frogman
Responses from frogman
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, as Jazz players sometimes say to one another: “You’re stealing my sh#t!” 😊. Musical ideas (“sh#t”), that is. I think you know that I agree. | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/-iqTRNUOsFIhttps://youtu.be/du4FxaLF9PMhttps://youtu.be/gUm_VC3vBt4 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, glad you liked it. You are correct, the modern double bass has four strings. In that clip he is playing a period three string double bass. It was not until the late 1800’s or so that the four string bass became “standard”. Before then three, ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Am I noticing a parallel? 🤔 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, a peace offering. Live a little, will ya 😊. (Only thing that could have made this better is if the accompanist had been playing on Schubert’s favorite piano)https://youtu.be/QgZ_-f7pVk4 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Loved the Moffett solo clip, acman3. Thanks for that. Great talent indeed. Right back at you:https://youtu.be/xPwp6Ysra | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Two agendas are in play here: Not the agenda of The Frogman, but the people who write the stuff he reads. ****Well, gee, thanks so much for explaining to me why I make the comments that I do. I really had no idea until you enlightened me.Rok,... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, you’re welcome; glad you enjoyed it. And thanks for your reminiscences of your trip to Haiti. Good stuff. | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** and brought the blues. ****Yes they did, O-10; as a major influence. “Brought the blues” is an oversimplification.**** American slaves lost the African rhythms, ****No, they did not. What you consider “distinctive African rhythms” are also ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The proof is in the hearing. It’s there. | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** if I could hear all the differences between components that they hear, I would constantly be ........****😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄Btw, it’s like claiming that the French had nothing to do with Cajun cuisine. Kinda silly. Same idea. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nope, it is all connected, O-10. No coincidence; it’s all a continuum. With respect, you are mistaken about this. | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Notes:The Handy innovation which had the most impact on popular music was the introduction of the Negro folk singer’s frequent use of the flatten third (and, though less often, the flatted seventh). Identified by by Jazz fans and commercial s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados That is correct, mary_jo.I rarely disagree with Schubert about anything having to do with Classical music and perhaps I am putting too fine a point on this. “Fantastic” is not an adjective that ever comes to mind whenever I hear Joshua Bell. I h... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** The third wise man once said nothing. The wisest one. **** |