frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados “Carmen Sings Monk”Interesting recording featuring great rhythm section playing. Two of the cuts are live performances and feature the recently discussed Larry Willis and Monk’s tenor player Charlie Rouse. Clifford Jordan and Eric Gunnison repla... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Indeed. Philly has one of the richest traditions in music of any city in the country. Granoff and Curtis are big parts of that tradition. Great town with a great vibe and charm, not to mention history; love it! | |
| Jazz for aficionados And your point is? | |
| Jazz for aficionados No, I don’t think so. As usual you guys are seeing what you want to see because you are so eager to find fault in what I write and so reluctant to see the inaccuracy in what you write on certain topics. You don’t want to be called out for making i... | |
| Jazz for aficionados For anyone interested in facts about Curtis Academy instead of.... well, I’ll let others decide for themselves what to call it.I work regularly with members of the faculty at Curtis who are players in the Philadelphia Orchestra and who are friends... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Here you go, Schubert. Her first recording according to her official website. 1946, with the Mercer Ellington Orchestra. You are correct; beautiful clarity in her voice. Just beautiful. I suppose it’s not uncommon for all voices to lose some of th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Would love to hear that, Schubert. Be sure to post if you ever come across it. Thanks. | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Adding to a man **** ?????Funny, I was going to edit my post to acknowledge acman3’s clips at the precise moment in time, apparently, that my post became ”uneditable”. Amazing; the digital gremlins at work, and they allowed only some of the d... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Re Carmen McRae, Schubert’s observation about her young voice and related recent topics:Clearly one of the great and true Jazz divas, McRae was more than just a great singer. While much is made, sometimes deservedly so, of the fact that some singe... | |
| Jazz for aficionados An added plus is that it’s a great sounding record. Unfortunately, Ray’s records are not always that great sonically in my experience. Not that it matters all that much since the music is always so strong. https://youtu.be/wB-KN4Ojjbkhttps://you... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Speaking of good ballad players and singers. One of the great ballads players and one who had a penchant for reciting some of the lyrics of a song before playing it:https://youtu.be/CrvWtdBOQW8 | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** The best version, or our favorite version of a song does not necessarily have anything to do with artistic merit, but when that song affected us personally, and who first expressed that emotion in the song.****A very personal call, obviously;... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Beautiful “Every Time We Say Goodbye”, pjw. Incredibly tender playing from Chet. You know, as I think about it, it’s really not at all surprising that Chet Baker was also a singer. It has long been recognized that many of the great instrumenta... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** I had no idea Lincoln Center was that such a much.****My point precisely. | |
| Jazz for aficionados No, Rok; my comment was extremely clear and there was no need for controversy. The comment I was addressing referred to “the Lincoln Center” and I even agreed with your premise. You just made it a controversy. Why not just clarify amicably and mo... |