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| Jazz for aficionados pryso, yes I did see your comment re Green:**** Just a steady foundation to each tune. ****Exactly! And we all know what happens when you take the foundation away.re Thad Jones and Monk. I think whoever posted your link originally screwed up. D... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Researching that great Basie ”Live At The Sands” recording that pryso posted I learned that this recording is from the warm up sets that the band would play before the “The Chairman” took the stage for the famous Sinatra At The Sands concerts. Her... | |
| Jazz for aficionados You rock, Rok! Excellent! | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BK-FL-JxLiohttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8_yPG5I63Mhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aNu5-rK2jqw | |
| Jazz for aficionados “Corner Pocket”: Fabulous! One of my favorite Basie charts. Wasn’t aware of that record. Didn’t know Basie had recorded at The Sands except for the great record with Sinatra; a favorite. Wonderful drive as you say. That’s gotta be Lockjaw Davis on... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Part of the genius of Duke Ellington was the way his music was able to paint a picture or tell a story; not unlike the idea behind the “tone poems” of some of the great Classical composers. Very evocative music which demanded listening in a way th... | |
| Quincy Jones Interview The silence is deafening! | |
| Jazz for aficionados I believe that was 1957 and the band’s “sound” was pretty well established by then. I know what you mean about the prominence of the reeds and you’re right:****I guess with a singer, the arrangements are different.****More “generic” in order to ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Very nice clips, Rok. Intrigued by:**** the Orchestra does not seem to have that Ellington sound ****??? | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, this will be my last response re this issue. The history of this thread proves handily that nothing is gained by instigating this type of discussion and that the main motivator for doing so is no more than a selfish personal need to show to... | |
| cartridge repair....repair service center needed Dear nandric, thank you for the information. After my recent and long foray into MM land I would like to revisit the land of the MC. I have, among others, a Monster Sigma Genesis 2000 which is in need of a new tip; no other problems that I am awa... | |
| cartridge repair....repair service center needed Please let me know how you made out. I also have a Monster cartridge in need of retipping. How will your cartridge be repaired? New tip? New cantilever and tip? Cantilever material? Type of tip? Thanks! | |
| Quincy Jones Interview I’m impressed. A real apology... imagine that! As opposed to the half-apology with the big “but” at the end that we usually hear from celebrities. His music sounds better to me again, all of a sudden. Thanks for posting. | |
| Takes one to know one Good topic. I just posted this on another thread:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnwv4OYRs3k | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Count on the Duke:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnwv4OYRs3kAnd:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0ifhia1YzCQ**** Were the Ellington and Basie Bands actually combined? ****Yes |