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| Jazz for aficionados George Russell -- SEVEN CLASSIC ALBUMSMuli-CD package. Four Discs. Sound quality excellent on all discs. Same level of sound quality as the "100 Greatest Jazz Tunes of the 1950's".The music is mostly big band. All arrangements by George Russell. D... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Houston Person, one of my favorites. I love him on this CD. Glad to see it's finally on youtube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiE2ZPEp0pYEveryone should own this CD. Check out the B3! No muffled sounds here.Listen at 9:21 on "what's Going on" If... | |
| Jazz for aficionados BIRD'S BEST BOP on VerveOutstanding!!! The best I have ever heard from Bird. I need to make it a point to listen and read more about Parker. For some reason I don't have a clear picture of Bird or Dizzy.The line up includes anyone who is anyone. E... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:Very nice Silver. Did he ever play a bad tune? I let the computer/youtube run, and it seems like it played Silver all day. Including this tune. Very nice tune considering his outfit. Sort of like Sinbad Miles in appearance, but the music is b... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Sorry for the double post. The 2nd one is the correct one. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Never did care for Miami Vice. Just a little too intense for my tastes.When you hear Miami, you think beach, bikinis and Babes. Too much of this show was shot at night, and you saw very little of Miami. I guess they had to shoot it in the more des... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Never did care for Miami Vice. Just a little too intense for my tastes.When you hear Miami, you think beach, bikinis and Babes. Too much of this show was shot at night, and you saw very little of Miami. I guess they had to shoot it in the more des... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:Nice insights into Miles and his friends and family. He may have been just a normal guy, but he presented one of the coolest images ever of a Jazz player.Funny how you didn't know Miles, but you were tight with his Aunt. :) Thanks for the int... | |
| Solid State Amplifier Advancements In A Decade Great Question. Since my amps are approaching the 10 year old mark, I look forward to the responses. I think the OP is speaking of technical 'advances' in amp design and performance. I think the answer is, there have been no advances. Just more of... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Frogman:Excellent Posts on Modal Jazz. I may have to take a class at the local community college.I hope you know how much we appreciate the time and effort you take to be thorough and accurate. I did some reading and found a site with a list o... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Just to refresh everyone's memoryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH10ndmE_8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJkKNc0bP-o Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados I just plunked down $15.94 for "7 classic albums" by George Russell.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados I did not cheat, but when I clicked on the clip from O-10 to listen, his name was right there. Very bad album photo. Surely they could have found a better photo of Manhattan.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Modal Jazz:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_jazzThis is what George Russell is known for. As usual, it seems as if no one person is solely responsible for innovations. Started in Puerto Rico??Frogman, Where is 'Modal Jazz' in today's Jazz scene... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Listened to an old favorite today. "The 100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950's"Played disc #7. All Great tunes. One was by George Russell, "Manhattan". I Googled to find out who is/was George Russell.This guy is one of the most important figures in Jaz... |