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| Jazz for aficionados Well, Miles is no longer with us either, but I am. (former trumpet player)Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today’s Listen:Tony Allen / Hugh Masekela -- REJOICESpeaking of getting old. Allen died in Paris in Jan 2020. Age 80.I like the drumming, and have always loved Masekela’s flugelhorn, but the music, like The Duke said, has a sameness to it. Not m... | |
| Jazz for aficionados this music is new to me; I don't know how that can be, but there it is; That's because you think you have heard all the Jazz from the Golden age. You have not. I doubt if you have scratched the surface. Just like the rest of us.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Well, I can understand how a man raised all his life on Rib-Eye and T-bone, might have a hankering for neck bones in his old age.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Peterson, Basie and Pass clip:Very informative and funny. When Jazz players talk, they will usually have you in stitches. Notice how Basie's hands just seem to float over the keys. What a touch. These are accomplished Jazz musicians. No rush,... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Didn't mean to imply YOU posted noise, I was just in agreement with the person who said the Impulse Label was a factor in his purchasing a disc. I do that all the time. Esp with Blue Note.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados I seem to be stuck in the B’s today.Count Basie, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Art Blakeyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAxHNoK4o1Q bluesvillehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuC_UqZIXw0 contractor blues --- Joe Pass on Guitarhttps://www.youtube.com/wat... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I suppose it's my fault for expecting something else. It's on Impulse The reviewer makes a valid point that really resonates with me. If you wanna make noise, don't do it on labels like Blue Note, Impulse, Verve, Columbia etc.......Those lab... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Concise and precise as always. ThanksCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados If you're at home on a Saturday night: LOUD! Polks are recommended, but not a requirement.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNw2F_LevVU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbL734VFJqk&list=RDwbL734VFJqk&start_radio=1&t=0 https://www.you... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Art Tatum -- THE BEST OF THE COMPLETE PABLO GROUP MASTERPIECESwith a cast of thousands. Taken from the 6CD Complete Group Masterpieces.Good informative notes by Scott Yanowperdidohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl0hQ1l2Xjs just o... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today’s Listen:Charlie Parker -- BEST OF THE COMPLETE SAVOY AND DIAL STUDIO RECORDINGSFeaturing: Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, John Lewis, Erroll Garner, Max Roach, Bud Powell.Very good sound quality, compared to most Bird recordings... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ever notice how Jazz is the depository in the music world for all music / noise that can't readily be identified as belonging to any other genre.Instrumental music is not by definition, Jazz.Improvised music is not by definition, Jazz.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados One of the things that a great recording artist considers is the order of the tunes on the record. almost like the movements of symphony:Excellent point. I was about to say something similar about some of this so-called African music, but did not... | |
| Jazz for aficionados If they had not made such wonderful and willing slaves, the slave trade would have lasted about two weeks. Think about it.Cheersbtw, the Jazz umbrella is not as large as folks would like or think. |