frogman
Responses from frogman
| Jazz for aficionados Gorgeous! The young lady playing the opening horn solo is a friend and currently an “Associate” in the Met Opera orchestra. Lovely player. Beautiful interpretation. As an interesting aside and arguably irrelevant performance detail: American p... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Schubert, yes I have; Stephane Deneuve conducted. Gorgeous playing by Richter. Thanks for that. Re how the composer himself would have liked it: always an interesting question and not always what one might expect. By the man himself:https://youtu.... | |
| Active pre-amp for “difficult” music (fusion) I’m sorry, but I don’t agree with your basic premise. Any preamp, or any other piece of gear, that FAITHFULLY reproduces “sonically dense, and busy (with) many overlaid, high impact, sonic layers competing within similar frequencies” will only mak... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Speaking of George Coleman and Miles. One of my favorite things with Coleman. My favorite rhythm section of all time and which would later be part of my favorite quintet of all time:https://youtu.be/XdrAzpYdOYs | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso returns with a vengeance! That clip of the Mingus big band is without a doubt one of the best things that I have heard here recently. Thank you for that. Anyone who still thinks Jazz is dead is not paying attention. Awesome! Welcome back. | |
| Jazz for aficionados nsp, your point is is well taken and it applies to any genre. Not meaning to put too fine on point on the issue it should be pointed out that emotional expression of life experience and technical facility never have to be mutually exclusive. I’m n... | |
| Jazz for aficionados That was pretty funny, Schubert. Although, it should be pointed out that some like the spiciest wasabi instead of homemade mayo on that perfect ham sandwich 😊One of the most recorded tunes of all time, there is a great back story to “Laura”. Ren... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I like Eddie Higgins very much. Fine player and I can’t disagree with the comparison to Bill Evans.... mostly. Similar touch on the keys as Evans’; although not quite as light and “covered” as Evans’ and more rhythmically “obvious” than Evans. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, great Art Pepper/George Cables. Thanks. I remember when I heard that great record after it first came out. Like most of his last recordings it was uncomfortable to listen to the raw emotion in Pepper’s playing. The horn playing was rough comp... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Related and interesting reading:https://www.billevanswebpages.com/french.html | |
| Jazz for aficionados Remarkably similar touch and attitude. And, he wasn’t French! He was, however, a big admirer of Ravel. Coincidence?:https://youtu.be/Nv2GgV34qIg | |
| Jazz for aficionados Schubert, very glad you are enjoying the John Wriggle book; fantastic research as you say. And, you are so correct, whether Jazz or Classical the most successful musicians are usually the ones that let their experience and knowledge of one genre i... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wonderful! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great stuff, all. McNeely’s old boss Phil Woods was himself a great composer/arranger. The art of the great arranger. How to pick and assign just the right notes to each particular instrument based on that instrument’s unique sound and how it w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados nsp, I don’t think so. VSOP’s recordings (all live) feature Wayne Shorter. I have often wondered what the back story is for why Shorter was not on that tour for that great performance. As much as I like Shorter, Henderson sounds amazing. Great... |