Jazz for aficionados

The Frogman:

I have that CD by Jon Hendricks. Jon Hendricks and Friends. A lot of big time people on the set. Turrentine, Marsalis, Basie and of course McFerrin and Benson.

I remember the first time I heard him do 'cloudburst'. WOW! That was with Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross. One of the best Jazz LP covers. Just oozes New York sophistication. Love the mike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDbAsndZGW0

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This is special.

A CARNEGIE HALL CHRISTMAS CONCERT (DVD)
Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Wynton Marsalis (septet) Andre Previn.

You must have it. Not only will you be treated to a great performance, you will probably be smitten by the foxes doing the singing. They were so into it.

Marsalis was brilliant!! A young Wynton. This was done 22 years ago. His work, arrangements, are always so tastefully and appropriately done.

It is great. Had me and the wife tearing up. Don't pass on this one!! Make sure you have it. You won't regret it.

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Why is all the good stuff performed in NYC? I ain't trying to start nuttin', I'm just saying!

Jon Hendricks gets my vote for "The King of Scat". I bought "Jon Hendricks and Friends" after you recommended it Rok.

Ursula Dudziak is a very unusual vocalist I've been enjoying lately, and she's not new, I just discovered her again while browsing through my old LP's. Since she doesn't like words, this is Ursula.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1W-Tr5dzyI

Enjoy the music.

Rok, I've got three books by and about "Nica". "Three Wishes" is the only one worth the freight. From a story book point of view, her life was far more interesting before she became "The Jazz Baroness".

The rumors that she was intimate with "black" jazz musicians constantly swirled around her; especially after Bird died in her apartment, and she never attempted to stop any of them; with so many musician friends, it would have been pointless.

In regard to her intimacies, including with Bird, no one has evidence of "any". Everyone who knew, including Bird, said their relationship was purely platonic. The alleged musicians, beside Monk of course, said they wished the rumors were true.

Stop and think about it, she was a 42 year old Baroness with 5 kids when Bird died in her apartment. While it's not uncommon for people of different races to become intimate, "Class" is another matter. Once people get past their animalistic youth, they take a great deal more consideration into "intimacies". A 42 year old Baroness would have instilled requirements in regard to someone she chose to become intimate with. It's my opinion, and I stress that fact without one iota of evidence, that none of the musicians, black or white met her instilled requirements for intimacy.

Musicians put it differently, they said that after having 5 kids, she wasn't interested in such things. Now you can scratch the other two books off your list.

Enjoy the music.

O-10:

The Ursula Dudziak clip was interesting, but not my thing. Why does she have trouble with words?

I see she was born in Poland in 1943. Tough time and place to be born!

If you have three books by and about the Jazz Baroness, you must find her very interesting. I think I saw her on the documentary about Monk.

She was 'married off', by her family, to a French control freak. Can you image what that was like? Came to America and didn't go back. I don't blame her. She was disowned by the family, but apparently she got her share of the money. I think "Rothschild" means money, in all languages. Drove a Bentley!

Were they having sex? Here is a multiple choice answer.
1. Yes
2. Absolutely
3. Without doubt
4. all of the above

These were Jazz Musicins!! And that does not make them 'animalistic'!!! hahhhahah Your Baptist is showing. :)

I have quite a few books by Ayn Rand, my favorite author. She changed my outlook on life. I bet she loved Jazz.

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