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| Jazz for aficionados For me, one of THE great solos in all of recorded Jazz. Putting style differences aside, when he was in his prime Dexter Gordon was as good as anyone has been on the tenor. I love his attitude on this and the solo is a model of thematic developm... | |
| Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron? “The silence between the notes say more than the notes” - Miles Davis | |
| Jazz for aficionados Messiah: Lovely! Very nice; and I agree. The supersized orchestra thing didn’t happen until after his death. Go figure.Check out this performance. A little “bigger”, but still has airiness and agility. https://youtu.be/JH3T6YwwU9s | |
| Jazz for aficionados On Yoko’s part, or Marija’s? 😊 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Zorn: avant garde instrumentalist/composer. Jus sayin’. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Re “the anniversary“. It WAS her husband. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Re Yoko Ono/Zorn: Funny, I don’t see the word “Jazz” anywhere in the titles or credits. Got through a bunch of comments. Nope, can’t find the word Jazz anywhere. Maybe.......,just maybe, it is not and is not intended nor presented as Jazz. Why... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for pointing that out, Keegiam.Hey, Alex!!! Nice Jimmy Forrest clip 😊 What a sound. Beautiful. Btw, hope my comments re “Classical” were helpful. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Keegiam, beautiful clip with Jimmy Forrest. What a tone! And good catch on the McCoy-like playing on Acman’s clip. I had the same reaction until it was obvious that there wasn’t quite as much power, but the chord voicings are McCoy all the way.Ac... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Not at all. When you stop wanting to listen to Jazz, then I’d worry. | |
| Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron? https://youtu.be/I5SnPBXk9iAhttps://youtu.be/WkxwvNF50AQhttps://youtu.be/WftVRn_qlbEhttps://youtu.be/4dXY7BKibEE | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, I don’t believe Rok asked a question at all. With respect, I would prefer to not get into a discussion about something that some other member supposedly asked or said. RA alert! RA alert! *I don’t know what you mean by “pure” Brazilian. Tech... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex,**** Does anybody compose ’classical’ music today,for exmp. in 18th centuty idiom?Or in any other, from the past?Is there a significant difference in orchestral or small ensemble compositions betwwen music from the past and today?I am asking,... | |
| Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron? Tomcy6, you’re right and I apologize. You did not say that all contemporary Jazz is skronking and bashing. You were referring to a trend as perceived by you. I get it. Sorry. Having said that I still disagree about there being a trend in that dire... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Well said, Alex; we can always use a little poetry. Nice clip.https://youtu.be/1EwgvDvtqQsEdit: came through as one song “Atabaque”. Later Re your question. |