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| Horrific Confession and Question I think Danvetc on 1-3 was on the money. And I think people's brains process the strong mids type of sound very easily -- thus, it's good background music. Unlike many people, it seems, I don't particularly like hi fidelity music as background mus... | |
| Opinion on Buena Vista social club CD? In addition to the above alumni of BVSC, Eliades Ochoa, guitarist, and Compay Segundo, vocals and congas, also have albums out. Almost everyone wants in on the act, and why not? I believe pianist Ruben Gonzalez now has a second CD out. Haven't hea... | |
| Soul Recommendations Tell me something about Baby Huey, kiwi -- don't know that one. (I know a Baby Laurence, but he was a jazz tap dancer ;-) ) I repeat myself, but do try out Junior Walker and the All-Stars. Lot of grit and drive; I think right up your alley. Have t... | |
| Best Guitar Band part11 Heh, heh, sure Highway, amen to the P-Funk, and I re-pledge allegiance to the Groove. Not yer typical guitar band, but they did go nuts on the electric guitar. Sly Stone meets Jefferson Airplane meets Sun Ra? | |
| Greatest Guitar Band Steely Dan ought to be on this list. I'd say they're among the giants of post-60's rock. Maybe Royal Scam is their best in terms of being a guitar band, but they've done lots of excellent guitar stuff. Walter Becker with studio compatriots like De... | |
| Jazz- Modern big band This is great. Some of the suggestions make me go, duh, what’s the matter with me—I knew that. But I’ve lost touch, and the ideas don’t come as fluidly as they used to. ….. I didn’t know Jones & Lewis are gone – see what I mean. Mingus Big Ban... | |
| Jazz Recommendations Kiwi made a good point earlier about how lots of these good suggestions may not be that accessible to those just starting out (but also that if you like Monk, you're not starting at the start line). I agree Erroll Garner's Concert by the Sea sugge... | |
| Soul Recommendations Redkiwi, sounds like you like gutbucket over urbane, Memphis more than Philly. Ok, you don’t like Marvin Gaye, so why try any more – but maybe his duets with Tammi Terrell (remember the single “Ain’t No Mountain High”)? Arethra, yeah -- “Lady Soul... | |
| Jazz Recommendations Take in a movie while you're at it ... Robert Altman's _Kansas City_ has the best jazz blowing and cuttin' sequences I've seen in a fictional film. Good flick, too. David Murray, Joshua Redman and Ron Carter were a few of the musicians who recreat... | |
| Jazz Recommendations Excellent historical list posted by sdcampbell. Pioneer jazz pianist Art Tatum certainly deserves his place there, but I have to admit his virtuosity awed me but never warmed my heart much. My own pick for piano virtuoso with roots in swing: Earl ... | |
| Jazz Recommendations Charlie Brown Christmas -- Good one, Musikdok! Kadlec, you should have that for the holidays. A tasty and original job by Guaraldi. Gifted young pianist Cyrus Chestnut (saw him play with Betty Carter) has a new CD out -- A Charlie Brown Christmas,... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music For aching ee-lectric guitar: Stevie Ray Vaughan's instrumental version of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" (on The Sky Is Crying) is glorious. Beats Clapton's version (Derek and the Dominoes), which isn't too shabby itself. My wedding song was Charle... | |
| Anti-skating question Interesting. My results were counter-intuitive (or at least counter to my expectations), and it's reassuring to know that others have gotten the same kind of results. Thanks for posting. | |
| DSP Devices for Room/Speaker Correction Dekay, this is hardly worth mentioning, now that I've been away for a few days, but my followup comment (11-2) was meant in the same playful spirit as yours. Actually, I had the amusing thread about what it means to be an audiophile in mind. Sorry... | |
| DSP Devices for Room/Speaker Correction Well, Dekay, if what you say is true, a real audiophile would just absent himself from the room, if not the house altogether, and be satisfied that by doing so that he had enabled his system to play at its best. Not being able to hear his system w... |