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| Musical Prodigies Greatest ever, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Could play tunes on the harpsichord at age 2. Composed his first works at age 5:https://youtu.be/I-tboYkOFhoand his first symphony at age 8:https://youtu.be/eka8yscjE3gAs far as Jazz piano goes, the great He... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, that Wynton Kelly with Coltrane and Getz live clip, and the other two or three companion clips, are some of what make YouTube such a treasure. Kelly sounds amazing; so relaxed. Fantastic.You probably know this record. If you don’t, check it ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Three great records, Gsahaikun. Glad to see the greatness of KOB get agreement here. Has not always been the case in some quarters. I might pick Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” over MFT, but it would definitely be arguable. Nice trio. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, you beat me to it 😊Happy Birthday, Wynton Kelly! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Sad. | |
| Jazz for aficionados .....and Alex 😊 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Words of wisdom from Schubert and Marija. Silly me, I thought we had moved on. O-10, context, context, context. May I please remind you? :**** xxxxxx, try a little harder, maybe you can score more points with Frogman; let’s see, you scored points ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados This is the pressing that I have and that I bought from this source a while back. Have never heard the original, but I can tell you that this (my copy, at least) is more than decent sound wise. If I were to rate my copy for quietness, I would s... | |
| What have you liked in these works.... Holst, of course; not Holts 🤪 | |
| What have you liked in these works.... The Grosvener is very good +1. A couple of thoughts/suggestions:First, not exactly “current”, but if you haven’t heard it the 1959 Leonard Bernstein with NY Philharmonic is, IMO, the definitive version style (Gershwin) wise. It has been remastered... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The unmistakable sound of Aaron Copland (“An Outdoor Overture”). Excellent playing from those kids. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Do you kids want to borrow the car?https://youtu.be/whYiOJ2iBE0 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Shorter is a giant; and still going strong. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, love it! Family factoid (and running joke). In my family there are 5 Marias. In one immediate family unit of 3 sisters (first cousins to me), all three are named Maria. Maria Antonia, Maria Fernanda and Maria del Carmen. (Was that a “story”?... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Now, now, O-10! I don’t recall giving my permission.**** Frogman, I have more stories to tell, but I will only tell them with your permission. ****Just trying to lighten things up, O-10. All in good fun 😊. I hereby give my unconditional permission... |