n80
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| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. Wow, that chick can wail on the harp!I have dabbled with harmonica. Can’t play much of anything because I never stuck with it. Still have a few of them.Have drums now. Same scenario but I can play through a few songs now. Went from small, quiet an... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. @oregonpapa I knew they were mono. And I can hear that immediately. I thought I was supposed to look for other differences. I misunderstood.However, I still felt like there was some sound stage. As impossible as that may be.In terms of mono vs ste... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. @oregonpapa said: "To be honest, David Sanborn is not for jazz purists."Of course, at this point I am not a jazz purist so that does not make a big difference to me. I do seem to recall hearing about Sanborn, in the 80's maybe, as being more pop o... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. Still enjoying Sanborn's Another Hand. Maybe the darker stuff is for me?Listened to more Harry Connick, Jr. I like it okay. Wife likes it a lot. | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. Noticed something interesting when I went to the dynamic range database and looked up Kind of Blue. There was not a single recording listed that suffered from any significant dynamic range reduction. Even recent production CDs have excellent DR.If... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. @pryso Thanks. I'm not sure that I like Kind of Blue for the right reasons. I'm sure there is depth there that I have not explored or even recognized is there. But, when you are initially drawn to something it is a lot easier to dig deep than when... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. @oregonpapa said: "Like a lot of jazz musicians, Kenny G.went over to the dark side to make money"I think this is true in a lot of genres. Lots of serious rock bands abandoned their core stuff to make ballads. They all made tons of money on cheesy... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. I don't remember if anyone has mentioned Harry Connick, Jr. Is that jazz? I have a couple of his albums but not sure if they're jazz or not. I have them because I got them for my wife. I almost never listen to them. The ones I have seem more pop o... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. So, Miles Davis. I like Kind of Blue and like Porgy and Bess. Most definitely do not like Big Fun or Bitches Brew. Those two seem very abstract to me, discordant, uncomfortable. I know that’s heresy but that is not the direction for me. Not yet an... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. @onhwy61 said: "If you don't like what you've heard, then why bother?"Well, a couple of things come to mind: At first I didn't like beer, bourbon, Scotch, asparagus, caviar, oysters, foie gras, etc etc. Over a lifetime I've come to value and appr... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. Thanks again guys. This is why I always come back to Audiogon, even when I've been gone for a while. You guys have given me days of listening "assignments". Random thoughts so far:I like Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. Easy to listen to. Heard some of ... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. Thanks guys. Not checking out of the discussion but I'm down at my cabin with no internet access other than spotty cell data.Lots to process here. Will be checking out a lot of the recommendations. Some stuff is just immediately not for me. Other ... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. @goheelz , thanks for that recommendation. I was typing the question about the foundational stuff as you were posting. | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. @erik_squires , so Erik, the good news is that it looks like I’m not completely dead inside. Trombone Shorty is good. Looking forward to digging deeper of course, just sampling things right now.Marcus Miller is good. Maybe a little more funky than... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. Thanks guys. I'll get busy giving these a try. |