frogman

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Is Imaging Worth Chasing?
**** Imaging is everything. **** Wow! Not even close. Tonal truthfulness, rhythmic and dynamic coherence…those sit way higher on the list of important attributes of an audio system. Imaging is great ear candy and certainly fun, but those other at... 
Ray Charles - "Rap is not music"
I was about to post this very sentiment when I read your post @acman3 . *** Why is it insulting to consider Rap poetry instesd of music? *** Feeling and saying that rap is not music is not an insult at all when it simply doesn’t meet one’s defin... 
Jazz for aficionados
Bass clarinet is in the air. I had just sent a friend an email in a discussion about the bass clarinet. Seconds before listening to mksun’s Evan Parker clip in which the first thing I heard was the bass clarinet. Interesting clip.  
Jazz for aficionados
Hey, great to see some new names here.  Welcome!  Great stuff mentioned.  Thanks, but post some clips to go with the mention.  
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Thanks, pjw. …with one of acman3’s favorite drummers……I’m pretty sure. Oh, yeah, and he solos…imagine that.    
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**** My burden is great. **** Clearly! 😊 All I can say is WOW!    
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**** Very creative, but with no relationship with the tune being played. **** No relationship?!!! Seriously? With respect, you are then not listening enough, or you don’t understand some basics. Starting with the fact that in a good bass solo, li... 
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**** The instruments are just too limited. **** Needless to say, I don’t agree about the bass solo in Solar; I would not have posted it otherwise. That’s cool, we all have different sensibilities as concerns musical matters. Now…. The bass has r... 
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The OP, that is.  
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Got to admit it’s pretty eclectic to be into this as well:    
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Another of the OP’s faves.  Just don’t tell him Miles was the leader of the date ☺️. I’m not prepared to assume he is gone.  I hope he’s not and would prefer to think that, no matter what and where, he’s lurking about.    
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