frogman
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| Classical Music for Aficionados | |
| Jazz for aficionados | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nice! Great chart and some swinging solos. Thanks, pryso. As you know, they were well known as a foursome as the saxophone section in the Woody Herman big band of the late ‘40’s; Woody’s Second Herd. A very unusual saxophone section in that it fe... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks, pryso for the reminder of “Keep On Keepin’ On”. Fantastic documentary What a wonderful musician and human being Clark Terry was! | |
| Michael Fremer leaves Analog Planet What is laughable, if it weren’t so ridiculous, is a comment like the one above The comment above is the kind of commentary that makes this topic often pointless and not a little ridiculous. I have no great love for audio reviewers, but to so brut... | |
| Jazz for aficionados | |
| Jazz for aficionados | |
| Michael Fremer leaves Analog Planet Exactly! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Sound familiar? | |
| ADCOM HC/E II cartridge mothballed 25 years ago. Yes, do try the cartridge. Set it up correctly per the manufacturer’s instructions re VTF and give it some time for the suspension to relax. Listen keenly for mistracking so that you don’t damage your records. You will most likely be fine until yo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados | |
| Jazz for aficionados | |
| Hot Rats The reason that Zappa’s drummer auditions were “brutal” was simply that his music was brutal to play. Zappa’s compositions were unusually angular and often written in very unusual and complicated asymmetric meter (time signatures) and road maps. M... | |
| Michael Fremer leaves Analog Planet @dover, +1 on Fremer’s contributions to the resurgence of vinyl (and on “advertorials”). I have liked Fremer since his early TAS days. First of all, and important to me when assessing a reviewer’s relevance, is that when he speaks about the musi... | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd rpeluso, you’re welcome. jkbunell, as I pondered the OP’s question and before I decided it was impossible to pick just one, “Unity” was one of the first that came to mind. I figured there would be many copies of KOB and other faves up there to s... |