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| Jazz for aficionados Rok, re Concertgebow:THE (unanswered) questions for orchestras and their players right now. First, a couple of things as part of the always important backdrop:Fabulous orchestra and one which can play Beethoven 7 in its sleep; and I mean that in t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today is the birthday of a pianist that hasn’t been looked at. In many ways the quintessential West Coast Jazz musician. Fine Jazz pianist (and accordionist) with a solo recording career and who was a Grammy winning composer ensconced in the LA st... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, a correction/clarification to my post above. There is much controversy re Beethoven’s metronome markings in his scores. Many of those markings indicate that the music should be played much faster than how it is often performed by many moder... | |
| Jazz for aficionados As Shubert commented earlier, excellent performance. Original orchestral instruments sound with a different sonority (timbre) than modern instruments. Generally speaking they were softer textured. This often means that certain compositional musi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados mary_jo, old Jazz musician joke. Funny and true. Thanks. In fairness, usually the result of the only way for the band to get on the band stand in most small clubs and not necessarily disrespect for the musicians. Old fave (subtle):* Two musici... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** She reminds me a bit of a female Evans ****Very good observation and I agree. Sung has a very similar touch and tone. **** It's much better to know what the rules are if you want to break them a bit . ****So true. Old truism in Jazz: ** ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Igualmente, Schubert; que Dios te bendiga.Bit of talent in Spain indeed:https://youtu.be/hElfsRm6_NIhttps://youtu.be/p5KC0aRFJyY | |
| Jazz for aficionados I think so. He certainly knows where the great young talent is. Great chart and playing by Sung. Thanks.Speaking of great young talent, the trumpet player on the clips I posted above is another lady of Jazz, Ingrid Jensen. Great young player.https... | |
| Jazz for aficionados One more. I love the beautiful tone:https://youtu.be/4oz_cMKRqRY | |
| Jazz for aficionados Interesting new pianist/composer with a lovely and understated touch on the keys. No “in your face” pyrotechnics and always thoughtful. One of Wynton Marsalis’ “Players To Watch” and one of the JALC crew:https://youtu.be/DCL8sehbsK0https://youtu.b... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/r_W4mlBwUIE | |
| Jazz for aficionados The great Jimmy Cobb. RIP.Discography:As leaderSo Nobody Else Can Hear (Contempo Vibrato, 1983)Encounter (Philology, 1994)Only for the Pure of Heart (Fable/Lightyear, 1998)Four Generations of Miles: A Live Tribute to Miles (Chesky, 2002)Cobb's Gr... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 +1 Fela Kuti! Check him out.Halcro, me anti MM? Not at all; way too strong a characterization. I own several MM's and enjoy my Acutex'. I recently purchased a M320 STR III that I have yet to mount. While I obviously do have my preferences, it... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 That’s a very good question, Halcro. First, not all my comments about the Victors have been positive. More on that in a moment.My past positive comments have been mostly (if not entirely?) in comparison to cartridges other than the ones being comp... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Good to see you back, pjw. As someone here said recently, how could I have missed this one? Fabulous clip and an album to get. Funny how some of the greats slip by sometimes. Thanks!Right back at you:https://youtu.be/MTQoH_lVdL0https://youtu.be/S1... |