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James Carter:Found his CD on Amazon.   All the track titles are in French.??The short clips there sound interesting.Cheers 
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I agree with you on Shepp. The ones you posted were really very good. But I guess players evolve in what they think is a positive direction. When they do, they lose, and gain fans. One of the comments on one of my post said "this is the greatest J... 
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This is more like the Archie we all know and 'love'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTwssAfBgvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_qRyVkVaaw Cheers 
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@jchiappinelli I remember him from my LP buying days, and I think I may have owned a few, but not any now.   He seems to have been a part of the 'free' Jazz movement.   That would explain why I didn't really get into his music.   I spent a few bu... 
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Today’s Listen:Art Blakey, Dr. John, Fathead Newman -- BLUESIANA TRIANGLEWindham Hill Jazz. Expect the unusual.Used to hear and sing some of these when I was a child.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7B7Yv61PAA  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhR5... 
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Szabo:I remember buying his stuff when I was stationed in Germany.   In the record stores there, you could play the LPs on the store's turntable.  If you liked it, you bought it, it not, you put it back on the shelf.   That drove me nuts!!Cheers 
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All Blues:Mr Oscar Brown Jr   hollers 'Uncle'.   Ms Mardra rules!!Very Nice.Cheers 
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A blast from the past:Was really into this guy and folks like Quincy Jones, doing my first steps into Jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUea2OLUa7A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TflwD_-V4EgCheers 
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Nica's Dream:Both clips were great, but since Horace Silver was actually playing on the messenger clip, and with that lineup, it's no contest.However I do think Dee Dee's 'Tribute to Horace Silver' CD is one of, if not the best example of vocals p... 
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Seems I'm the only adult in the room.   Everyone else is pouting.Cheers 
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Questions to Mr Know-It-All, oops errrr I mean The FrogmanCarlos Kleiber / Vienna / Beethoven’s Fifth.Why is this considered the best recording of this work? Is it the playing, Conducting or the recording engineers?I can hear more of the inner goi... 
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nsp,I played trumpet from middle school through college and we never had a girl in the trumpet section. Don’t recall seeing any in other bands either. Just seemed normal to me. My sisters played piano, clarinet and flute.After listening to Ms Clor... 
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And the winners are, Don't go to strangers and Lenny Welch.Cheers 
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James Carter’s Giant Steps:My point was that Carter can play GS anyway he wants to play it. That’s what Jazz is all about, individual freedom. Freedom from the written page. from the notes of THE FATS NAVARRO STORYthey are discussing Fats replacin... 
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Remember, the Good Book says, man can't live on be-bop alone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJvgQSa6D2Y Cheers