rok2id
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| Jazz for aficionados 'State of the art' sound comes very low / early on the price ladder. Speaking of amplification, I would say around the mid-level ranges of Marantz, Yamaha, Denon, Onkyo etc.... All above this price range is hype, voodoo, delusion, exotic desig... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Am I erroneously attributing this quote to you? No, not at all. It's me, I just think it was some time ago. Just curious. Like you, I will fight no more forever, on these threads.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados "Where the f--k am I". The great society, or the results thereof.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados The OP is correct. Think of the photo, 'Great day in Harlem', taken in 1958. Think of trying to do that photograph today.Jazz seems to be on a similar trajectory as Boxing. Once, Great fighters were every where, now they are few and far betwee... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I assume this is meant to be tonque-in-cheek. . . Actually, it was meant to be a statement of fact.CheersBtw, When did I say this? | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Manuel de FallaNIGHTS IN THE GARDENS OF SPAINAlicia de Larrocha (piano)London Philharmonic OrchestraRafael Fruhbeck de BurgosDecca 1984Another one from the dawn of CD. Hanover, West Germany DM37 Notes: "After Manuel de Falla and Joaquin Turin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados One of my favorite pastimes watching ’Urban walkers’, guys who walk around major cities while holding video cameras. My favorite city is London, and quite often these guys pass by Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Not very impressive from the outside, and... | |
| Jazz for aficionados LIVE!!Oscar and Benhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5IaMdhVBFoMiss Dee Deehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSFdm82X70QMost talented babe on broadwayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCY8GpCNEh0&list=RD6sOygJsLDc4&index=2bless the childhttps:/... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I tried to delete this old, outdated stuff, but it wouldn't go away. Sorry.drum boogiehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-FaaCRjPRQbegin the beguinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCYGyg1H56stake the A trainhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1Jm... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados The 12 Cellists of the Berlin PhilharmonicTill Bronner(flugelhorn & trumpet), Simon Rattle(speaker), Janne Saksala(bass)EMI Classics 2002’ROUND MIDNIGHTNotes: "For their second EMI Classics release, The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic e... | |
| Reference Recordings (The Label) I have, and listened to today, Beethoven's 5&7, by the Pittsburgh Symphony on the Reference Recordings label. Some reviewers say it has dethroned Kleiber!!Outstanding recording and performance. While during a recent inventory, I discovered s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Questions to Aficianados: What do you make of all this. From the "Masterpiece" to the "incapacitated" Bird?From the ’BIRD’ book:Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes (verve, 1947-52)"Still controversial, still growing in critical statue, s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Za Kraljicu Marijuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGhqR3VIn1MCheers | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Los Angeles Guitar QuartetLATINPrimarily a Classical group, but they do dabble.Carmen Suitehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moblmkgUF-Y -- toreadorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq01l9tnce8 -- gypsy dancenotes:"no one can capture the essence ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados edcyn,Could this be it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abMfrAOdZOQI started my musical journey with 78's, but I don't have anything by Kappel. Didn't really get into classical until the early 60's. I do remember the NBC Symphony. That's Tos... |