orpheus10

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Jazz for aficionados
These are three of my favorites. This brings back memories of hearing Grant in a small club before he became famous; I can hear those notes popping off his strings like they were just outside my ear, and I would sit there with my eyes closed lang... 
Jazz for aficionados
Thank you very much Alex. It's very painful for me to see someone I walked and talked with, plus even heard his music before Blue Note ever heard of him. I heard his music in a fashion that few people ever get to hear any musician, and that's wh... 
Jazz for aficionados
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giCf5vu86NE  
Jazz for aficionados
Frank, this Bud's for you;    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lEEtsUna74 
Jazz for aficionados
Frank, that music was made at a time when Dinah was really on top, and the musicians with her as well;Dinah Washington – lead vocalsClark Terry – trumpetPaul Quinichette – tenor saxophoneCecil Payne – baritone saxophoneJimmy Cleveland – tromboneWy... 
Jazz for aficionados
Oregonpapa, do you have that on vinyl or CD; I was just wandering if I needed to try and find the vinyl for Dinah? 
Jazz for aficionados
Oregonpapa, I can hear what impressed you so much about that little girl, I was moved as well.I had to play "Blue Gardenia" twice; it took me back to another time, that instrumentation was so fantastic that I could listen to it forever, and Dinah ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Now I’m playing the Nina that’s in my collection; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZxnwrGPQEs  
Jazz for aficionados
Two more of my favorites by Nina;      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=139fXzrRjyc      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVEbzdN_7n0 
Jazz for aficionados
"You Don't Know What Love Is" was hard to listen to after one had experienced it in real time.When I was 4 or 5 years old, I remember a junkman coming down the alley behind us pulling his cart on rickety wagon wheels;    https://www.youtube.com/w... 
Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound?
sdrsdrsdr134, I am so into R2R that I haven't posted on this thread in regard to R2R, but that was in response to "Raul" always commenting on distortion and noise. 
Jazz for aficionados
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky-bv16MqPE    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS8SdPl7ze8   
Jazz for aficionados
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; this is some of the most beautiful music in my collection;    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNNagah14wY    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLaUctgmAtU    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSggeAnx6jw 
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Charles Mingus was the most creative jazz musician ever born, he even made other musicians play way over their heads and make music they didn't know they had in them.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpMlCDSoxkECharles Mingus – bassJackie McL... 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF3IktTk_pQ