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| Jazz for aficionados Rok, Lee Morgan is "smokin" as usual. Wes Montgomery sounds better on albums before he had those hits, and changed to a more popular oriented sound. I only have scratchy records of the time when he was deep in a jazz groove. New CD's sound so mu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Alex, I remember Horace Parlan from Mingus Albums, also he was especially good on "Salt Song" with Stanley Turrentine; these are the albums I have with his work as a sideman, now I'll have to get one where he's the leader.Enjoy the music. | |
| Jazz for aficionados lEARSFOOL AND Frogman, this is especially for you two guys; these top jazz musicians are talking to other musicians about "music". While I enjoyed this clip, I didn't always know what they were talking about; but they discussed "modal" and other ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jafant, many of my favorites by Mingus are on this album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPT__sB6hgU | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, as long as I've been listening to jazz, and that includes listening at a variety of friends homes, you would think that I had at least heard about almost every album in this time frame and genre (that's what I thought) I've never heard of eit... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jafant, although Charles Mingus plays bass, I don't think of him as a bassist because of all the music he's composed, and fantastic records he's made.I hope that's not too confusing, but when you get to be an old jazz "aficionado" you'll understan... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ghosthouse, I really appreciated your thoughtful post. When you get to be an old man, there is nothing more precious than childhood memories; this was at a time when everyday revealed something new and magical, that you shared with "a childhood f... | |
| Jazz for aficionados There is Leon Thomas the musician, and Leon my childhood friend; when they had the funeral for Leon the famous musician (famous in St. Louis) I had to close on the very same house I'm living in right now, and I couldn't attend both. In hindsight ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, sometime you have a hard time understanding things; before Leon Thomas was anything, he was a childhood friend, and now he's dead. Although he's been dead since 99, I haven't dealt with that fact. I might start a record, and then stop it. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ahmed Abdul Malik was an interesting bass player; he was of Sudanese descent and played with Thelonious Monk, Randy Weston, and Coleman Hawkins. This is his most exotic record. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVDnfy9soNU ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ghosthouse, jazz musicians depended more on record sales than concert tours. I forgot what the ticket prices were, but this wasn't a stadium; jazz musicians depended on record sales, and although records were selling, the musicians didn't seem to... | |
| Jazz for aficionados My point Ghosthouse was that with all the records he made, why should he be so desperate for money? I know nothing about the music business, but that used to occur far too often with jazz musicians; but now that "Rappers" are taking care of every... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Believe it or not; I read that Leon was going to be in town, appearing at the same joint where I saw Grant Green.During intermission, I saw guys from the old neighborhood gathered around Leon on the sidewalk out front. Naturally I joined them and... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Many of the best jazz songs are like a short story. I've written a vignette for this song. The name of the song is "invitation", and now the song becomes alive with your imagination. There's a mid city lounge that feature strong drinks and good... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ghosthouse, Grant Green died going on tour because he needed money, when his doctor told him not to go.Grant spent much of 1978 in hospital and, against the advice of doctors, went back on the road to earn some money. While in New York to play an ... |