frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados Don’t know about hindsight, never mind 20/20 (and not sure what you mean by that); but I can tell you this: Parker was under contract to play only a certain brand of saxophone when outside the USA. He had hocked his horn to buy heroin so he needed... | |
| Anybody watch the Grammys tonight? Sang?? | |
| Jazz for aficionados Fabulous! **** In a Class by themselves **** “Class” being the operative word. Great ensemble. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Toy?https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MjY1NPUUp9U | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso, excellent observations re the two saxophones; I concur with your observations. I think the even larger point is that in the hands of a player with the ability of Charlie Parker the differences would be insignificant and not a significant im... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, you couldn’t be more mistakenI certainly gave the music a critical listen; otherwise I would not have made the comments that I made. I have no interest in “winning”. More importantly, I can’t accept your hollow “concession”; concession that ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, why do you do this? Why do you ask for opinions and then pick fights when you don’t like the answers? You often seem desperate to be “right” when it’s not a matter of being right or wrong; especially curious coming from someone who does a lo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Proves my point that players that cover early classics can, and often do, play them better than the masters.****Without a doubt! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Let me get this straight, O-10, you think that a difference of 2/3...two out of the three (!) members of the rhythm section, the rhythm section!, is “small and superfluous”. I see. Explains a whole lot. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Actually, the personnel on each version of NIT is different enough that they will each have a very different feel; and they do. On O-10’s clip it is Al Haig on piano and Curley Russell on bass as opposed to Bud and Mingus on Acman3’s. I too like... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Re Benny Carter: I couldn’t agree more that he hasn’t gotten his due here; only a couple of prior mentions by you and I. Fantastic musician. Saxophonist AND trumpet player, not to mention fantastic arranger. Recently had the pleasure of being ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** I don't believe it was audiophiles who drove up the prices on the original BN LPs. ****That is such an important observation to drive home on a site like this! It should be the * after ”Audiogon”, “Stereophile”, “The Absolute Sound”, etc. | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, as I get older I seem to get less and less tolerant of bs. I suppose I should appreciate, on some level, the attempt at even handed magnanimity even if it rings hollow. There would never be any argument over preferences and different tastes ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I wouldn’t be too sure about that. Musicians don’t worry about labels nearly as much as listeners do; especially listeners who feel the need to attach strict labels to everything in order to justify their own narrow tastes. I guarantee you the kid... | |
| Jazz for aficionados At 12 years old!!!! Imagine if he had had a bass player that didn’t rush:https://youtu.be/rYJSxW5ijgA |