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| Hard Bop, sans drum solos ? Most Horace Silver albums would fit the description of hard bop, and while there may be some drum solos scattered here and there, I don't recall any that go on for any significant length of time, at least not long enough to make someone who claims... | |
| Is there a quality website that lists upcoming releases of music For information about re-releases of old music, I go to The Second Disc. It’s updated daily.https://theseconddisc.com | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals Glenn Campbell's cover of "Southern Nights" easily beats the original by Allen Toussaint. | |
| Anyone Else Here In To LIBRARY/PRODUCTION MUSIC? Thanks for posting those links Prof. I’m definitely going to check some of those out. I totally get your fascination with this music but you are way ahead of me with your collecting of it. Do you have the Dutton compilation entitled “Big City Suit... | |
| Your Favorite Holiday Album Soulful Strings - The Magic Of Christmas. | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Dave Stryker, Snug Harbor, 8PM show, today. | |
| Current Women In Jazz : Underappreciated Roxy Coss. She plays sax, and is no lightweight. This is refreshing to see. | |
| Anyone Else Here In To LIBRARY/PRODUCTION MUSIC? Yes!! I was introduced to this music via the compilations that Dutton Vocalion has assembled (Time To Fly and Liquid Sunshine being two of them) and last I checked are still available. Let me know if you cannot find these or would like a complete ... | |
| The Absolute Sound vs Stereophile I dropped my TAS subscription once I concluded the writers were just plain annoying. The “reviews” read more like advertisements. Every single issue contains the word “venerable.” And JV is just full of himself, with his use of random phrases in s... | |
| Vinyl in Katy, TX Just so you're under no illusions, you will encounter the heavy Houston traffic getting to Shepherd/59. That area is about as Houston as it gets. | |
| Why Miles Davis late alboms are not well recorded? Well in the case of Bitches Brew, In A Silent Way, On The Corner and Get Up With It (and maybe some others I'm missing) I think the recording quality can be explained by the dense sound that Miles was aiming for. There were tons of layered instrum... | |
| Why Miles Davis late alboms are not well recorded? I see where you're question comes from, but some of the ones you specifically mentioned I have a second opinion. I always thought Aura and Tutu were very good quality. Remastered versions of Aura and Tutu have been issued, and in both cases the re... | |
| Thad Jones Also which might be of interest: Thad Jones plays on certain cuts on the excellent “Ellington Is Forever, Vol. 1” by Kenny Burrell. Also, I recently picked up a Thad Jones tribute album entitled “Mad About Thad” by the NYJAZZ Initiative - excellen... | |
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