rok2id
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| Jazz for aficionados *****Rok, what are friends for; Boo! Boo! Boo!, Hss! Hss! Hss!.*****You can take some folks out of Mississippi, but you can't take the Mississippi out of them.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Mapman:*****I'm no expert but I have heard Oscar Peterson many times over the years and I always enjoy his recordings.*****You don't have to be an expert to love Oscar Peterson. I had decided to post asking everyone to state the three players they... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Maybe Wynton is saying: "HEY!.......Rok is NOW calling" 😎*****I thought he might have been saying to Marcus, since they are both playing trumpet "I got it", like a pilot handing the controls over to the co-pilot. Thanks for the info.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados I know you all hate this group and this CD, so spare me your boos, hisses and cries of outrage.I have a question that only The Frogman can answer. It's driving me nuts.At 4:26, just as Marcus Printup finishes his solo, Wynton comes in with one not... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Now that we have decided who is great and who ain't, the question remains, who do you most enjoy listening to. Not the necessarily the best of all time, but the one you like listening to today. Think about it. All that dedication, practice and sac... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Frogman's comments on my list: i.e. (my latest test from The Lord)Talent, and I mean extreme talent, will overcome almost anything. Bird was one of the creators of a new music. Had he the been 637th Be-bop player, instead one of the first, we ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Who is/was great, and who is/was not great, and why, is an almost impossible question to answer. Too many variables.Some few Possibles:They could not play as well as the greatsdidn't work well with othersThey were drug addictsThey were not very at... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Had brother Gene Harris in the player this morning. He played two of the OP's all time favorites. Thought I'd share.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG10eGWe30ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqIDSwvVR_cCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Frogman:Thanks for the clarification on the Baritone Saxophone. I think the assumption was that if bigger, you have to blow harder, i.e. more air. But as you said, there is more to it than that.As far as this being a popular myth, well, high-e... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Rok, you got the same problem with this as I had with "Da Blues", I can't hear the music because so many other factors surrounding the music keep flooding my mind.*****Well the difference is, the blues is great music, the Green clips were not... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Here's something really different from "Grant Green*****Truer words have never been written!! ::(*****he could come from so many different directions that it boggles the mind,*****Well, this is one direction he should not have come from. Neve... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I put Serge Chaloff's "BLUE SERGE" in my cart on Amazon. The reviews were excellent, so I'll take a chance. He seems to have lived the stereotypical Jazz life, Drug addict etc....The reviewers on Amazon did mention the Baritone as being difficult ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Speaking of baritone sax, here are couple of albums that I like, perhaps they are not mentioned before...*****All the clips were very nicely done. The Randy Weston / Cecil Payne was just a tad too laid back for my taste. I would have liked a ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Mingus was a deep and heavy thinker who expressed his thoughts.*****I agree. I would add ANGRY to the list. Not someone to trifle with. I think he was very disappointed in mankind.*****Can you imagine him and Miles stuck in a car from New Yor... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Marsalis and Clapton Play The Blues DVD+CDI had to have the DVD. Glad I got it. I knew this band had pedigree.One of the few, Perfect, CDs I own.Cheers |