rok2id
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| Jazz for aficionados Acman3:You may be the only true Aficionado left. Excellent taste!!Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** here's nice clip of Valery and big band;******The question I have is this: Does this audience in Switzerland know who wrote this tune?? Do they think it's an original of this so-called big band?That's the danger of this type of thing. Young f... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****while including Glass belies a limited understanding of the subject; sorry******Don't be sorry for me, be sorry for the BBC. I just copied a few of the ones they named. You pros need to get on the same sheet of music. How else do you expect us... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Takes me back to El Paso.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFmCCxMp7BEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEDB62oKv2Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SFFLklsdt8Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados My political statements are sorta like these:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCrXZgpanck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbkcWo5I_A8Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Ellington is the best composer of the 20th century****Jazz? Probably. Any genre? Doubtful. Well when in doubt, turn to the great unwashed.You are locked in a room with headphones clamped on your head. You cannot remove them. The music is const... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Lord, Lord, My Burden is great.If Concentration and Internment are the same thing, then we can say, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Sobibor, and all the rest, were Internment Camps. And that don't even sound right!! Sounds as silly and stupid as w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****** you seem to have a very faulty memory when it comes to race and the south in the 50's.*******Well, since I was born and raised in Mississippi, I doubt that statement is true.BTW, I think I had the most wonderful childhood a kid could have. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Mingus the person; he held his tongue for no one, and if he had gone south, everyone knew that he would have come back in a pinebox.********Spare me, Please. And listen to the spoken intro to the tune I referenced. He sounded like an idiot!! T... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****I never heard of a coach at a concert******Nor have I. I see the word "Supervisor" sometimes also. Must be something to do with this Modern Jazz thingy. I am still trying to come to grips with Be-Bop!!Pops always used to say,"beware of communi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Charles Mingus -- THE GREAT CONCERT OF CHARLES MINGUS2CD set. Very long tunes. 7.55 - 14.29 - 21.47 - 22.45 - 27.04 - 27.46. These are the lengths of some / most of the tunes. He often plays too long. Eric Dolphy really earned his m... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ******with guest coach Valery Ponomarev******What is a Coach, and who is this guy?Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados ***** Juilliard is giving a concert titled "Lightning, Thunder and Fire" in honor of our impeccable taste on this thread.******Well, It's about time!!Mingus / Ellington -- They are both in a class by themselves, but not in the same class. Ellingto... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****I don't know if I've told this story on this thread before, I don't like to repeat, so let me know if I have.****You have told it before, and it's good enough to tell again. It's hilarious! I can visualize it so clearly.Thanks.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Branford Marsalis -- TRIO JEEPYYou listen to this CD and you smile. This music is so infectious. Have a lot of his stuff on LP. He is the older brother, I wonder why he is not, THE ONE? But Wynton is more than just a player.https://... |