stuartk
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| It Was Twenty Years Ago Today! Personally, I still like "Old and in the Way" | |
| It Was Twenty Years Ago Today! I can recall which shows I particularly enjoyed but not much else. Off the top of my head, in no particular order: Richard Thompson, El Rayo X, early nineties. SRV '89 or '90 -- In Step tour Los Lobos, Arlo Guthrie, David Murray, Jorma K., mid ... | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis @klimt You’re welcome. I can’t speak about trumpet from a technical point of view but there are others on the forum who probably can. The recordings of M. Davis 2nd Great Quintet are among my favorites in Jazz. For my taste, they embody an ide... | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis @klimt Fair enough. And you don't need to be an expert to discover what pleases you, just willingness to explore. BTW, next time, considerer posting on the Jazz for Aficionados thread. | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis @klimt For purposes of discussion, it would be helpful to know your reasoning... | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @gpgr4blu You’re welcome. I just ordered two more of their cds, myself. Didn’t want to risk driving my wife crazy playing "On the Ropes" over and over ;o) @bdp24 That must be amazing, once you get it down. . . | |
| Jazz for aficionados @yyzsantabarbara It seems fitting that it's a titan like Sonny who is still standing. Hard not to feel nostalgic and wonder whether Jazz will ever enjoy a resurgence. | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @bdp24 I didn’t mean in terms of how well the instruments partner/function together. I was thinking in terms of the fact that playing drums seems, like playing pedal steel, to require coordinating lots of things at onc. By comparison, guitar and... | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued @larsman Thanks for your suggestions! | |
| JAYS Audio transport upgrade? @8th-note Makes sense, at that price. For more cash, Bricasti, Aqua and Gryphon make very fine transports that might beat it, in some ways. It's a moot point, however, as far as I'm concerned. They're all too expensive for me! My CDT2MKIII is ju... | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued @larsman Much of Maiden’s more wonderfully melodic stuff always struck me in a similar way to Wishbone Ash, with the guitars intertwining in and out.... Can you recommend a particular album that exemplifies the above? @deep_333 Many metal... | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued @deep_333 I don’t think there are actually that many stories/ themes/topics, be it music, visual art or literature. It’s not the what, so much as the how. The Iron Maiden tune is very pumped up -- unrelentingly so. there’s not really any contra... | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued @larsman It depends on how you define Hard Rock, I guess. Is Jeff Beck Hard Rock? What about Hendrix? Where’s the dividing line between Hard Rock and Classic Rock? | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued @larsman Sorry for my lack of clarity. I’d never tell any musician what they ought to play! I simply don’t relate to the aggression or focus on psychologically troubled states. I don’t like the way such music makes me feel physically or psycholo... | |
| JAYS Audio transport upgrade? @aolmrd1241 Excellent advice but not all gear is available from sellers who offer trial periods/return policies. I normally don’t buy anything I can’t demo at home and return if necessary but sometimes this just isn’t possible. I bought my Jay’s... |