Jazz for aficionados

O-10, I want to thank you for a most wonderful thread. I hope my contributions have been enjoyable; I know yours and those of the other contributors have been for me. The marriage of great music with good sound is a wondrous thing and your thread has done a great deal towards uplifting the one-sided pursuit of good sound without enough consideration for the quality of the music that is so prevalent among audiophiles. Without meaning to be indulgent about this, I find it too frustrating to engage in the sparring that I find myself in on a regular basis (wether initiated by me or not), so I will be taking a breather from the thread for the foreseeable future. Knowing how meaningful this music and this thread are to you, I felt I owed you an explanation for my absence.

I think this was my first contribution to the thread. There was a reason why it was, and it still is. Best wishes.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=plpp&v=I777BcgQL9o&p=PL202DD92307605864

O-10:
I agree with The Frogman. I will leave also. O-10 you are the best OP ever on this entire site. You stayed with it all the way.

But The Frogman is correct, he and I were fighting more than discussing.

Guys, I really enjoyed it and I learned alot.

Now, to figure out how to withdraw from the Audiogon.:)

Cheers to all.

Rok, Frogman, I really appreciate you guys telling me you're leaving, and not leave me waiting for your next post; but without you two, there is no thread.

Frogman, your going away present has been the most consistent tune in my universe. Without a doubt, this has been the most enjoyable thread I've ever participated in, and thanks to you I've learned a lot as well.

Rok, you made this thread every bit as much as me, we made it together with your reviews. "Eliminate the negative, and accentuate the positive", I forgot where that came from, but I'm sure you remember. I've tried to make that a constant theme in my life; for example, what has this thread contributed to my tranquillity and peace of mind? In these stressful times, have I found it to be a pleasant divergence? After you answer those questions, you might discover that this thread means more to you than you think. In a storm, the willow bends while the mighty oak stands firm. After a storm, many times the mighty oak is flat on it's back while the willow tree is still standing.

This thread could be more important to the three of us than we realize. Since the holidays are upon us, and it's time to turn our attention to other things, this is a good time to take a break; but if anyone wants to restart this thread, just post.

Enjoy the music.

O-10:

You are a sage! And a diplomat! And I am glad I got to know you. Thanks for the kind words, but you were always the soul and spirit of this thread.

Is it possible to carry on via email? I think you are correct when you say, we are going to miss it.

The best to you, and yours, always. And thanks for being just an all around good guy. A rarity on this Site!

Cheers

Rok, you were right in regard to your assessment of Leontyne Price and "Summertime"; it was from a Negro opera that came out in 1940, her version was perfect, but it was not the one that swept me away.

Remember when me and Frogman jumped all over you about "Moonlight In Vermont"; this is the same thing in reverse, you preferred a version that didn't stick to the script. Music is SUBJECTIVE and what sounds good to you is all that counts.

In no way am I saying that you should change anything; however, I am saying that we must accept one another as we are. Whatever petty point of contention between you and Frogman, that went on and on, should have been dropped before it reached this stage.

Enjoy the music.