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Quincy Jones Interview
To excuse because of age and illness in the context of an amazing career...possibly...up to a point. But wholesale excuse without important caveats...no way! That because of an epic career one has the right to say whatever one wants...really?! It ... 
Quincy Jones Interview
Charles, **** are you saying that you cannot critique the musicianship of others unless you yourself were a great musician yourself? ****Not at all; and I could not agree more with your comments.   The motivation for Q’s criticisms of some musicia... 
Quincy Jones Interview
Great comments by bdp24. I agree, except that I think the opinion of someone who has been such a force in the music INDUSTRY is relevant if only to explain some of the seemingly unexplainable. What I think is being missed here, and is obvious to m... 
Jazz for aficionados
Alex, you are correct they are very different players and there is no disagreement about their styles; very different general styles.   However, and this is an example of the depth and complexity of the details that we try and discuss here and how... 
Jazz for aficionados
Alex, as I was posting that Phil Woods/Red Garland clip I kept hearing a little voice in my head that made me wonder exactly what you mention.  I guess that little voice was correct; I had posted it previously.  Glad you liked it.Very interesting ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Speaking of chaos in dire need of organization.  Sorry, Rok, that one’s been proven many times over 😎.  
Jazz for aficionados
pryso, you are correct in your observation that many pianists now use that style to one degree or another and that is a very astute observation on your part.  For me, the historical context of any music and the influence of players’ styles on each... 
Jazz for aficionados
pryso, your observations are correct and good for you for digging deeper. Yes, he plays both ways and his style is a heavier dominance of block chording. Importantly, it was the way he did it with a distinctive voicing (arrangement of notes) that ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Killer little known record.  Red Garland, the great Phil Woods and to try and keep up with Alex a little known, but great trumpet player Ray Copeland; rest of the rhythm section not too shabby 😎 (great!):https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JIRWpxSoYDwht... 
Jazz for aficionados
Love Red Garland’s feel and swagger; and that “block chord” style:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=owL-uQuVYLc 
Jazz for aficionados
I do love those tracks, pryso; the “Ascenseur” tracks, while enjoyable and mood setting, not as much. I’ve had the record “Jazz Track” for many years and as you imply have often thought of it as a precursor and partner (of sorts) to KOB. For me, o... 
Jazz for aficionados
Rok, if you haven’t listened to pryso’s Mingus panel discussion you might find it interesting to do so; they speak specifically about the trumpet in the tune. A lot of other interesting topics as well. 
Jazz for aficionados
pryso, wonderful clip; I enjoyed that very much.  Fantastic and very interesting commentary by an extremely well informed and articulate panel.  Aside from the insights into Mingus, they directly or indirectly touched on so many of the broader top... 
Jazz for aficionados
Re Fremer:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/michael-fremer-s-system-2?highlight=Michael%2Bfremers%2Bsyste... 
Jazz for aficionados
Excellent and very informative post, mary_jo; thank you for that. As is usual with these issues I think that it’s important to remember that there are no absolutes and that the tendency is to go to extremes with the conclusions. This is what I mea...