keegiam
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| Jazz for aficionados @frogman @acman3 Great explanation of what "poor Cedar Walton" was doing and why. I tend to zero in on the message I'm hearing from the musician's soul, so the compositional challenges they face escape me. Thanks!Pianos aren't saxes, and vice ve... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @acman3 It's disconcerting that you needed to ask which number I was talking about when I started my post with: "Glass Bead Show."Don't get me wrong - I love your contributions as always. But, can't we all just read each others' words? It used t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @acman3 "Glass Bead Games" is indeed spellbinding. Yikes. Jordan's playing is sublime. But poor Cedar Walton - what was he doing? | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister Well said re: frogman's heartfelt views on a priceless jazz treasure.On a few occasions I've enjoyed reversing the order of the 26,000+ posts here on JFA in order to read the oldest contributions (from 2013). I think you'd enjoy it too... | |
| Jazz for aficionados OK, since I nudged everyone, I gotta weigh in. Would that I had frogman's perspective and experience, but, as Popeye used to say, I yam what I yam.Things that blow me away:Stolen Moments - possibly the best jazz recording of all timeBaritone sax ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mary_jo Now there's a track that changed my day (actually, my week) big time. Sweet, swinging blues. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Still a newbie, so... why haven't you all ever discussed "Blues and the Abstract Truth?" (Just clowning around because I read the 2013 posts and couldn't resist.)Also, it's a good opportunity to weigh in on BATAT again. Why not? | |
| Jazz for aficionados @rok2id Well, well, well (as R.L. Burnside loved to say). Just look at how JFA has heated up recently. Not long ago you seemed to be lamenting that it had become a ghost town (paraphrasing of course). A fair amount of noise, but the best contr... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @frogman In the sad but good department, it's sad that I only ever saw one of those drummers perform, but good that it was Max Roach. Excellent list! | |
| Jazz for aficionados @pjw81563 I, keegiam, do hereby renounce my use of the word "vastly" in a recent post concerning Tony Williams and Buddy Rich. Furthermore, I am voluntarily undertaking a one-year moratorium on using the word "vastly" in any post on JFA. | |
| Jazz for aficionados At the risk of pissing off more afficionados than I already have in the last 24 hours, Tony Williams was a vastly better drummer than Buddy Rich. Rich was an amazing speed merchant and put together some impressive big band music (I still enjoy "B... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @schubert I do not think Bley "sucks." You're jumping to conclusions way too fast. I don't have enough experience with him to judge one way or the other at this point in my life.My specific question was, more or less, whether the first 2:00 is i... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @schubert Honestly, I had to stop listening at 2:00. Does it eventually get better than the tedious keyboard noodling we hear at the start? If so, in what way? | |
| Jazz for aficionados Lovely version of "Concierto de Aranjuez" led by Jim Hall (1975), unfortunately marred by an ill-fitting piano solo at about 12 minutes. Well worth the dive IMO. Chet Baker delivers perfection throughout.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLr56VZhG... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister Your wonderful post of Aug. 9 did not go as unnoticed or unappreciated as it may seem. Mary Jo was kind enough to respond "that is nice," but I felt you poured your heart and soul into that one - so why not let you know even after a we... |