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| Jazz for aficionados *********Rok, you need to get out more often*********When you live in the middle of Texas, that's easier said than done. Nearest Jazz to this place is probably Kansas City!! I was really Impressed with Potter and Holland. I knew of Holland.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados *******Rok and Frogman, I would like your critical and expert analysis of these tunes*********.I could find nothing to fault. Great stuff. One of my favorite Tenors, Coleman Hawkins. When you get a lineup of this statue, and everyone shows up, the... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10:I could not even decide which is the best CD in my collection. I would not even try to name the best album in Jazz history.My simple test is this: how often do you listen to any particular CD. That's the one you like the most. Is it the BEST,... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Discovery:THE MONTEREY QUARTET -- Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festivalwith / Dave Holland (bass), Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano), Chris Potter (tenor sax), Eric Harland (drums)This is the natural progression of BeBop. They call it Modern Jaz... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I like 'birdland'. I have it by Quincy Jones and a few more people. All my Weather Report stuff is on LP, but I think I have this number by them.I did youtube it. The guitar player looked like Chuck Conners as he appeared in 'Geronimo' That was a ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados My 'special' tune is 'boy what a night' from Lee Morgan's CD 'Sidewinder'. Also my favorite on that CD.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10You won't believe this. I clicked on the Toshiko youtube thingy at the same time that I was listening to the cannonball CD 'dizzy's business' on my stereo rig. So the same music was coming from the stereo and the computer. They were both playi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados *******"what was the best jazz album ever"***********O-10, That is an impossible task. The greatest Jazz album would have to be a complilation. A 100 CD box set. :)This morning I just reached for something to listen to. Happened to be 'Kansas City... | |
| Does Mc Intosh make reference gear *******Prior the the 'audiophile revolution' of the mid 80's when the 'high end' was really born*******A Date that will live in infamy!!!Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados ********I think that we sometimes like to think that playing jazz, being a vehicle for free expression, is free of any constraints. While it is obviously true that improvisation offers the player a lot more creative freedom than, say, a classical ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados KIND OF BLUEAgain we have Julian and Miles, but this time with better backing. The rhythm section was much better and more involved.The addition of a Tenor sax was good. And a tenor sax played by John Coltrane was ever better.Much stronger piano p... | |
| Jazz for aficionados SOMETHIN' ELSEBasically a tit for tat between Cannoball and Miles. The rhythm section was not even there.Both Miles and Julian played beautifully, but a lot of muted trumpet and alto sax needs a little more. After all we are talking the BEST ever.... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ******** everyone on the "Gon" says "Kind of Blue" is the best jazz album ever********That's probably a true statement of current opinion on this site. Except us Aficionados, we be hipper than that.However, as you ponder the validity or accuracy o... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ray Bryant, one of my favorite players, and one of my first Jazz LPs. 'Slow Freight'Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Recommendation:James Williams (piano) -- Magical Trio 1featuring Ray Brown (bass) and Art Blakey (drums)This is what they call straight ahead Jazz. Modern Bop played at the highest level. It swings. Considering the lineup there is not a lo... |