stuartk

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If you haven't yet discovered Rosie Flores.....
@wolf_garcia  The unpopular music business  Clever!  Unbeknownst to the general public, some of the best artists in the world fall into this category. We can count ourselves lucky, whatever the reason(s) might be in our individual cases, that... 
Jazz for aficionados
@frogman  OK. You read my mind.  I don't know if this will impel me to buy any of his recordings but I can't complain that he never plays lyrically.   ;o)    
Jazz for aficionados
@frogman  Ah -- "hint of..." -- my mistake!   Yes; I can definitely see how Lovano and Potter differ.  This isn't the case regarding Potter and Brecker. I'm not disputing the parallels you draw, it's just that I haven't listened much to Brecker... 
Jazz for aficionados
@frogman  Thanks for your response. I'm always learning something new from your posts ! Perhaps my ear is simply not sufficiently acute to perceive the dominant  "Jazz/Rock sensibility" you pick up on in Potter's playing. Or perhaps this is simp... 
Jazz for aficionados
@frogman  Well OK. But having witnessed Potter 4 X with Dave Holland Quintet, I'm curious as to your reasoning. He can certainly handle very slippery timing and harmonically ambiguous settings.   
Steve Morse pays tribute to Jeff beck
@slofut  I imagine it was very inspiring to spend time with such a player!   
Steve Morse pays tribute to Jeff beck
@slofut How lucky for you to have known him! Ampeg SVT's? You’re a bass player ?    
Jazz for aficionados
@frogman "Porter" ? You mean, Potter?    
HEGEL 190, 390-400, 590-600
The fire at the factory that produced AKM dac chips used in the H390 impelled Hegel to switch to Sabre chips for the H600 and the new replacement for the H390 . . the H400? How this impacts the sonics I can’t say. I’d never depend upon an AI for b... 
Jazz for aficionados
Re: Shorter vs. Coleman, as a listener, for me, it comes down to the mood I’m in, on any given day or evening. I don’t want to listen to Shorter’s Blue Notes or the 2nd Great 5tet all the time, even though these recordings are among my all time fa... 
Phil Lesh
Monster bassist. He will be missed by many, including me.     
Jazz for aficionados
I’ve never warmed to Sam Rivers, in any of the settings I’ve heard. I need a bit more consonance. Nothing wrong with George Colemans’s playing with Miles, from my perspective. "My Funny Valentine" remains one of my favorite Miles releases, several... 
Six DAC Comparison
@mitch2  Thanks. Don't recall whether I mentioned on this thread that I was ready to buy a Mojo DAC 2-3 years back but Benjamin recommended that I upgrade transport first, so that's what I did.   
Six DAC Comparison
@mitch2  OK. Thanks for your response. Not ready to buy yet, but from what I've read so far, the Mojo sound is one that definitely seems worth checking out.   
Steve Morse pays tribute to Jeff beck
@sweiss1590  Glad this opened some doors for you!   The Dregs are definitely not "boring".