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They all attended Julliard.AAUGH!!!et tu Wynton??Cheers 
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Laura Jurd:Better enjoy her before she ends up at Julie-art, and they teach her how to play the 'correct' way.Cheers 
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I never understood why you guys think Jazz has to keep getting newer.  Hell I think LvB's 9th is around 200 years old.  Bach older than that.  Great music is timeless.But if you insist, check out the you-tubes of this young lady.   The latest rage... 
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You make an important point with the connection of Jazz to clubs.   We should not forget that.*****Laissez le bon ton roulet*****  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx2xEizhRfECheers 
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It sounds as if The Frogman was running barefooted and stepped on a nail.   Should we dispatch the Jazz medics?Cheers 
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I have the Burrell CD.  All, very good, esp Wes.Speaking of McFerrin...   In Poland I believe....   High quality sound and video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgV-xKe6vGECheers 
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***** What's your favorite version of "Around Midnight"?*****This is the second most recorded tune in Jazz, according to the chart I posted.  So it's almost impossible to know them all.It's hard to go against Monk under any situation, but if he i... 
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Read a review of 'The Sound of Jazz' on Blu-Ray in the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine.   Rushed to Amazon.  They have it, but only for Region 2.   This is AMERICAN Music isn't it?    WTF!!O-10:I cannot think of any Jazz tune of which I have mu... 
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Delilah:And it's Abdul-Malik by a nose, over Brown / Roach.Cheers 
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***** What are some of you're favorite tunes that you have multiple version? ******In response to your question:  Ran across this interesting chart.  The tunes that have been recorded by Jazz musicians the most.The left side lists Jazz tunes writ... 
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***** Which do you like best?******I loved them both.   I think we just had a similar conversation, which you declared  this sort of thing apples and oranges.   You were right.One the one hand, we have the composer playing his tune on solo pian... 
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Little Niles:These are the only versions I Own, so I guess they are my favorites. And since they are by Randy Weston, the composer of the tune, and Phil Woods, they are probably the only versions I will ever need.  As in, who could do it better.ht... 
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The Frogman has gone psychoanalyst on us.  
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***** that assumes that the ability to analyze intellectually and the visceral experience are mutually exclusive. *****Once again, we are into straw men.   They are not mutually exclusive, but they are certainly not the same thing.   In listening... 
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***** I think you're referring to someone trying to equate "soul" in mathematical terms.******It's more like a certain segment trying to make / remake jazz in their own image.   Most of these people study 'Jazz theory' in school, and what they ar...