frogman
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| Billie or Ella? Maria or Renata? Technique or feeling? tylermunns, that is a terribly narrow definition of what a Jazz singer is; and one that I could not disagree with more. Of the singers you mention, I may grant you Sinatra……maybe. However, Ellla, Vaughn not Jazz singers?! Ella Fitzgerald, with ... | |
| VPI Scout 1.1 parts to upgrade HW~19 If you are buying a full Scout, make sure you first listen to it before cannibalizing its platter for use on the 19. You may still like the 19 better. I am curious as to why you would want to buy a Scout with the express purpose of using only it... | |
| Billie or Ella? Maria or Renata? Technique or feeling? Goes without saying, sls141, but the problem is that technique is equated by some to mean absence of feeling. Why? Technique in the “hands” of a great artist opens possibilities of expression not available to an artist with limited technique. No... | |
| Billie or Ella? Maria or Renata? Technique or feeling? Excellent post, stuartk. You wrote much of what I was about to write. You are exactly correct re the role of listener bias. For me an even more interesting question is why, when considering artists in the admittedly very small group at the very to... | |
| Billie or Ella? Maria or Renata? Technique or feeling? Exactly! | |
| Billie or Ella? Maria or Renata? Technique or feeling? | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** All I saying is Classical has thousand times more music than jazz ,**** This is true; as is all you wrote. Important to keep in mind that Classical music has been with us over one thousand years if one includes its earliest forms while Jazz ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados And, let’s not forget that improvisation is not unique to Jazz. Less so today than in Beethoven’s time (since he was mentioned) when it was more common, but Classical music has a long tradition of improvisation. Many Classical works (concertos) in... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Well, I could preface my response with “With all due respect…”, but I have to ask myself just how much respect someone who comes in like a bull in a China closet to preach in an insensitive and ill informed way deserves. But, I digress….so, I will... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I kept asking myself, “7000”? “7000? What the hell are these guys talking about?”Took me a while to realize. 7000 posts! Has it been that many? Has it really been more than twenty years that I’ve been here? How time flies! Anyway, thank you guys ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados phasing=phrasing | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for your thoughts on the Perahia/Schubert. Schiff’s performance is truly remarkable. I posted the Perahia recording because I own it and know the sonatas fairly well and because I have always loved Perahia’s playing. You wrote that ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Fabulous Schubert/Schiff! Thank you. What do you think of this? : | |
| Jazz for aficionados That’s pretty funny. Btw, as hard as you may try, you sir are NOT part of the great unwashed 😊 | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** On here I assume everyone says what they feel like….. Of course. Completely agree with that, and as it should be. A great forum to express ideas and feelings about those ideas; even when there may be some qualification or disagreement. ... |