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| Jazz for aficionados curiousjim, impossible question to answer. As a leader, Tales From The Hudson is up there with Time is of the Essence and, of course, his last album Pilgrimage. Pilgrimage is fantastic and I love it in part for sentimental reasons….if you know ... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? Two more: - Ignore the cynics. - Be careful with the opinions of those who never mention the music. | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? - Any information lost or distorted at the source cannot be retrieved or “improved” further upstream. - To one degree or another, everything matters. - Try (really hard) to attend at least a couple of live acoustic (or at least minimally amplifi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados You’re welcome both. It was said that one of the reasons that Brecker practiced so much was that so many other tenor players copied his style that he felt that he needed to stay one step ahead (😉). One more. This one featuring both Grolnick and ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/_TwCRbYMyDk?si=LOqroKZ_Sgrpjpw0 | |
| Jazz for aficionados McCoy Tyner course, not Tyler 🙄 | |
| Jazz for aficionados How could I (almost) forget McCoy Tyler’s “Infinity” Featuring Michael Brecker?Outstanding! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0071F7B5F1DB1ED1&si=RUlYjstJr2IfI8ZN | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l85qqhvqGAA36q_ctKF3ZoE3cqpktgknc&si=pRQjmjpXtf7qM9s0 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mp49RsKE5LKk65-YV8RPDW6LBkosPN1PE&si=k90hWsOLwDQrgKPP https://youtu.be/cc2x_WEUUKo?si=pfNQG... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The presence of Pat Metheny on electric guitar on Michael Brecker’s “Tales From The Hudson” may be a deal breaker as far as not being “all acoustic”, but it is certainly modern mainstream. Fantastic record with an amazing cast of McCoy Tyner, Joe... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Gadd and Erskine are both great drummers. Different styles as you say, pjw. Personally, I find Erskine’s playing more to my liking with Steps. Just enough feel-good looseness and not so relentlessly metronomic as Gadd. Good example: https://youtu... | |
| How do you add color? @mapman, **** Gotta love a conversation about sound that’s talking about color. Aren’t those two different senses? Go figure! Only audiophiles……**** Not really 😊 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmeu3dwBjdGzVIQT6wZ1TzdxyH2573tsn&si=IV... | |
| The use of digital pitch correction software on vocal recordings @mahgister , no need for apology. I think you missed my attempt at humor (with a bit of sarcasm which was not meant for you). All is well. Regards. | |
| How do you add color? @noromance , you did indeed, Somehow, I missed your post. Unusual, since your posts always interest me, Credit where credit is due. Regards. | |
| How do you add color? I’ve been well, @inna . Thank you. It’s been an extraordinarily busy time, so not posting as much as usual, Hope all is well with you, | |
| The use of digital pitch correction software on vocal recordings As always, you rise above the fray and take the high road. You are a true gentleman. As tempting as it is to do otherwise, you force me to abstain from further showing the error in the ways of others 😊. |