frogman
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| Politics and Music As expected, this topic has opened the door to self serving expressions of personal political biases. So, back to the OP: The answer is, you can have both suggestions. Acknowledge the political message in the music (any art) and remember that th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jazz is an evolutionary art form. The top exponents of the art form at any point in time, influence the upstarts, who then go on to push the art form to the next, some would say, “logical” stylistic stepping stone. Woody Shaw was considered and a... | |
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| Jazz for aficionados Glad you enjoyed it, mahgister; genius indeed. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-12-mn-3108-story.html | |
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| Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding Typo alert! Pete, not Chris, Christlieb. | |
| Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding Great Steely Dan cut, danager. The great Chris Christlieb on tenor! | |
| Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding Sure, we all have our preferences. However, something that adds a lot of value to the listening experience is to recognize that what drives the shaping of our own individual preferences is the willingness, or not, to always maintain a certain amou... | |
| Gregg Allman .......I cannot believe it has been 5 years. Is it me? I admit that Southern Rock, and Rock in general, has not been my preferred genre for many years; and I’m certainly no guitar-God connoisseur. However, I grew up with and loved ABB and have always followed their players and the genre kind... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The next time we worry about the future of Jazz, we should listen to one of this guy’s series of performances out of his NYC apartment featuring some of the best young players on the scene today as well as his outstanding permanent trio. The joy ... | |
| Just got started on Qobuz. Can anyone recommend an album or song? Sure, listen to a great recording. This may show you what is possible; although, possibly just different. However, when making this kind of judgment (not streaming) I like to also include the opposite approach. Listen to a recording that, to you, ... | |
| UGH...The tired, "BEST" Rock guitarist thread Thank you, grannyring! | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. Great comments! **** I think that in the not too distant future we are going to learn that there are many dimensions of our perception that don’t align with current systems of measured performance. **** Bingo! I would take it a step further. I d... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Staying in a birthday mood, today is the birthday of a great tenor player that has received scant ,if any, mention here. Great West Coast player with a warm tone and great swing. Happy Birthday, Teddy Edwards! |