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Very nice indeed.  Transition period to his “second great quintet” which IMO was the greatest band to play the music; my favorite, anyway:https://youtu.be/lRhqn21-xeghttps://youtu.be/bVtVobH3GDohttps://youtu.be/a8MWHpxEbnw 
The Decline of the Music Industry
There was a time when music literacy was, if not the most, one of the noblest of all human endeavors. As recently as one hundred years ago or so there was nary a family that did not include a member who was a moderately accomplished musician; or b... 
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Sorry to hear that, Keegiam.  I too lost a dear friend recently; a very sad feeling indeed.  Hang in there.  Best to you and your friend’s family.Not usually my cup of tea, but my dear wife a country music fan recently introduced me to this intere... 
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inna, quite beautiful! I particularly like McLaughlin’s more restrained side; not so much of that lightning speed. Thanks!Curious what you think of this.  Something very different.  Incredibly tight band:https://youtu.be/ppNFJbMrOHw 
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Hah! I listened to that two nights ago. I love the Duke’s piano playing. No pyrotechnics, but great feel and he improvises the way one expect a great composer to; beautiful development of ideas and always musically logical. Surprisingly modern sou... 
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https://youtu.be/D6N3IDUah9gA little faster. Sweeter? Sugar will do that 😊:https://youtu.be/XzGkXi3zNfQ 
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Don’t know about that particular recording, but it is a fact that Williams mentored young Dizzy Gillespie; would explain the respect shown by Dizzy. A tune written by her for Dizzy for his band https://youtu.be/C9Vanz-3To0 
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Fabulous Brother Jack McDuff live clip, Keegiam. Red Holloway sounds great! If you don’t know this other band from Benson’s early period, you may like it. With the great Ronnie Cuber, my favorite living baritone player:https://youtube.com/playlist... 
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**** Luke 15:22-25 But the father said to his servants, Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was... 
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Thanks, Inna. Fantastic! For me, some of the most soulful music of all.  Ole! 
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Did somebody say “birthday”? One of the great traditional tenor tones:https://youtu.be/z-s0yuap8ughttps://youtu.be/IWVNjGFLpmkIt was said by some that he was Bird’s favorite piano player:https://youtu.be/CZVPywj9Ew0https://youtu.be/FFhoSwx90q8 
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Inna is quite right.  Argentinian tango has no relation to Flamenco.  Flamenco Tangos (always in the plural, although it does not refer to more than one) is one of five or six different styles of Flamenco, each characterized by different rhythms, ... 
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Speaking of “opium for the intellectuals”, being “deep in weirdness” and lies (fiction).  O-10, you may find this interesting:https://www.straightdope.com/21343536/did-carlos-castaneda-hallucinate-that-stuff-in-the-don-juan-bo... 
Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital"
audio2design, you continue to accuse me of making things up.   I don’t make things up.  My patience with your arrogance runs thin. Yours is precisely the attitude that I come across on the part of many engineers who rely on theory because they don...