frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados Wind solos in order:flute, clarinet, bassoon, E flat (sopranino) clarinet, oboe d'amore, trumpet (with flute), tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, trombone. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, you hit a home run in your quest for unrecognized talent. I knew the name Eddie Costa, but I am almost embarrassed to say that I had not heard his playing. Wow! What an interesting player! That rendition of My Funny Valentine is possibly ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, Amen!. That is precisely what I have been suggesting for quite some time. If I am understanding you correctly, and if you read my posts, what you suggest is behind many of them. Count me in!O-10, great playing by all and classic Miles. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Just one of the reasons people go gaga over Miles. Check out "My Funny Valentine". He lets you know what tune he's going to play in his first two statements, and from there he just hints at the original melody without ever straying so far that y... | |
| Recommend Outstanding Russian Choral Music Some of the good stuff:Prokofiev, "Alexander Nevsky"Alfred Schnittke, "Three Sacred Hymns", "Choir Concerto"Stravinsky, "Mass"Tchaikovsky, "The Nightingale" | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, Emmy not Grammy; different criteria. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, thanks for your valiant effort as peacekeeper. Those are good definitions. But the issue is not the validity of subjectivity. Inherent in its definition is the idea that personal feelings are part of it. It makes my point. I have no issu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, we've been down this road way too often and I don't know how or why you got on the subject of practicing; it has little to do with the subject of objectivity and would be applicable to musicians in any genre, not just jazz. With all due res... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, I continue to feel that judgment by using only the subjective standard is a flawed concept and a ruse. Using that approach I would feel justified in simply saying "O-10, you are simply wrong, THIS other music is better". I see that as poin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, thanks for your response. I don’t find your stance unique at all. However, I do find it to be rather narrow and, with all due respect, somewhat arrogant; sorry. I really mean no disrespect. I think I will invoke the title of that tune re thi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados If one believes that jazz (or any art form) should stand still and that change in jazz is something that is "perpetrated" on the music, rather than being the natural and inevitable process that is the product of a truly creative mind, then it beco... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Btw, I could make a joke about the title of the first Jazz Messengers clip, but it really wouldn't be fair; it's great stuff. | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****I can't see why everyone is so "ga ga" over Miles, when Blakey's Jazz Messengers had the best music and musicians by far.****O-10, that's the kind of statement that, especially on the heels of you posting that great documentary about KOB, will... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O–10, the KOB documentary should be required viewing for every jazz fan. I seem to recall a debate here about the relative merit of KOB. If the comments by the various jazz giants in that documentary don't dispel any notions that KOB is "audioph... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Acman3, I had the pleasure of performing Britten's "Sinfonia Da Requiem" with Van Sweden a few weeks ago here in NY. He was well liked by the orchestra. He was very personable, clear techniqe, very energetic, and no "vibe"; very straight forward... |