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Today's Listen:If you want The Blues done right, you want them dome by The Duke.  Or Basie.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV9AksDEh18    The Duke had the best sax players.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNzJIfcDRGk    Ray Nance on Trumpet and Vio... 
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Maybe my first encounter with Jazz.  I was away at college, my first night away from home, in the band dorm, and some hot shot trumpet players from Memphis, played this tune all night, or so it seemed, on their record player.  We became great frie... 
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Sister Mamie:Excellent!Cheers 
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*****)...”evolution”.*****In some circles.  In others, noise.Cheers 
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*****It's a caveman's song. This is you, this is you 30000 years ago.******No, this is y'all 30000 years ago.   My line leads to the Engineers.However, I did listen to the whole thing.  I wonder why.Cheers 
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Inna:When I see something like that I always wonder what their rehearsals are like, and, do you have to pay to see the 'performance'.To add insult to injury, they did this in Tucson, my old stomping grounds.  Some nice Jazz clubs there.Cheers 
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Today's Listen:John Coltrane -- COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUEShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcexSplg1vs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6etY5OdCK9Q  How did we get from this, to 'Stellar Regions'.  McCoy Tyner never gets the credit he deserved.Cheers 
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Influence:1. If I say I was Influenced by Coltrane, maybe they will say I sound / play like Coltrane.2. saying I was influenced by Miles, just means I wish I could play like Miles.3. Saying I was influenced by a Jazz great means they say my name i... 
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Mary Jo:*****From your previous statement I guess that you equal the ideas of communism with the regime of Stalin in Soviet Union. Communism in it’s true definition (moneyless, stateless, classless) never existed. What was in former SSSR was the a... 
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Today's Listen:Mary Lou Williams -- LIVE AT THE COOKERYIncludes a Jazz tune titled 'Praise The Lord', don't get no better than that.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=titcI_y8LVw  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rez4rZ-Dnxc  https://www.youtube.com/w... 
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***** this thread’s inception is how its possible for an individual to go year after year alienating others that he interacts with and never appear to contemplate the possibility that maybe, just maybe, there is a problem at his end; either with h... 
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*****English is fine, as long as you do not teach History since you do not know the difference between nazism and communism.*****Enlighten me.I think I need to Watch the Acman3 clip again.Cheers  
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Acman, that hit the spot.   That's just how it is, when trying to communicate on this thread.What will I be teaching in English?   Jazz appreciation 101.CheersI  
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Maybe my greatest contribution to this thread would be to start giving classes in English.Cheers 
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I was speaking of Mr. DATA.   I said both HE and his Audience felt something was missing.  It's part of the ongoing plot of the show. Maybe you are not a fan of the show.  Mr DATA's goal in his existence is to become more 'human'.I am sure Mr. Lag...