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| Jazz for aficionados ****If you can explain it, you are trying too hard****I don't think so. One could just as easily say "if you can't explain it ON SOME LEVEL you're not trying hard enough". However, I wouldn't say that and put that judgmental slant on it. And TH... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Needless to say, I don't agree at all with the idea that it is forced. Many creative artists (not all) are always looking for new ways to express themselves, and as has been said countless times, art always reflects the time of its creation. I b... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok (and all aficionados), not an argument; just discussion by way of example:Is this "jazz" (from the "inventor" of jazz)?:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MkGjDbKauVoHow about this?:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JtQLolwNBywAnd how about this, from ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, as usual, a thoughtful post which raises some interesting questions.****often what is considerd beautiful was at the same time considered as 'Good'.****That may be true; often, but not always. Beautiful as far as what? is the question that ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nah! This argument is as tired as stories about Grant Green; sorry. No straw man at all and I'm not looking for arguments. How's about we try a different approach? You can dismiss what I'm suggesting as pure bs, or you can consider everything t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados And here, ladies and gentlemen, we have, in the previous two posts, a perfect example of the "Mars and Venus" concept. The irony is that Shorter and Morton are saying the exact same thing. The truth is that the "style" of jazz that Morton knew and... | |
| Jazz for aficionados jzzmusician, Willis Jackson:. as you so eloquently said recently: DAMN!!What a sound; from the gut! Thanks. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Speaking of great flugelhorn players (Farmer), Clark Terry was one of the pioneers on the instrument; one of the very first jazz trumpet players to play it. Carson was a class act; he loved his band.Rok's cat; cat scat:https://m.youtube.com/watch... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Clark Terry was an amazing talent. It is often said about a player that he has a "voice" on his instrument. Clark's playing is a perfect example of how a great player plays what he hears in his head; his "mumbles" vocal scatting sounds just like... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I knew Ella would do it 😊. Welcome back. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Very nice posts, Alex and jzzmusician; thanks. Interesting rendition of that classic ballad by Bill Harris. Here is an uptempo version of the same tune by an amazing player with one of the prettiest trombone tones ever:https://m.youtube.com/watch?... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Since we are on the subject of tone: kind of strange to follow the velvet of Gonsalves with the torn denim of this player, but 1978 saw the release of Blythe's debut recording. One of the most unusual and strange alto sounds I've ever heard; but... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Acman3, as you know, some of the best Gonsalves is with the Ellington band. Amazing Gonsalves:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GkElnIiE4U4 | |
| Jazz for aficionados If this doesn’t prove that beauty is in the eye (ear) of the beholder......ALL beautiful tones in their own unique ways; and, importantly, in the service of the style of the music. We all obviously have our preferences. I haven’t heard any tone in... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Correction: On the Al and Zoot recording, I meant to write : Al (not Zoot) solos first. |