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| Jazz for aficionados One of the best things I’ve heard on YouTube recently. Amazing quartet with a unique vibe. I hear a certain honesty and warmth in Art Farmer’s playing that I like very much. Jim Hall was an incredibly elegant player and the perfect guitarist for F... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Trumpet magician indeed! Thanks for that.I was about to comment on Rok’s clips when I noticed that the trumpet player on Billy Bang’s “Chan Chan” also appears in Tom Harrell’s big band trumpet section (5th trumpet? Yes, 5 trumpets in the section ☺... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great Baker photo! Always interesting how one can extrapolate about an artist’s music from a photograph of the person.https://cdn.smehost.net/milesdaviscom-uslegacyprod/wp-content/uploads/1957/03/02-ROUND-ABOUT-R-¦2.jp...I think this is a favorite... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great photo! Incredibly, no recording exists of that night; nor of that very quartet. Shame!Outstanding Bird. With Mingus and Roy Haynes, but no Monk; and Wardell Gray sounding great. Nice liner notes included. https://youtu.be/kIEBZxjMH50 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Small world, indeed!4th trumpet 😊:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnsEZ9q2hOc | |
| Jazz for aficionados The understanding cannot be complete if there is no understanding of what followed; what it gave birth to. | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** But what will be our understanding of Bach without Schoenberg or Scriabin,,, ****Exactly! That says it all. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nice joke.Not the first time that Solti has been the subject of a joke. True story:Solti was known for having a very small beat pattern; not to mention little sense of humor. Early in his tenure with the Chicago Symphony, during a rehearsal one ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados No worries, fast friends 🙄However, what I am suggesting to you, Rok, is that you assume that when those Jazz greats say something about the music that you don’t agree with that they are dong so for opportunistic or insincere reasons. I would reco... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Please explain just how it helps Jazz, the music and its relevance, overall, to hold such a strict view of its “definition”; as if doing so would, somehow, bring it back to its (your) “glory days”. It is clear that many, including many giants in t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I think these WS quotes give a glimpse into that mindset and the man:** I always say that music is a small drop in the ocean of life. I was told a long time ago that your horn, or whatever instrument you play, is a means to be in the world.**** Ja... | |
| Jazz for aficionados “Lists”……a joke related to recent comments. Has nothing to do with your post……mostly.I think you miss the point…..surprising for the last remaining true JA. The point is that Jazz doesn’t always have to sound like a traditional form of Jazz….the w... | |
| The two stages of audiophilia Reminds me of the old joke, “The four stages of a musician’s career”:1. “Who’s rvpiano?”2. “Get me rvpiano!”3. “Get me someone who sounds like rvpiano!”4. “Who’s rvpiano?” | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Perhaps he should reconsider this statement. ****Easy, but usually foolish to question a genius on the very topic of his genius without digging a little deeper into the full meaning of something he has said.Personally, I like showers ……and I ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great comments on Shorter; and great clips. Thanks!Blue Note debut:https://youtu.be/8OxrGVPBzZMA new voice; a move to a focus on soprano saxophone:”To hell with the rules, I’m going for the unknown." Another is, "Jazz shouldn’t have any mandates. ... |