orpheus10
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| Jazz for aficionados "WAR" is a group we touched on a few times, but now I'm giving them a serious listen, which they deserve because they have put out some seriously good music."Fidel's Fantasy" is my top pick, but there are others that I like almost as well. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Some things get better with age; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHold6ylvEM | |
| Love it when it snows According to "Google"; Over the past 50 years, the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history. And experts see the trend is accelerating: All but one of the 16 hottest years in NASA’s 134-year record have occu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados That is the way Johnny Ace went, and so young. His LP is in good shape. I no longer make any great distinction between LP and CD, if the LP I have, which I had before CD is good, fine; if not I think I'll replace it with CD.My LP of "Here Tis" i... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I have all the best "Doo Wop" on one long tape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvzNeh4Mq1o&list=PL2t8WTXg8nxNHwndQbud_g5RjTGRSiP73 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IePTH1PWzAsPlus the best of "Johnny Ace" on LP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v... | |
| Jazz for aficionados My last two cars have been ford, present car is a Ford Taurus. My dream cars are 56 convertible chevy, and 57 convertible Fairlane 500; those are the one's I lusted for.I can't tell one car from another today, but since I only go to the grocery s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufzRV3xspYA | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, my uncle bought a 57 Plymouth Fury in 57, and he wanted to visit some people in Cape Girardeau, MO, which is 117 miles from St. Louis. My older cousin drove us down there and back on a 2 lane highway.We partied with some people he knew until... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, when I retold that Coltrane story, this is the first time I mentioned the 63 Buick LaSabre. It was a convertible, powder blue with a white top. That didn't mean much in the Winter, but never the less, it was a sharp car. I bet you don't re... | |
| Jazz for aficionados At this stage in my life, you would have to pay me to go to a live performance. In my time we went to night clubs as opposed to auditoriums. You would have to pay me double for going to an auditorium.I spent 20 years getting my rig to please me;... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "The Morning of The Carnival" is one of my all time favorite songs. I had big desires and once had plans to do that "Carnival thang", but they didn't work out.That is a very nice relaxed cut of this tune. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Keegiam, by this time, my exploits are rather boring to the rest of the "aficionados"; that's because they've heard me talk about them for the "umpteenth" time. If you care to share with me the rest of my recounts of live experiences, you'll have... | |
| Jazz for aficionados This is "Trane" doing his "Trane Thang" two years after I saw him live. By this time, McCoy Tyner and Elvin jones knew how to deal with it; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsBbM5PIAHk | |
| Jazz for aficionados As I recall, it was in February of 63; me and my date, my friend and his date, went to the club in his girlfriend's brand new 63 powder blue, Buick LeSabre. ( I always liked to ride in style, no matter who’s car).The club was Gino’s, St. Louis, MO... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Keegiam, I saw "Trane", Elvin Jones, and McCoy Tyner when "My Favorite Things" was new, and our table was less than 20 feet away. Trane played the Soprano Sax on this date and the whole gang was smoking; that was unforgettable. https://w... |