frogman
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| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... +1, herman. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Harmony vocals? Their debut album and still their best, imo:https://youtu.be/paNXIrX8wMkhttps://youtu.be/lWFOK3JQL2Ahttps://youtu.be/tE5qj7W5BIA | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... I don’t get it. Where’s the joy in the experience? So much cynicism and negativity around an endeavor that, it seems to me, should be joyous and exciting in it’s sense of discovery. Not unlike listening to the music itself. There are so many good ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nice! One of the unsung heros of the alto; very interesting character also. Great clips, thanks. Since I commented on Henry Threadgill in my last post, it strikes me that Hal McKusic’s style is diametrically opposed to Threadgill’s. Not a put ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great clips, acman3. And good analysis of the Harry Allen clip; I agree. Harry Allen has been a fixture on the still fairly vibrant Swing scene in NYC along with others like Ken Peplowski and Frank Vignola; great player. That recording is new to m... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/cb2w2m1JmCY | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great to see you back, learsfool! +1 Copland’s famous book; a must read. I look forward to any new posts from you. | |
| Jazz for aficionados WKCR (NYC) will be featuring Roy’s music all day long today. https://streema.com/radios/WKCR_Columbia_University | |
| Best MM? Point taken and thanks for the correction (re MC), but it appears you missed the larger point. | |
| Best MM? 1952 - Bozak Concert Grand1953 - Garrard 3011954 - Marantz Model 1 Consolette1955 - Grado phono cartridge 1956 - Quad ESL571959 - First MC phono cartridge (Grado)1960 - Marantz Model 9 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Whoever slapped John said https://youtu.be/ZFo8-JqzSCM | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Duke goes to the doctor:https://youtu.be/WSGgj088Skc | |
| Jazz for aficionados John plays FOR Duke:https://youtu.be/XwJTLa5hATg | |
| Jazz for aficionados Classic, indeed. Awesome record and one of the first three jazz records I ever bought. While in High School I had just been introduced to Jazz by a young teacher with Billy Cobham’s jazz/fusion “Spectrum”. I went to the local Sam Goody’s (I’m s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Schubert, I would be interested in learning who the Quartets were should you learn their identity, thanks. Saxophone quartet is fairly common as you know and a great sound; fantastic playing Bach transcriptions. Clarinet quartet much less well kn... |