frogman
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| When are people going to wake up and realize listening is a skill? Since psychology has been brought into this discussion, I would point out how curious is the extent to which the tenor and style of the comments critical of the OP mirror the very things which they criticize. Perhaps because a nerve of insecurity ... | |
| Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts Re Roxy54’s comment:I think Charlie Watts was a fine R&R drummer and probably the perfect drummer for The Rolling Stones. Solid time keeper with just enough looseness to give the band their distinctive rhythmic vibe. As has been pointed out a ... | |
| Summertime I think you miss the point. Clearly a great tune can be performed in different styles. However, I think there is value in understanding that the tune was composed for an opera, Porgy and Bess and meant to be performed in an operatic style by an op... | |
| Summertime The most recorded song of all time with over 6,000 recorded versions! Many great versions, but for perspective’s sake, the way Gershwin himself originally intended it:https://youtu.be/SBHqLQd9-T4 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Orchestral musicians prefer Heavy Metal?! Preferred to “rock, rhythm and blues even Jazz”?! Orchestral nature?! Not doubting your experience, but yours has been WAY different from mine. Maybe I don’t really know what Heavy Metal is. I’m open ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados **** One could imagine Rachmaninoff himself playing. ****https://youtu.be/sTUxrPJfpqkhttps://youtu.be/lRkTOx2WwTUhttps://youtu.be/ZcG-DnGdWRwhttps://youtu.be/M8RyWFA7PSY | |
| Jazz for aficionados Maybe not, sorry. Anyway, if not, they were from the album “My Heart Tells Me” and the cuts were “Get Out Of Town” and the album title cut. | |
| Jazz for aficionados I just learned that these Bob Mover clips in previous post may not play unless you have YouTube “Premium” . Maybe they will this time.https://youtu.be/wE20h-ZRMuUhttps://youtu.be/h5I0_HDNIl4 | |
| Jazz for aficionados In the spirit of Alex’s survey of little known players. One of the unsung heroes of the alto saxophone genuinely deserving wider recognition, Bob Mover has been a sideman with stars like Charles Mingus, Chet Baker and other greats. One of those gu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Mel Lewis talks about Buddy Rich. Great stuff!!!!!https://youtu.be/KTyxnHQ4VHQ(Btw, the host of this podcast (?) is Loren Schoenberg, Swing tenor player and big band leader, Jazz historian, Jazz dj, and Benny Goodman’s librarian for many years.) | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great! Had.not seen that. Thanks, Pryso. (Good to see you back, btw).Great list, pjw!———Very interesting! Scroll down to the seventh comment for who plays when. I believe it’s accurate. The picture is from a different year.All unique. All g... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, these are a repeat of comments that I wrote last night in response to your question, but I just noticed the post did not go out for some reason. I think I fell asleep before hitting “post” ☺️. They are not in response to more recent comments ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados To the list of his talents one can add pianist, author, actor and composer of over 300 songs including “The Christmas Song”. Amazing talent! | |
| Jazz for aficionados A real musician he was. And if being a great singer wasn’t enough:https://youtu.be/7bYvZEpHEMA | |
| Jazz for aficionados That’s a funny joke, thanks! Not many could get away telling Buddy to play softer like Torme did in that clip. Amazing drummer, but that Buddy’s personality was not popular among his players is an understatement. Here’s another good one (dark!):**... |