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| Jazz for aficionados Interesting Hammond history pryso, thanks! Love the Hammond B3. The account about the shootout in which 1/3 in the panel of “experts” couldn’t tell the difference between the Hammond and a pipe organ made me chuckle and reminded me of the infamous... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Good to hear from you , Ghosthouse. Don’t be a stranger.And thanks for the great clip. My budds! | |
| Jazz for aficionados acman3, trick question, eh?Coltrane on alto @ 4:27. Same concept, but a fifth higher. Nice clip; and Alex’s! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Anyone interested in big band Zappa should check out The Ed Palermo Big Band. Ed is an extremely talented saxophonist/arranger who has had a big band in NYC for many years. The band has played mostly Ed’s compositions, but a few years ago gained a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thank you, Schubert. Good to hear from you!Speaking of Tosca, Di Stefano, films and Al Pacino (thanks, mary_jo), that very “E lucevan le stelle” is heard in one of Pacino’s scenes in “Serpico”:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdc3tLmo4XMWhat a great ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados And, of course:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gb6tWYjyMR8A certain symbolism | |
| Jazz for aficionados Gorgeous Domingo, Rok. And he still sounds good. One of the most beautiful melodies in all of opera. Check this one out and see what you think. Just ignore the audio noise:https://youtu.be/oI2ZwGEDQO8https://youtu.be/3RGXHfEpsLg | |
| Jazz for aficionados Interesting that jpw should bring up Zappa; another fan here. I sent this to my son a couple days ago after coming across it on the Tube. Don’t necessarily agree with some of his politics, but a great insight into what was undoubtedly a great an... | |
| Jazz for aficionados acman3, I was intrigued by the title of Chris Roger’s tune “Whit’s End” and you may find this little factoid interesting. I know Chris from the music scene in NYC, but didn’t know much about his background. As you say, good player. There is onl... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Inna, I assume you’ve heard the original version of that Inuit fol.... I mean, pop music hit. I actually like its catchy and feel good vibe:https://youtu.be/TIC9wgt4X_E | |
| Jazz for aficionados All this talk about studio recordings and pjw’s Zappa posts reminded me of one of my favorite and one of his most Zappaishly cynical tunes. His parody on the studio-musician scene (no “denigration” of Sarah intended) 😉https://m.youtube.com/watch?... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Excellent post, pryso. Of course, I agree as I said previously with what you wrote about the folly in deeming any one performance “the best”. A couple of additional points and why I sometimes find it so frustrating to try and discuss some of this.... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, will you please take a deep breath and chill out. No one is trying to “denigrate” anything. The sound of that record is what it is and is a particualr aesthetic. I will not refrain from pointing out or discussing what to me are interesting d... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Inna, your observation is even more interesting than at first meets the eye. “Vaughn and Violins” and “Lift To...” were recorded six months apart and both in Paris. It is interestting that they both share a similar studio production sound typical ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great clips, acman3. For me, one of the most interesting things about Sarah Vaughn is how the timbre of her voice changed as she aged; it deepened and got thicker sounding...a lot. All three “Misty’s” posted so far and this next one make a good ... |