mary_jo

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Larry Young / Bobby Hutcherson / Elvin Jones / Grant Green======= Street Of Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08balpAm9Ak Tracklist 1 I Wish You Love 0:00 2 Lazy Afternoon 8:44 3 Street Of Dreams 16:30 4 Somewhere In The Night 25:32 * * ... 
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It Ain’t Necessarily So - Grant Green w/Sonny Clarkhttps://youtu.be/pwexZIZwgfcMaybe tomorrow - Grant Greenhttps://youtu.be/k9oNHowrg4wWe’ve Only Just Begun - Grant Greenhttps://youtu.be/wEXdNZjkE_s 
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That is very nice and educative post fro. What I haven’t added in the previous post is what you have written: "Each player will also have certain “built in” sound characteristics." The instrument obviously can sound (react) differently in differen... 
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"$225,000 range. Bosendorfers up to $500,000 depending on finish. Unique instruments can go for over $1M on auction."Wow, this is crazy...like $791,500 is crazy for Eric Clapton’s acoustic guitar. It is mostly the name (the brand) that you are pay... 
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"Pick your battles where it make sense to fight them..."I like this. It says a lot... 
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"What about brass instruments, do they sound different ? (if made by same producer)"Well, for some time already, I was going to ask precisely the same question...Also, I would like to write something about (the differences among) classical guitars... 
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p.s.2"I think the key is to use the disagreement as a way to have better understanding instead of immediately jumping to “the dark side” and shutting down the dialogue; or worse...far worse. Regards."fro, I watched yesterday a reality show. A woma... 
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p.s.1"Does anybody remember Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert? They were two of the best movie critics; while they differed a lot, when they were in agreement, it was time to buy some movie tickets.":-----) lol, if you by any chance spot some of the anc... 
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p.s."Btw, the Jazz Queen of Croatia is exempt from the question."Ooh...I got my title back. Now we can talk normally. What was the question...? 
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Speaking of slavery...Just a reminder on Liberia case.Liberia was founded as a colony for former African-American slaves ( "send them back"). The ones who came at that time to Liberia, imposed modern slavery on natives by exploiting them for labor... 
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 "I wouldn’t be that hard on rok..."pjw, I must agree with schubi on this matter. All could be just a role from rok's side. An actor's part in a play. We all do that sometimes, more or less, in different plays of course. Set role aside for a while... 
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schuberthttps://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/09/04/vienna-remains-the-worlds-most-liveable-cityFrom the same article:"On the EIU’s index, which ranks 140 cities on 30 factors bunched into five categories—stability, health care, culture an... 
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Pity, I do not have quite many memories like that...but since my job often brings me to Vienna (Wien) in Austria, I have visited there Schubert’s Geburtshaus (the house where he was born) and a house where Mozart used to live (he lived on several ... 
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schubi, we are two predictable ones and we feel good about it! Besides, magnificent melodies have both, predictable and unpredictable parts. 
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This one tops my list very often...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J0ZpJMQjDo "My Little Brown Book" I am so predictable...