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| Jazz for aficionados ****How much of Ellington was Strayhorn****One of the perennial and most interesting questions among jazz lovers. For the answer, I suppose one need look no further than the simple fact that Ellington's signature tune "Take The A Train" was compos... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Oops! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Consider what kind of talent, fortitude and sense of self inspires a sixteen year old, black, gay young man, in 1933, to compose a song like this. Today is Billy Strayhorn's birthday and I can't think of a more beautiful and inspired song than thi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Actually, I would call it self indulgent and passive aggressive. To announce one's self censorship of an acknowledged disagreement is the same as being outspoken about it; and, in fact, even more provocative. So, O-10, by all means, let it rip. Ho... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Consider what kind of talent, fortitude and sense of self inspires a sixteen year old, black, gay young man, in 1933, to compose a song like this. Today is Billy Strayhorn's birthday and I can't think of a more beautiful and inspired song than thi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks Chazro. Cachao is truly an icon and his plight one of the many stories about the tragedy of the Cuba story. | |
| Jazz for aficionados There was a time when the pop tunes of the day were either in a jazz style or were taken by jazz players and turned into jazz standards. Here is a modern pop tune done as a jazz instrumental. It is a staple of WBGO's playlist. Wonderful time feel ... | |
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| Jazz for aficionados Catching up on some musical offerings.Dizzy Gillespie "Duets": Nice! Dizzy and two of my favorite tenor players; Stitt and Rollins. What could possibly go wrong? Just for fun and not a criticism at all since its a pretty common thing: I would bet ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "Segue" - (in music) to proceed without pause from one musical theme or number to another. - A smooth transition.Given recent commentary and the main topic of this thread, the Cachao "Master Sessions" clip is probably as perfect a segue as is pos... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Does this mean he has to play more? He was playing almost non-stop.****Not necessarily. It is possible to achieve the same thing with very economical use of notes. It's about choosing the right notes in an extremely logical and creative way to... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for the good wishes O-10; ditto. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Btw, you made an interesting commnent in a recent post about how you feel drum or bass solos " interrupt the flow of the music". It is often true. Not because it's drums or bass per se, but because the players of those instruments have traditional... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Sonny Rollins: fabulous!! And yes surprisingly neglected here. One of the few musicians who could pull off playing in a piano-less setting. Such is the command of the harmony and there is so much logic and clarity to the improvisation that it make... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, I am not about to engage in a protracted discussion of these issues on this thread. All I can say at this point about those clips is that propaganda takes many forms and that Bernie Sanders is a fool (which I already knew). Now, let's take a... |