rok2id
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| Jazz for aficionados Well!! I guess I know when I am not appreciated.I will take my expertise elsewhere!!Goodbye cruel thread!Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Frogman:Oh My! Seems as if we have finally come full circle. I remember back in the beginning of this thread, or the one that preceeded it, I was attacked from all sides for saying I thought Jazz needed 'defending'. All I got was:BOO!! HISS!! ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados In a previous post I said that Mahalia Jackson could make a person cry and that the Divas could not. I was wrong. Listening to the 'Great American Spirituals' now. Florence Quivar!!!!! Being a Mezzo, her voice is ideally suited for this type music... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Frogman:******The idea that disregard for, lack of interest, or ignorance of that aspect of music is somehow a higher calling, or that it leads to a deeper emotional connection to music is simply mistaken.*******I love it when you make your 't... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Acman3:Very nicer tune. I have three CDs by Pullen.'Live...Again', 'Kele Mou Bana' and 'Random Thoughts'. I will give them another listen and rerport.The CD 'Breakthrough' that the clip was from, is now offered by 'these sellers' for $443.51 new! ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Kathleen Battle sure is pretty, I'd rather look at her than hear her sing; but that's the "subjective" opinion of a jazz aficionado. ******Mercy Lord, Mercy!!Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Acman3:****If he had been around from 1955, and died in 1963, AND played on Blue Note you would love him.****You know what? I think you are correct. But to play for Blue Note in 1955, aha, he would have been a different player. :)Also, I am only s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****he has been living with (and controlling) schizophrenia *****Sorry, I didn't know. I withdraw the comment.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados A few posts back, remember the 'treacherous road' thingy? I wanted to make a point but it seemed as if we had moved on so I didn't. I will make it now to elighten you as to HOW I, approach, receive, judge and understand music.Recently I received s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ********So, in the spirit of enlightenment and sharing can you expound on that a bit? What is it the makes it empty for you; what is lacking? Better yet, what do you hear in the "Bebop" clip that you don't hear in the "Tenor Of The Time". Perhaps ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****But, wait!, you mention the audience; so, you must be referring to either the Horace Silver "Cool Eyes" or the Phil Woods/Tom Harrell. Now I am really confused. On the Horace Silver clip the Dutch audience looks like they don't know what hit ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *****Empty!?! Empty!?! Damn! At first I thought you were referring to the "Bebop" clip; "loud, fast and empty" was exactly my reaction. I didn't say that because... well, like my grandmother used to say.....You seemed to like the "Bebop" clip, eve... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Loud, fast and empty! Thrombosis alert! Always check the audience's reaction, that will tell you what's going on.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Louis Armstrong & Oscar peterson -- LOUIS ARMSTRONG MEETS OSCAR PETERSONPops mostly sings here. Very little trumpet playing. Oscar and his trio give awesome support. Great line up of tunes. Louis is in fine voice. Still, somethi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I think our OP has been smitten by the Baroness! :) Screw Eastwwod, she was a beauty by the standards of the European elite.Cheers |