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***** rok2id, Were you in combat with the Ist Cav ?*****No. Since we can have Icons now, I just decided to insert the shoulder patches of the units I served with.   1st Cavalry Division was my last unit.  2nd Infantry Division (2id), my favorite.... 
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***** Miles Davis was "Some guy who played locally in St. Louis", Clark Terry, was some guy who played locally in St. Louis. Grant Green, was some guy who played locally in St. Louis. *****I said PLAYS, not PLAYED.Besides, St. Louis is no longer ... 
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[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfgNR_aiSTg[/url][url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk_XApCBcnY[/url][url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mP9T8BQ_bQ[/url]Cheers  
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We are lucky to have The Frogman on this thread.  He is a professional Jazz and Classical Player.   And I do know that making a living as a Musician is not an easy thing to do.   Esp in a place like NYC, where the entire world is trying to make a ... 
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*****   It really is true:  "there are only two kinds of music, good and bad".  *****In the ear of the listener,  this is absolutely true.   And I think this is what the quote means.   There is no definitive 'list' of the good and bad.Cheers 
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*****  Time and time again I have seen music posted on this thread that fits into a poster's favorite style and it seems that simply by that virtue alone that posted music gets automatically bumped up to "good" in that poster's mind when it is si... 
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***** I think all this goes back to what is really important and what I tried explain in my previous post: it's really knowing how to identify really good music making that matters most. *****This is not what matters most.  Identifying and sharin... 
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***** Mingus:  I would call it great music.  I don't much care to classify it.  What does that prove really, if one thinks about it?*****Not trying to prove anything, but since we were talking about 'modern' Jazz, just wondered if a tune like 'Ho... 
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***** Agree with the first commnet.  I will tell you that I have heard/read Zappa reffered to as a rock musician far more than as a jazz musician, so who is it that calls it jazz?*****"Zappa is the first, and so far only, artist to be inducted ... 
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OP's Post:Thanks for clearing that up. :)  I suggest we forget the 'reality' stuff, and stick with 'opinion'.   I think that would be more appropriate for our discussions.Cheers 
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Learsfool, Acman3 and the OP all out of hibernation on one day.   Must be Global warming.Cheers 
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The OP is well known for his empathy for foreign-born noise makers.Cheers 
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You guys won't believe this, but when I saw the clips Acman posted, I said to my self, "I bet this draws the OP out from Hibernation".   Damned if it didn't.   I knows my OP. Cheers 
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Hiromi The Trio Project:AAUGH!!!!!!!!!!Exhibits   #2 and #3   ??Check the bug at  8:39.  Even it is jumping ship.  Maybe they have day jobs as bug exterminators.  Better than dangerous chemicals.Cheers 
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Under JAZZ in wiki.Silliness indeed!SubgenresAvant-garde jazzBebopBig bandChamber jazzCool jazzFree jazzGypsy jazzHard BopLatin jazzMainstream jazzModal jazzM-BaseNeo-bopPost-bopSoul jazzSwingThird streamTraditional jazzFusion genresAcid jazzAfr...