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| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Horace Silver -- DOIN' THE THINGI guess we could say that 'Filthy McNasty' was the 'hit' tune, but I like 'The Gringo' also, which Silver says is in the 'Latin Vein'. :)Blue Mitchell on Trumpet. Junior Cook on Tenor.https://www.you... | |
| Jazz for aficionados To whom it may concern:If this was a thread about basketball, and there was a real current NBA player participating in the discussions, why would you say his input was not welcomed?Would not his take and opinion of other NBA players, and all thing... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Gonsalves at Newport:On the original recording Paul sounds very distance from the band. I read where he blew into the 'wrong' mic, or the recording engineer made a mistake during the performance.The record company asked Ellington to do it again f... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Speaking of Paul Gonsalves:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYgow060zOg&list=RDPYgow060zOgCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Brown and Strings:I always cringe when I see "with strings" in a title. This cut proves that Brownie could overcome and rise to any occasion.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Brecker:His talent is equaled by his stamina!! I thought about Gonsalves on 'Ellington at Newport'.Nice clip.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Sinatra & Jones:No matter how illustrious the list of players, when Sinatra is involved, his persona is such that, it always seems to be Sinatra backed a group of mere mortals.But, it was a great lineup.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Horace Silver -- THE TOKYO BLUES'Tokyo Blues' turned out to be the most popular tune, but I found that I liked 'Sayonara Blues' best. More piano playing and less 'drumming' by Silver. A really nice album.Blue Mitchell on Trumpet.... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Horace Silver -- THE JODY GRINDSeems as if all Silver's recordings contain at least one 'hit' tune. On this CD, it's 'The Jody Grind'. Six tracks, all good, But my favorites are:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbQG0TArT60 pieceh... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Horace Silver -- 6 PIECES of SILVERTo my ear, a fairly generic CD, esp by Silver's standard. 10 Tracks, three of which are versions of 'Senor Blues'. Donald Byrd on Trumpet. This vocal version is not talked about much. Vocals b... | |
| Jazz for aficionados This song comes to mind when thinking about Jazz and life through the years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emAe6IClGysThis reminds me of nothing in particular, it's just good stuff.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYDdsADoNaoCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Horace Silver -- IN PURSUIT of THE 27th MANThree of the tracks with the Brecker Brothers and four with David Friedman on vibes, instead of the Brecker bros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NMNHBy9NYE https://www.youtube.com/wa... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Since we are in this groove, might as well go first class:Great photos.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMOL454T4Gg&ebc=ANyPxKpUioQ7ULH70duxA-nVig_lPbDELluQIV8BUZ0zLFSj...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE3NM__LIIgCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados ***** There will always be people with a different opinion than you. Some are just haters and others just get off on different music. ******Acman3 gave me similar advice following the infamous "Bey Sisters" episode. Those wonderful, harmonious,... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Sorry, forgot the clips.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gs_CL7fLkQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhwTv9M8Cheers |