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| Jazz for aficionados One of the biggest talents in Wynton’s band, Ted Nash won two Grammy awards for this. Very interesting work with some wonderful playing and featuring much of Wynton’s JALC band.https://www.allaboutjazz.com/presidential-suite-eight-variations-on-f... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, she’s no Dan Nimmer; you’re right. Not too bad, though; and I like her composition. What makes the piece is the arrangement by one of the biggest talents in that band, Ted Nash. One of the best solos I’ve ever heard Wynton play; completely id... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, only for the sake of the music since there is so much there there as they say. I don’t have a problem with nuance and feel at all. Quite the contrary; and, the discussion leading up to your comments about Sarah Vaughn are a fine example of t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, there is a long history here of that kind of double standard on your part. Most times I’m in the mood to let it go by and simply say “There goes O-10 again”; sometimes I’m not. No need to escalate matters now, just as there was no need to st... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Well, O-10, no sense breaking the streak; since you want to keep track. The live Sarah/“Misty” wins hands down in my book. Don’t get me wrong, she can practically do no wrong in my book, but those two renditions are practically apples/oranges. The... | |
| Jazz for aficionados “Over the top” aka “tasteless”. Yeah, “stars galore” usually means over the top. Somebody should have told Tania Maria to not chew gum when on camera. And what’s up with Benson and those facelifts? I wonder what Herbie was really thinking? | |
| Jazz for aficionados Not even close. Maya Plisetskaya! First, the instrumental playing is infinitely superior on the Plisetskaya. With the Proms it gets off to a rocky start from the very beginning. The solo flute players’s rhythm sucks; it’s all over the place. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Even divas don’t have perfect averages. .500 this time. Loved “House of....”, but hated “Misty”; way too over the top for me. Thanks. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lJXLqAutql4 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wynton at his best. That trombone solo kills. | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso, your link didn’t work for me so I am reposting in case anyone else has the same issue. Great recording and very important recording. Several years ago I had the pleasure of playing a new composition for large ensemble that Ornette compose... | |
| Jazz for aficionados inna, thanks for the clips; very nice. McLaughlin’s playing on “Mila Repa” is about as restrained as I’ve ever heard from him. I liked it. I also liked “Django”, a lot. But the clips don’t change my mind about him nor how I feel about him vs Beck.... | |
| This is juvenile... You don’t want to live with a performer....trust me 😊 | |
| A song murdered by someone. Just about anything from Rod Stewart’s “Great American Songbook” series. Tom Waits?!?! Can’t be judged the same way. Unique artist. Besides, he writes most of his own material. | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Why are the women allowed to strut their stuff, fashion wise, while the men are stuck with the penguin outfits? ****Well, I have a strong suspicion that mary_jo is likely to look a lot better wearing gold lame than Rok would. Consider the ens... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, you asked me for my thoughts on your three favorite guitar players:Three great players. Also three extremely different players whose playing I admire a great deal. I say admire because I can’t honestly say that I always like (cover your eyes ... |