learsfool
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| Jazz for aficionados Hi Orpheus - First, you seem convinced that I was the person Frogman referred to in that post - I am not at all sure. There could be a few others. Second - you had asked me to respond to the video you posted of Andre Previn performing and conduc... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Orpheus - one of your recent posts reminded me of the Previn conversation, and that fact that I never did listen to that. So I just did. Previn's general reputation, both in the classical and jazz worlds, is that though he was quite talented,... | |
| Best Ways to Organize a Classical Record LP Collection ? My two cents on this - really the only reason to organize by label would be if you consider yourself more of a collector, or if you are more interested in the sonics of a recording than the performance. As a professional musician, the concept of ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10 - I saw the link to Previn playing a Mozart concerto. That is interesting, as I don't believe I have ever heard his classical piano playing, or if I have it was way back when I was in school, and I don't remember. I honestly do not know ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Orpheus, in the classical world, Andre Previn is mainly known as a conductor, though he did write a few pieces. He also wrote a few film scores. I don't think I have ever even heard any of his classical compositions, let alone played them. Cert... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Orpheus - I just saw your question about what classical music would be cool. I have been sitting here for fifteen minutes trying to decide how to respond. This is actually a difficult question, as I have absolutely no idea what you would thin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Newbee - I would say that your experience is quite common. Many people that don't think they like something when they first hear it change their minds later, after more exposure to things more easily understandable. Artists, too, both compose... | |
| Shostakivich Symphony No 5 Another good performance is the St. Louis Symphony conducted by Slatkin on RCA. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman reminds me that I never answered that question about what is the hardest when I went off on my mellophone rant, LOL! He is absolutely correct that each instrument has it's own problems. Among the brass, though, as I think I have said bef... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - first of all, "mellophonium" is actually a strange name. Perhaps Conn called their instrument by that name as a marketing thing. Usually, the instrument is referred to as a "mellophone." They are still very much in use in marching band... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Orpheus - I have a couple of questions, and a comment. First, I for one am very puzzled by your use of the term "wire-worshipers." If this is a reference to something on this thread, I must have missed it. What do you mean by it? I am assum... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Orpheus - I am not "cleverly evading" anything. You are either willfully misunderstanding, or refusing to understand, however you like, what Frogman and I have said. As for me, I did not say that "I" or "you" have to practice improvisation. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I actually consider Charles Ives to be the quintessential American composer. He wrote quite a lot of music - hundreds of songs, a very famous piano sonata called the Concord Sonata, and many pieces for orchestra. A very short and popular piece f... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi guys - Rok has provided over the last day or so a perfect example of what I was talking about with O-10....sigh, indeed. Frogman, this is reminding me of a certain John Cleese video from about a year ago. O-10, I generally visit this site ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10 - thanks for the response, which again is quite good, as far as it goes. The problem is, as Alex tried to point out, it doesn't really go far enough. As he says, you have dismissed many things without explanation that others have written... |