stuartk
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| Wayne Shorter Has passed @wsrrsw Up to that point, I'd been strictly a Rock listener but I found "JuJu" and "Night Dreamer" quite accessible, due to Shorter’s highly melodic themes. I very much doubt the transition would’ve been as easy, had I chosen a Don Cherry, Andr... | |
| Wayne Shorter RIP 3/2 One of my favorite tenor players and composers and a giant in both spheres. In fact, his Blue Note and Davis Quintet recordings would be my choice for "desert island" Jazz discs. | |
| Wayne Shorter Has passed His Blue Notes and the Second Great Quintet recordings are some of my very favorite music, period. "Juju" was the first Jazz LP I bought. I had no idea how it sounded-- I bought it for the cover art. When the needle dropped, I was not disappoint... | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning @jollytinker "It’s a work of art (no?) about aging and losing touch. About existential darkness creeping in as you get closer to some reckoning". I can’t argue with the above. But for me, the power lies in the lyrics, song structures and the m... | |
| What to listen for? @ghdprentice "It completely depends on what you are after. For me, it is the musical / emotional experience" Same here. @simonmoon "So, it may not be about hearing the chair squeak itself, but what that sort of detail tells you about the th... | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning @tylermunns "I consider the sound of Time Out of Mind to be the best part of the album". And I consider the best parts to be the compositions and the musicianship. It would appear we approach music-listening from profoundly different persp... | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning @bdp24 "I don’t know what Lanois had in mind, but he clearly got carried away, taking it too far" +1 | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? You might consider swapping out the oppo for a transport such as Jay's or pro-ject first. Seems to me it makes more sense to ensure you're extracting as much data from disc's as possible before moving to a more expensive DAC. | |
| RIP David Lindley @tablejockey You and me, both... I saw Lindley 3 times-- twice on his own and once with El Rayo X. Never managed to catch J. Beck live. | |
| RIP David Lindley Well, this sucks. | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? My major period of exploration was from about age 25 through 45, focused on Jazz. Since then, the new music I've enjoyed has pretty much all been Americana/New grass. However, I seem to be finding less and less new music enjoyable. I once rega... | |
| Jarrett interview from a week ago I hadn't been aware of the extent of Jarrett's frailty. I enjoy Beato's passion | |
| Ray Charles - "Rap is not music" This again? Criticizing other's esthetic preferences is not likely to result in a change in said preferences. And trying to justify one's subjective taste with objective arguments only adds fuel to the fire. What a waste of energy... ... | |
| What to listen for? I don’t go out of my way to focus on such details-- it's not "what I listen for" -- but whatever floats your boat... | |
| Beatles vs. Stones Depends on my mood. Most often played on my system are The White Album, Abbey Road, Let It Be, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile. A much easier question to answer would be who I favor between Paul and John. I prefer John. Don't ask me to ... |