keegiam

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Jazz for aficionados
Monk and Rouse live on radio 1964.  Yikes.    
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Re: Shirley Scott.  In your dreams DeFrancesco!  
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@frogman  Fabulous find Mr. Frog.  Miles was already Miles - flubbing some notes but supreme cool and timing.  Great arrangements!  Here too:    
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Chet - the first 3 minutes are sublime.    
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@mahgister  Herbie Hancock was the pianist in the best jazz combo ever assembled.  Enjoy your journey!  The members here have introduced me to some of the greats in the same way.  
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I would have liked to spend more time here the last few months, but c'est la vie.  I wish you all peace, good health and happiness in 2022. From one who left us this year:    
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@schubert and @frogman Nice philosophical exchange on the meaning of music, thanks.  Schubert - my POV is that frogman doesn't "see" the music, he hears it and feels it.If music is "seeable" for you, you may be stuck in the European sheet music co... 
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Another great Art Farmer concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODZA7WSA3xkGotta wonder why the flugelhorn didn't figure more prominently in the jazz world, as did the tenor sax among the woodwinds.  Richer, deeper tone - sexier than the trumpet... 
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@orpheus10 Great photo, thanks!  It led me to this one, which isn't quite as perfect.  The two must have been taken a few seconds apart (don't forget how cumbersome camera flash "bulbs" were in those days).  Monk's expression is the same in both.h... 
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@frogman Priceless skit - Barbutti does the lower-rung player perfectly.  Love him gearing up with the mute, then throwing in one note.  We've all been there. 
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2nd trumpet, but we only had 1-2-3.  Eventually migrated to baritone and a little French horn, the latter being a b**** to play cleanly.Funny that so many of us began with trumpet - I can't recall this coming up before on JFA! 
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Did someone mention Freddie?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VN8zH366M8 
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@rok2id "Since I Fell for You" and "Ruby, my Dear" just made me melt.  Well done, thanks. 
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@isochronism Glad you liked the Kenny Wheeler.  My understanding is that JFA regular Mahgister is also a KW aficionado.  Enjoy your exploration! 
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@mahgister "Calm Revolutionaries."  A very apt phrase you just coined.  Well done.