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| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for the links frogman. As orpheus10 stated some "refreshing", and to me great sounding straight ahead jazz. I noticed Peter Bernstein plays guitar on the first 2 links. He is an awesome guitar player whom I have had the pleasure of seeing l... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Shelly Manne was considered by many jazz aficionados to be one of the founding fathers of west coast jazz. Here are some quotes:From wiki:Manne is often associated with the once frequently criticized West Coast school of jazz.He has been considere... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10 """"New Jazz" for me will be "West Coast"; there is so much of it I like that I'm unfamiliar with, and it's so different from East Coast.""""Please do yourself a favor and purchase the 4 CD set of Shelly Manne and His Men "Live at the Bl... | |
| Jazz for aficionados nsp thanks for the link on that Mclean disc. I will probably end up buying it. Glad you saw Miles. I did not because I discovered the beauty of Jazz when I was around 30 and Miles was gone. I was strictly a rock & roller until the early 90's w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10 Its available on vinyl here:https://www.amazon.com/Wight-Concert-Vinyl-Miles-Davis/dp/B000ZOSTHW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1534...Or an mp3 download I don’t see a CD on AmazonYou should just get the DVD "Miles Electric" which features h... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for all the links acman3I have that Jim Hall disc. Really good group he put together for that session.IMHO Miles made just a couple of good studio recordings 80-91. The live stuff is better. I only own 1 studio album from that period-Star P... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Was at Birdland last night to see the 4 Generations of Miles show featuring Mike Stern, Buster Williams, Sonny Fortune, and Jimmy Cobb.It was an excellent show with Stern playing most of the sax parts on guitar and Fortune playing the trumpet part... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "Seems we have a definitive answer on Soul"I wouldn't call that soul but it is interesting. Or was that sarcasm for the last month or so posts about who has soul and who don't!A lot of great musicians on that recording session.SOUL 101!https://www... | |
| Jazz for aficionados R.I.P. ArethaInteresting discussion on what is and is not "free jazz"I own just about everything John Coltrane ever recorded. The thing is I could listen to Giant Steps and A Love Supreme over and over again and enjoy it. When I sit down for a lis... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Another bit to chew on:Bruce Lundvall: I remember years ago, Roy Eldridge did a blindfold test, one of Leonard Feather’s for Down Beat. And Roy started off by saying, “I can tell. I can always tell if the musician is black or white.” He was wr... | |
| Jazz for aficionados There is some cool music links on this page intertwined with an ongoing debate on racism as it pertains to music. I just googled " the difference between black and white jazz musicians and found a mountain of articles.https://www.nyu.edu/projects/... | |
| Jazz for aficionados nspI too am 30 minutes east we must be close. Zip 11967 here. I also visit his grave at Pinelawn from time to time. A great tune by Woody Shaw:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5yJndPO6QI | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10At least you saw him live. I was but 4 years old when he passed. I hope you are feeling good today. One day at a time. You are in my prayers as are everyone I know stricken with that insidious disease. | |
| Jazz for aficionados rok2idI am lucky as I live on Long Island about 30 minutes from John Coltrane's last residence which I often go and stroll around the yard and peer into the windows. They are in the process of repairing the interior of the house allowing the publi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados nspI listened to all her discs years ago on my SACD compatible player. Since then I have ripped my whole collection to my laptop via Windows Media Player in FLAC format (lossless). I connect my Laptop to my AVR via HDMI to listen to music so I do... |