rok2id
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| Jazz for aficionados ******Can anyone tell which of the Sonny's plays on the clip?*****Rok says "I can", (as he sheepishly raises his hand). I youtubed it, and all was revealed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPFcP1oRmcsGreat tune. Drums and bass very prominent. :)Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Cachao:I agree, call it what you will, it's great playing and beautiful music.Cuba:I think some people find it hard, to see such a beautiful tropical paradise like Cuba, as a deadly Stalinist dictatorship, but that's exactly what it is. As bad as ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Speaking of Bass Players.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C154ptSqPooA reviewer years ago, said I had to have this. He was right! I love this. I won't call it Jazz, remembering the 'Buena Vista Ruckus'. The prudent thing to do, is to refer and defe... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:Your reading assignment -- Ayn Rand.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Then they graduated to attempts at melodic solos and the results were often a lot of out of tune and even wrong notes******You have no idea how glad I am to hear you say this. I thought some how, I was lacking in appreciation.Cheer | |
| Jazz for aficionados Happy Thanksgiving to Aficionados everywhere. Watching the parade from NYC. The Big Apple Looking Good!*****how the drum solo on your Rollins clip does not interrupt the flow; Pete La Roca was a fabulous drummer. ******I noticed this. I remember t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Poor:The Bible says there will always be poor folks. This can be considered as a 'case closed' statement.Poverty is an important, even vital part of the Capitalistic system. It's to Capitalism, what Hell is, to religion.If the government and p... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Harold Land:I posted that CD not long ago. Do you people read my posts?But you are right on target about Land. Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Katherine Dunham:Very impressive lady. Her attitude is so reminiscent of the adults I knew while growing up in Mississippi. I noticed that the interviewer tried her best to get Miss Dunham to wallow in self-pity, but she did not go there. Thereby ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Masekela Piece:As one reviewer said,"a feast for the eyes", and for my ears because I love Masekela's music. But the story meant nothing to me. I am getting a little weary of the never ending whining about that damn 'coal train'. I don't think he ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I didn't realize Wynton Marsalis was part of the tribute.. This should have been your first post.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPDo7l1aOfAWynton and Carmen Delavallade: This is dance. I can connect with this. This is awesome! Only let down by pi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Drum Suite:Excellent playing. Percussion is much more prominent, appropriate and indigenous in Latin Jazz. Which is what this LP sounds like, rather than African.There a reason so few Jazz group leaders are Drummers or Bassists. I always considere... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jazz Player Growth:As an artist moves on, they lose some fans, and gain new ones. I can imagine the frustration an artist feels when the public just wants to hear him play his sole 'mega-hit' every time he performs.I continued to buy Miles and Tra... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Haiti Drum Ensemble:Nonsensical to this western brain. Again, what is this? Dance Anthropology: Part of the attempt to create 'instant' culture and history. Usually out of thin air.Beware of these folks who spend their lives trying to make Africa ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****This dance in Cuba might to the uninitiated might look like flinging around and jumping to the beat, but it's just as structured as any European dance.******Count me among the uninitiated.*****but it's just as structured as any European dance... |