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| Jazz for aficionados http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq57pw67ttw schubertThis ones for you! Not only is Tony's vocal great but this is an old song I play on piano occasionally. I had to laugh at the poster's comment that this was a union of the two greatest jazz singe... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjwNice old broadcast with S Manne & his group. The 1st song after the group is introduced "The King Swings" is from a soundtrack for an old tv show " Checkmate" . Don't know if you have the album it's on contemporary records I suggest you ch... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjwthanks for the posts on Helen Merrill. Did not know her ethnic background.I have been a fan of hers for quite a while . I think she has a very expressive voice. Was surprised others know of her as she was not as popular/did not have exposure of... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjwI have a ton of Lee konitz music. if you like Duo recordings konitz has saxophone piano Duo with Martial Solal called star eyes Hamburg 1983It has six standards and three Originals on the disc. another good more recent set is a 2 CD disc w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados schubertI thought you might like these two saxophonists:Grant Stewart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H_g0SuORcU Joel Press. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ7pgVcFKTU | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw , whart & frogmanIf you like Herbie Hancock's album Crossings and you should check out his other Warner Brothers album "Mwandishi". It has three long songs on it. It's available as a double CD. I have the original LPs from the 70s and the... | |
| Jazz for aficionados SchubertThat's an astute point you make about Evans sounding like a classical player. I cannot speak directly to this because I am not familiar with bartok's music. But I can tell you I have read in several places and maybe an Evans interview tha... | |
| Jazz for aficionados FrogmanLove your comments about Tony Bennett ie " the joy of singing "and" he has the smile in his sound ".Thanks for the additional Bennett posts BTW I have compared Tony'sversion of " lost in the Stars" to Frank Sinatra's And Tony's comes out o... | |
| Jazz for aficionados schubertI love your comments about Tony B .Yes a transcendent human being a gift to all of us who appreciate him. My favorite pianist and singer together. Tony's voice is so delicate and Beautiful on this tune:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bDFDY... | |
| Jazz for aficionados schubertI never liked any of Tony Bennett's duo outings, especially a PBS special I saw with Tony and Lady Gaga. She did not belong on the same stage . | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjwThat Bernstein quartet is on my buy list.I just bought 5 smallslive titles: Jazz Inc ( J Pelt , L Hayes), Planet Jazz, Tyler Mitchell, Grant. Stewart, Joe Magnarelli | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjwThat 2nd listing Bernstein, Goldings, Stewart i also have it was my 1st Smallslive purchase. Bill Stewart is perhaps my favorite drummer/ musician of the current generation. I've actually met him once. I purchased it at a reasonable price . I ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados frogmanThere is no doubting Sinatra's talent but I think he exhibited a swagger or cockiness in his singing that some may not like. And he was not always the best interpreter of a tune. Case in point : Sinatra and Bennett performing Body and Soul ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados frogmanIn the Adair and Sinatra versions of "Fly Me to the Moon" for me the thing that "locks in " the song is their impeccable sense of swing. That ,along with the tempo makes their versions right for the listener. I give credit to Adair's trio m... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjwSo that Tyner box set is 7 lps total. I'm interested as I only have "Inception" on sacd and I don't want to buy each cd one at a time. Was wondering if you have any "Smalls Live " cds. from NYC club I picked up two titles recently less than 10 ... |