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Jazz for aficionados
A change of pace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubnidspois4&list=PLxEp3yt-GEdxkX3_-fpIUVlNyt2BOwJF8&index=14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcQA00-oMcg&list=PLxEp3yt-GEdxkX3_-fpIUVlNyt2BOwJF8&index=9 Cheers 
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***** Hate to break it to you, they sound better than your Polks.*****I swear, I can almost hear the glee in your response.Cheers 
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2nd AD - Ft Hood, 3rd Armored Cavalry - Ft Bliss, 4th ID - Ft Carson, 2ID - Korea, 1CD - Ft Hood.First Cavalry is almost as good at self-promotion as the Marine Corps.    That's saying something.My sister worked for the Army in Berlin as a Teacher... 
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That WDR German radio band seems to travel in good company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSqHZy3JbH4 Love Brecker on this one.Cheers 
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schubert, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Brigade_Combat_Team,_1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States) Cheers 
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schubert, I think I just googled First Cavalry Division shoulder patch, selected the one I wanted, then saved as,   and then did the thingy with Audiogon. https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1AWFA_enUS764US767&tbm=isch&q=first+cav+div+sho... 
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Excellent points OP.    Gunther Schuller indeed!!   I suggest he stick to defining Rock music.Besides Jelly Roll Morton defined Jazz eons ago.   And he should know, after all, he invented the genre.   Probably a little before Herr Schuller's time.... 
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Bogus I cry!!Cheers 
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Now you know why only the OP can afford them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5EMrFsT7V4 Reminds me of programs I've seen on Rolls Royce  and Porsche assembly lines.  The 'million dollar' system I mentioned a few days ago had this speaker.I won... 
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Questions to The Frogman:What makes this Jazz?   Or even more to the point, what makes this music?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk9NaHsobew Cheers 
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Fantastic Bolero story.   I used to wonder those things myself.   I always wondered what would happen if he dropped a stick.   On one of the Bolero performances at The Proms, a cloth on the drum head is seen slowing sliding off the drum head.  Wha... 
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***** Rok, you didn't tell me you were rich.*****Shhhh   we Billionaires have to keep a low profile.   Otherwise these audiophile wannabees will be trying to nick my Polk Speakers.Btw, POLK SDA back on the market.   Start saving your little penni... 
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You are correct about the guys at Lincoln Center.   That's why they are so important.   They can play the old good stuff sometimes even better than it was in the past.   They are better schooled musicians, have better recording technology, and a m... 
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***** My fundamental thesis is that good jazz is no longer being "created". ***** The same can be said of 'Classical' music.  As far as I am concerned it can be said of all music. There is no  natural law being broken here.   Nature does not de... 
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Well, I must confess Sousa is one of my favorite composers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyrmVBfe2Bg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GD-5mRyaJw The Brits are very good at Marches, esp since they have 3 bands for every Infantryman.Cheers