trentmemphis
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| What are you streaming tonight? Just letting Roon Radio pick jazz tunes right now. "Cariba" by Wes Montgomery, at the moment. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Herb Ellis / Nothin' But The Blues | |
| Jazz for aficionados If you're interested, Thad Carhartt's book "The Piano Shop on the Left Bank" goes into some of the differences between pianos (including Bosendorfers) and is a lovely read.Etta Jones / Don't Go to Strangers | |
| Jazz for aficionados And now for something completely different:Blossom Dearie / Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott'shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLS1LkC1WkEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pgy38Vk4_chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvEy5iyGh7QBlossom starts the set/album... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I was in the other room a little bit ago when Roon Radio decided to play a Nina Simone track ("I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl"). I immediately recognized it was Nina Simone, of course, which made me think, "Nobody else sounds like Nina Simone."... | |
| RIP - Aretha Franklin @aewarren And I thought MY computer was slow. Winner. | |
| Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes The question wasn't what we like. It was what helped determine our musical tastes. I like CCR, but it didn't introduce me to any genre, style, or sub-genre I hadn't heard before. By the time I heard CCR, I'd already heard southern rock/swamp ro... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Since we've been talking about the relationship between jazz and blues:Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars / Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy | |
| Jazz for aficionados Chet Baker / Chet Baker in New York | |
| Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes I imagine there must be some audiophiles arguing that one has to listen to jazz or classical to enjoy one's system. We're talking about audiophiles, after all. Some audiophiles argue one has to use cable risers to enjoy one's system. Some audio... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Duke Ellington and His Orchestra / ...And His Mother Called Him BillDuke's fairwell to his recently deceased friend and collaborator, Billy Strayhorn. I don't listen to a ton of big band, but this is good stuff. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Lester Young & Teddy Wilson / Pres and Teddy | |
| Jazz for aficionados Sarah Vaughn & Her Trio / Swingin' EasyStan Getz / Sweet Rain | |
| If someone looked through you music (records, CDs, etc.) what would surprise them? Cats seem to be into analog. I bought my Gyrodec SE from a guy who was selling it because his cats couldn't leave the platter weights alone. | |
| How eclectic is your taste in music? Probably half my enjoyment of opera is following the actors as they move around on the stage. Left and right. Forward and back. It's an audiophile thing. :-P |