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| If you could have only one Christmas album/CD, which one? ***All Christmas music is awful***- infectionExplains the moniker. | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only Here's another that's a little "out of the box":Takemitsu, music from Kurosawa's film "Ran", Phillips. Amazing stuff. | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only -Bartok "Concerto For Orchestra", Reiner/Chicago RCA. Also partial to the Solti/London Symphony Decca (the finale will knock your socks off).-Britten "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Britten/London, Decca-Berg "Lulu/Wozzek Suites", Dorati/London, Mer... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Don't mean to answer Schubert's question to Learsfool, so I will leave the issue of string players to him. I will say, however, that I have been on tour to Korea twice; in 1997 and one year ago in 2014. The positive change in the country during ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool, excellent post! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, I think you need to put the spiked eggnog away now 😜.[URL]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw9M6cNHO9g[/URL]O-10, this one's for Mutt:[URL]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo8EvrzsUL8[/URL]And tell him that I'm glad at least someone at the O-cienda... | |
| Jazz for aficionados What the sage person who made that famous comment implied and, for the sake of this thread 😏, should have added in order to make it absolutely clear is: "there are......, regardless of genre". | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****You are confusing recently recorded with Modern. No one is saying every single note, or tune is boring, just the weight of the material.****i dont think so. As you have pointed out, words matter. Your comment was "Modern jazz is boring". W... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Learsfool, Acman3 and the OP all out of hibernation on one day. Must be Global warming.****That's actually very funny; as long as we can keep finding humor in all this, I think we'll be alright.****I suggest we forget the 'reality' stuff, an... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, this was to be a post before yours re O-10's return (I was not able to post it because I was somewhere without Internet connection):"Rok, nicely done; it worked 😉" | |
| Jazz for aficionados Let's play (says the defense attorney 😠):****Today's message from Jazz Heaven.Eric Dolphy -- OUTWARD BOUND And to think, at one time I considered this awesome great, a semi-noise maker. Stereo Review disagreed, so I bought him anyway. Anothe... | |
| Jazz for aficionados C'mon Rok, first of all it was said in jest (mostly). Now, look at your post again. You decry the "absence" of an authority, then you follow it by saying that your point of view has not been listened to. Can't have it both ways. ****If we were ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados NY Jazz Qt: great stuff. Frank Wess' tone on tenor is probably my favorite of all time; velvet with just a hint of the modern. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Btw, re my comment ****Dont know who it is that holds that belief, but I agree with the premise. One out of five ain't bad, I guess.****I meant I agree with Rok's premise, not that all improvised music is jazz. Like I said, one out of five ain't... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Fun (and pretty serious):[URL]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2lZrPnN46Qk[/URL][URL]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0hpcWPxBzpI[/URL] |