orpheus10
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| Jazz for aficionados Miles Davis and Charlie Parker had one important thing in common: they were both driven at an early age to make music with their chosen instruments."Bird falsified his age to gain entry to competitive clubs in Kansas city, where he was rejected; a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados When you get in the mood for "Hank Crawford", no other music will do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmB9-7mW6ec | |
| Jazz for aficionados While Parker stated how fantastic schooling was, he had no formal training beyond high school. That was due to the "economic reality" of most jazz musicians."Study is absolutely necessary"; whether formal or informal, initially, all great jazz mu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Next to "Bird", the most beautiful music with strings was recorded by Clifford Brown; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnAu6Us8g7k&list=PLq4VW9oRlsbz4ZhvGTqB8qs5Ll7sJaKEE | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, you get funnier every day, Ha Ha! | |
| Jazz for aficionados That's the hipsters preferred "Night In Tunisia" "Bird's Bop" is above and beyond anything that ever came out of a horn on this planet, but not everyone is capable of hearing it. | |
| Jazz for aficionados "Still, I think the name of the album should have been, "The Benny Goodman Sextet: featuring Charlie Christian on Electric Guitar".Esp since the guitar being electric seemed to be an important point."I never discovered enough "Charley Christian" ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SadOBfejuMQ | |
| Jazz for aficionados "Blues For Flannery O' Conner"; she was one of my favorite writers; she was from Georgia and she wrote about the South from a southern view point.Mary_jo, if you want to see another reality, read "Flannery O' Conner". https://music.youtub... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfzhdSe68S4 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Mary_jo, you stated that "A person's perception of reality does not change or define reality."When I was talking to a very smart person, that's the reality I was referring to.He countered with "There are many "realities". His statement went into ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados There are many songs that inspire my imagination and this is one of them. I can imagine sitting next to the lady singing that song, and her telling me to "Close my eyes"; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my85PH5xOxs | |
| Jazz for aficionados Like magic, the "Ga Ga" person has appeared. I really liked that "Going Gaga Mash Up"! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, when I heard this I thought about you, it's about as Mississippi as you can get, nothing but the "Delta Blues". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKR1gH-fi68 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Coltrane, I can tell you haven't posted too often on this thread; we liked "Kind of Blue", but only one of us went "Ga Ga" over it. We're not the crowd that has several vinyl copies. I'm from Miles neighborhood, I even found a mistake in his auto... |