Jazz for aficionados
Rok, that was too cold for words, What do you know about E. St. Louis, skip that question; but maybe that explains why his music about E. St. Louis was equally depressing. Ry is a world musician in the real sense of the word, although his name makes me think of "The Dukes Of Hazzard", and I don't know why. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qogVHlmFcx0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDA708XlFIo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJmZtn8vmt8 Is this a change of pace, or what? Enjoy the music. |
Frogman, I'm glad you're back; you left us hanging in the air for the longest. As you can tell by my last post, I had ran out of things to talk about; I hope you found it humerus. The "doubler" I saw was truly incredible, Leersfool referred to him as a "sight reader". Since he was most certainly both, there's no conflict. His skills were beyond my comprehension; if I hadn't seen it I would not have believed it; but a long time ago, an older jazz aficionado who had been everywhere and done everything told me that "pit musicians" were the greatest of them all, now I can believe that. Thanks for your enlightening contribution. Enjoy the music. |
Hi Orpheus - first, Frogman's post on the woodwind doublers is fantastic, as I knew it would be. One comment on your latest post - my comments on the great sightreaders were actually about the studio (movie) musicians in LA, not the Broadway pit musicians, though of course they would have good sight reading ability as well. But the LA studio musicians pretty much sightread for a living, whereas the Broadway pit musicians are often playing the exact same show night after night for a few years - total opposite musical experiences. Both types of musicians are among the best in the world, along with the top symphonic musicians, as Frogman said. |
Orpheus, A change of pace is always a good thing! I left all the LP's upstate, so YouTube will have to do: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J5KYW441M4g |
