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I doubt we'll ever get you to self-audit, but we won't stop trying
Self censorship?? I don't think so. Miss Tammy and company, are doing a fine job at that. but we won't stop trying
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Rok, you're a fervent nationalist when the subject turns to... anything at all.
Thank you keegiam.
noun- a person who strongly identifies with their own nation and vigorously supports its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
What is the opposite of nationalist?nationalism(noun) the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other.
Antonyms: internationalism, multiculturalism.
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Davis spent "too much time in Europe?" Please explain.
Davis had a wonderful and important career in the USA. He taught at a major university for over forty years, establishing important programs pertaining to Jazz and Black American music in general. That puts him near the top of the Jazz pecking order in my book. Alex, a long time poster on this thread and a knowledgeable Jazz enthusiast, said Davis was unknown to him. I have been listening to Jazz for over 60 years. He was unknown to me also. The Frogman's first law states, "if they are unknown, there is always a good reason why." Since he can play, has toured with some big time guys when they went to Europe, and has a PhD in music, the logical reason is, he was out of the Jazz scene in the US for quite a while. A lot of important stuff happened in the US during the 60's. He was in Paris. I am sure they love him in France. Maybe, almost as much as they loved Jerry Lewis. Cheers |
Today's Listen: Dexter Gordon -- OUR MAN IN PARIS Speaking of being unknown. Notes: After a brilliant early career....the tall, forty year old Californian slid into limbo during the 1950's. it was known that he was in California, but he had ceased to be a presence on the jazz scene. .....but most of the jazz public and the critics had either forgotten Gordon or assumed that his career had evaporated. British critic Daniel Halperin -- "when they fade away they hardly ever come back. And there was a time when Dexter Gordon was definitely near vanishing point." All this, while he was still in the country. Imagine being in foreign climes. But he did come back. With a vengeance. willow weep for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh9CyimkKWc a night in tunisia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jccsHMOdZo scrapple from the apple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwqciyqFhoA like someone in love** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGXR8odUb4c **nice to hear Bud Powell play. Not on the LP. Cheers |
Thanks for the info on Dexter. I just listened to Tunisia and Apple again. When you dissect these performances, I like them mo better.
I always check before posting to make sure the album has not been posted recently. I must have over looked yours, or the wording escaped the search.
Any way, I was going to post GO tomorrow, so we are even. :)
Thanks again for the input. Precise and concise as always.
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The article was / is garbage. All the folks who call him 'uncle tom', were just cowardly, envious, armchair revolutionaries / freedom fighters, who thought saying something was the same as doing something. Thank God a WOMAN, Mrs Rosa Parks, finally showed them what guts were.
Some advice:
(1) Never believe ANYTHING written about black people by white people.
(2) Never believe ANYTHING written about black people by black people.
Follow this advice and you will never go wrong.
Pops was just too successful. He had everything they lusted after, but would never have, and they hated him for it. There is a name for them, but Miss Tammy would exile me to Siberia if I used it.
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There was a time when you had to be very wary about believing what you read or heard, but you could always trust what you saw. That is no longer true. These days, you can't even believe what you 'see.'
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Merry Christmas to all you Aficionados. You too Queen.
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The old Jazz Standard gets kind of boring, don't you think ? No. Do you notice that most Jazz of today has moved away from this. Most of today's music they call Jazz, has moved away. I wonder why ?
Hmmmmmmm, let's see. They can't play? If you can't play, you try to change the rules or redefine the genre. In other words, mindless, pointless,. incoherent noise becomes 'improvisation'. Now, anyone can play Jazz. Sort of like audiophile-land, things are whatever each individual says they are. How old is the Christmas music we are now playing? Mozart? Beethoven? Ellington? Mingus? Jazz is the same type music. It stands the test of time. It never gets old. Throw-away music made by teenagers and old geezer rockers, gets old. And gets old fast. Cheers |
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Mary Jo:
I hope you and yours are safe.
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I am well
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Today's Listen: The Quintet -- JAZZ AT MASSEY HALL with / Dizzy Gillespie(trumpet), Charlie Parker(alto saxophone), Bud Powell(piano), Charles Mingus(bass), Max Roach(drums). Recorded May 1953 I was reading my Book on Bird, when I saw a picture of this group taken while this was being recorded. I took that to be a directive, so here it is. The pictures in the book are great. Sometimes we might think these great players appeared in history one after the other, in single file, but the pictures prove they were all here together, at the same time. The sound and overall production sort of sucks, but this group shines thru it all. Ridiculous album cover art, all things considered. all the things you are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWeTpRsOMzg salt peanuts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGO51MqeuCM perdido https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TvNzAe3oGo a night in tunisia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkn2rDQx0Ok Mingus on bass !!!! Cheers |
Today's Listen: Duke Ellington -- JAZZ PARTY Recorded 1959 **malletoba spank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFnrccjeVq8 hello little girl (jimmy rushing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlTyLr0P9f0 tymperturbably blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuR_OcbN9Sg satin doll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ-n7jhs_K8 all of me (johnny hodges) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWVmmrMhqIw **from the notes: "if you are listening in stereo, maybe the best thing to do is to tell you that, from left to right, you are hearing a vibraphone, a xylophone, another vibraphone, another xylophone, a glockenspiel and a marimba, surrounded on one side by the full Ellington band and on the other by an assortment of kettle drums, bongos, a tamborine, and a triangle." To hear the timbre of all this reproduced accurately, you need Polks. Cheers |
If you think about it, a lot of American slang or cut off words coming from the black jazz musicians were originally from slang words developed in the black south. Chittl(in) circuit anyone?
I think you are correct about the origin. Btw, I was not in the 2nd Brigade, I just use that icon to honor the origin of the name ’Black Jack’. I was in the DISCOM, 1st Cav.
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Rok will protect me.
I ain't scared of no Putin! He better keep his cotton picking paws off a certain Croatian Beauty.
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Today's Listen: Miles Davis -- COLLECTORS' ITEMS with / Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Walter Bishop, Tommy Flanagan, Percy Heath, Paul Chambers, Philly Jo Jones, Arthur Taylor. Consiste of two recordings sessions, 1953 and 1956. Notes: Excellent write up of each song. Bird plays Tenor under the name of "Charlie Chan". Only time Bird and Rollins recorded together. On the extremely moving seven minute "Round Midnight," Rollins has the opening and closing bridges, credited in the original notes to Parker. The info on some Jazz recordings is as strange as that on most Blues recordings. serpent's tooth (take 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCq8EngWS8s round midnight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSVy7f_ygEk compulsion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkiJlqs-DBU vierd blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9iwFsJt4Qg Cheers |
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what's happening today is totally absurd; this has never happened before in my life time.
Read your Bible. There were the poor and homeless when The Lord walked the earth.
So when you see a homeless person talking to himself; just think, that person could be you if the fickle finger of fate deemed it to happen.
Wrong answer / conclusion. We all make choices, take different paths in life. When we are young, we have parents to make the choices for us. Some folks have no parents, 'teenage mamas' don't count, some folks take what seems to be the easy paths in life, not realizing, those are dead ends and that nothing worthwhile is easy. Stay tuned, the coming generation of homeless will dwarf the current group. We are teaching them to be homeless and poor as we speak. The Government, your favorite folks, has found out the following: 1) If you finish high school 2) have no children out of wedlock 3) have no children at all before age 20 4) do not use drugs then, YOU WILL NOT BE POOR. Not a very high bar at all. I must add, they ASSUME everyone wants to work. That is a hell of a assumption. Cheers |
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Rok, for most of your life, you didn't even have to make a dental appointment, much less pay for a dentist; an appointment was already made, and all you had to do was take off work and go.
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Shirley Bassey:
Always loved her. She didn't seem to lose anything as she got older. The only woman that should be allowed to sing "Goldfinger".
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I think he knew something like this would raise me from the dead
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Maybe it’s good that Horace never talked to Nina. You can say that again. Miss Nina had 35 chips on her shoulders, and a .38 and straight razor in her purse. But you gotta love her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyUruSCMhu8Cheers |
Today's Listen: Horace Silver -- SERENADE TO A SOUL SISTER featuring: Stanley Turrentine Excellent notes. Recorded in two sessions, with two different groups in 1968. These 3 tunes are with Turrentine on Tenor. Silver gives his "personal guide lines to musical composition." He also lists his "personal Do Nots of musical composition." "I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition." The year being 1968, I can see why he felt the need to say this. serenade to a soul sister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih6TZVBMG5c **psychedelic sally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NblTtO26r3s rain dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrP3Yf1gZiQ All tunes 'dedicated' to various friends and family. Cheers ** I thought I would hate it, but loved it. |
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Ron Miles:
Nice enough. Harmless. Did you notice that, they just stopped playing for the ending.
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That stuff does not rise to the level of noise.
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Hampton Hawes:
The Trio 1 and Trio 2 are two different albums. I have them both. All Night sessions 1-3 can be had as set on 2 CDs, or three different single CDs. I just ordered the Sessions set 1-3 on two CDs which also included Trio 1. There is also a The Trio 3. Has an cartoon alligator on the cover.
Off Amazon.
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Today's Listen: Jimmy Smith -- THE SERMON Minimal packaging. No notes, fold out sheet is printed with pictures of other albums they sell. I notice my copy does not have the words 'Blue Note' on the cover. Sound on 'The Sermon" sucks in places. And it just has to be the longest tune in Jazz. Anyway, these guys aren't going to let a subpar recording stop them. Hallmark Label? FTW!! the sermon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3X5J_wGHrw&t=338s flamingo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us_tBlVu69Y Cheers |
I think it refers to this particular group of players / personnel. They made three albums as a group / trio. The music is not connected other than that.
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If the Good Lord was forced to listen to that "music', then it is small wonder he said "fire next time." I would have said "fire right now."
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The Queen concurs. It's unanimous. Cheers |
Nicole Henry:
Finally!!! Someone that appears to be the real deal. Working on her 8th album release. Longevity, one of the hallmarks of the real deal. Sings Broadway, or the American songbook, another hallmark. She has everything else.
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