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| Jazz for aficionados Acman3:Funny you should mention that CD, I placed it on order earlier today. Also, "The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol.5".Thanks for the input.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:I am in the market for recordings by Billie Holiday. There are several Boxed Sets available. I am most concerned about sound quality. Any recommendations based on what you have heard?Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listens:Lester Young -- JAZZ GIANT (1956)Gigantic Blueshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSrrJZXC1wEThe CD title says it all. Jazz Giant!!Randy Weston -- VOLCANO BLUESJ.K. Blueshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vinm6KMlFkAThis entire CD is just ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool:Given the tremendous financial problems facing many orchestras, what do you think is the answer. I think Government funding, in this country, is a non-starter. Seems like some thinking outside the Box might be called for.If it were sport... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Sonny Rollins -- SONNY ROLLINS PLUS 4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIlpEnsa2d8Clifford Brown died a few months after this was recorded. I think this was his last time on record.Great, but short!! The CD is finished before you know ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool:Thanks for the usual in-depth reply. Seems as if nothing is as simple as it appears to the layman.This seems like Minnesota all over again. Ran across it while checking up on CBA's. The article does not mention the conductor. You have an... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I found this last night while looking for Christmas DVDs. Turns out, it's by the LSO. I wonder if the Trumpet player is the one I read about in the Obit.Colin Davis' comments in the interview after the concert, concerning women in the orchestra, w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool:Excellent Posts. Very educational. After all this, I think I will play my Paganini CDs today. I only the '24 Caprices'. One CD by Fischer, and one by Midori. I appreciate the time you took to respond in such detail. I am beginning to hav... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool:Forgot to mention. The piece of music in question is: Paganini's Violin Concerto No 1.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool:Not trying to make a mountain of a mole hill, or bore you to death. I don't pretend to know much about Paganini, or follow all the author's musical reasoning, but I always thought the composer's intent was sacrosanct. This is the relevan... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool:Excellent response to all my questions. Thanks. You mentioned that the principal players are 'The Leaders', does that mean they have duties other than just playing?I am sure you are correct about The Frogman. Once he comes out of his lat... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Learsfool: (Our resident Brass guru).In the latest issue of GRAMOPHONE, in the obituaries, is listed the Principal Trumpet player of The LSO. He was Principal for 25 years. Killed in an auto crash.Before the crash he had excperienced health is... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Acman3:I guess it comes down to, who you gonna believe, me, or some Jazz Heavyweight like Fuller?Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Acman3:No thanks necessary. Just doing my duty as chief of Jazz police.Cheers1102 | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:I guess I spoke tooo soon. After getting excited over Salvant and Porter coming into the Jazz family, seems as if we just lost a giant.The latest Issue of Down-Beat reviews the latest CD from Dr John. Seems as if he has "replaced his New Orle... |