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| Jazz for aficionados @tyray, a third album that I think of as kind of a set with "First Light" and "Red Clay" is Milt Jackson's "Sunflower" with Hubbard playing trumpet, also Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Billy Cobham. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Does anybody else think this is jazz, with Van Morrison (perhaps the greatest singer of my generation) vocals like a lead horn? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1zDznaKyY | |
| Jazz for aficionados @tyray, Freddie Hubbard First Light, I own the 1971 album in perfect shape. One of my favorites. Although, I like Red Clay a bit more, probably because it's more earthy. No beautiful melodies like First Light. I have never been to Brazil, althoug... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wow! So much music, so little time. Even for me who listens all morning and most of the afternoon while I write, or at least try to. Sidenote: I wrote a poem for my novel and I wanted to make sure its meaning could be gleaned by at least someone o... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim, I listened to Mal Waldron's "Free at Last.." I liked it a lot. I'm still listening. Sometimes he reminds me of Keith Jarrett, perhaps my favorite jazz pianist. He's very good and I'm glad to have found him. I might have liked this alb... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @frogman, now you’re venturing into my territory. Try this taste by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band with Mike Bloomfield considered one of the great blues guitarists. (He died young.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ5tbyW6NKM | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim, I listened to Mal Waldron. It was a bit sparse for my taste and the bass/drum drone made it seem flat. I don't know if Waldron has that kind of vibe on his other albums. I will listen to him some more. A drone-type bass beat I do like... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Morgana King has been one of my favorite jazz singers for a long time. She had a four-octave contralto voice that carried a lot of emotion. Her most famous song "A Taste of Honey" https://www.google.com/search?q=morgana+king+a+taste+of+honey+yout... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. I had a 6' 9" Irish ex-rugby player staying at my house. He is a Richard Harris fan, so I streamed "This Sporting Life," which I had watched many years ago. It was a much more complex and interesting film than I had remembered. Recommended. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Isao Suzuki's "Orpheus," the best recorded album in my collection. But also a winner for pure enjoyment. Suzuki plays a double bass that will twang your woofers. https://www.google.com/search?q=isao+suzuki+orpheus&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS945US945&... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Yusef Lateef "Love Song From Spartacus," a gorgeous melody taken from the ballet written by Aram Khachaturian, off Lateef's great "Eastern Sounds" album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhqQFs7huwU | |
| How large (or small) is the audiophile market? I would think about the amount of audiophiles worldwide. The reason I say this is that I have sold a lot of high-end used gear over ebay and at least a third of it has been shipped outside the country. My VPI TNT-3 went to Australia, believe it or... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @tyray, when stuartk told me about Wayne Shorter, I liked his album "Speak No Evil" so much I thought about buying it on vinyl. On Qobuz, however, it's recorded at 192 khz resolution. That's so close to vinyl there's no need. | |
| Jazz for aficionados On my turntable this morning a jazz album that has long been one of my favorites: Amarcord Nino Rota = I Remember Nino Rota (Interpretations Of Nino Rota's Music From The Films Of Federico Fellini) For Fellini fans or those with a European bent... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Looking over Absolute Sound's music reviews I came across Branford Marsalis's remake of Keith Jarrett's "Belonging." I loved Marsalis's take on "Belonging" and went back to Jarrett's "Belonging." I don't know how I've missed it before. Jarrett's o... |