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| Jazz for aficionados ******For me, it's a pleasant nostalgic album*******HERETIC: one who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine : NONCONFORMISTThis be you!Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Miles Davis -- KIND OF BLUEDavis(trumpet),Cannonball(alto sax), Coltrane(tenor sax), Wynton Kelly & Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers(bass), James Cobb(drums)I assume everyone and their brother has this recording. It is consider... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Are you dissing disco?cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados If I may, a slight change of pace.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I3QZIM7dNk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPwwaoShG-ACheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Zoot Sims seems to be good player, but I could never get past his name. I see ZOOT, and I think Vaudville. Some guy in a plaid suit. :) Silly but true. I understand that is not his birth name. He should have stuck with the birth name. Can you imag... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ******* He quickly discovered that he needed tailor made musicians, those are the ones who could hear and play his music which was so radically different at that time. He tailor made Dannie Richmond's drums to fit his music, because a traditional ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:Two of my favorites. I never thought ANYONE, could perform them better than the babes that sing with the Sergio Mendes groupSergio who?? Makeba has made these songs her own. She not only sang them well, if you listen closly to her tone and he... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Todays' Discovery:Charles Mingus -- MINGUS AT THE BOHEMIAfeatures: Mingus(bass),Eddie Bert(trombone), George Barrow(tenor Sax), Willie Jones(drums), and Max Roach as special guest on drums.The first step on the road to 'Ah Um', 'Oh Yeah', 'At Anti... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:All three youtubes were very good. The Mulligan cut was let down by poor sonics, but great playing.Peggy Lee? You don't have to say alot. She was one of the best ever.Annie Ross? I have several of her with LH&R. The songs she sang here, I... | |
| Jazz for aficionados For those who want to hear it as it's supposed to be done, look up the CD "Jazz in a R&B Groove vol 1" I could not find it on youtube. One of the best CDs I own. But I did find one of the singers that appears on that CD. Irene Reid. See the l... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I enjoyed reading the lyrics more than I did hearing June Christy sing them. She is a good singer, but the music and her voice had no dynamic range. Didn't reach out and get my attention.Chris Conners? Sometimes 'Cool' Jazz can be a little too 'co... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Bringing Bobby McFerrin into the conversation is like opening up an entire new genre. He does not fit in any box. I have him with Yo-Yo Ma on the CD "Hush". Every track is unique.He does "Spain" with Corea and "Another Night In Tunisa" with the Ma... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Chick Corea -- Solo Piano STANDARDSThe title says it all. Corea playing standards. Normally solo piano gets sort of tedious after a few tracks. Not this time. The recording, playing and piano are all top notch.A lot of Monk and Bud Powell stuff he... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Roland Kirk -- BLACKNUSSWhat can one say? Some soul, some Blues, some R&B, some gospel, some other stuff and a whole lot of Roland kirk.The man is a magical genuis. All of the songs except the title track are covers of well known songs.All are... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jimmy Scott -- MOOD INDIGOA truly unique talent. The epitome of a Song Stylist. 10 songs, all well known standards, from Mood Indigo to How Deep is the Ocean.Backing group includes Hank Crawford, Cyrus Chestnut, Joe Beck etc....Gregoire Maret does... |