Jazz for aficionados

@tyray 

RE: Caldera, I like "Dreamer" best but it’s very rare and hence, very expensive on CD. 

I’ve started listening to Joyce. Her voice has a fresh, invigorating quality I enjoy very much. "Feminina" has a nice variety of moods and tempos. 

 @audio-b-dog 

Thanks for further elucidating your point. 

I typically listen at an average of 65-75 dB. I may approach 80 dB at times for short interludes but with my system, in my room, that’s plenty loud enough for me. Having abused my hearing with guitar amps for decades, I don’t want to risk doing any more damage at this point.  ;o)

@stuartk, @mahgister and ​​​​@audio-b-dog,

Yeah the band Caldera didn’t get hardly any promotion by the record company Capital even though they had some monster producers such as Wayne Henderson and Larry Dunn of Earth Wind & Fire.

And what little I did listen to of Neotropical Nocturnes now I see where the Flamenco style guitar playing comes from. I’m going to take some time this week  and really listen to it some more. @stuartk, your Spanish is impeccable, I didn't even know you could use a translator in audiogon. Thanks for the rip Stu.

Thanks. I didn’t use a translator for that post -- I can still speak simply although I’ve forgotten most of my Spanish. When I need a translator I use BabelFish. 

I lived in Mexico 1970 - 1972 as an adolescent. I’d studied it in school before moving there but there’s nothing like immersing yourself in a culture when it comes to learning a language. And subsequently I lived in S. CA and worked in a restaurant with many Mexicanos. Durante esos anos, hablaba tan mucho Espanol como Ingles. Ahora, no hay mucha oportunidad para practicar -- solamente pedir comida en restaurantes o platicar con hombres que trabajan por PG&E cortando arboles cerca de lineas electricos. OK... my brain is getting tired !    

Link for Feminina by Joyce:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkmSIdeSGK8&list=PLy1Y3HHeUKJSpsbVNqaLGqnxFVIIs9GDW

The more I listen to this, the more I like it. I'm going to continue exploring her music. 

@stuark, I don't listen much beyond 80db. Every now and then a song will push me into the mid 80s, but I watch it, too. I kind of blew my right ear sitting next to a speaker at a Delany and Bonnie concert many years ago. I now wear a hearing aid in that ear, which also tames tinitus. So, I listen with one ear analogue and one ear digital. 

Loud means different things to different people. Some people hear loud at 70db. A lot of music I listen to in the 60s or lower so it doesn't bother my wife. If I absolutely have to listen to something loud with her in the house, I resort to headphones. Although, I like the blast from speakers actually hitting my body. It can make a difference, even in some classical, like the 1812 Overture with its canons. 

I cued Joyce Moreno up on my streamer and will listen to Femina at my next listening session.

I didn’t say you used a translator, I very simply said ’your Spanish is impeccable’. Can’t be more descriptive than that. I used the translator. Glad you liked her! I have always had a affinity towards MPB, even more so than Bossa Nova. I like to call it, Brazilian FM! You, correction, I can listen to it all day, especially in Brazil.