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| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10You are the OP of this thread. Do you really want to turn it into a sociopolitical thread?Or shall we stick to music?Just asking because I like your posts on music but the other stuff is not appropriate IMHO. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks frogman for your candid take on Steve Coleman, The Five Elements and M Bass Collective.I agree 100% that the oft rotating musicians in Coleman’s collaborations are always creating and evolving. The signature Coleman blues/funk grooves are a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados frogmanMind you Coleman uses rappers on a few of his tunes. These songs I could do without. Here is how an All Music reviewer described one of his albums:Alto saxophonist Coleman conceives his music as "a symbolic language used to express the natu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I agree with the frogman 100% in regards to Kind Of Blue.A "landmark album" in the jazz genre and maybe the best one at that.I also consider a few of the Mingus and Brubeck albums "landmark" as well as the initial bebop recordings in the 40'sI am ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ghosthouseTony Williams was a incredibly talented drummer and Civilization is a fantastic album. | |
| Jazz for aficionados frogmanI would like to hear your opinion on Steve Coleman and The Five Elements and please be honest (you wont hurt my feelings)!! | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10 Steve Coleman has been around the jazz scene since the late 70's.Coleman (now age 63) grew up in South Side Chicago and started playing the alto sax at age 14. He moved to NYC in 1978 and payed his dues playing in the Thad Jones Mel Lewi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I have posted Steve Coleman many times before and never got a response. I guess I'm the only one here who thinks he is a phenomenal sax player, composer and arranger who has recorded and released many terrific albums. The driving force behind many... | |
| Jazz for aficionados frogmanThose Claudio Roditi tunes are cool. I think I'll add a few Claudio Roditi discs to my collection.He and Jimmy Heath are in a better place playing music together. | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10I enjoyed those 2 video's from Newen Afrobeat. Very good feel on both songs. Good musicians as well. They currently have 2 albums both available through Amazon's MP3 format. I did not find a CD of either album on Amazon. | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10Thanks for the Milt Jackson and Jimmy Heath links.Love And Understanding is a beautiful album. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jimmy Heath with Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson 1948: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=167Vsvsf_TIJimmy Heath with Miles Davis 1953:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdEuuok2XVgJimmy Heath's first recording as a leader in 1959:https://www.youtube.com... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jimmy Heath's obituary as printed in The Guardian Heath was born in Philadelphia, began playing the alto saxophone when he was 14, and was making his living with it five years later. His father, Percy Sr, was a car mechanic who played the clarinet... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I am sorry to hear of Jimmy’s passing. He was one of my favorite jazz musicians/composers. He was also an excellent teacher. The jazz community has lost one of its premier ambassadors.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bub0sqPgTTMhttps://www.youtube.... | |
| Jazz for aficionados One O'clock Jump on the Hammond B3 Jimmy Smith and Brother Jack McDuff:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b-jglWdXmMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53cRXt1OSmE |