frogman
Responses from frogman
| Jazz for aficionados ****I, like most people, have a pretty good understanding of human nature********And that's in spite of my efforts to have non-confrontational and polite discourse.****I am speechless. | |
| Jazz for aficionados No ruckus, Acman3; just healthy debate. Besides, what's wrong with a good healthy ruckus? :-) Otherwise we would be stuck talking about nothing but Bird, Monk and Wynton and those between. Keep it coming!http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=27QVenKmDBI&am... | |
| Good Recommendations For Scat Singing Please Mel Torme was one of the few who could approach Ella's skill and was her biggest fan:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wzq8BqVnQJYThe great John Hendricks:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul54NWmwLxsIn a more modern bag:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q--qzL0... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****I will have to do a lot more listening to Bowie, before I can do anymore talking about him. I think I might like this guy. I dismissed the first clip sent by Acman3. It was not representative and obviously done in jest. ****Does this mean you ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Excellent comments, Learsfool; although it may seem otherwise, we have no substantive disagreement. This seeming dichotomy is further highlighted by a couple of interesting things that inadvertently go to the core of the issue. I am literally of t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Curly: Hey Moe, I can't see, I can't see!Moe: What's the matter porcupine, what's the matter?!Curly: I got my eyes closed! Ynuk, ynuk. | |
| Jazz for aficionados You are welcome. I would only add that I think humor and "in jest" are two different things. I suspect Bowie was deadly serious about what he played in that clip. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Now things are getting interesting! Now, we are getting into some of the more elusive and fascinating aspects of music and it's appreciation. Firstly, and for the sake of clarity, let's have context (and forgive me for quoting myself):****Now, I w... | |
| Best interconnects & speaker cable? I don't get it ****...why the heck is it wrong to use cables as 'tone controls'? ****Nothing wrong if personal taste is the goal. But, to the extent that we can agree that distortion is not a good thing, the very best results are always achieved when one keeps t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****This is the ONLY thing you have ever said, ever, that I just don't get****Wow, high praise indeed! But, I think you are quoting someone else; although I do feel that Stravinsky is one of the great composers and Mozart certainly is also.****You... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Let's talk about food for a moment. There is a lot to be said for eating a great meal at a fine French restaurant whose chef is trained and skilled in the art of traditional French cuisine and who prepares dishes which are delectable in their perf... | |
| Which usual suspect TT in $1500 range. Schubert, a few years ago, I "rediscovered" MM/MI cartridges; thanks to "you know who". Among many others, I bought a NOS XLM MkII which sounded great until one channel went out (about five hours!). I can't imagine that the problem is the stylus w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nice clip Acman3; lots of famous faces in that crowd. In order of appearence:Frank (juiced and showing surprisingly bad time clapping his hands :-)Betty WhiteSkitch HendersonErnest BorgnineEllaTony BennettJean StapletonBarry ManilowMerv GriffinChr... | |
| Why not horns? Yes, nicely put Seikosha. Clearly, listeners were speaking about what they heard before TAS and Stereophile came along; it would be silly to think that they weren't. As I said in an earlier post, even if Kiddman's premise is correct, so what? As y... | |
| Why not horns? Almarg, thank you for the history lesson; fascinating, and should be very interesting for those too young (or uninterested) to remember. You may also recall that it was Aczel who gave Fourier speakers some of their first positive reviews. It was t... |