Jazz for aficionados

This thread has been going since  02-24-2013 10:12am.  At least Four regulars that have stuck pretty much all the way.   Each closing in on 5000 posts.   
Quite a few folks have jumped in from time to time, to make  their comments.   Over 1.5 million views!!

And to the best of my knowledge, no one, and I mean NO ONE, has ever mentioned Buddy Rich until you did 3 days ago!!

Over 6 years and over 17,000 posts, and not one mention of Buddy Rich!.   I think Kenny G has at least a mention or two.  Of course NOW, The Frogman is all gaga over Rich.  How predictable..

A few corrections to follow.

Cheers

O-10, a very friendly suggestion: be confident with and comfortable in what you believe to be the truth and move on.  Btw, as nsp recently pointed out a great deal of new Jazz was posted while you were away.  Check it out.  From me over just the last week or so: Michael Brecker, Donny McCaslin, Scott Robinson, Ralph Peterson, Albert Ayler, Bob Mintzer.  Nothing stereotypical about any of them.
Regards.  

I can see right now that people who live in and around New York City, have absolutely no idea what the rest of the country is like. Once upon a time there were cities that had lots of nightclubs that entertained people, cities like Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, and the South Side of Chicago, which was a city unto itself with lots of jazz clubs that no longer exists; while the other half of Chicago is thriving (at least it was the last time I was there) the South Side for the most part no longer exists.

There was nothing I liked better than going to clubs in St. Louis when they existed. It's a daytime tourist thing now in order to still claim that it's a city; you want to go to the zoo or see the arch?


Pjw, I never said anything about "new jazz musicians"; I said "new jazz"; there is a difference.

Buddy Rich was my favorite drummer, and everybody else's favorite drummer in high school, but my tastes have evolved.


"Frankly speaking, how any so called jazz aficionado, could put up a post that subtly or indirectly suggests that Buddy Rich was a sub par jazz musician/drummer is absurd."


Who dat say dat, not me?


there exists absolutely 0 good jazz artists today because their "ears" tell them so, what do you think their reply would be ???

Again, who dat say dat?


I'm looking for "new jazz music"; could you post some?

***** If you asked some of the jazz legends who are still active like Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Jack De Johnette, Dave Holland, and Chick Corea if there exists absolutely 0 good jazz artists today because their "ears" tell them so, what do you think their reply would be ???*****

I guess your bar for 'Legend' is very low.  If these be legends, what are Armstrong, Ellington, Mingus, Basie, Young, Morgan, Miles, Trane etc....??  I assume you get the drift.

Being a Jazz fan means more than just being able to regurgitate Media hype.   We can all read for ourselves.

Btw, no one said there were 0 good Jazz artist.   The straw-man game has been played and defeated long ago on this thread.

Cheers

roc please....

The legends I mentioned are still alive. You could not ask a dead legend a question. SMH