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| Musicality" in a system? What IS that ? "Don't play the notes, play the meaning of the notes".- Pablo Casals. The ability of a performer to communicate the MEANING of the notes is what defines a musical performer; not all performers are musical. MUSICAL: 1. Of, relating to, or capable o... | |
| Music trivia anyone? OK, I guess it's time for me to jump in. Angela, if I'm not mistaken, Al Dimeola played with "Return To Forever" in the '80's. Here's a couple: 1. What was Charlie Parker's first musical instrument? 2. What (live) farm animal did Airto play as a p... | |
| "Saudage" and the music of Brazil. Tubegroover, three weeks in Brazil? Fabulous! If your trip happens to include Rio, be sure to check out what's happenning at the club JazzMania in Copacabana. For samba, best to get to a samba school. Closest to the main beaches: Beija Flor and Vi... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Gentlemen, glad to see such spirited response to my thread. Along with Redwiki's inspiration, what prompted this thread was the anticipated return of my wife from London where she occasionally goes on business, and always returns with one or two n... | |
| You wouldn t believe it s good, but... Liguy, thanks for the tip; I'll check it out. Here's one for you , if you don't have it already: Stan Getz "The Bill Evans Sessions", some of my favorite Evans on record, not to mention the great Getz. Was also paired as a reissue on Verve with th... | |
| The Latest Classical Music Accessory While it may be easy to dismiss this as something curious or perhaps even humorous, the implications of the use of technology in this fashion are far more important than most realize; the end results being insidious and very dangerous to the healt... | |
| Music to test systems oboist not Aboist; obviously. | |
| Music to test systems Ray Still was my favorite aboist and I regret never having had the pleasure of meeting him. Many of my oboe playing colleagues revere his work with the CSO and yes his reputation as a character is well known. Some of the CSO's recordings are used ... | |
| Music to test systems No need to apologize Pls1; and no you did not sound testy. Yor obvious experience and knowledge of the subject at hand entitles you to be confident with your comments and opinions. You are an asset to this forum. By the way did you have occasion t... | |
| Music to test systems The gap between live and the best system is indeed huge. We are in agreement, Pls1, about the merits of the Bartok/Solti. As concerns the tempo of the finale, you are quite correct; in absolute terms. By "probably too fast" I meant probably too fa... | |
| Music to test systems I agree with the gist of Blbloom's post, but I would like to elaborate. While I agree that it is certainly important and fun to test a system' abilities in the areas of bass, soundstaging etc.; the more elusive aspects of a system's capabilities a... | |
| You wouldn t believe it s good, but... Hey Liguy, not meaning to nit-pick, but why on earth would anyone NOT expect Bill Evans' "Waltz For Debbie" to be anything but brilliant? Just curious. | |
| Best smooth jazz albums? I'm not quite sure what you mean by smooth jazz, but if I were to take the phrase literally, and given that you are new to this hobby and apparently new to jazz as well; why not start with truly great music which is also smooth as you can get, and... | |
| Vocalists/Musicians Wasting Their Talent It's very hard work to be consistently great at what you do. Some people are willing to work that hard, others simply aren't. Njonker, your frankness is laudable, and as it relates to the issue of this thread, right on the money (no pun intended).... | |
| Coltrane. Can we talk? Jay, I'm curious. What areas in your opinion were lacking in Coltrane's playing? You think Bergonzi and Garzone "have more control over more parameters of music, and their horns"????!!!! What exactly? I just don't see it(hear it) that way at all. ... |