Jazz for aficionados

Schubert, the title of this thread on the music forum is "Jazz For Aficionados". I'm still looking for your posts where you submitted music, could you direct me?

Rok, you didn't comment on the dance links: 09-07-14 : I consider the last paragraph on that post an "unbelievable fact".

Rok, well, I am duly busted on that Bolero factoid. Total brain fart and I hang my head in shame for my memory lapse. Bolero, nonetheless! a piece that have played more times than I care to remember. I could go on about the reasons related to its history why I made that error, but I will spare you the agony. If you care, I will gladly torture with those facts. Hey, nobody is perfect (close) and your facts in this department are so often wrong that that I confess it was easy to assume that you were wrong again :-). Obviously, I stand by all my other comments.

Here's the Muti link again:

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=-7ZBzIXoJDM

I am going to give you a little insight into what makes for good orchestral ensemble playing and is what of the things that separates the great orchestras (Wiener) from the merely good (Proms). Listen to the entrance of the 2nd flute at the end of the flute solo; at 1:12 on the Muti. Believe it or not that is one of the hardest things in all of Bolero. The 2nd flute has to come in cold and in perfect rhythmic unison with the snare drum and in the low register of the instrument; very very difficult! The Wiener 2nd flute comes in decisively and in perfect rhythm. On the Plisetskaia recording (and most others) the 2nd flute falters a bit and sounds insecure and uncorfortale for at least several beats. Check it out; I promise your head won't explode :-)

O-10:

The dancers: Awesome energy. The problem I have with this type dancing is that I am not sure the music and the dancing is connected in any way. The clip with the drummers and girls dancing, it seems as if she or even the drummers could have done something entirely different, and it would not have made any difference. It could be that I just couldn't hear the connection. I do admit, that when it comes to dancing, to having a bias against all things African. Real or imitation.

Cheers

A perfect Bolero. I got the flute thingy. HOWEVER, music is not about perfection. It's about enjoyment. Muti himself looked as if he had overdosed on something. And at 8:00, the shot is of Muti, but in the background you can see a person fighting to stay awake.

The Terra cotta soldiers, eeerrr I mean the audience, was typical German. Everyone sitting at the position of attention. As were the players. A great CD of Bolero.

For live performances, give me the Proms any day. Informal, youth oriented and fun based. It's like a Rock Fest for Classical music. I will take a less than perfect Bolero, with 9 hot spainish babes dancing, anytime.

I think the Trombone 'blew' his opening note on one of my Boleros. But who noticed? That Bolero was sensual.

For CD playing, I take the Germans. For seeing and hearing I take the Proms. Imperfections be damned.

/#/ this appears in the link that you sent. I have to delete #/ and then it works, with just the single / otherwise it just goes to the Youtube home page.

Cheers