frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados Here’s another pianist who, like Evans, is the kind of player that lets, even requires, the listener to “lean into” his playing with less overt emphasis on rhythm (in the usual sense) and more on harmonic interest. Skillful and creative use of ha... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Just the sharing of personal points of view in the interest of expanding one’s own perspective. No “betters”. https://youtu.be/pK8E0i1deY4 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great comparison of different versions of “Blue In Green”. Really interesting and thanks, Schubert and Acman3. BTW, there is reason to believe that it was Bill Evans, not Miles, who wrote the tune for the KOB recording. If true, it adds further co... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Loved the Elian Elias “Blue In Green”; thanks, Schubert. Have always liked her playing and singing. But, man, that’s a reallly long limb you’re going out on. Better than Evans’ version?! Always fascinating to consider the perspective of a very tho... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Is it against jazzology to prefer Cables over Hick ?To my hears Hicks played it and Cables made love to it the way a mother loves her child . ****No, I don’t think so. I don’t disagree and I like your analogy. As you know the success and mean... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/IsMB_WNPgMk | |
| Jazz for aficionados +1 Schubert’s recommendation of “Montreal Memories”. Beautiful record. One of Frank Morgan’s favorite tunes was Monk’s classic “Round Midnight”. Sometimes different versions of a player’s favorite tunes offer some interesting insights:1989. A ... | |
| VPI 40th Anniversary Table After Warranty Support Question Well, THAT was pleasant reading! Geez.**** if you purchased a $15,000.00 turntable by taking out a 10 year mortgage and are now eating canned carrots for dinner, then you’re an idiot! ****Did anyone say that? Nonetheless, I would agree with that... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? The VPI ring clamp is not usable with the ET2 on my TNT6.I would a take a chance on this if looking for a sub-$100 p mount. Part of the Azden cartridge line. The Azden YM-P50VL that I own is an excellent cartridge. In some ways I prefer it to my f... | |
| 8 track CRUSHES CD,Vinyl and everything else!!! Constantly! | |
| VPI 40th Anniversary Table After Warranty Support Question I think Lewm has it exactly right and this smacks of another recent thread bemoaning our inability to audition top flight cartridges before buying. Your concerns are certainly valid and worth considering. However, as I see it, due to the nature of... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Welcome to the thread three_easy_payments and agear!A wealth of riches, acman3! Excellent clips. Thanks.Eddie Daniels is the Michael Brecker of the clarinet. A modern approach combined with amazing virtuosity and “schooled” tone. Beautiful pla... | |
| Jazz for aficionados That’s very funny, Schubert. That image made me think of this legendary Cuban singer/pianist popular in the 50s with the unlikely (for a Cuban) stage name “Bola de Nieve” (snowball). Ignacio Villa was a very interesting and nuanced singer of balla... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Omg! Reading over recent posts I noticed something in one of my own. I wrote:“Speaking of simple (in a way), my wife played this today”. For the record, and since it has been very cold outside here in NYC and I much prefer to be inside 😤, I was re... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Since my first trip there one of the many things that I have looked forward to every time I have travelled to Japan is the sense of order (“harmony”) that permeates just about every aspect of that wonderful culture. While “soulful” is probably no... |