frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados pjw, thanks for the focus on Hiromi. I had heard a couple of things by her in the past and for no particular reason I didn’t follow up Very impressive very high energy playing. A melting pot of many styles and piano playing with the technical p... | |
| Jazz for aficionados One more fourteen hour flight on my way back from China and with dicey WiFi. Spending a Fourth of July in that country, as interesting as it is, made the fact that posting on sites like Audiogon is blocked by their government particularly meaningf... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I have chubby fingers too, pjw; maybe it helps that what I do professionally requires a lot of finger dexterity. Those trips to Asia are a little tough, but back on the ground now.I completely agree with your comments. Not only should we feel free... | |
| Jazz for aficionados On a 14 hr plane trip today so have a lot of time to write, but don’t know when or if this will go out.I suppose that for reasons that should be obvious the more generous thing to do would be to ignore the judgmental and insensitive comments and c... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, I am glad you are back and still with us. As you may have noticed I have expressed genuine concern for your health on several occasions. I am truly happy to see your post as I and others here were genuinely concerned.Now, having said that, I... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks, acman3 for that clip again. The genius of Roland Kirk.Great list igoler. You mention Harold Vick. That’s a player that often goes under the radar. Really good and very soulful player.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AYs2dBEbgNEhttps://m.y... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QCOAvvumyWg#fauxfullscreen | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wishing him well. Outstanding solos from the Breckers:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WIX4mDaLyeA | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck Sounds like you have two sharp and talented kids, astewart; congrats. What a great thing for siblings to do together, play music!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jhDl4IDfYOg | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9M3hGtTwQUs | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck One more: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5GbpvIt-4ns | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck Just what is “Funk”? For me, the word suggests “dirty” (at least a little), “soulful”, maybe “sexual”. Very relaxed, but deep groove even at faster tempos. That is a good cover of “Higher Ground”; but, for me, that ain’t “Funk”. Funky for sure... | |
| Jazz for aficionados First, Happy Father’s Day to any jazz loving Dads out there!pryso, sometimes we forget that great artists are people too just like all of us and are subject to forgetfulness and other similar issues just as we all are. I would be willing to bet t... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Glad you figured it out, VPI. However, I am perplexed by a couple of things; and not meaning to add to any disappointment 🙃**** Bruce's color coding doesn't match my VDH. ****Huh!? Red/Green, White/Blue; no? I do know that the Blue on my VDH’s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I too am very excited about hearing this new record. I understand why there may be some skepticism about the importance of this recording. However, I have a different take; hence my excitement. Much of my thinking is based on conjecture, but..... |