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Jazz for aficionados
 Interesting in that Cannonball doesn’t play with his usual urgency and front of the beat vibe. But, not surprising.  Strings makes everything smooth and mellow.  I hear strings, I think of how they ruined Nate Cole's music.   But beautiful Ca... 
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Today's Listen:Hank Jones  --  AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'with / Richard Davis(b), Roy Haynes(d), Bob Ojeda(tp), Teddy Edwards(ts & cl),Kenny Burrell(g).Notes: "Waller was a great life force, his playing and composing were brimming with vitality.  The w... 
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Dreams of New Orleans:Wycliffe Gordon: trombones (slide tracks 1,3-8,10-14), (valve, track 9), (soprano bone, tracks 2 & 8), vocals (tracks 6 & 14) & trumpet (track 15).track 15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyxnLyMg8Gg Cheers 
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One of the most distinguishing features of 'Aficionados', is that the OP has stayed with the thread all the way.I do not know 'what happened'.We can't have a thread without the OP.Cheers 
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Still, I am not sure how to behave from now on, this was quite inconsiderate act from audiogon. Simple and kind warning should have been enough. We are not kids, ok, maybe Rok only, but the rest of us would have surely understood the message. :-... 
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Today's Listen:Wycliffe Gordon  --  DREAMS OF NEW ORLEANSMusic of New Orleans circa 1919, as the notes say..  Not the New Orleans I had in mind when I bought this.   But, it turned out to be an excellent CD.  It's a Chesky recording so SQ is excel... 
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You are correct Frogman. Hell, The Frogman is always correct. Temper Tantrum / Pouting session over. And as you said, maybe it wasn’t me after all. Could have been the Jazz Queen. :)After reading your post on Stravinsky and Jazz, I listened to thi... 
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Wow!!!  Just think what it would be if Black Lives Didn't matter. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-weekend-violence-shootings-20200622-ghaioius2zhdpdsbsan4k2g2vu-story.html Cheers 
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I believe you once said this guy played on the beat.Don't play so much bone brother!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9E4O8RCzf4 Cheers 
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FYI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u47FY9ZzKbA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQKZWTkumx0 Cheers 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ2bXzlh2WM cheers 
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That Band was / is not too shabby.Cheers 
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You must have ESP. It was a harmless post.   I don't get it.Cheers 
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USAF droped more bombs over Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam than it did over Germany in WW II . And they were better and Far more accurate . True, but sort of misleading. We were involved in Vietnam for over 17 years. We bombed Germany for about 28 mo... 
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Hey!!!   They removed my post!!    We are governed by morons.Cheers