frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados Alex, thanks for the clips and for sharing your thoughts. Some more of mine:Context, context, context. Very important when trying to find answers to your interesting questions. Btw, I think it's wonderful for music lovers to look at these issues; ... | |
| What is your favourite Coltrane album ? I agree with Mapman's choices. If it has to be kept to two choices it has to be Giant Steps and A Love Supreme as the two which best give a sense of the scope of one of the very greatest jazz musicians of all time. Giant Steps turned the world of ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Accounting for the universal truth that there are exceptions to every rule, what would have happened to Ornette is that he probably would not have become what he did as an artist. Why? Because greatness doesn't happen in a vacuum. A musician needs... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, there is a saying/joke among musicians re the four stages of a musician's career that goes like this:- "Who is O-10?"- "Get me O-10!"- "Get me somebody that sounds like O-10"- "Who is O-10?":-) | |
| Jazz for aficionados This should have been in the Nick Brignola slot, not the George Benson clip; sorry:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P8CC8V8CVSs | |
| Jazz for aficionados The baritone saxophone:Sounds (only) one octave lower than the alto saxophone. Contrary to what the Amazon "reviewers" may have written, it is not "harder" to play than the other, higher pitched saxophones. Yes, it is clearly more cumbersome to ha... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? I will let the more technically astute than I debate the technical side of this issue, but experiences with both tube and ss amps have shown me that there is much more going on than "a watt is a watt", or wether the amp in question is driven into ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Mdemaio, I first became aware of Dusko Gojkovic from his work in the trumpet section of Maynard Ferguson's big band. A Serbian national he is a very nice player with a lovely melodic sense and an affinity for Brazilian rhythms.https://m.youtube.co... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I may disagree (some times) with Rok about music, and certainly about communication style; but, truth be told, little else. | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, I hope that you are correct about the future of Cuban music and that I am wrong. I would like to see nothing more than the preservation of the beautiful music or honest and interesting evolution. What I can say with certainty is that you are... | |
| MC cartridges new vs. old Geropaa, the arm was an Eminent Technology ET2 air-bearing straight-line tracking tonearm which, if anything, tends to exibit a character to the lush side of neutral compared to the pivoting arms that I have used. I did not try the Spectral with a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The great (and underrated) Tom Harrell from one of my favorite jazz records:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PEzEgoReQgYhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CkYKIUskzdIMost gorgeous flugelhorn sound ever:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AIE7smg8JHw | |
| Jazz for aficionados This is an interesting subject, but easy to lose focus and not start discussing apples and oranges; at least as I interpret the comments, so please correct me if I'm wrong in my interpretations.I thought that the original comments about Cuba's fut... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Mapman, more than likely, much of the music that you heard during your visit to the Dominican Republic was "merengue" where the genre originated.Chazro, Dafnis Prieto is a rhythm genius; brilliant drummer. Thanks. May seem simple, but amazing and ... | |
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