frogman
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| Hot Rats The reason that Zappa’s drummer auditions were “brutal” was simply that his music was brutal to play. Zappa’s compositions were unusually angular and often written in very unusual and complicated asymmetric meter (time signatures) and road maps. M... | |
| Michael Fremer leaves Analog Planet @dover, +1 on Fremer’s contributions to the resurgence of vinyl (and on “advertorials”). I have liked Fremer since his early TAS days. First of all, and important to me when assessing a reviewer’s relevance, is that when he speaks about the musi... | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd rpeluso, you’re welcome. jkbunell, as I pondered the OP’s question and before I decided it was impossible to pick just one, “Unity” was one of the first that came to mind. I figured there would be many copies of KOB and other faves up there to s... | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd | |
| Politics and Music **** I just don’t consider him or most musicians, actors, talk show hosts, and audio enthusiasts a reliable source of information to base my views upon.**** Bingo! | |
| Jazz for aficionados You’re welcome, pjw. Great Woody Shaw record, thanks! | |
| Scratch - The Crusaders Great to see Edgar Winter get some appreciation. Amazing talent! Now, re “literallly”. I would describe its use differently. There is no claim to veracity when using the word. It is more a claim to accuracy, IOW, what you are saying by qualifying... | |
| Politics and Music As expected, this topic has opened the door to self serving expressions of personal political biases. So, back to the OP: The answer is, you can have both suggestions. Acknowledge the political message in the music (any art) and remember that th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jazz is an evolutionary art form. The top exponents of the art form at any point in time, influence the upstarts, who then go on to push the art form to the next, some would say, “logical” stylistic stepping stone. Woody Shaw was considered and a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados | |
| Jazz for aficionados | |
| Jazz for aficionados Glad you enjoyed it, mahgister; genius indeed. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-12-mn-3108-story.html | |
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