rok2id

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Old CDs and records
@cd318  All you need to do is to rip your collection to a hard drive/ USB and then play it back via a PC/laptop, or as in my case, a smartphone. I have done this with all my pop / R&B CDs.  I copied just my favorite tracks to USB sticks to... 
The Good Stuff
Kenny Burrell MIDNIGHT BLUE Blue Note  1963 / 1995   Chitlins con carne : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylGjvwXV3HA Midnight Blue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5xhrGqTeos Saturday Night Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti_f4UA5... 
Old CDs and records
@ghdprentice  Thanks for the post.   Sometimes I am tempted to set up my vinyl rig again to do a comparison between LP and CD.  In the meantime I will just agree to disagree with those that prefer LP.  Although I do miss the album cover art and t... 
Old CDs and records
Now I'm really confused: You hear it said a lot on Audiogon,  that LPs are better and more desirable as a musical source than CDs.  I disagree, but many audiophiles hold this view.  They trash CD at every opportunity.   They even 'apologize' if t... 
Old CDs and records
In the early 80s, I bought my first CD player and CD's in Germany also.  After seeing and hearing the Sony Rep demonstrate the player, I thanked the Lord.    My Thorens TD126MKll and all 700 albums went into the closet / garage.  Where they will ... 
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Marcus Roberts ALONE WITH THREE GIANTS Novus  1990 The three giants are Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk.   Morton Jungle Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgXbNlWVffo New Orleans Blues : https://www.youtube.com/w... 
Up to $4000US tower speakers for Jazz and Classical Music
Polk from Crutchfield.  Cheers  
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Art Pepper NO LIMIT Contemporary / OJC   1977 / 1989 Art Pepper(alto and tenor sax), George Cables(piano), Tony Dumas(bass), Carl Burnett(drums)   Rita San : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47uIZFNTIvQ *Mambo de la Pinta : https://www.youtub... 
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Milt Jackson / John Coltrane BAGS AND TRANE Atlantic / Warner Jazz    1959 / 1988   Late late Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7US8z8h64w Three little words : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkYqKq0_vB4 The night we called it a day :... 
Politics and Music
This topic is worth mentioning only if you live in a country ruled by dictatorships. If there is no personal risk or danger to the artist, then it does not count for much what is said or performed. Now, imagine being a composer in Soviet Russia d... 
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk BLACKNUSS Atlantic / Warner Jazz  1971 / 2007   Ain't no Sunshine : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s49BZYibMiw What's going on : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJnAXiRlANI My Girl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn483... 
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Gioachino Rossini COMPLETE OVERTURES VOL. 3 Prague Sinfonia Orchestra -- Christian Benda Naxos 2013   L'Italiana in Algeri : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgTiWmI_yIM La Cenerentola : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXIhLawb9hA Trancredi ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Is there anything or anyone preventing you from moving to canada?  How about scotland?  If you hate this country so much, you should leave. Cheers  
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Various Artists JAZZ IN AN R&B GROOVE HighNote Records   2004  SACD Compilation taken from Savant and HighNote label / artists.   What a difference a day makes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blHXeGduaqQ What's going on : https://www.y... 
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Oscar Peterson Trio NIGHT TRAIN Verve  1962 / 1997 Oscar Peterson(piano), Ray Brown(bass), Ed Thigpen(drums)   Night Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKHt9b5jJqs The Honeydripper : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4K3T5hux6U Band Cal...