waltersalas
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| Who are the Jazz Cats on Audiogon? I reckon I'm a jazz cat, or at least a kitten. As is the case with so many, my portal into jazz was Miles Davis--fusion first (I believe Jack Johnson and Bitches Brew were the first two jazz LPs I bought, in the early 1980s), then the immortal 'Ki... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Jeff SS, I also have a Spacedeck and just ordered up a Shelter 501. I will be glad to let you know my impressions as soon as I get the cartridge, which will be paired with an Origin Live Silver arm. I am confident it will be a great match.Good rev... | |
| Some of my favorite songs are...... The first few that come to mind are:"Born to Be Wild" - Steppenwolf"You Can't Always Get What You Want" - Stones"In My Life" - Beatles"Thirteen" - Big Star"Alison" - Elvis Costello"Tracks of My Tears" - Smokey Robinson"The Heart Needs a Home" - Ri... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" The White Stripes' new record, "Elephant." It took a little while for their previous LPs to really grab me, but this one did right away. If there is going to a better record this year, I can't wait to hear it. | |
| song title that is memorable 'Rufus Is a Tit Man' - Loudon Wainwright III(It's about his son) | |
| Train "Drops of Jupiter" bad recording? Sorry to be the cockroach in the cottage cheese, but this particular song gets my vote as the most annoying song to plague FM radio in the past five years. Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. | |
| Under Appreciated Jazz Piano Players Herbie Nichols belongs on the list.Also, although his admirers certainly appreciate him, I do not believe Cecil Taylor always gets his due as the titanic figure he is. | |
| 1950-2000: The Top 25 Singer/Songwriters Tweak,Love your threads, mister. Thanks for including our man, George J (even if he qualifies only as a singer), not to mention Beck, Cobain, Richard Thompson, and Lucinda Williams.El Duce and Neil Diamond? You scamp, you. Too bad they never colla... | |
| Best cover tunes My favorite covers are often, perhaps not surprisingly, Dylan songs. To name just three:1) Jimi Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower"2) Byrds, "Mr. Tambourine Man"3) Jason and the Scorchers "Absolutely Sweet Marie"The first two will be familiar to mo... | |
| 60's/70's Talking/Singing Story Ballads Tom T. Hall--a great American storyteller. | |
| Early 1970's rock: Name some of your favorites From the "enlightened" vantage point of middle age (I'll be damned), I must say that Zaikesman's list--plus a Whitman's Sampler of other nominations--constitute the music from that period that I really love--especially Big Star, the New York Dolls... | |
| Pristine Jazz Warrenh, I cannot recommend the recordings of James Carter highly enough. Incredible sound AND performance. For starters, try 'Chasin' the Gypsy' or 'Jurassic Classics', the former a tribute to Django Reinhardt, the latter a tribute to several of ... | |
| Best Live Recordings:Performance and recording John Coltrane - 'Live at the Village Vanguard'Nirvana - 'Unplugged in New York' | |
| Most underated albums...... Well, the term "underrated" can mean different things, obviously. In the context of the original post, it seems to mean underrated by the general public and not necessarily by critics. For the purposes of this discussion, I would operationally def... | |
| Best music for romantic interlude I actually prefer no "background" music at all. The sounds of lovemaking are musical enough, at least if you're doing it right. I'm sorry, but I don't need Smokey Robinson or Billie Holiday butting in. I'll promise to devote my full attention to t... |