stuartk
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| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? @mijostyn:"It is not an issue to argue about, like art there are an infinite number of ways to interpret it" Well, I'd disagree just a bit. My BA is in studio art and in school, I became quite used to evaluating artwork in terms of how skillfully... | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? @rja:"Questionable analogies"Indeed-- perhaps that's why the OP posed it as a question. | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings @ho249:I'll look into the Mingus and Bley (if they're available on CD). I have the Kenny Wheeler, along with three others. I bought the Pepper Adams years ago but the CD sound was terrible so I didn't keep it. The CTI Joe Farrell albums are not my... | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings Strange... I've responded to all posts but some are no longer appearing. Not sure I have the energy to retype them all, especially given that I'm currently fighting a cold. | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? "We should never make the mistake of holding a specific genre to be sacrosanct and beyond criticism". Agreed ! | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? @mijostyn:I first discovered Extrapolation in the late 70's and it has remained my favorite JM recording for many decades-- both for J. M's composing and playing and Surman's stellar contributions. | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings @moofoo:Emily Remler was great, whatever the medium. So sad about her premature death. @goofyfoot:OK, that's one Lee Morgan I haven't heard. Thanks! | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings @emrofsemanon:Interesting. . . not a fan of the vocal aspect but others may enjoy it. Thanks for the suggestion! | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings @wsrrsw:I'm a Miles and Pepper fan but haven't listened to those. Thanks for the suggestions. @gsm18439: I suspect I'm just too old to recognize this as Jazz. Not saying it isn't -- it just doesn't fit within the parameters of what I've heard in t... | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings @rok2id:Thanks for that list of Brazilian music-- I will investigate!I had no idea Cannonball had recorded with S. Mendes but I am familiar with the album with Coltrane-- good one! The Pepper Adams is great-- how could it not be, with that list o... | |
| Putting an end to the audio cable debate! Part 1 @mitch2 "The conflict occurs when people need others to share their same beliefs"This should be inscribed at the beginning of every thread, here, as we are all susceptible to such behavior. Of course, such wisdom is of little use, absent sufficie... | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings This morning I've been listening to Flora Purim's "perpetual Emotion", from 2001. Seems most F. Purim fans prefer her more Fusion-oriented 70's work but to my ears that stuff sounds dated. I prefer this later, admittedly more mainstream but deepl... | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings @jjss49:So, why not suggest something??? | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings @yogiboy:Thanks for the suggestion. | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings @rok2id:Very cool-- I like ! |