Jazz for aficionados

O-10, as much as I hate saying things like this, I think that what is really going on here is that you are a bitter and angry person, unnecessarily fueling the flames of our little soap opera; as demonstrated by your last post. Here you go again running to Rok for support on a position that has no merit and that will only serve to be controversial and divisive; not to mention misrepresentative of what has been going on.

I praised your most recent "old jazz" contributions (Farmer) and here you are making blanket statements about my "knocking" your "old jazz" contributions. I make a recommendation to you of a new artist (Lundy) that you might like who is reminiscent of a new artist that you posted, and here you are claiming that I "knocked" your new artist posts. All this, as if there were something wrong with not liking EVERYTHING that you post; especially when I have been very specific as to why I didn’t like certain ones and, incredibly!, as in the case of your "new jazz" example, you later went on to agree with me. It boggles the mind. Worst of all, to somehow suggest that the fact that I have not participated in other threads (!!!) that you have deemed indicative of some "problem" with new music is an example of some sort of inconsistency on my part is absurd. And top of it all, instead of having the courtesy and cojones of addressing me directly about it, you run to your cohort for support. If all this weren’t so pathetically sophomoric and plain stupid there would be no recourse but to call you an a&&. How pathetic.

Obviously, you are not interested in turning a new leaf or, as I have plainly suggested, "having more mature interaction going forward"; too bad.

BTW, if you had bothered to take off your blinders to read what was posted in those "other" threads you would have found that there was overwhelming criticism of the OP’s premise, and in the case of #3 (by our own Acman3) it was a parody of #’s 1&2.

Your last post was either the ultimate troll or an example of a desperate attempt to find validation by someone who apparently feels very little of it.  That you are "totally lost" is obvious; I suggest you look for a solution somewhere other than where you are looking.

Once more, here’s to more mature interaction going forward 🍷

Chazro, the Maraca clip is fabulous!  I can't thank you enough for that.  Love how the chamber orchestra weaves in and out of the Jazz and vise versa.  Fantastic instrumentalists and improvisers.  I have a lot more to say about it and your other clips, but sadly used up my time embroiled in the bullshit.  As an aside, and along the lines of the often talked about miracle of how Cubans keep all those old cars running, it is miraculous how great those musicians sound on what are, in many cases, second rate instruments at best.  Scary to think what they'll be able to do when things finally do improve for Cubans and they are able to play on really fine instruments.  And that violin soloist!  Omg, she can play like that and look like that! 😊

Just listened to the Clare Fischer "Somewhere..."  Wow!  More later.

@orpheus10,

The 'Rap' threads are not about music at all.  I think we all know what they are about.   Sort of like "Jazz for Aficionados.  Sometimes I wonder if it is about the music.

The post by Acman3 was just an attempt to make fun of,  and show them the stupidity of the whole  thread.  Good luck with that.

***** What do you think is the solution Rok; I'm totally lost. *****

Now now OP, you are not lost. :)  The problem first, then my solution.

Problem:  This thread is light years away from what it is was supposed to be.   Read your initial post again.   The atmosphere has become so poisonous and malicious, and in a personal way,   that I don't even like it anymore.   It has in effect, become an 'Audiophile thread'.  No different from all the rest.

Solution:   As I said in a previous post, irreconcilable differences.   There is no common ground.   There is Nothing to talk about.

To each his own, but for me, I think I'll call it a day, and head for the house.  

If you run across something that you think, I just have to have, email me.

Stop all the bickering.  It will eventually take all the joy out of listening to this great music.

Cheers

If bickering will take the joy out of you listening to music it wasn’t about music in the first place.

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