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| Jazz for aficionados Amen! Indeed, lots to be thankful for today. Another appropriately titled composition (for today) from a very overlooked alto player who was a long time member (lead alto) of one of my favorite big bands, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis. Haunting in a Bil... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Welcome to the thread, luisfcoimbra. Great record! And, no, I don't think it was ever discussed here. I don't think there is anything Herbie has done that I don't like. Fantastic musician; one of the very greatest. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Btw, I just noticed ghosthouse's link to and recommendation of "The Complete 1961 VVR". Two votes! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ghosthouse mentions the mixed (at best) critical reception that Coltrane’s "Live At The Village Vanguard" received and the state of jazz in 1962. To me, no better example of why "critical reception" needs to be taken with a grain of salt sometimes... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Interesting post, bdp24. You mention John Hiatt. My wife is a country music fan and has been responsible for opening my ears to a lot of the more interesting country music out there. Knowing that I am a Lyle Lovett fan she bought me tickets to ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Re Coltrane "Live At The Village Vanguard":That great record is actually only part of the music from a four day run at The Vanguard available in its four day entirety as "The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings". O-10, that's the one to get... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great and very eclectic musician deserving of all the accolades. Ry Cooder was indeed the producer of the Buena Vista Social Club project and deserves a great deal of credit, as pryso says, for making it all happen. Interesting project on severa... | |
| Album Recommendations for Magnepans You mention that you are interested in learning about Orchestra(l) music. You also mention that you are "not sure it would sound good on Maggies". Good for you for wanting to expand your musical horizons including Classical music. Not sure why ... | |
| Greatest rhythm sections A couple not already mentioned:- Another vote for Herbie Hancock, but this time with the original "Headhunters" band; killer!- Bill Evans/Scott Lafaro/Paul Motian- just about any of the bands fronted by Hector Lavoe | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nor should you pass it up. Thanks for posting this. Interesting stuff. Some great reminiscences by so many of the musicians who knew him and obviously had tremendous respect for him as a musician. I particularly enjoyed Rudy Vangelder's and Geo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados No apology necessary for any of it, imo. I think the confusion can lead to learning some things about the artists and their "scene"; or, at least, put things in a certain perspective. I think that one of the takeaways is that while we tend to lo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I love these mysteries and I think there is even more to this one than what we have considered so far. A couple more clues to the solving it:Unless I’m mistaken one of the sticking points seems to be whether Monk recorded WITH the Blakey band on a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso, not sure why the confusion with what I wrote. **** From my listening, o10’s initial post was not Monk, and those tunes were not the same as listed for his recording date in the bio I referenced. ****That is what I wrote and makes the point ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados $$$$$$$$$$$Strictly speculation on my part, but what I think is this; and, I base this in what I know about the industry and how contracts are ironed out:The film was a big hit in part because of the notoriety around the nude scenes which had to b... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Re "Les Liasons Dangereuses":The music in O-10’s link is not music by Monk nor the "film soundtrack" for the movie. On that link is some of the music composed by Duke Jordan for only the party scene in the movie. Little of that music was actually... |