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Jazz for aficionados
Fusion:{a union by or as if by melting: as a : a merging of diverse, distinct, or separate elements into a unified whole}My posts were examples of the FUSION of Spirituals, Blues, R&B, Rock, Jazz, Opera and Classical styles of music and playi... 
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Down in Mississippi, the old folks used to say, "there is such a thing as too much education".Cheers 
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Folks, there is Fusion all over the place.  You just got to know where to look.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XIjGei8zG8  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7eeb1MTkUY  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5krFNUMQHI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB... 
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I have been searching and searching for some good fusion music.   The Lord knows I have tried.   I did find this.  Fusion of a sort.   My kind of fusion.  The best kind of fusion.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK0X9J_pX8wWynton in the Trumpet sec... 
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Nat Adderley:Excellent!  Just don't ask me why.  "Loneliness" really expresses the title of the tune.   I will have to get Little Big Horn.One of the few Cornet players in Jazz.Cheers 
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***** next time when somebody writes a critic thought, would be nice to say why somebody likes or dislikes something*****I will, as soon as I am able to explain to myself,  why I like Ice Cream, and Chocolate, and LvB's 9th, or don't like Rock or... 
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Listened to all three.  The Crave was the best by far to my ear.  The other tunes were not compelling.They all sounded like Jazz to me.  The Shorter album has electronic instruments if memory serves.  I have it on LP.   But I didn't hear any on th... 
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Just read an article about some guy who wears his baseball cap backwards,  bringing electronic music to Cuba.Not a good way to start the day.  Luckily I had this antidote handy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2MVmC55T5sCheers 
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I was hoping that The Frogman would soon run out of straw.  A very eloquent post that  has absolutely nothing to do with what I posted.***** The irony is that Shorter and Morton are saying the exact same thing  *****Jelly roll did not say all Jaz... 
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From a Jazz quotation site.I think you guys fall in the Wayne Shorter Camp. Wayne Shorter - "Music should not have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that is required to sound like jazz." [P]WTF!!!!The truth of the matter: Je... 
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If memory serves, Johnny Carson also had Art Farmer on as a guest quite often.  He was a real Jazz Aficionado.    One of the greatest TV shows ever.Compare his band and musical guests to today's TV fare.  :(Cheers 
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Listening to all that so-called 'fusion', sent my cat to the vet.  She is a great Jazz fan.  Partial to Oscar Peterson.Therefore.,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFU2963_HRs And another thing,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf6_mRGOn2s Cheers 
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***** I'm still trying to get a handle on how the issue of ethics relates to aesthetic choices (tone?)*****Aren't we all.   Inquiring minds want to know.Cheers 
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*** how can anybody find humor in "Apartied" or the "Katrina Aftermath"***What humor are you speaking of?Cheers 
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O-10:I just got off the phone with Learsfool, and he said, "The Frogman is just tooooo modest.  Not only did The Frogman find coal and invent the train, he also discovered Africa"!!!Mercy Lord.Cheers