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| Jazz for aficionados Brad Mehldau:Very hard to stand out doing 'My Favorite Things'. I think everyone has covered this tune. I must confess, I was thinking of Coltrane the entire time.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****In fact, by that line of thought one could make the case that by playing a more "conventional" instrument the reed player or band with piano has an automatic leg up in the quality department; a silly proposition. ******The great unwashed beg ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Roy Hargrove:Excellent Clip. Good result at capturing the ambiance of a live club performance. The drummer deserves extra pay.I have several CDs by Hargrove, including the SuperBlue and Jazz Futures discs. Do you think he had a career commensu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados On the other hand, A lot going on, out there, and still Jazz.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=donDOIiuWc0Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados These folks make Sun-Ra seem like Lawrence Welk. I think this 'band' used to be the house band at the CIA. If truth serum, water boarding, and sleep deprivation didn't work, a few sets of this, and they confessed to everything they thought t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:Stay Dry.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jazz without Brass, Reed or Piano!! That's a tall order. I don't think he pulled it off.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoF7J8_N4GE[/url] | |
| Jazz for aficionados Recent purchase of another one I wasn't aware of as leader until late. So many greats on this one. From Silver to Blakey. Music very engaging and easy to listen to. Beautiful tone.http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoF7J8_N4GE Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Chet Baker:Very nice tune. Very good player. He was a sad and tragic figure. One of the many casualties in Jazz. He never seem to be on my Jazz radar.Drugs, and playing and living in Europe and the West Coast, are not the best moves to make ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Cassandra Wilson:Excellent Band. And of course, being from Mississippi, she is awesome.But, I didn't hear too much of St James Infirmary, but it didn't matter. Good Jazz.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados oops: Forgot the clip.[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCNbacVt5w[/url] | |
| Jazz for aficionados The spirit of St James, the Blues version. So to speak.Pops came closest to capturing this. Of course, with a New Orleans sensitivity. They can't stay serious for long.Son House's tune is deadly serious, and sad.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados The correct order is:3 -- 2 -- 1 -- 4 -- 5Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Didn't know Big Mama did St James. I tired to stay with the Nawlins folks. Dee Dee is from Memphis, right up river.BTW, you got the order correct.Cheers |