frogman
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| A continuation of the best musician thread ****With time, he will only progress further.**** I agree. I believe that is what I wrote. | |
| A continuation of the best musician thread I checked out a few things of his on YouTube. Very talented young player. There is an up-beat freshness in his playing that I like, even though there isn’t much that is particularly new in his music. Plenty of chops. He and his band sound best on ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados When asked how he got that distinctive sound, Paul Desmond replied that he “tried to sound like a dry martini”. Amazing relaxed lyricism with none of the urgency of Brecker. Jim Hall !!! https://youtu.be/DS51jwmqpO4?si=pXv_bwonhgkVL-pB (3:21 alw... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Fabulous! Can’t thank you enough, mahgister, as I was not aware of this recording. My favorite drummer (well, maybe Tony Williams…maybe not). Darnett Garrett!!!! No point in commenting on Brecker, Gene Perla on bass caused me to think of the reco... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? Good! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Bob Mintzer is a remarkably talented musician. Great tenor player and equally great composer/orchestrator. His playing style is similar to Brecker’s, but more measured and restrained with less fire than Brecker. Very logical, the way that his writ... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? **** Music is first of all mathematics not art in a usual sense. **** Wow! Remarkable comment which explains a great deal. | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? If to be an “audiophile” means that one has to completely dismiss the idea that there are aspects of the experience of listening to music (any art) that cannot be completely described via numbers/measurements (of any kind), then count me out. To b... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thank you mahgister. | |
| Jazz for aficionados For anyone interested in learning about Michael Brecker the man and what he went through at the end of his life: https://lovehopestrength.org/susan-brecker-continues-jazz-musician-husbands-legacy-of-help/ https://youtu.be/bYcFb14O32k?si=I5K--T_A... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, never did catch Steps Ahead 😕 | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, among others that I can’t remember I heard (Seventh Ave. South): Breckers, Mike Manieri band, Steve Grossman, Woody Shaw, Mike Stern, Art Blakey with a very young Wynton Marsalis and my favorite show there, Joe Henderson. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Curiousjim, unfortunately I am not aware of any cd’s of bootleg recordings. Several things on YouTube. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Excellent comments, mahgister! | |
| Jazz for aficionados A 23 year old Michael Brecker with Horace Silver live in concert. Astounding solo on the first tune Liberated Brother. I like the youthful rawness of his sound. In some ways even more obvious than in later years that he was right out of the Col... |