frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados Birelli Lagrene fan here. Monster player who can play in any style. I got to know his playing from one of his electric fusion recordings. A Django disciple he is a fabulous “Gypsy guitar” player as well as a a great straight ahead player. I li... | |
| Jazz for aficionados In my house one has no choice. If I don’t, it’s the couch for me. Kidding.... a little. I do love this time of year. | |
| Jazz for aficionados It’s working! Must be one beautiful tree you got. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nice groove on the “Zemeo” clip, O-10. Reminded me of this (posted a while back). One of my favorite fusion bands:https://youtu.be/sF9kW-8NPqs | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hadn’t listened to it, Schubert. I guess you hadn’t read my comment to pjw about “no comments” 😊. My take:Not a bad player. While no Desmond “dry martini” tone and style, he has a nice sound and does a good job of playing in five which is the “... | |
| Jazz for aficionados “Take Five”:I must say, I’m with Schubert on this one. One of those tunes that is very difficult to cover in a way that makes as strong a statement as the original. I don’t dislike the Puente “version”. It’s exciting, but it is “Take Five” in name... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** fro, you are enterin’ my space... ****😊Isn’t it interesting how the subconscious works? I was the first to post “Desmond Blue” quite a while back and at least once more since. One of my desert island records. Is it possible.....? Could be.htt... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, while I don’t feel entirely comfortable laying claim to the “astute” part of your question, I can offer an opinion. I think it would be difficult to make an argument against “Moanin’” being THE definitive Art Blakey Jazz Messengers recording... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, my sons and I refer to my wife (their mother) as “No.1 elf”. She loves Christmas. The house gets decorated with (tasteful) Christmas decorations in and out every year, and I must say that in spite of my mildly intolerant bemusement at all th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** You don’t seem like a fan of him as I don’t recall you commenting on his ability as an artist whether good or bad. To me, no reply one way or the other, is a polite way of letting someone know its not your cup of tea. ****pjw, I appreciate yo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso, your point is well taken. However, my take is that anyone who likes and knows what Cool Jazz is would not be confused and anyone who likes Smooth Jazz deserves to be confused 😊....and probably wouldn’t like Cool Jazz anyway.Btw, Miles hims... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Re “West Coast Jazz”:Personally, I don’t like the term. It is misused too often, is too broad a term and is not descriptive enough. Jazz in the West Coast has always represented different styles; some of which are associated with the East Coast. W... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners **** BTW - anybody had the issue, that the damping trough "moved" over a long time? Ie. the bonding tape letting loose slightly, not symmetrically bearing side vs. outer side. In consequence the "oil bath" is not level with a level arm.****Yes, an... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Pjw, you won’t be disappointed with that Betty Carter record. Highly recommended! I posted a few from it a while back. Rok, check out Allen, Holland and DeJohnette on this:https://youtu.be/qgdn9DIdLkE | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for that, Schubert. Beautiful playing all around on one of my favorite Barber works. Excellent! Gorgeous tone from Meyers. Right back at you with another favorite Barber:https://youtu.be/zCf7ClLwB7AAs I’m sure you know this is generally con... |