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| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister, here is a poem I wrote many years ago about Stravinsky's Rite of Spring: Stravinsky Such a leap from an oompah band to the dark primordial marshland sprawling beyond sight or imagination in an absolutely secret expanse fi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @maghister, I agree with your distinction between jazz and classical. One appeals more to the head and the other to the heart and soul. Jazz is primal. I would like to make a few distinctions, however. I think Stravinsky, for example, was searchi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @acman3, we probably won't find a musician who has played both classical and jazz in this group. So, a discussion for another day. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk, It probably sounds as if I am saying jazz musicians aren't as good as classical. I'm not at all saying that. I am saying that they are judged by a different standard. Probably the most important point I made is that jazz musicians are ju... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk, @frogman, @tyray, First, Lew Tabackin's flute sounded beautiful to my ear. Second, I think Andre Previn is in a very special class because he ended his career as a great conductor. I have just ordered a record of him conducting Debussy.... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @tyray, @stuartk, I found an album of Yusef Lateef playing flute. I like Yusef as a jazz musician, but I realized that when he began playing the flute I would be comparing him to one of the best flutists in the world in regards to technique. I go... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @tyray, @frogman, @stuartk I used to love the flute. I had a wooden flute I played on the road while hitch-hiking half way across the world. (Got from Berkeley to Afghanistan.) I know I have many jazz flutists in my collection but haven't listene... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk, thank you for that concert of Flora Purim. It is so very, very cool. For me, that is jazz at its best. I love to hear Flora Purim scatting, and those Brazilian rhythms are so very difficult. I saw her many, many years ago and have no mem... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @maghister, I didn't have a lot of money growing up either. I would work odd jobs and use the money to buy records. All of the records I bought in high school were classical. I couldn't stand the bubble-gum music on the radio. When I got to col... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister, One more confession. I've moved over to Marvin Gaye "What's Going On." It may not be jazz, but when I first heard it I had no idea what genre it fell into. I've listened to it a lot. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Sorry I strayed. Wife's gone. Blasting Rolling Stones "Let It Bleed." Back to my senses later. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @tyray, Angelique Kidjo is a massive world star. I've seen her live twice and she's a force to be reckoned with. She's won a lot of awards, including 5 grammies. I have several of her CDs, including Djin Djin. I also have one of her singing her mo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk, @tyray I have a boxed set of 4 records of a Return to Forever concert with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Joe Farrell, and others that I will pull out tomorrow and play. I think I will appreciate it more than I have in the past. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @tyray, stuartk, @acman3 Flora Purim's last name reminded me of the Jewish holiday Purim. I went onto chatgbt and asked what religion she is. She's a Sephardic Jew like me. Well, she has no religious affiliation, so she's really like me. But she ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk, I love that album! It's not printed on great vinyl so I've worn it out several times and have to keep looking for a mint copy. When I was taking classical guitar lessons, my teacher told me that was a great album so I went out and bought... |