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| Jazz for aficionados Today's listen:Benny Goodman -- BENNY GOODMAN LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL2cd Set. Recorded in 1938. The liner notes say this is one of the most important Jazz concerts ever. Sort of like a coming out party for Jazz in the presence of Polite Society and ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Frogman:Thanks for the info. If I run across the magazine with the 'all the notes' thingy I will let you know.I called my personal Physician today. She is a Jazz lover also. Told her I had absorbed a full dose of European pseudo-Jazz. She said... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Django?You guys!! Always pulling my leg. But I must admit, you had me convinced you were serious for a while. :)Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados To anyone:(1) Do all symphony Orchestras utilize the same seating arrangement? I.E. are all the different instruments seated in the same place relative to the conductor in all orchestras?(2) Are all memebers permanent? What about instruments that ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Lawd, Lawd, my burden is great!Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****there was one odd pea in the patch in that compilation we got, and his name is "Django Reinhardt". The book says 'Nuages' reflects his interest in bebop; I can't hear it. While I like Django's music, it's certainly vastly different from the re... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:Before you posted, I was listening to R&B you-tubes and ran across Horace Silver playing 'Nica's Dream'. Thought you might also find this interesting. Apparently Monk died at a house she owned also. This woman was on pace to wipe out be-b... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington -- THE COMPLETE LOUIS ARMSTRONG & DUKE ELLINGTON SESSIONSArmstrong(vocal, trumpet),Ellington(p),Bigard(c)Trummy Young(tb), Mort Herbert(b), Danny barcelona(d)This is amazing. 17 tunes. All wr... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Frogman:Are we talking about Federal Reserve, Greenspan? If so, I guess I could see him playing tenor sax, in his younger days.***“The worst part of Ms. Rand's parties was Mr. Greenspan running around naked in the lobby.”***That would be the w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:The Ursula Dudziak clip was interesting, but not my thing. Why does she have trouble with words?I see she was born in Poland in 1943. Tough time and place to be born!If you have three books by and about the Jazz Baroness, you must find her ve... | |
| Jazz for aficionados This is special.A CARNEGIE HALL CHRISTMAS CONCERT (DVD)Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Wynton Marsalis (septet) Andre Previn.You must have it. Not only will you be treated to a great performance, you will probably be smitten by the foxes doi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Frogman:I have that CD by Jon Hendricks. Jon Hendricks and Friends. A lot of big time people on the set. Turrentine, Marsalis, Basie and of course McFerrin and Benson.I remember the first time I heard him do 'cloudburst'. WOW! That was with La... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:Nice clip of Rawls. Back in the day we would say, the boy is strung out! I felt sort of sorry for him.I probably would not have received the tune the same, if I heard it without reading your comments. You have a good feel for the music.I have... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Stravinsky??? That's like comparing apples to apples. I asssumed the answer would be classical since you barred The Learsfool, but, STRAVINSKY??Stravinsky is known as the Ornette Coleman of the Classical world. Or is Coleman known as the Stravinsk... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's other Gem:Willis Jackson -- BAR WARSJackson(ts), Charles Earland(o), Pat Martino(g), Idris Muhammad(d), Buddy Caldwell(congas)WOW! Honking Tenor and Screaming B-3, with Pat Martino with them every note of the way. This is just great happy ... |