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<<R.I.P. Curtis Fuller.
R.I.P. Curtis Fuller - December 15, 1934 - May 8, 2021 - YouTube>>

Just got the news at 3:00 AM Saturday, and I didn't get it here.  What a jolt.  We all have a mental list of ageless giants that could leave us at any moment.

I haven't had time to enjoy JFA (or any good music) for several weeks.  I opened YouTube to get guidance on a new cell phone, and there it was on the preview screen: <<R.I.P. Curtis Fuller - December 15, 1934 - May 8, 2021 - YouTube>>

Rushed to JFA and saw pjw81563's first post of the very same video.  Many Curtis Fuller links followed.  Of course I'll return and check them all out.
R.I.P. Curtis.

Thanks all.

For my dear Jazzers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKp1HKM_4TY
And I Love You So

"And yes, I know how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me 'n' the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening get me down
Now that you're around me"

*.*

Za Kraljicu Mariju

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGhqR3VIn1M

Cheers

Questions to Aficianados: What do you make of all this. From the "Masterpiece" to the "incapacitated" Bird?

From the ’BIRD’ book:

Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes (verve, 1947-52)
"Still controversial, still growing in critical statue, still among his best-loved recordings. The arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jimmy Carroll are problematic, but the Bird flights are often gratifying and "Just Friends" is a Masterpiece."

Just Friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmRkZeGFONg


Miles Davis: Collector’s Items (Prestige, 1953)
"Bird, near the end, pickled in vodka, returned to the tenor saxophone for Davis’s launch session at Prestige, also involving Sonny Rollins; they barely got through three tunes."

The Serpent’s Tooth (take 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M0s29RhR5E
solo order, Miles, Sonny then Bird.

Compulsion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsb-O7dhTRI
Miles, Bird then Sonny

’Round about Midnight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8neYV9uIkg
The notes attribute sections to Bird that were actually played by Rollins, according to Hentoff.

The second session was recorded in 1956, by which time Bird was dead.
"The 1956 date is as mellow and relaxed as the 1953 session was tense and neurotic." -- Nat Hentoff

Apparently no one thought the 1953 session went well. Was the only time Rollins and Bird recorded together. Btw, Bird bought his tenor sax the same day of the session, and this was the first time he played it. There is always some silly stuff with him.

Cheers

I rarely speak about audio components on this thread because of course it's a music thread, and not one for components, but I'm making an exception because here is something that will benefit anyone who is not aware of the fantastic improvement it makes.

Significant improvements in audio were very expensive before "digital", costing from 1 to 2K for a decent improvement. Digital has changed that; I got a significant improvement for $300, which is unheard of for me.

No audiophile knowledge required, you simply connect this thing to the digital out of your computer, and RCA to audio, nothing else. DAC's are nothing new, but what is new is the quality at this price point.

There are many new good one's in this price range, so you choose which one is for you.