Jazz for aficionados
orpheus10 OP One of the most remarkable musical events I have ever witnessed in all of my life was when I saw "Andreas Vollenweider"; I was transported to another time and place in my life. We got the mezzanine front and center seats; it was like being in the center of a huge speaker, plus I brought two sets of binoculars, one for wide angle, and another long range to zero in on details. >>>>>>Yeah, mescaline will do that. 😳 |
Today’s Listen: John Coltrane -- AFRO BLUE IMPRESSIONS 2CD set. Total of 9 tunes. Recorded in Sweden and during a European tour in 1963. Before you say you have heard these before, trust me, only the titles have remained the same. Sort of like albums by Monk. Notes: Some of the more interesting I have ever read. ".....Historians will certainly see Coltrane as a musician who, having inherited the vast new harmonic territories bequeathed by Charlie Parker, sought to consolidate those gains and build on them. The problem was to know how to build upon them, for Parker, in opening the way for the incorporation into Jazz of an all-embracing harmonic system, had, like a westering pioneer too successful for his own eventual good, reached the sea; after Parker, where else could an experimenter wander without without violating the bounds of formal logic altogether?" --- Benny Green Goes on to say that in this album, that is the question Coltrane is constantly asking himself. Coltrane died shortly after these recordings were made. I think he was trying to break out of Jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8NP9-52ZyY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u10gOGu9jbk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAWRw-tdsII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmqUon9ofSs Cheers "reached the Sea" I Love that. This guy knows Jazz and can write also. |
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Rok, for a tube preamp, I recommend a CJ PV-10;***** After thinking about things, I realized that my stuff is not as old as it seems. The amps have only been played 1/3 of the time. However, my 14 year old Marantz SACD player is making loud grinding noises when turned on. Then displays the message "Cannot play". It eventually does, but these are red flags. Questions to the OP: What, if any, is the down side of replacing the Marantz with a Yamaha Blu-Ray (Yamaha Aventage BD-A1060) player for half the money. It plays SACDs also. Cheers |
