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| Jazz for aficionados Houston Person is off the charts. | |
| Jazz for aficionados o10,Dizzy was instrumental with fusing Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz and that's why I posted it. I realize that the type of fusion we're discussing refers to a different type of genre but at the same time I thought it would be interesting to visit... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Fusion 1975. Dizzy Gillespie & Machitohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DM1nYwfmsc | |
| Jazz for aficionados With regard to fusion and the "development" of the tune being played; one of my favorite all time compositions is "Music for 18 Musicians" by Steve Reich. He is a modern classical composer and for me, illustrates the development of seemingly repe... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman,I'd never heard of Martial Solal until your last post. Just spent the last half hour listening to his stuff. Whoa...... Two of my favorite things in life are discovering new food and new music. You nailed this one. Thank you. This g... | |
| Jazz for aficionados rok,thank you for your impressions. Do you feel the same way about Weather Report, Herbie Hancock or Miles Davis during the same time period? Just curious, not trying to start a battle.Bob | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman,Thanks for posting Romantic Warrior. Haven't listened to it in a long time and had forgotten how much I liked the album. My jazz began with Frank Sinatra, Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner and Louis Armstrong. (when he played more than he sa... | |
| Jazz for aficionados You guys are killing me! I've been working 10-12 hours a day for the past couple of months. I come home, land here, listen to music and go to bed. Geez, o10 cost me almost 45 minutes with one post. (Trilok Girtu)Thank you all. I've been listen... | |
| Jazz for aficionados acman3,Whoa, Larry Young? Who? Never heard of the guy and now I'm scrambling to find a copy of this. Thank you!Bob | |
| Jazz for aficionados frogman,You said, " Art reflects the culture. Think about it: is it any surprise that a culture that moves more and more towards the elimination of borders and away from individuality and self-reliance should see more and more "fusion" in art?... | |
| I got my stereo back after almost 20 years! George,I wasn't that I disliked her. She is a terrific person and it was wonderful for my kids to have their grandmother at the house for so many years. The difficulty was that I was essentially living with my mother in law's daughter and not my... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Loving the discussion of classical. When I invite a friend over for serious listening we always start with jazz. I play a cut, he plays a cut, etc. Then we find the blues, a little r&b and then classical. Sometimes opera and then make our ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados And because I’m a hand percussionist / drummer, I love, love this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVPLIuBy9CYAnd no, it's not jazz. Like jazz though, the music has form, structure and room for improvisation. Enjoy,bob | |
| Jazz for aficionados If I could ever be a real musician and if I played the trumpet, I'd play this tune.Over and over.Bobhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4PKzz81m5c#t=13 | |
| Jazz for aficionados As an aside, my wife who spent many years as a modern ballet dancer once told me something like this, "You spend hours and hours taking master classes so that when you get on stage you can forget it all and just dance."I believe it's the same with... |