frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados @msbel , interesting comments. Not sure I understand your disagreement with “……some feel contributed to heralding in the early "new thing" among other musician extending at the time”. I’m not familiar with what Booker had to say about this notion.... | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis **** Comparison may be the thief of joy but it makes for edifying conversation.**** Exactly! Art forms as rich as Jazz evolve and are represented by different “schools” of style and sensibilities due to geographical (regional) and cultural diffe... | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis A little insight into Chet Baker from Bob Mover, one of the unsung heroes of the alto saxophone and Chet’s band mate for years: https://youtu.be/JFYq5D0ny9E?si=1godlFGu56z1HxB8 | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? **** Is more detail always better if not unnaturally bright or fatiguing? **** YES! The problem is that perceived “detail” is often precisely the result of “unusually bright or fatiguing” sound. In my book that is not more detail. That is a dis... | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis Two very different musicians, especially if one considers the totality of their respective contributions to Jazz. Both important Jazz players, but ultimately Miles is deserving of the title as one of the giants of Jazz. Baker was a beautifully int... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Well said. | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/pLCeMHU6HNQ A little less happy? : https://youtu.be/_iNApIXfG_A | |
| Jazz for aficionados Not a chance. If, by “resurgence” you mean the level of popularity that Jazz was enjoying when that pic was taken. Jazz had already started to wane in popularity by then. During the decades preceding the date of that pic, Jazz was THE Pop music of... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Re the interesting topic discussed by jaym759 and stuartk and not meaning to disappoint listeners’ expectations or put too fine a point on things, but while I agree with most of what I think jaym759 is trying to say this comment is not accurate: ... | |
| How does sound influence your appreciation? “I’m losing my discernment because the sound is so much a part of the equation” How can this possibly be a good thing? In my book, this is as much of a negative as not being able to appreciate a great performance because the sound is not up to a ... | |
| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode I can only speak to the Manley Labs 200/100 triode switchable amps that I have used for quite some time. I would imagine triode switchable amps do not all behave the same; in no small part due to the speaker they are driving and, importantly, wha... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/a3CZHr5uiNM?si=xAA7SbjBuIKa5MdC | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks, @tyray ! Don’t be a stranger. https://youtu.be/Liy9tw03p1I | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great stuff, @acman3 , thanks. My favorite big band and one of my favorite arrangers. Right back at you: https://youtu.be/hTFhcL-YrDU?si=Kdvg7iSaWEJs1b4Y | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thank you, @msbel. Happy Thanksgiving to all! https://youtu.be/7YyA7NXSpps |