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| Jazz for aficionados Great accompanists don’t necessarily make consistently great soloists and great soloists don’t necessarily make great accompanyists. "The JB’s", as good and as funky as they were, were still usually "somebody else’s band"; and not just James Brown... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ghosthouse, thanks for those Jamal clips. Fantastic! Had not heard those and they are interesting to me in that they show Jamal playing in a somewhat different style from the chord-heavy approach of "Poinciana" days; more use of melodic lines in... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great ensemble, Oregon! Been a fan since college days. One of the few ensembles or artists that managed to combine truly deep musical substance and creativity with just the right amount of "New Age" sound while avoiding the (to me) triteness and... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Do you think New Jazz is always better?****Read my comments and you will note that I have never said anything remotely like that.**** Do you think it is equal to the original? ****Some of it is not only the equal of "the original", some of it ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados As with music, "acquired taste" presumes open mindedness to the possibilities of the unfamiliar. In part, its a mindset. Is one going to be the type of individual who is always looking to the past for the coziness of the familiar or is one going... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****The Duke nailed it with the good and bad thing. People will be listening to Miles and Mozart and folks like that, forever.****Duke’s often quoted comment is one of the simplest and most "to the point" comments ever uttered about music and one ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados There has always been a bit of controversy around the spelling of the title of Oscar Pettiford’s tune "Tric(r)otism". I believe the spelling should be "Tricrotism" not "Tricotism" eventhough it appears both ways on various recordings. Here is anot... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, that Jay&Kay album is fantastic! Had not heard it, although trombone playing acquaintances often mention that collaboration as one of the best trombone showcases on record. Great areangements with great energy and wonderful swing feel fr... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, Bird on tenor is a rarity and something that is not normally part of Bird’s most often heard work; thanks for posting that. Bird on tenor sounds like Bird. This is not a criticism in any way; Bird was great, perhaps the greatest: While the m... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great Dexter clips! Not always recognized for being one of the very greatest and most influential, he was credited by Coltrane as one of his main influences. Always interesting, and sometimes funny, to connect the dots. From Miles' autobiograp... | |
| Jazz for aficionados 😊😊😊https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Gwe5gKgjo☺️☺️☺️What IS the password? | |
| Jazz for aficionados Imo, some of the most sublime music ever recorded in any genre:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ju02Q2dfYDwhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=thCsu5ZvPloAnd, a propos current events:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qMPdRgYLDDw | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qq4oti60XY | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thad Jones was a very innovative arranger and exploited the saxophone section with long sinewy saxophone "solis": the section playing long harmonized musical lines. Great conductor, he was in the "performance mix" more so than most big band leader... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Speaking of arrangers, one of the greatest arrangers and band leaders of all time and one who doesn't get enough recognition. Of course, it helps to have a band like this; incredible lineup. Amazing groove from a rhythm section that doesn't have... |