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| Jazz for aficionados ***** Oh, and btw, Benny Goodman was never crowned "King Of Jazz", he was first called "King Of Swing" in 1936; and for good reason. Swing (a very specific style of jazz) and the Swing Era was touched off by Benny Goodman well before most of the... | |
| Jazz for aficionados More from Smith:One of the most memorable examples of Album Art in Jazz.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFEqz3uh_A8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E11COWlWMsCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados East Coast vs West Coast:Why were all the East Coast guys black and all the West Coast guys white?Answer:The East, primarily NYC, was Mecca for all musicians, esp those coming from the Mid-West and the South. NYC was the final destination for t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Jimmy Smith -- HOUSE PARTYwith: Lee Morgan / Lou Donaldson / Tina Brooks / Kenny Burrell / Art Blakeyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibRLr8o2Rb4 with: Lou Donaldson / Eddie McFadden / Donald Baileyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4U... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Reminds me of:B.B. KING: " A good fool is hard to find."or Denise LaSalle: Woman to her best girl friend, "I think your husband is cheating on us."As Willie Dixon said, "The blues is the truth."Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Kenny Drew Jr. Trio -- PORTRAITS OF MINGUS & MONKmingushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHl9YXqvqxY monkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo3YXSYoeVI Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados King Pleasure:I have never heard of this guy. Nice enough session. Reminded me of Jon Hendricks, of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross fame. Same type of music.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Randy Weston -- PORTRAITS OF THELONIOUS MONKHe out Monks Monk.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfhK3c-UO7o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z88BeQtaxRg Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra -- CUBA: THE CONVERSATION CONTINUEShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXtsK6sZ0Jw Havana meets Nawlins?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd9RxvAIIAk Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados What happened to detente??Just asking.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados If I had a turntable, I would play this LP today.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH5SbSvdCnACheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Dixieland vs Real Jazz??? It's the blues, or, the lack thereof.Al Jarreau died. Great Jazz singer. He was there as I began my Jazz journey.Cheers | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? Exclusivity is at the core of this, as is most things audiophile. If CDs cost $100 each, we would all be singing the praises of digital. We always love and crave what the masses don't or can't have.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados ***** If Kathleen Battle sang Honky Tonk Blues it would sound like classical.*****I think you're right. Here is some blues that sound like blues:Today's Listen:Duke Pearson -- DEDICATIONwith Freddie hubbard, pepper adams and othershttps://www.y... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ***** Has Kathleen Battle ever sung "Senor Blues", or any other kind of blues? ******Not that I know of, but she did do this Ellington tune with Branford.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfPiEoFHm0Cheers |