/20/Sun-Ra-and-June-Tyson.png

Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:06 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/photos/2007/jpastorius_1.jpg

I kind of feel like Sun Ra is cheating, but I guess it's not.

Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:07 (seventeen years ago)

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l55/FED76/SunRaNYC_2_-546x450.jpg

xpost I've always wanted a "lol sun ra" thread, should I start my own?

Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:07 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.progweed.net/reviews/miles/miles_main.jpg

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:08 (seventeen years ago)

on the flippety i would totally rock that wrist thing

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:08 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.jazzozieri.com/photo/JohnScofield/JohnScofield_C102.jpg

Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:23 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.schoolofrock.com/staff_image/image_275

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:29 (seventeen years ago)

Man, the kufi could be a thread all on it's own (sadly, I actually have a kufi.)

Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:33 (seventeen years ago)

hahaha that does not surprise me somehow

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:35 (seventeen years ago)

a kente kufi, no less

Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:37 (seventeen years ago)

I think Sun Ra looks pretty fly in both of those photos.

Display Name, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:38 (seventeen years ago)

I was thinking that about Miles

PappaWheelie V, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 01:24 (seventeen years ago)

Ditto.

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 01:30 (seventeen years ago)

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~tbushnell/images/self%20pictures/blogPictures/one-man-band.jpg

PappaWheelie V, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 01:34 (seventeen years ago)

wtf

tylerw, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 01:41 (seventeen years ago)

http://releaseit.org/db2/00184/releaseit.org/_uimages/LonnieSmith.jpg

tylerw, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 01:44 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.tintweiss.com/db4/00315/tintweiss.com/_uimages/IM049006-A.Ayler-STMM.jpg

tylerw, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 01:45 (seventeen years ago)

yeah miles' styles in the 70s are pretty rad.
miles' styles in the 80 = not so rad
http://www.kruufm.com/files/87/Miles_Davis-1.jpg

tylerw, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 01:48 (seventeen years ago)

or maybe totally rad, not sure

tylerw, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 01:49 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.thecreeper.net/oldpics/ornette-coleman.jpg

briania, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 02:33 (seventeen years ago)

its deeply disconcerting and also awesome that all three of those facial expressions are pretty much identical

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 09:00 (seventeen years ago)

top picture of Metheny really looks like Kevin Nealon

sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 09:44 (seventeen years ago)

I was thinking that about all of them.

RabiesAngentleman, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:37 (seventeen years ago)

Actually he kinda looks like Dana Carvey in that top one.

RabiesAngentleman, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:44 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.metarecords.com/images/spirits_2_opt.jpg

RabiesAngentleman, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:51 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/italy/gallery/neri/hanbennink06clusone.jpg

UNdressed ridiculously

RabiesAngentleman, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:55 (seventeen years ago)

I don't think some of these are so "ridiculous" rather than "of their age". And Miles's 70s outfit still looks pretty cool today.

Tuomas, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:28 (seventeen years ago)

That said...

http://larryredhouse.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/chickcoreacopy.jpg
Chick Corea. Was this stylish even in the 80s?

Tuomas, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:33 (seventeen years ago)

If you were 8? Even then probably not

RabiesAngentleman, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:36 (seventeen years ago)

(picture of Pharoah Sanders is ridiculous by contrast to other pictures of Pharoah Sanders)

RabiesAngentleman, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:37 (seventeen years ago)

I like Pharoah_Sanders' jumper. Old folks feel the cold more.

Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:40 (seventeen years ago)

The wiki photo of him has rockin' this number...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Pharoah_Sanders.jpg/450px-Pharoah_Sanders.jpg

Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:41 (seventeen years ago)

Which I REALLY like.

Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:41 (seventeen years ago)

Wow that is awesome.

RabiesAngentleman, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:46 (seventeen years ago)

I can't wait for his Old Navy Fleece commercial!

Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:47 (seventeen years ago)

I just can't separate him from images like this

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/234/516563606_f4197bac63.jpg?v=0

which makes the Cosby look all the more arresting for me

RabiesAngentleman, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:49 (seventeen years ago)

I don't see them as that far apart, actually. Then again, I own a kente cloth kufi hat.

Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:57 (seventeen years ago)

One looks like a vaguely psychedelic potato sack and the other is an old man sweater.

RabiesAngentleman, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 13:51 (seventeen years ago)

Dude is 68, was 30 when Live at the East was recorded! He's entitled to have changed his style a tad.

Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 14:36 (seventeen years ago)

Oh, wiki says he's not 68 till October. Still, old enough to rock a sweater.

Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 14:39 (seventeen years ago)

Re: the second picture. I didn't know that NY Gov. David Paterson used to be a jazz pianist.

Bill Magill, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 14:40 (seventeen years ago)

> One looks like a vaguely psychedelic potato sack

See, this says "Cosby Sweater" to me.

Oilyrags, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 15:05 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.jazz59.com/images/gunslingingbird.jpg

Oilyrags, Saturday, 26 July 2008 19:44 (seventeen years ago)

is that enough brass for you roland ?

oscar, Saturday, 26 July 2008 19:54 (seventeen years ago)

I don't see the ridiculousness in a lot of these outfits, but hey it's ILM.

_Rockist__Scientist_, Saturday, 26 July 2008 20:02 (seventeen years ago)

man di meola is in a fuckin pirate outfit

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 26 July 2008 20:08 (seventeen years ago)

I understand RS' sentiment though. It is showbiz. Wardrobe is part of the act.

Oilyrags, Saturday, 26 July 2008 20:09 (seventeen years ago)

four months pass...

http://www.jazzhouse.org/jpg/hemingway1.jpg

dad a, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 19:58 (seventeen years ago)

I'd forgotten that even Miles had a mullet.

bendy, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:05 (seventeen years ago)

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/45971.jpg

Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:51 (seventeen years ago)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/450071344_cbe3cad484.jpg?v=0

Carol Vorderman's Bukkake Sudoku (gnarly sceptre), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:07 (seventeen years ago)

pleated pants and DFW headscarf on thomas chapin
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/2448950173_d2621e2a6c.jpg?v=0

La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:14 (seventeen years ago)

More stripey Metheney :

http://www.davidbazemore.com/Slide%20shows/JAZZ%20ETC.%20SLIDES/images/Music-011.jpg

Matt #2, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:41 (seventeen years ago)

http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/04/040415.aec300.jpg

Matt #2, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:43 (seventeen years ago)

don ellis:
http://www.donellismusic.com/Ellis_Library/EllisLaughing1.jpg

dad a, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:52 (seventeen years ago)

oops

dad a, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:52 (seventeen years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.thirteen.org/soul/episodes/october-4-1972

i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 07:35 (seventeen years ago)

rev ilu long time dogg

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 07:36 (seventeen years ago)

with respect afaik

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 07:37 (seventeen years ago)

hahahaha

i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 07:39 (seventeen years ago)

three months pass...

Subtlest Fart Joke (Oilyrags), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 11:11 (sixteen years ago)

eleven years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMxESFBS4mY

Pat and Jack's silk shirts

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 15 June 2020 04:21 (five years ago)

so many broken links above. surely i hope miles-era keith jarrett was among them.

https://i.imgur.com/1kil41V.png

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 15 June 2020 04:37 (five years ago)

Speaking of miles and silk shirts, I also happened to be watching this earlier today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHx1-BPgkkM

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 15 June 2020 04:39 (five years ago)

man miles was so clean in those days.

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 15 June 2020 04:54 (five years ago)

"Clean as a broke dick dog"? (I read his autobiography as a kid, and that phrase has always stuck with me.)

Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Monday, 15 June 2020 04:57 (five years ago)

it is kind of weird how even in 1969 he looked much closer to Charlie Parker era miles than mid-70s miles.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 15 June 2020 05:11 (five years ago)


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