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| Billie or Ella? Maria or Renata? Technique or feeling? The real difference is, one was one of the greatest singers ever, and the other one, was one of the greatest blues / Jazz singers ever. Who do I listen to most? Billie Holiday. Cheers | |
| The Good Stuff Ernestine Anderson WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN Concord Jazz 1985 In the evening : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OTrtKMJSSA Down Home Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_n5RLhPBOU Mercy, Mercy, Mercy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c... | |
| The Good Stuff Count Basie KANSAS CITY SHOUT Pablo Records 1980 / 1987 Just a Dream : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EplnmoOtVFY Blues for Joe Turner : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-sOrRxii8E Everyday I have the Blues : https://www.youtube.com/wat... | |
| The new dynamic in speaker pricing If the customer base for your product has a mind-set that says, if it cost more, it must be better, then the question should be, why aren't there more million dollar speakers. BTW, this is no more outrageous than thousand dollar DACs. Hell, DACs... | |
| The Good Stuff The Adderley Brothers THE SUMMER OF '55 Savoy Jazz 1955 / 2002 2CD Set Excellent Booklet with great pictures. Amusing story told by Phil Woods about Cannonball's arrival and impact on the NYC Jazz scene. Bohemia after dark : https://ww... | |
| The Good Stuff Eric Dolphy Quintet OUTWARD BOUND New Jazz / OJCCD 1960 / 1987 G.W. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBNzGoqtl84 Green Dolphin Street : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-BsQG4VrWM Glad to be Unhappy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjmD... | |
| The Good Stuff John Coltrane COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUES Atlantic 1960 / 1989 Blues to Elvin : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h24fqlzqbo Blues to Bechet : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5s9kuNBuoM Blues to You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByX5dLaIA... | |
| Jazz for aficionados My BS alarm is starting to clatter. Cheers | |
| The Good Stuff Fred McDowell AMAZING GRACE Testament 1969 / 1994 Amazing Grace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Dwh2mQdhc Jesus is on the Main Line : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCBKJinuQ60 I'm so Glad : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNTSvaxj6s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Classical Music and European history have a similar track. When the Catholic church ruled Europe, everything was about God. Or more to the point, their interpretation of God. The Classical composers followed the monetary support. The combinat... | |
| The Good Stuff Sly and The Family Stone GREATEST HITS Epic 1970 / 2007 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Dance to the Music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQPqe8oKlvk Stand : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al0WUPn_CnM Sing a Simple Song : h... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Florence Price: I have her Symphonies nos. 1 and 3 The Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nezet-Sequin DG 2022 | |
| Jazz for aficionados which was rooted in slavery. I disagree. I have never ever heard a blues tune make even the slightest reference to Slavery. The Blues is about Women, Whisky, sex and hard times. Topics that are all universal in their appeal. Anyone can and d... | |
| The Good Stuff Malachi Thompson and Africa Brass BUDDY BOLDEN'S RAG Delmark 1995 featuring Lester Bowie Notes: The word JAZZ wasn't connected to the music until about 20 years after the music became popular in New Orleans. The popular term for syncopated m... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Never mind. One of the rare occasions when I answered the wrong question. As always, my answer was correct, I just have to wait until the correct question is asked. I will punish myself by reading 6 reviews on directional fuses. Cheers |