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Jazz for aficionados
Alex, thanks.  Didn't know about the movie, and Django certainly was a giant.  Love the cigarette in the trailer.  Very accurate!  I gotta see this. 
Record Cleaner Advice?
I'm seeking advice from anyone who wants to weigh in on the value of a working but cosmetically busted VPI HW-17 record cleaning.As I previously posted, I bought one used.  It was delivered, but the packaging was inadequate.  The frame has two bro... 
Jazz for aficionados
**** But although Joe D said Holdsworth was "annoying" he also said he has deep respect for what he achieved and his playing. Just not what Joe D likes. ****Exactly what I was trying to get across last week!  I wouldn't go as far as "annoying.... 
Jazz for aficionados
pjw, you will find Holdsworth ranked ahead of Di Meola on most of the lists.  This crow is delicious!  (Remember - NOT a fan of the latter.) 
Jazz for aficionados
Frogman, thanks very much for putting that list of "greatest jazz guitarists" links.  They may not have budged Inna, but I enjoyed running through them and reading the comments.  And of course I added half a dozen titles to my acquisition list.I j... 
Jazz for aficionados
@inna So, in the space of a few days, you've said "Bream is good" (he's a master) and Joe Pass is "alright" and "can't really play."Which guitarists do you consider to be the masters? 
Jazz listening: Is it about the music? Or is it about the sound?
@mahgister I agree with most of your post, but... **** Music like language was never about sound but about meaning.... ****I think sound is much more important to music than it is to language.  (Unless, of course, one views sound as part of meanin... 
Jazz for aficionados
Great covers Frogman, thanks.  I'd like to add:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiAxr-j-B-kWhy am I not more familiar with Gigi Gryce? 
Jazz listening: Is it about the music? Or is it about the sound?
MC - the Brits would say if you're aiming at being funny with sarcasm, be subtle. 
Jazz for aficionados
@alexatpos Hot stuff from Rodney Jones, thanks!  Gotta share Jaco live in '82:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cpwaq7CxD4 
Jazz for aficionados
@ghosthouse This popped up on YT.  "The Making of 'River: The Joni Letters'"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWd9_vnNM7A 
Jazz for aficionados
@ghosthouse I found Corinne Bailey Rae to be a very intriguing songstress when I first heard her "Put Your Records On" hit.  I bought her CD - it sits on the shelf unplayed, but what a delightful, angelic voice she has.  And the slight Cockney eff... 
Jazz for aficionados
Warning: Chicago Blues ahead.  T-Bone Walker, Joe Turner, Otis Spann & more.  It is what it is."Super Black Blues"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSivRo8rYGA 
Pass Labs x250.8 vs tube amps
**** all solid state amps struggle to make power in the bass region. ****This runs counter to everything I've learned over the past 50 years. 
compliance
I got into high end in the mid 70s.  I can't imagine why anyone would have ever bought a Technics cartridge... or many of them.