orpheus10

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Nsp, thank you for that interview. That was an incredible time in an incredible city; The South Side was like a city unto itself that was quite diverse. That no longer exists. 
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Salome De Bahia lit my fire this morning;      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIYY8upJ3cU      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR7oXVELPgk 
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I liked Gato a lot, especially his Latin third world jazz.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZxiL5gdmjc    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-txBekIo-5o    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkrD5rXYhCgThat last cut is "Speak Low" by Gato 
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Rok, Gato spent about 10 minutes with Don Cherry in that "Free thing" and I didn't like it either, but since then he became one of my favorites; I have him all the way through his various evolutions.          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIRI6C... 
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Rok, I don't know whats wrong with my link of Gabor Szabo but it refuses to start at the beginning of the album; back it up to the beginning. 
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Rok I've got a stack of Gabor's records; here's my pick for today;      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Nd3E3dVYw 
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Rok, I've got just about everything by Oscar Brown Jr. and as much as I like that one, I'm going to submit another one.This is my hometown girl, and I like everything she does; maybe it's because we both been drinking that Mississippi River water ... 
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Schubert, lets face it, the reason we liked Johnny Mathis so much was because his songs reminded us of the most beautiful girl in the world; she was the one we were in love with at that time.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsLITm1K3xE 
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I just noticed that I overlooked Schubert's post; he didn't say much, but what he said resonated with me; he mentioned Lee Morgans version of "Since I Fell For You".That, without a doubt is the most incredible instrumental version of that tune the... 
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The title of this thread is "Jazz For Aficionados", not Orpheus and Frogman; with that, I return to the subject of the thread."Nica's Dream" by Dee Dee Bridgewater is my favorite vocal of that tune;    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEFHBKLsbxc  ... 
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Frogman, after reading your last post, I realize how much better off we would all be if I just disregarded all your posts. 
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Let us altogether examine what happened; I wrote a "vignette", that is a small impressionistic scene, an illustration, a descriptive passage, a short essay, a fiction or nonfiction work focusing on one particular moment.I've done this a number of ... 
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Frogman, you could f--k up a wet dream. 
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Pjw, those are two of my favorite vocalists. Since nobody has posted him, I totally forgot how fantastic Johnny Mathis was, and Etta Jones is a favorite since "Don't Go To Strangers"        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwdeska8H-YShe puts so m... 
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I thoroughly enjoyed each "Fats Navarrow" clip; no doubt about it, he's tops in bop.Trumpet is the only instrument where I have an over all favorite, he's Lee Morgan; as well as I like many other trumpet players, he's my all around favorite.      ...