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| Jazz for aficionados True, nothing like going to the source.“Bag’s Groove”, indeed. https://www.keyboardmag.com/lessons/monks-solo-on-bags-groove | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, one of your favorite tunes; arranged by Q. Clark Terry kills as usual:https://youtu.be/ldYen3sYVUc | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, don’t you think it’s high time that you stop the ridiculous and obviously very selective personal attacks and simply address the disagreement and have a dialogue? Just who is it that is “sowing discord”? Once again, when the inconsistency is... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Surprise, Surprise!! ****Surely, you can do better than that. How about something just a wee bit more insightful?Now, Brubeck part of the cultural war? Seriously? Kindly explain.Re “soul”:That’s the problem with labels. First of all, the... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Pryso, I agree with every word you wrote. A different style does not have to mean lacking emotion or “soul”. I hope my comparison of Brubeck’s piano style to Dr. John’s did not imply that. I also agree with your comment about why the bias against ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados My sentiments exactly. I love Dr. John, but that “It Don’t Mean...” sounds like a parody of the tune. Curious choice to do a tune about swinging with a straight up and down beat. And, too S....L....O.....W! This is not meant as a criticism of ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Classic! Truly great series from one of the greatest musical minds. This year would have been Bernstein’s 100th birthday. Thanks for the heads up. | |
| More Oldies but Goodies like Nina Simone? Check out the recordings of Mavis Staples and of Marlena Shaw. From the same general time period as Simone, their singing sometimes pushes some of the same buttons for me. Their choice of material sometimes shared Simone’s social consciousness sen... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nice clips, nsp. Two alto players deserving of more attention here. Frank Strozier is one of the unsung heros of the alto saxophone with an interesting personal story. I first heard him years ago on this record (gotta love YouTube; I was surpri... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Scott Hamilton was probably influenced by Cohn also more so from the phrasing aspect than the tone.****Exactly. Excellent observation. | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=05BgGPtECKEhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h5BEfum5ENghttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_mZ3UmRbAgY | |
| Jazz for aficionados Seamus Blake is the tenor player. Great young player.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ebeKapeE8dAAnd if there’s still doubt:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag9787NgiEELoved the Handy/Martino/Hutcherson clip, Alex. Thanks for that. | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso, your instincts are correct. I just listened to Alex’s “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” clip. No way that’s John Handy. John Handy was a very good player, but with a style from a different era. This player is a much more contemporary player with a def... | |
| Jazz for aficionados “There are two kinds of music; good music and the other kind” - Duke Ellington (maybe) 😎.Ben Webster? Without a doubt; although Hamilton sounds a little bit more modern. Similar feel and similar breathy tone and way of starting each note. As jazz ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** The difference in time was approx. 17 minutes!!Is that possible? Or is this a result of repeats taken or not taken? ****Sure it’s possible. Much controversy around what the “correct” tempos for Beethoven’s works should be. In recent times his... |