orpheus10

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Jazz for aficionados
Acman, Gregory Porter is a vocalist who compels you to stop and listen; besides having a fantastic voice, the words to his songs are so relevant. 
Jazz for aficionados
Greyhound, that was a cool groove; it had that laid back Caribbean flavor, as in the Islands. It's on my list. 
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Mary_jo, your post was a fantastic way to start my day. When one reaches the age of maturity, permanence is chosen over flaming passion.I enjoyed each one of your links; they speak to the people who can be spoken to, the people who have love for ... 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E82BifytoYY 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gmGL5SqhaY&list=PLEz0lOrg2lixsJpCOrWI1xSsL-JCbb7xU 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFOc9N1kXKA 
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"Miles Davis"; I have had a long time love and not like so much affair with Mr. Davis's music. We're from the same "neighborhood" but I didn't know this until after he was dead, and I read his autobiography.I knew his brother "Vernon" for ages, b... 
Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz.......
Frogman, you live in a musical universe of your own creation, and you never run out of "rose colored glasses"."Feeling blue” is expressed in songs whose verses lament injustice or express longing for a better life and lost loves, jobs, and money. ... 
Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz.......
Let us compare the sound of the "Delta Blues" to the sound of Blues in Jazz;          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyIquE0izAg          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0aIjyX7vwINow lets listen to Blues in jazz;            https://www.youtub... 
Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz.......
I notice nobody has mentioned "Ragtime", which is linked to Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton who claims to have invented jazz.It seems that what's called modern jazz has come a long way. While modern jazz borrows from many genres of music, I do... 
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That Clarksdale clip pretty much defined the "real" Blues, and Jazz is still jazz; my ears tell me so. When I hear any of the classic Blues players from Clarksdale playing "On Green Dolphin Street" I might have a change of heart. 
Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdR6MN2jKYs 
Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz.......
Mary Lou Williams - The Blues;    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X4r5ZioIBw 
Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz.......
Frogman, the best I can do is is two different categories of music; Delta Blues, and jazz Blues. 
Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz.......
Good question Frogman, beside the fact that I'm in pursuit of that vinyl LP and I think it's a most significant jazz tune, I had no real point, but I realize that is the central cause of confusion.It seems that even "jazz musicians" are confused b...