frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados **** Some don’t know what they are talking about, but all have agendas. ****Can’t disagree. Applies even more so to some listeners with very strong opinions. | |
| What other hobby... Audiogoning. 😊 | |
| Jazz for aficionados nrthomas2, Phil Schaap is a national treasure. Outstanding resource for anyone wanting to learn about the history of this great music. Here is that piece:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/05/19/bird-watcher/amp | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** you hit the spot by knowing exactly what I need. This will be my fuel for today. And not just for today. ****https://youtu.be/95SYdjRVCR0You kids want to borrow the car? ☺️I totally agree re Etta James. Only other performance I’ve heard that ... | |
| Should music critics also be audiophiles? Would be nice....audiophiles; not just gear jocks which often call themselves “audiophiles”.“Nice“ because better reproduced sound CAN improve one’s ability to hear deeper into the performance. However, this assumes that the audiophile’s sense of ... | |
| Looking for new to me Jazz music https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/charlie-parker-centennial-festival | |
| Jazz for aficionados Classic video clip, Alex; and classic story about Stravinsky. Here is the other of the two surviving video clips. On this one he is syncing to a pre recorded tape. I love this clip just for the mischievous expression that Bird gives Hawkins at the... | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? “Unlistenable since 1995”?! Seriously?WBGO Jazz 88.3 Newark, NJ is outstanding with great Jazz programming. +1 WKCR out of Columbia U in NYC has some of the most interesting programming anywhere. This weekend is a case in point. To celebrate Charl... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/celebrating-birdThe best, imo. Great read! | |
| Tweaking the new Grado Timbre Sonata 3 I understand your impatience. We all want instant gratification. Streengreen is exactly right; be patient. In my experience, 10 hours is not nearly enough; even for Grados which are not nearly as finicky as some other cartridges. I think you will ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, Sonny. Wow! Totally in command. One of those players that can grab the rhythm section by the balls ; not the other way around. Easy to hear where a lot of your man James Carter is coming from. Thanks.Lovely Eddie Henderson. Thanks, jss and Al... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, glad you are enjoying the show. Amazing stuff. Check in on that station as a regular part of a Jazz regimen 😊. They have great programming. **** or, is it that I just need to make myself smarter on Bird. ****We all do. There’s a whole lot to ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/YPyMP4oBLCwLike clockwork. O-10, I am tired of arguing with you about the same topics over and over again; especially when you show absolutely zero interest in learning anything new and you inevitably turn a positive thing into so... | |
| High Performance Audio - The End? **** Can your Audio System be too Transparent? ****Of course... IF the goal is to maximize enjoyment only according to what pleases our own personal ideas about what constitutes enjoyment and not to extract as much of the music as possible, which ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados For anyone listening, and for the record, this year, due to the WKCR studio being closed due to COVID, not all of the commentary is by Phil Schaap. Great, regardless. I’m looking forward to the extended programming of what is this year an eight da... |