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| Jazz for aficionados Some more old geezers that jam!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCaN2irGItA | |
| Jazz for aficionados That bunch of old geezers are awesome!thanks for sharing! | |
| Jazz for aficionados BTW i've seen Stanley Clarke live and he can play the hell out of the upright bass But I do agree with rok2id about Charles Mingus. I do not think bass player but I do think composer,& bandleader .Agreed nsp. I saw the Return to Forever reu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "No one thinks ’Bass player’ when Mingus’ name is mentioned.. He was so much more than that. Ellington: Piano player?"Now if you include the word influential when describing great jazz artist I see your point. Ellington, Mingus, and Thelonious Mon... | |
| Jazz for aficionados By the way, Art Pepper who I mentioned above is one of my favorite "old timers" I have about 20 cd's of his including the legendary comeback box set at the Village Vangaurd. He was tormented by heroin addiction (as were a lot of jazz musicians at ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Joe Lovano is another example of an extremely talented modern sax player. I had a chance to see him several times but something always came up. I have a few of his recordings. I saw Eric Alexander at Smoke Jazz Club NYC with Jimmy Cobb on drums ab... | |
| Jazz for aficionados rok2idThe majority of jazz aficionados like I said up thread are "stuck" in the old days listening to the greats of the 1940 -1970 era. Your statement above simplifies my response.Name ONE sax player today that you think is as good as the old time... | |
| Jazz for aficionados frogman buy the James Carter cd "Out of Nowhere" its live and the song "Highjack" alone is worth the 25 bucks. Here is a review of the album on Amazon that is spot on about JC's critics:This is probably a four star CD, but I'm giving it five in or... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Lou Donaldson and Dr. Lonnie Smith the Hammond B3 master. By the way Lou is also a good comedian!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r6M0Pl-KqELou use to play all the time with Lonnie until about 10 years back. I guess he went on stage here to suppor... | |
| Jazz for aficionados frogman check out this one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUFLjQ1I408I was at this show 3 1/2 years back and it was no let down!!JC, Pharoah Sanders and Odean Popehttp://www.bluenote.net/newyork/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=12258bluesy41 I have seen ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados rok2idWhat hype?....many jazz aficionados seem to get "stuck" in the 1940-1970 era sax players and never give the up and coming modern players a listen. Sure I agree that Coltrane, Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt et al were masters of their pr... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great JC interview in Jazztimes: https://jazztimes.com/reviews/gearhead/james-carter-blows-through-saxophone-history/Sonny Rollins says about Carter "that's my man." Carter also is a collector of rare saxophone's many of them used by some of the ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados A young JC at Carnegie Hall center stage with another great modern sax player Joshua Redman.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-00h49-YDE&list=RDMMn-00h49-YDE | |
| Jazz for aficionados To those asking about James Carter or JC as we call him here are a few good cd's to get.https://www.amazon.com/At-Crossroads-James-Carter/dp/B005HWUC04/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&q...https://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Earth-James-Carter-Medesk... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @ waldemar^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Kind of Blue has at least 50 different pressings.The link posted above by frogman is a good place to start. I have the 2009 Legacy version and its a pretty good pressing. I also have an sacd hybrid pressed in Japan that's a... |