rok2id
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| Jazz for aficionados @Frogman*****Bro please keep this to music or go to twitter.*****Based on this opening post, the response was very appropriate.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****I don’t think so.*****Well, I think so, and apparently, so does the OP. Some of us can walk and chew gum at the same time. We can talk about Basie and Katrina all in the same day. Believe it or not.*****Once again, in spite of all the pri... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Rok, do you know what "genocide" is?*****I do, But it's obvious that you do not.@Bluesy41, you are addressing the OP of this thread. I think he decides what is appropriate.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Count said Lester Young was the best Sax player that has ever Blown. Don’t come in here with that Trane stuff.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrsR2pMKoa8Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Count Basie -- COUNT BASIE AT NEWPORT (1957)Same venue, different vibe. Tight and loud.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQlcwDbLQYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw1H_0x3_x4Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados @jafant :Good point. I wanted to bring up the fact that blacks in this country are not the only people on this planet to have had a hard time. We are just the only ones who use it as a crutch. All the rest have moved on. Some former slaves... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Since we are in a Saxophone frame of mind. An "interval" if you please.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYgow060zOgThe Solo that saved the Ellington Band?Slavery ended 91 years before this concert. Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Groove Merchant: Very Nice. Fireworks? We don't need no stinkin' fireworks. I always liked the Ellington Reed section. They had such a unique sound. Of course The Duke wrote it that way. Saxophone sections playing like this always remin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Auf Wiedersehen, Adios, Au Revoir And Good Riddance.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Loved the Sax ensembles. I have a few by 'The World Saxophone Quartet', but they seem to be more into the avant-garde. The music just posted, was much better. I wonder why this is not done more often.When it comes to identifying players on re... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Nothing good came out of slavery, although I wish the civil war had never been fought, and that the Mason Dixon Line would be our southern border*****As Mr. Spock might say, "Most Illogical".A few good things that came out of slavery, stayi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Elementary:1 *Tenor2 Benny Carter3 Temperley4*Tenor5 *Tenor* subject to The Frogman's First Law of "who the hell is that". Therefore, unknowable by sound or style.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Rok, what did you do; pick the worst George Benson you could find, he will never forgive you.*****I was just trying to pick out his best Jazz stuff. He could be all over the music map. I think he wasted time and reputation doing that.I hav... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wynton mentioned playing LOUD. There is always the 10% that don't get the memo.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byj8_Ansp14Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados @The Frogman I don’t know if my question was answered or not. I was wondering what is the advantage of being classically trained as it relates to playing Jazz. I always assumed it meant you gained total, or at least better control over your instru... |