frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados Interesting segue!I don't understand the question. The score is the score and the music is the music as the composer intended it; no more, no less. Rok, truly no disrespect intended, but unless I am missing something in your question, that is a ra... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, I fully expected a response along these lines. My impression is that when there isn't unequivocal agreement with your assessment of an artist there seems to be a knee jerk reaction in the negative instead of a substantive discussion of the pa... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "Nuts and bolts" is not irrelevant in any genre of music. If you really believe that then you don't understand what is meant by the expression.****but I never heard anything that remotley sounded like this.****Well, as my 11yr old likes to say: Du... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, Regina Carter's main influence (by her own admission) was the great Stephane Grapelli, and probably the reason for your astute observation about her tone. In addition to that it is possible that her violin is slightly larger than typical. No... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Meaning, IMO, that many (operative word) kids today have little and, arguably, insufficient appreciation of one of the most important life lessons: the value of "process". IOW, what it takes to achieve true understanding of and insight into proble... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks, Dgob. That has been at the top of my audio "to do" list since you first commented on it a while back. | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Computers don't go on the fritz these days. ****Tell that to Lois Lerner. | |
| horace silver has died I agree about "In Pursuit Of The 27th Man". Great record and the first time that I heard the great late Michael Brecker; it knocked my socks off. Here is an interesting glimpse into Horace Silver the bandleader and the making of that record accord... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Actually, PhD, I was in Japan two months ago and was flabbergasted at just how much hip hop culture has influenced pop culture there. It is very obvious in TV programming and commercials and the way young people dress. Rap in Japanese is something... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? As with most descriptions of the sonic attributes of gear, for a description to be meaningful and complete it must relate to the music. While I am sure square wave response is an important consideration when discussing the speed of a cartridge, I ... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Minorl has it exactly right; as does Wolf re the state of music today. As much as I hate to say it one the biggest obstacles to the success of the High End may be audiophiles ourselves. The cynicism and negativity passing for "reality" as demonstr... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? ****Raul performed a great service to the community by reawaking to the potential of HO carts. I doubt if he will show up on this thread once again, for obvious reasons. His contribution is noted.****I know some will disagree (Raul?), and I may re... | |
| horace silver has died We do miss things sometimes; and sometimes things fall through the cracks. Frankly, I am amazed that having been a fan of Silver and of tenor saxophone players for so many years I was not aware of that fact. Glad to know and thanks for the educati... | |
| horace silver has died Distinctive voice in jazz who will be sorely missed. Love his recordings. Always great bands with some of my favorite tenor players inc Joe Henderson and the underrated Junior Cook. Here is a good and brief overview of his best recordings for anyo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****it's more important that the reviewer's taste and musical sensibilities coincide with those of the reader and are demonstrated to be consistent over time.****Exactly right.Re Korea: When in Asia recently, Korea was one of the stops. It was abs... |