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| Jazz for aficionados Damn O-10, you better lay off that egg nog, or at least the stuff you put in it!! (Old Crow?)We can all be thankful that Wynton Marsalis got the gig at Lincoln Center. Who else could have done it?? A great representative for Jazz.The man is at hom... | |
| Jazz for aficionados )-10:Gray seems to have been quite a talent, who may have placed family before Jazz. So why is he, and his contribution to Jazz almost invisible?Interesting Documentary:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUhfubHKSAYNice clip Acman3. You do have an ear... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:Great photos of Gray with Goodman and other greats. He held his sax similar to the way Lester Young held his.http://search.aol.com/aol/imageDetails?s_it=imageDetails&q=wardell+gray&v_t=keyword_rollover&b=image%3Fq%3Dwardell%2520gr... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:I will research Wardell also. Currently listening to / watching, Marsalis, von Stade and Battle. If you did not get that DVD, shame on you. The second act is almost a Jazz set. And she is hitting on Wynton the whole time. It's a wonder the bo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Rok, some of these "100 Best Jazz Tunes of The 1950's" sound better than my recordings, and that includes vinyl, although I'll have to split hairs on the vinyl, and if it's necessary to go back and forth to decide; that means the CD's are bet... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Branford Marsalis is the only famous jazz musician I can recall with an Audiophile rig, and his wasn't anywhere near the rigs these people have here. What does that say about audiophile rigs, and professional jazz musicians?****It might say t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I have the CD 'At Basin Street' and 'Plus Four'. Listening to Basin Street now. Thanks for all the info in your posts. Here is the review from Amazon.Amazon.com"The Clifford Brown-Max Roach quintet was already one of the best in modern jazz, but w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados 'Delilah' was a nice tune. All the folks on Amazon were impressed as well. Here is an interesting excerpt from the Amazon Site Reviewer:Amazon.com"Many a young musician has been sabotaged by his own considerable abilities. So caught up are they in... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ***** "Who you gonna satisfy with that little thing", and he replied with great gusto, ME!*****Well, if I had known they were a bunch of blabber mouths, I would not have gone there in the first place. I'll take my business elsewhere in the future.... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Now that I don't have to write about music, I can just listen and reminisce about better times****I know the feeling!!!! :)I can swaer that I NEVER wore Argyle socks! But I remember Pink and Black being a hot combination. Even in automobiles.... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:I found this while trying to bring order to my book case." 1,000 Recordings To Hear before You Die "by Tom Moon.Very good reading. Well written. Excellent synopsis on each recording. All Genres. Includes 'world' music.I have found a few over-... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ******In no way am I saying that you should change anything; however, I am saying that we must accept one another as we are. Whatever petty point of contention between you and Frogman, that went on and on, should have been dropped before it reache... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:You are a sage! And a diplomat! And I am glad I got to know you. Thanks for the kind words, but you were always the soul and spirit of this thread.Is it possible to carry on via email? I think you are correct when you say, we are going to mis... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:I agree with The Frogman. I will leave also. O-10 you are the best OP ever on this entire site. You stayed with it all the way.But The Frogman is correct, he and I were fighting more than discussing.Guys, I really enjoyed it and I learned alo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados As usual, The Frogman missed the boat.The easy ones first:Joplin, she is a fraud and so is her music. Just a horrible rendition of an American classic. There ought to be a law.Simone, Tried to be TOO profound, or TOO cute, TOO soulful or TOO somet... |