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| Who is your favorite jazz pianist The answer that requires the least qualification on my part is Thelonious Monk. I find his work the most consistently surprising, exhilirating and just plain fun. In fact, he is my favorite musician ever. | |
| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green This may be heresy for many here but there is a new star on the guitar firmament that just may eclipse them all. I've seen, and been entranced by nearly every guitarist talked about here but none have affected me more than Derek Trucks. He does wh... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Iggy and the Stooges - Raw PowerI just got a new and fairly ratty CBS pressing of this classic slab of proto-Punk ca. 1973. David Bowie rescued this imploding/exploding combo from drug-induced oblivion just long enough for them to wax this great, ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? You're welcome Rushton. Good listening to you too! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Grant Green - Iron City: Grant Green had the lightest touch, he just seemed to glide across the fretboard. But he could swing hard too! He was a particularly effective rhythm player. His comping behind Big John Patton on Samba de Orfeu was propuls... | |
| Afro-Cuban Jazz Adding on to some of the outstanding recordings already recommended:Sabu Martinez: Sabu's Jazz EspagnoleRay Barretto: AcidJoe Cuba: Estamos Haciendo Algo Blen! Batacumbele: In Concert at University of Puerto RicoFrancisco Aguabella: H20These are a... | |
| christmas music Synthfreek is right. Fahey's Christmas record is pretty definitive. Some others I like:Charles Brown - Cool Christmas Blues on RounderDavid Grisman - David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas on Rounder | |
| Name your favorite sax solo. Nice thread.Lots of faves. Here's a few:Joe Henderson - on "Song for my Father", Horace Silver-Song for my FatherJohn Coltrane - on "Naima", John Coltrane-Giant StepsDavid Murray - on "Ming", World Saxophone Quartet-RevueJames Carter - on "Cha... | |
| Most Influential American Musician of All Time? Certainly Pops is a great candidate, since he pretty much invented the modern concept of soloing in, around and on top of the beat. His elastic sense of time made it possible for all subsequent explorations of the beat in Western popular music. Bu... | |
| Tube amps I have been using a Music Reference RM200 for over four years with my WP7s and have found it to be an outstanding combination. The RM200 has an extraordinary ability to deliver power to relatively low impedance loads, such as the WP7s. In addition... | |
| Max Roach - You Will Be Missed One of the most memorable musical experiences of my life was seeing Max Roach with his percussion outfit M'Boom at the late, lamented Carlos 1 in NYC. Everyone in the ensemble was chosen because of the kaleidescopic colors they got out of their va... | |
| Essential Gene Ammons I would vote for "Gentle Jug". This is a compilation of a few early 60s recordings that feature Ammons' ballad work, which, I feel is where he is at his absolute best. The recording I have is from Analog Productions, the music production arm of Ch... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" Helen Humes' "Tain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do" is a late 50's, early 60's mixed set of blues, ballads and mid-tempo swing numbers that is simply sublime. Man...this woman could swing! Clearly inspired by Ella but more than a bit of her own bop-inf... | |
| Aimy Winehouse -- who knows her? Cutocycle,Never been a huge fan of CD sound though I do agree that $5k to $10k is the buy in for a vinyl rig that doesn't miss any of the essentials. The difference between the CD and LP versions of the Stripes' "Elephant" remains one of the most ... | |
| Artists 'SELLING OUT' - can we discuss? There was an interesting program on NPR dealing with this issue. The upshot was that artists can no longer rely on traditional forums, such as radio to disseminate their music. Therefore, artists have become increasingly eager to get their music o... |