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| Jazz for aficionados O-10, glad you liked "Voyage"; it's a gem. "Focus" has also been a favorite of mine for a long time. It happens to be one of the very first jazz records I ever purchased, and back at a time when I really could not understand nor appreciate it; no ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, I can't think of a time that I heard something by Sonny Rollins that I didn't like. "+3" is one of his best. Sonny is one of the greatest and most influential of the modern tenor players. Miles considered him to be the greatest tenor player e... | |
| Last time you felt that "tingling" sensation? Tostados, on that same TV show (Hollywood Palace), in 1964, The Rolling Stones made their first USA appearance. If you want to check out more Nancy Wilson this record is a great place to start; great tunes and fabulous arrangements by Billy May an... | |
| Linn Sondek LP12 impressions Bravo, Moonglum! Well said. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Fabulous! One of the great pairings in jazz. Thanks for sharing.This old thread might be of interest:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?gmusi&1302841452&openmine&zzFrogman&4&5#Frogman | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, thanks for the links; great stuff! "Yesterday's" is simply incredible. I was not familiar with that record, so it has to go on the "to buy" list. Sounds like Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis on tenor (?). Beautiful!And the Kirk/McDuff! In the pocket in... | |
| Last time you felt that "tingling" sensation? You are welcome. She is classy as it gets. | |
| Last time you felt that "tingling" sensation? About twenty minutes ago when I posted this in another thread:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QBmrDS2ZhawWhere: my home officeOn what: IPad (no headphones)Exact moment: 2:36 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Acman3, thanks for the Kurt Elling clip. He is fabulous and the best male jazz singer on the scene today as far as I am concerned. Ernie Watts is a wonderful player, but while I admit this is strictly a personal bias, he always sounds to me like M... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "Nancy Wilson with Cannonball" is an absolute gem. I am biased since she is probably my favorite female vocalist (non-classical) and Cannonball is (was) one of my very favorite alto players. Her repertoire is unusual for a jazz singer since it cov... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Charley Parker had many better recordings than strings!****True; no one is arguing that point. Still, great to hear Bird in that setting.This brings up an issue that has always been interesting to me. Obviously, a listener's personal taste has... | |
| Coltrane In case anyone wonders where it all began. Do I hear a bird?http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MGnY-axUH0U | |
| Jazz for aficionados I am with Orpheus re "Bird With Strings". I love the record. It was possibly the first recording of a major jazz star with a string section. At one point, Bird considered it his favorite recording. Kinda hard to argue with that, when it comes to j... | |
| Doc Severinsen and Ernie Watts concert tour...WOW Blasting?! Seriously? I understand and agree that Doc is not an introspective ballad player like a Miles or Chet Baker; in fact, he is really not a jazz player in the usual sense. Sure, he can improvise, a little, and most of his "improvised" solo... | |
| Doc Severinsen and Ernie Watts concert tour...WOW I have always felt that Johnny Carson's retirement, and NBC's decision to retire the band as well, was a very important and unfortunate moment in music. The Tonight Show Band was one of the few (maybe only) opportunities for younger viewers to hea... |