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| Jazz for aficionados Alex, certainly no thanks necessary and yes, I have heard a lot of new (to me) music and artists thanks to you. We all look for and find different things to appreciate in music and any art form and form a personal "sphere" of preferences based on ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for your thoughts. I don’t consider your taste "prosaic", but clearly "particular". I agree that Mobley doesn’t have the most beautiful tone, but I think we can agree that there is more to the appeal of any player than tone. I stressed the ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados As much as I love some of the modern tenor players from Coltrane to the present, for me the sweet spot in the jazz tenor stylistic lineage is probably best exemplified by Hank Mobley; particularly his earlier records. Very swinging and inventive p... | |
| Jazz for aficionados That single note after the tenor solo had me listening to it several times as I was trying to decide whether what I was hearing was in fact on muted trombone and not Hubbard’s first note on trumpet. It’s a very low note, and while it would still b... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ghosthouse, after the bass solo, if one listens closely, Wayne Shorter softly creeps in and starts his solo at precisely 3:22. Definitely tenor and, as you say, it flies. The transition to Freddie’s solo is interesting. If I’m not mistaken, the fi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I take it you didn't care for Shorter's "TASE"? Personally, I don't like to eat dessert all the time and only dessert 😎Great clips, Alex; thanks! Fantastic lineup on that Turrentine record."Hold the line"? I'm still working on my main course.Wh... | |
| Jazz for aficionados If you mean "Genesis" Part 1 it is Wayne Shorter on tenor. If Part 2 it is the end of Freddie’s solo. On "Chaos" at :30 its James Spaulding on alto; and killing! No question re the connection to modern classical. Shorter was a student of the moder... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Glad you found some things to like. And very astute with the Schoenberg connection; I agree. Like you, I think Hancock is incredible on this record and Hubbard is on fire. The big surprise (not really) for me is James Spaulding. Don't hear too... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I think that there is a natural tendency to want music (any art) to come to us as opposed to being comfortable or at least willing to go to it. Clearly, there is much more to jazz than nice, groovy drum CHIN-ka-CHIN’s and beautiful, bluesy melodie... | |
| Linn LP12......That good?? Not only did Wyman play it as if it was an acoustic (vertical), but contrary to popular lore and Jaco's own claim of being the inventor of the fretless he actually played a fretless on some early Stones recordings. Jaco, of course, was the one wh... | |
| Linn LP12......That good?? Agree, but it’s not difficult to see how and why the "bass guitar" designation came about. First of all, the electric bass gained prominence at first, and mostly, in ensembles in which the electric guitar was already in use. It is shaped like a gu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Best wishes for a quick recovery, O-10. Hope you're back soon; the thread is always best when there is a lot of activity and even debate. Just back from a few weeks of work travel with a lot of great music and catching up here; will have a littl... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nice post, tablejockey. When I was in college I roomed with a jazz quitarist whose two quitar idols were Howard Roberts (discussed here many moons ago) and Royce Campbell. I remember Campbell’s "The Art Of Chord Solo Guitar" playing incessantly in... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Glad you’re glad, ghosthouse. O-10 has been trying to run me off this thread for some time now and point-blank asked me to leave and start my own on several occasions; sometimes realty checks are a little tough to handle I suppose 😊. No worries, ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Glad to hear, Dave. Good luck with all you're dealing with. |