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| 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... | |
| Coltrane Celebrate indeed! The full significance of that record is not always appreciated. The tune "Giant Steps", and a jazz player's ability to convincingly play over it's harmonic changes, is still one of the main litmus tests for credibility as a moder... | |
| Soundlab speakers Never owned, but if abosolute tonal accuracy (or it's potential) are of paramount importance, then they are the best speakers I have ever heard. Better midrange than even my Stax-F81's. Awsome speakers. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, thanks for the kind words; and thanks for your and everyone's contributions. Einstein!? Not sure where one can go for there. But, for perspective's sake, I would point out that there are many who truly live the "jazz life" who posses a level ... | |
| What audio components are heirloom quality? http://www.examiner.com/list/the-top-10-musical-far-side-cartoons/harps-and-accordions | |
| Jazz for aficionados Of course, that should read "In" honor of..... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I honor of this thread's 1000 post mark, I am going to re-post this link to what I think is a performance that exemplifies all that jazz is. First of all, it is an example of big-band jazz; something that has gotten short shrift in this thread. Mo... | |
| What audio components are heirloom quality? Great and commendable plan. Keep it simple! You don't know the extent to which your child will want to play around with the technical or tweaky part of the hobby. You don't want to overwhelm him/her; you want to promote an appreciation for music a... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Great topic! VTA adjustment on the fly is, for me, THE most important feature of the ET2. I find it invaluable and use it all the time. The benefits for me have to do with fine tuning tonality, timbre, and the integration of the uppermost frequenc... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Orpheus,A change of pace is always a good thing!I left all the LP's upstate, so YouTube will have to do:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J5KYW441M4g | |
| VPI Hw-19 Jr. Thoughts? Agreed! | |
| VPI Hw-19 Jr. Thoughts? Well, the Classic is a very good sounding table; for a lot more money than a good HW19 MK1-3; but, it won't give you the flexibility to change arms that the HW series will. If by "better buy" you mean more bang for the same amount of $, I would sa... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks. I don't know about the gentleman part, but the farmer part might surprise you :-) | |
| Jazz for aficionados Eddie on flute:http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwrel&v=Wv2Q2ivSA1AEddie in the reed section of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. Checkout the reed section lineup; incredible! http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=4ZLvqXFddu0 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Been away for a while; hope everyone is well and doing lots of listening. The subject of the pit musician is one which very close to home so I wanted to have time to do the subject justice.The "pit musician" Orpheus refers to is not the same pit m... |