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| Jazz for aficionados ****Is this the "I feel good" James Brown?****Damn right! You beat me to the punch with that clip. Killing! and totally in the pocket; as always.DD Jackson: Fabulous! Loved it and one that I will have to get. James Carter sounds amazing; this is o... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, I have a nice glass of Cabernet in my hand so I am feeling patient. I will give it a shot:I have no interest in anyone’s (including your) acknowledgment of my "wisdom"; I don’t think of it that way, and I don’t operate that way. The issue, a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Although it’s good to know such things if you’re a musician.****Actually, it’s also good to know these things if you’re just a listener; which is why I bothered making the comment. You may choose to be the kind of listener who doesn’t care abo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "In the pocket" is an expression used by musicians to describe a player who has a particularly good sense of rhythm; who plays very deep in the groove; this is independent of musical genre. There is good sense of rhythm and then there is GOOD SEN... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Harper Bros.: I liked "Remembrance" A LOT; really great composition and equally great playing. I liked "Artistry" less so. Great trumpet playing and I’m really impressed by this player. I frankly find him to be a more interesting player than Hargr... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Byrd sounds superb on "Here Am I". Great cut and great composition. One of the things that should be mentioned is Byrd’s beautiful tone on the trumpet. He was a really great trumpet player from a technical standpoint whose tone didn’t get fuzzy wh... | |
| Jazz for aficionados A good attempt at a Donald Byrd retrospective recently. His most creative period was conspicuously given short shrift, imo. As Rok points out, he strayed off the jazz reservation quite often. Most of his work during his more "commercial" period d... | |
| Jazz for aficionados calvinj, thank you for the introduction to Tsuyosi Yamamoto; I was not familiar with this player. ****Tell me what you think everyone.****Some may balk at this idea, but in my opinion, because jazz is a uniquely American creation, jazz players of ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Randy Weston’s "Little Niles" has become a kind of modern jazz standard. Beautiful and very interesring tune in 3/4 that lends itself well to different approaches in interpretation. Comparing an instrumental version to a vocal version is not reall... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "The trouble with the people on this planet is they refuse to think, they refuse to believe anything except what they know” - Sun Ra, Prophetika Book One"Art does not begin with imitation, but with discipline."- Sun Ra"Those who will not dance wil... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Acman3, loved the Nat Cole clip. He was a class act. What a voice, and great piano player. Became famous as a singer and people forget he made his rep first as a jazz piano player, and a good one. Although not on the level of Oscar Peterson; ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Check out Mark Whitfield (guitar); amazing!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i_m-gyi5Fno | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Henceforth and forevermore, I will never again change the subject; the subject is jazz. ****O-10, tsk, tak, tsk! Please stop, you're embarrassing yourself. Moreover, you make it so easy to prove you wrong....again. ++++And of course, a sing... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, Nancy Wilson/Cannonball. Timeless indeed. Probably one of my ten favorite records of all time and, if I recall, on my list way back when I first responded to this thread. Beautiful record. One of the things that I think make this record s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, nice clips of Roach. Nice player and, as you quote, a more subtle style than some of his contemporaries. Of course, a cynic might say "a less exciting style than....". I wouldn't. I think he is an intelligent player who doesn't have the ... |