frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados Not intended to imply judgment of the value of one discipline over the other, but simply to underscore my comments above. Two absolutely true stories that I have first hand knowledge about:During his tenure as conductor with the NY Phil, Zubin Meh... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Orpheus10, this thread continues to be, without a doubt, one of the most interesting on this forum. Your passion for jazz is palpable, and you and I actually have very similar sensibilities re which performers are truly capable of communicating so... | |
| Greatest Composers of All Time Not much that I can add to Learsfool's excellent posts. I would simply further stress a couple of points:The importance of Wagner cannot be overemphasized. As Learsfool points out, his influence on the direction of music was greater than just abou... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Good reading where Freddie talks about his chop problems and other aspects of life as a jazz player:http://www.shout.net/~jmh/articles/freddie01.html | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****If nothing can be perfect, then it's just FLAWLESS!**** - Rok2id re "Blues And The Abstract Truth". Well, I suppose that the fact that it was in the No.1 slot in my first response to this thread says all that I need to say about how I feel abo... | |
| When a Reviewer "likes" something Interesting. I would be more prone to respect the integrity of a reviewer that is open about the fact that he hopes to be able to buy the review unit at discount; and impression of bias be damned. That would tell me that he/she probably doesn't do... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Charles1dad, thanks for the recommendation of "Fingerpainting". Listened to it last night and enjoyed it very much. I love the concept of Herbie's music minus piano; a very daring one, IMO. The idea of trying to capture the spirit of a jazz compos... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Here's a link to Mingus' "Hog Calling Blues". BTW, my comment above should, of course, read Kirk WAS not an imposter; he passed in 1977:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv1Yewr6Z5s | |
| Jazz for aficionados Roland Kirk is not an imposter, he is the real deal. He is one of those players who can play "free" or "outside" because he can also play inside and within the tradition. There have been many imposters whose playing consists of squeals, honks, and... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for the very nice words, Rok. Will listen to the Mingus cut (it's been a few years) and get back to you. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jimmy Forrest was another often overlooked great tenor player. Indisputably out of the Texas tenor camp, this cut teams him with two other greats: King Curtis and Oliver Nelson who we often forget was a great player as well as composer/arranger. C... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Beautiful Ike Quebec cut; thanks for sharing. I love that approach to tenor sound; big, meaty, and breathy. It's always refreshing to hear that sound in contrast to the Coltrane-influenced approach that is so prevalent now. It is a physically diff... | |
| Jazz for aficionados And not very good sausage at that! But fear not, most of the players that do that kind of thing are not worth listening to anyway. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool, great comments. I couldn't agree more with your comments re live performances vs. studio "performances"; that is precisely the reason that at least half of the links that I have posted here are live perfs. A while ago I made a comment i... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, thanks for "getting" where I am coming from. Too much great music out there to spend time bashing. Analysis and criticism is a different matter altogether, and serves to gain a deeper understanding of the music, IMO. No artist should be put o... |