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Don’t get me started on Miss Dee Dee.   Here she is singing an old Brubeck tune.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3C9L6VzOdYCheers 
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"When you are talking about Jazz, you are talking about Race."Wynton Marsalis (from the Ken Burns DVD series 'Jazz'.)Cheers 
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****Now, Brubeck part of the cultural war?  Seriously?  Kindly explain.****I suggest you all go back and watch the Ken Burns Series JAZZ and get refreshed.If you don't know American history, you will never understand the Cultural war thingy.   You... 
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Miss Dee Dee doing an old Brubeck tune.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIsrwDT93ZMCheers 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpJJxJDCzZECheers 
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Anyone, of average intelligence, and who is the least bit observant, and who has lived in this country for a few years, will be aware of the low intensity 'cultural war' in progress.Brubeck, willingly / wittingly, or not, was a part of that war.Ch... 
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*****Pryso, I agree with every word you wrote.*****Surprise, Surprise!!Gomer Pyle, USMCCheers 
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***** But "No soul, no jazz"?  I just don't understand that.*****He should have said, "No Blues, No Jazz, Know Blues, know Jazz"One of those pesky things called facts.Cheers 
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I love Dr John, But, he should leave Ellington alone.Cheers 
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*****While Dave Brubeck was a giant among giants when compared to his peers, the thing that sat him apart was his long and exemplary life as a person; when comparing great jazz musicians, that's about as rare as "chicken lips".*****Are you back on... 
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This evening on Turner Classic Movies channel:Leonard Bernsteins's Young People's ConcertsWhat does music meanHumor in MusicWhat is a ModeA toast to Vienna in 3/4 time:  Waltzes7-11 CSTCheers 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxfMRhyzu3gCheers 
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Old timers strutting their stuff.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4p0LGQBpSUCheers 
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Excellent report on this evening's PBS News hour on the New John Coltrane release.  Filmed in the beautiful van Gelder recording studio.  Includes short interviews with Ravi and McCoy, and clips of the great man himself playing. Nice to see a nati... 
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I knew about the Sony CD thing.  Seems as if Gardiner could conduct the 9th, and the 1812 overture, and still finish before Bohm finished his 9th.You should check out the Gardiner.  The one I have is  from a set of all Beethoven's Symphonies on th...