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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I would greatly appreciate it if you would not use my posts in the context of one of your quarrels with another poster and that I have no role in. It is self serving and, frankly, disrespectful. One shouldn’t have to explain the obvious, b... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, just listened to NIT. I think that the answer to the mystery re Kenny Clarke is simple. Wiki says Clarke and you correctly say it sounds like Blakey. You’re both correct. Blakey and Clarke are both playing on NIT; plus a percussionist (actua... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Bill Evans was a classically trained pianist. His training was strictly classical as a young pianist and he graduated from a conservatory with a degree in piano performance. His admitted biggest classical music influence was the music of Gabriel F... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, fantastic!!! Your post is a perfect example of the reason that these discussions can be so interesting. You are a very thoughtful music listener and I always appreciate your perspective. You wrote:**** First, let me just point out that Engli... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for the Dean Martin clips, Alex. No question the guy could sing; just not my flavor of ice cream. I’m sure it’s no surprise to you by now that I don’t shy away from talking about these things and I certainly would not mind in the least hear... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, I’m so offended! Kidding, of course 😊. As they say, that is is why we have chocolate and vanilla ice cream. It’s so interesting how certain art touches one person, but not another. Your description of Bennett’s singing as “light” is precisel... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Agree completely. There is an expression used by musicians when speaking of a player’s sound and of certain equipment’s sound that says “it’s (he/she) got the smile in the sound”. For me, Bennett has the smile in his sound; a certain feeling of jo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados nsp, you are of course correct. Getting the tempo right without a great feel is pointless and I certainly wasn’t suggesting otherwise. Having said that, imagine Sinatra himself singing the tune at the faster tempo that Krall takes it at. Would ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Keep posting mary_jo. Re Krall:Not a fan. I find her deliveries bland and pretty much the opposite of what I consider “nailing” a tune. Sorry, it was just a gratuitous dig. No point in getting on the Krall bashing bandwagon. Much more product... | |
| Jazz for aficionados No argument intended, mary_jo. In a studio setting the tempo is “controlled” only when a “click track” is used; which is not always the case at all. Even then the tempo is a “choice” that is made. Taken a step further, good musicians will use t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Not meaning to belabor the point about the “perfect” tempo and being “locked in”, but....Say what one will about Frank Sinatra, but although he was by no means my favorite singer his phrasing and feel for picking the right tempo were stellar. “Fly... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Cynthia Phelps is a monster musician and all-around lovely person. More on the subject of tempo and so my comment is not misunderstood. Tempo is simply how fast or how slow a tune is played and is a choice made by musicians which has nothing to ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wonderful Paco de Lucia clip, pjw. Wonderful groove and Paco’s usual brilliance. Loved that. Nina’s conga player would have done well to listen to and learn from Paco’s amazing bongos player. Not exactly a fan of Amy Winehouse either, mary_jo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wow +1. Amazing stuff. Thanks, all. | |
| Jazz for aficionados If McCoy is a tsunami, Bill Evans was a cool breeze at dawn. Both originals.https://youtu.be/QMyM6_Ygq60Interesting about ”cartoon music”. We hear it now as quaint and humorous. It was the hip stuff back then. The new groundbreaking sound. |