rok2id
Responses from rok2id
| Jazz for aficionados ***** Personally, I find it ironic, and more than a little pathetic, just how much resistance there is to the idea that at ANY point in time there is, in fact, good music being made; that what determines whether it is good or bad is how well the ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ***** Rok recently commented: "the visceral always trumps the intellectual". That is simply not true******For the listener, it is absolutely true. In Jazz and esp in Classical. Listen to very early Blues, R&B and Rock & Roll. Music t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****that we all like certain styles of jazz, that no one style is better than the other, and that the only consideration that is subject to intellectual analysis is the skill level of the performer; THAT is what determines what is good music or ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados When a person writes a long, seemingly well thought out post, that you disagree with totally, the most likely reason is:(1) He is right and you are wrong(2) His premise is wrong.The Frogman's premises are wrong.The incorrect premise is to a logic... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:Thanks for your support. | |
| Jazz for aficionados While I write my response to The Frogman's diatribe, why don't you Gentlemen READ this.http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/31/arts/music-what-jazz-is-and-isn-t.htmlCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados GOOD GRIEF!! AAUGH!!!!! I know The Lord would not put more on me, than he knows I can bear. (no pun) | |
| Jazz for aficionados ***** You think Jazz is a was, when Jazz is an is! ******Just barely, once you take away the recordings of the players that are dead.If you are a Jazz lover, just like the Classical lover, be prepared to listen to music by players / composers lon... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @alexatpos , Comments? You said it as well as it can be said.*******'they were too involved in musical device gleaned from their classical teachers, device that they tried to adapt to the jazz idiom in an attempt to somehow extend its parameter... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @moto_man , 'The Sound of Jazz' has been in my player since you posted it. This is great stuff. I did not give it it's just due in my first response. Part of the reason was the sound quality of the you-tube. The CD is light years better.'The... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @moto_man , Thanks for your offer, but when it comes to computers and downloads etc..., I am as lost there, as The Frogman is when it comes to spotting new talent.@calvinj , +1 on Salvant. I have the Woman child CD. She also appears on the late... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Frogman declared them noise makers. The OP Howled and foamed at the mouth. But, The Great Unwashed would not be denied.Back by popular demand:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en6kmiX0SDchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jDDtUFUgbMCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados ***** You sure you don't want saxophone lessons? 😉*****To be in NYC under the tutelage of The Frogman??AAUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BTW, Jurd is just starting. They looked like a teenager garage band. But they played a Jazz tune, d... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ***** Uh...., still waiting for the acronym translation 😄******The censors erased it. Because of the F word I guess. I got it all correct. And you got Jurd wrong. Laura Jurd was named one the 'New Generation Artists' 2015-2017 by the BBC. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados And make sure you package my 'Oh Yeah' very carefully. |