rok2id
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| Jazz for aficionados My awareness of Cuba started with Castro in Harlem. Demonstrating that he was just another member of the proletariat. :)I was never into Lucy. Too silly for my taste.Batista was probably owned by the mob and other monied interest in the US. He pus... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:****I'm not trying to diverge from the main subject, just pointing out something that's related.*****You be the OP, you can go anywhere you desire. I know it's hard for the rest of you to stay on message as I do.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:*****As ancient as it is, to pass history down from one person to another without writing, this is still being used in regard to voodoo.******Remember that game we all played as children? One person would whisper a statement to one kid, who w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados BTW, do 'blue notes' appear in Classical and other genres?Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** How can we understand how the use of "blue" notes or polymetric rhythms in African music influenced the blues and jazz if we don't know what a blue note is? Do we?******Of course!! Everyone knows what a blue note is.http://en.wikipedia.org/wi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Seems as if you have been exposed to 'feel good history'. Being in NY, that is not surprising. A few facts would be nice, rather than just what some guy wrote. Remember, EVERYONE, has an agenda. Esp the liberal left. And most of what is written ab... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Another view.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TBk9k6H_KwCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ran across this again. Had to listen and share one more time. Check out the conductor towards the end. The boy is into it!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmOFAtg9twMCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados For those that are interested.http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/teachers/curriculum/m13/notes.phpAlso, Google, 'Indigenous African Music". After reading the article, and any of the several sites on the Google, then talk to me about Drums and m... | |
| Jazz for aficionados #9Clasiqueando Con RubenWiki says:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_(music)This is SON music and the title is in honor of the pianist for the BVSC, Ruben Gonzalez.SON is also said to be of African orgin, although it only appeared at the turn of the... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Do we laugh, or cry?? What a load of crap!!http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/04/-sp-from-charred-death-to-deep-filthstep-the-1264-genres-that-make-modern-musicCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wiki is not the King James Version.Some people hear drums, they think 'Africa'. Tooooo many Tarzan movies!!***It's funny how we sometimes see what we want to see. That comment clearly points out the African connection;****"Many Characteristics" do... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Cuba is probably the only country whose people, history and music are inextricably interwoven.*****In Cuba, like almost all other countries and cultures, history and music are inextricably interwoven.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados #8Maria CaracolesThis is what Wiki has to say.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique_(music)I think I was on to something, when I said the "African" influence in a lot of this music does not really exist. It's just played by people of African dec... | |
| Jazz for aficionados This guy is all the rage, but Joe Williams did it better. Very nice Trumpet playing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hhnOz_KSog&feature=youtube_gdata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhI7NQmztAE&feature=youtube_gdataCheers |