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I will, thanks pjw. 
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Interesting comments, mahgister. I share your feelings about these two masters. Shorter in particular is a favorite. He is also one of the greatest and most interesting Jazz composers. A true genius. One of the most interesting things about Shorte... 
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pjw, I appreciate your effort at peace and equanimity, but I think the issue is not the differences of opinion and their relative merit, but the inability to have and express an opinion without the retort being abrasive and condescending.  Express... 
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O-10, you know by now that I enjoy dialogue as long as it does not turn contentious and insulting. Of course there is a significant difference between the two solos; and yes the solo in question appears on the live recording, but not the record. T... 
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O-10, I fail to see how a solo on a live version of the tune has anything to do with the solo on the record. Having said that, I will try and clarify even further by rewriting that sentence:** “Tunisia” is from the same concert as the earlier “Moa... 
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Glad you liked the Ray Charles clips, mahgister and keegiam and beautifully put comments. Amazing genius and, as mahgister states, “on a spiritual journey”. Comments like that may seem hyperbolic, but there is no better way to describe and explain... 
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https://youtu.be/CzAkTrDiXxghttps://youtu.be/lMQHZjxS9yUhttps://youtu.be/rJlQNfqfbv8https://youtu.be/LNpM4i0QU8Y 
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I agree that this (bw) great version of “Tunisia” with Blakey was probably played on tour. The smaller drum set is what Blakey would have been taking on tour, for practical reasons. However, I think that it was in Brazil, not Europe. That “Tunisia... 
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https://youtu.be/U6ZFDeqav1Q 
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To be able to play the oboe with such intonation at 10 years of age is remarkable.  To be able to feel and know how to turn a phrase at his age is amazing!  God bless him.  If I were to learn that he also makes his own reeds I would fall off my ch... 
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millercarbon, I take your “contribution” to mean that you guessed wrong both times? ☺️ 
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mahgister, you are most welcome.Pat Martino is a legend in the Jazz guitar world and who has a very interesting, if tragic, personal story:https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5249566https://www.google.com/amp/s/philly.metro.us/fr... 
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mahgister:https://youtu.be/2o0AoEqSlB0https://youtu.be/O4csj7s1uOI 
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Guitar tone meister:https://youtu.be/lnLi7-Q7ag0https://youtu.be/exUq7u-iqKwhttps://youtu.be/xFJvMnbi8ko 
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**** Might be just me , but seems to me almost all bands do their bestin Copenhagen , maybe the girls. ****Yes, the girls………. and, the pants 😊https://youtu.be/xAz_t2Ybvmc