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| Jazz for aficionados I just read this rather scathing review of McCoy Tyner’s piano playing. I was shocked to put it mildly. Once again, the virtuosity vs. "soul/feeling/depth" is brought into play. I happen to think Tyner, although no Bill Evans, is a very good piani... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nothing new mary jo? I guess you didn't like the Roy Buchanan song. What about the beautiful ballad by Hank Mobley? | |
| Jazz for aficionados SchubertI certainly am not trying to insult anyone here. I agree that sustained slower notes and rythm can be more taxing on players. I don't, however, prescribe to the belief that less is more. Depends on the mood I am in and who is playing what ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Another great one for the "slower is better" or "slower is harder to play" crowd. A true master of his instrument can play both hard and fast and slow and smooth..... JMHOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX-4OGaMmfo | |
| Jazz for aficionados nsp, I have listened to a few songs of Places and Spaces and passed on it. Black Byrd, Electric Byrd, Fancy Free and Ethiopian Knights, are my favorite 70's Byrd.Ethiopian Knights has these 2 long funk/soul/jazz jams that I really like:https://www... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEHUjSA8q3U | |
| Jazz for aficionados I have Catwalk and Royal Flush but after hearing that song I will be adding Mustang to my collection. From his Blue Note label recordings I have Off To The RacesBird In HandFuegoLive at the Half Note Café volumes 1 and 2 (a favorite)Byrd In Flight... | |
| Jazz for aficionados nsp that is one of Donald Byrd's albums that I do not have. Its a beautiful song and he does it justice. | |
| Jazz for aficionados alex thanks for those 3 versions of I'm a Fool to Want You. I am a big fan of Frank Sinatra but like all 3!I bought the Joe Pass album Virtuoso on cd. I wanted to hear it again after I heard your LP. He really was a great guitarist. | |
| Jazz for aficionados mary jo that is beautiful singing and beautiful trumpet playing.I had never heard that song before. Thanks! | |
| Jazz for aficionados frogman, the AEOC box set features Lester Bowie on the majority of the discs. I like his interpretation of "I Only Have Eyes For You."The box set has a total of 21 discsAlbums 1 - 4 Art Ensemble of Chicago1. Nice Guys disc - 12. Full Force disc -... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Red Garlandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aaUB8Rx2KA | |
| Jazz for aficionados Slow blues from Hawkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnErpwdA2kY | |
| Jazz for aficionados A slow one from JC and orchestrahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ_cnJp71BA | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks frogman its kind of frustrating knowing that engineers could and should make the recordings like ECM. ECM is a relatively small label and if they can do it why not the others?You can have a 50,000 dollar sound system and the source, if bad,... |