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| Afro-Cuban Jazz Adding on to some of the outstanding recordings already recommended:Sabu Martinez: Sabu's Jazz EspagnoleRay Barretto: AcidJoe Cuba: Estamos Haciendo Algo Blen! Batacumbele: In Concert at University of Puerto RicoFrancisco Aguabella: H20These are a... | |
| christmas music Synthfreek is right. Fahey's Christmas record is pretty definitive. Some others I like:Charles Brown - Cool Christmas Blues on RounderDavid Grisman - David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas on Rounder | |
| Name your favorite sax solo. Nice thread.Lots of faves. Here's a few:Joe Henderson - on "Song for my Father", Horace Silver-Song for my FatherJohn Coltrane - on "Naima", John Coltrane-Giant StepsDavid Murray - on "Ming", World Saxophone Quartet-RevueJames Carter - on "Cha... | |
| Most Influential American Musician of All Time? Certainly Pops is a great candidate, since he pretty much invented the modern concept of soloing in, around and on top of the beat. His elastic sense of time made it possible for all subsequent explorations of the beat in Western popular music. Bu... | |
| Tube amps I have been using a Music Reference RM200 for over four years with my WP7s and have found it to be an outstanding combination. The RM200 has an extraordinary ability to deliver power to relatively low impedance loads, such as the WP7s. In addition... | |
| Max Roach - You Will Be Missed One of the most memorable musical experiences of my life was seeing Max Roach with his percussion outfit M'Boom at the late, lamented Carlos 1 in NYC. Everyone in the ensemble was chosen because of the kaleidescopic colors they got out of their va... | |
| Essential Gene Ammons I would vote for "Gentle Jug". This is a compilation of a few early 60s recordings that feature Ammons' ballad work, which, I feel is where he is at his absolute best. The recording I have is from Analog Productions, the music production arm of Ch... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" Helen Humes' "Tain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do" is a late 50's, early 60's mixed set of blues, ballads and mid-tempo swing numbers that is simply sublime. Man...this woman could swing! Clearly inspired by Ella but more than a bit of her own bop-inf... | |
| Aimy Winehouse -- who knows her? Cutocycle,Never been a huge fan of CD sound though I do agree that $5k to $10k is the buy in for a vinyl rig that doesn't miss any of the essentials. The difference between the CD and LP versions of the Stripes' "Elephant" remains one of the most ... | |
| Artists 'SELLING OUT' - can we discuss? There was an interesting program on NPR dealing with this issue. The upshot was that artists can no longer rely on traditional forums, such as radio to disseminate their music. Therefore, artists have become increasingly eager to get their music o... | |
| Aimy Winehouse -- who knows her? You're right on the money Cutocycle. The "Back to Black" CD seems to have been deliberately engineered to have somebody's lame idea of a grainy, peaky retro sound that is very grating. I picked up an EP containing remixes of "Back to Black" and "I... | |
| Aimy Winehouse -- who knows her? She is a complete package, perhaps too complete in some respects. She is a brilliant, highly skilled and charismatic singer, but clearly has personal demons that are likely to kill her, and, or her career way too soon. Her phrasing, intonation and... | |
| Why do headphones sound so good... I believe that it is much easier to reproduce life-like dynamics with phones than with speakers, probably for the reason oft stated above, that there is less air to move. Some experts believe that it is the gulf between the dynamics of live versus... | |
| Stax soul jag Sfar, What a concert that must have been!!! Although removed by decades, I witnessed a similar case of the tune-up band eclipsing the marquis act in a Soul context. I went to see Alicia Keys just after her second record dropped and she had John Le... | |
| Stax soul jag Love the stuff. Stevie Wonder may be my absolute favorite but the whole genre stokes my burners. Recently picked up a 45 rpm EP of the Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself". Whoah!!!..chicken skin music for sure. |