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The surgeon that performed the first, or one of the first heart transplants in this country, had this music piped into the operating room as he performed the transplant.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv35zFXXLGMCheers 
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If Wynton was from St Louis and was  a drug addict, caused by BN of course, he would be O-10's boy also.  Esp if he was cheated by BN and had great record sales in Japan.Cheers 
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I suspect that In the not too distant future, I will click on the latest you-tube from JALC, and there, in the Tenor Sax chair,  will sit, The Frogman. At that point all the boos,  hisses and cries of outrage directed at Wynton will cease.  Wynton... 
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***** If there was an award for the most "stereotypical" jazz of the year, Wynton Marsalis would win it every year.*****Well, adding your opinion to that of The Frogman's, doubles the total number of Wynton Bashers in the Jazz world.Cheers 
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***** Orpheus and Frogman agree on something*****Birds of a feather.  What else is new?Cheers 
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Today's Listen:Duke Ellington -- LATIN AMERICAN SUITEIf, like me, you thought this would be The Duke's band with 30 guys on percussion instruments  and 40 'Latin' trumpets, you would be wrong.Written soon after his Band toured South and Central Am... 
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***** not trying to be a provocateur *****Don't worry.   This thread is lousy with those.*****  But is he "keeper of the flame" as it were?  *****Yes.  For all practical purposes, he is.*****  I'd be real interested knowing what criteria he's u... 
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***** why did Marsalis slam Miles and Pat? Over what subject matter?****What is, and what is not, Jazz.   Said Pat and Miles were not playing Jazz.  Did allow that Miles USED to play Jazz.  Whew, thank God for that, seeing as how I have a billion... 
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Jeff Beck:Great ROCK guitarist.  The best ever.Cheers 
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The Brecker Brothers:Virtuosic Funk ?   Loved it.  And they have managed to avoid the dreaded Wrath of Wynton.Cheers 
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Pat Metheny:Slammed by Marsalis in the same sentence in which he slammed Miles.Coming from Wynton, it cannot be ignored.Cheers 
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We have all heard the thingy -- "A Face That Only A Mother Could Love"..In the same vein, We can now add -- "Music That Only A Musician Could Love".Cheers 
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I never knew the political chain of RESPONSIBILITY ran directly from the 9th ward to the white House.Now, we all know the local politicians were stupid, criminal and totally incompetent.  But, the locals knew that when they voted them in office.  ... 
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*****   But, geez, how many times does a person need to hear those same tunes.  What are these guys saying that hasn't been said a thousand times before?  *****Strange comments from a Classical player.  Remember it the next time you play Mozart... 
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***** Rok, I want the low down on whatever you've finished listening to.*****I played  Mavis Staples first.  It's hard to listen to Jazz while watching the game, thought this one would be easier.One of the few CDs I have purchased in recent memor...