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Jazz for aficionados
Thanks Frogman. I considered that, but thought, these guys are much too serious for such nonsense. Silly me. Cheers  
The Good Stuff
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) OVERTURES Chicago Symphony orchestra -- Fritz Reiner RCA Gold Seal / BMG 1958 / 1990   The Silken Ladder : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrugBmgKIIQ The Barber of Seville : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ei... 
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Sonny Rollins PLUS 4 Prestige / OJC     1956 / 1987 Notes: ...On "Pent-Up House", Sonny and Brownie combine in one of the most brilliant interactions in the recorded annals of Jazz. -- Nat Hentoff Quite a statement. Valse Hot : https://www.yo... 
Jazz for aficionados
Questions to The Frogman: It seems that whenever a word ending in "ing" is written in the title of any track on a Jazz or Blues record, it is written as " in' " instead.  Do you have any idea why this is the case? Cheers  
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Hampton Hawes Trio HAMPTON HAWES TRIO, VOL. 1 Contemporary / OJC         1955 / 1987   I got Rhythm : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t9w_nioOzM Blues the Most : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8iSgxAZUtk Hamp's Blues : https://www.youtube... 
Compact Disc and Vinyl Habits
We seem to have some things in common.  I also have to have the physical media in my hand.  I still have about 700 LPs from back in the day.  All stored in a closet somewhere.  'The Day", is the time before a day in the early 1980's when I saw and... 
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Clark Terry PORTRAITS Chesky Records 1989 Notes : "This session is a tribute to legendary trumpeters"   Little Jazz : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48S9GYC_upQ                          (Roy Eldridge) Jive at Five : https://www.youtube.com/... 
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The Gaither Gospel Series ATLANTA HOMEOMING Spring House Inc.     1998   Daddy Sang Bass : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gsx75aYYnU Where could I go : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv409yaRKIU Something got a hold of me : https://www.yo... 
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Lester Young LESTER YOUNG IN WASHINGTON D.C. 1956  VOL 2 Pablo Records / OJC      1956 / 1996 Another Great from Mississippi.   Lester Leaps In : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgbCjn5hsuY Jumpin' with Symphony Sid :  https://www.youtube.co... 
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Dexter Gordon BOTH SIDES OF MIDNIGHT Black Lion Records    1967 / 1984   Devillette : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abr0uSGGgtI Sonnymoon for Two : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1y3J9Vk52g For All We Know : https://www.youtube.com/watch... 
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Various Country & R&B Duets RHYTHM COUNTRY AND BLUES MCA  Records      1994   I Fall to Pieces  --  Aaron Neville & Trisha Yearwood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uepL2VMzdHs   Rainy Night in Georgia  --  Sam Moore & Conway... 
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Cook, Dixon & Young COOK, DIXON & YOUNG    Volume one RCA Victor    2005 It Don't Mean a Thing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNYe_eeZdLQ Mr. Bojangles : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kIoV751b0Y Birdland : https://www.youtube.co... 
In Classical music the effect of SQ on appreciation
I wonder many of the following groups of people do or did 'appreciate' Monet / Van Gogh / Mahler? The people that developed the Covid-19 Vaccine. The people that designed and built and Programmed the Webb telescope. The guys that landed at Norm... 
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Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross THE HOTTEST NEW GROUP IN JAZZ Columbia / Sony     1959 / 1996  One of the great Jazz album cover art.   Centerpiece : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8GGr9m8qXs Moanin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvSO6d... 
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Buffy Saint Marie IT'S MY WAY Vanguard Records      1964  My Third LP, after Dylan and Baez.  Those were the days. It's My Way : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9MQ48goMKs Ananias : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGFQIN3f-_s Cod'ine : http...