frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados Great recommendation, Schubert. Glorious piece of music inspired by Meredith's poem:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=huUvk6WPTMYEasy to understand why many feel it is the most perfect piece of music ever written. Here is one I feel is a definite con... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Martyfriedman, whitestix, astewart8944, dlcockrum, bdp and other new or returning contributors: looking forward to more posts from you guys (ladies?). Welcome, nice to see new blood! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qMPdRgYLDDwGotta love YouTube:http... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks, Alex; likewise. You make some very good points. There can be profound beauty in utter simplicity and art doesn't require complexity to convey deep emotion. You mention the simplicity in tea and the zen experience. I will never forget t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks acman3; we can always count on you. Still laughing. | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Truth is, when you hear "ahead of his time" perk your ears up, you might just hear someone with one of the rarest of all human traits, the courage to be in his time . ****Very true and interesting comment. | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Frogman, I understood the music better than I understood your post.****Unfortunate, but not the least bit surprising. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Not sure what the "forever more" part means, but as I said previously I think it’s time to move on. For me, perhaps it was last night’s performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony #5 that helped me let the dust of contention settle and move on to offer... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, I think it's time to move on.**** Is this civil enough? **** Nope. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ghosthouse, when I made that inference you were not on my mind at all; had absolutely nothing to do with your comments which were clear and evenhanded. You are relatively new to this thread and were not part of prior arguments in which that assert... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I too had an issue (albeit minor) with the yin-yang characterization. However, I did not make an issue of it in part because I think I know that what Ghosthouse means is the reliance primarily on a personal observational and emotional reaction to... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nice to hear from you, Alex. Great clip and of my favorite things on YouTube. There are two others that I (and I think acman3 as well) posted a while back. Here's another:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HE9bRhUwELE | |
| Jazz for aficionados Exactly right, Ghosthouse. The concept of changing/evolving audience tastes and perception is well documented and practically indisputable. Like you and as I wrote previously, I don't doubt that O-10's account of the audience reaction was accura... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, sorry, but I’m not going to go down that road of contentiousness again and for the umpteenth time. It’s too bad that you always seem to need to turn things nasty when faced with simple disagreement. I believe my comments have been perfectly ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ghosthouse, J.C. Thomas' "Chasin' The Trane" is a great and very readable Coltrane biography. Very accessible and focuses on his life without much by way of musical technicalities. Highly recommended! Thanks for one of my favorite tunes from Su... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-1O, this is one of those times that our discussions lose focus and I frankly don't know just what it is we are talking about. No, I never heard Coltrane live but I have heard just about every recording of his extended "excursions" so I know wha... |