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| Jazz for aficionados All this fuss, over, what the world's foremost Jazz authority, moi, considers 2nd tier players at best.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados especially since you don't even like the title of the thread. hmmmmmmmm.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados After doing some checking, "Silver Cycles" seems to be well regarded by the entire Jazz universe. As usual, I stand alone.Cheers | |
| Great country recording THE SONGS OF BILL MONROEby: Ricky Skaggs & Friends | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Harry Edison / Eddie Davis -- IN COPENHAGEN: SWEETS & LOCKJAWAbsolutely wonderful album. Outstanding playing and sound quality. Even you folks into ancient technologies will like it. The way Jazz should be. https://www.yo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Eddie Harris and 1969:I was getting used to life in Europe. Glad I wasn’t here.Eddie Harris was great, with Les McCann, on "Swiss Movement".Hard to believe it’s the same player.Mo' better Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YOLY4Tats Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados I tried to stay away, but they keep drawing me back in; Good, the pouting season is now officially over.This is a compilation disc. 'Notes' were minimal. All total about two large typed / spaced paragraphs. The only info is, the track l... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today’s Listen:Miles Davis -- BALLADS & BLUESNotes: "The recordings collected here are taken from one of his famous "Birth of the Cool" sessions in 1950, three sessions cut for Blue Note between 1952 and 1954 and the landmark 1958 "Somethin’ E... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Ella Fitzgerald -- THE COMPLETE ELLA IN BERLIN: MACK THE KNIFERecorded live 1960 in Berlin. The 12,000 seat hall filled to capacity, where she was was met with roaring approval. The 'notes' point out that Berlin Jazz audiences a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Duke Ellington -- MASTERPIECES BY ELLINGTONNotes / Booklet:Very interesting accounts of the origin of each tune. For example, Duke said he wrote "Mood Indigo" in 15 minutes while waiting for his mom to finish cooking dinner. Ba... | |
| Jazz for aficionados George Benson -- "New Day":According to the commentators, written by Womack and Womack. It definitely has that Womack vibe. They were on my Sony Walkman playlist whenever I went jogging in Nuremberg, Germany.Art Pepper -- "Thank You Blues"Indeed... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:George Benson -- TENDERLYYou can never be sure what you'll get with Benson. Hard to put him in a box, but since McCoy Tyner and Ron Carter are onboard, this should at least be Jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EPydLtFOGw ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ESTUPENDO!!!I have the Duke with Mahalia Jackson, but after checking on Amazon, it seems as if the Duke had an entirely different side that was unknown to me. This was not a one-off sacred performance, he did it many times. How did it escape m... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/forum/download/file.php?id=69313&mode=view Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today’s Listen:Benny Carter -- SONGBOOKAll song written by Benny Carter, of course. He plays Alto and trumpet. Peggy Lee was pass her prime(76), but, I loved her performance. All tracks are great.Great booklet with recording history and lyrics of ... |