orpheus10
Responses from orpheus10
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, as I stated, our discussion about Trane relates to 2 minutes of his total musical life, and was just conversation to pass the time.I use the word "Stereotypical" to mean that I've heard it a lot before; "Bird" and Coltrane for sure; that ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados " It certainly applies to the music at the link here."You certainly got that right; good sonics and perfect vinyl always helps the listening experience. You're getting warm, but this is even better, and it includes some of the same people.Egberto... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ghosthouse, there's no doubt about the sonics. This music is best listened to in a dark room with a blank mind from beginning to end. Although I'm listening to it, I haven't gotten into it yet.Just like a tuner, your mind has to be on the right ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Charlie Haden and Jim Hall are two of the highest rated jazz musicians I can think of. I just read where they got 5 stars on performance, and 5 stars on sonics; that's a rarity.I've just cued this album in and I'm really enjoying it. Whether or ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for your kind words Ghosthouse. | |
| Jazz for aficionados BTW Ghosthouse, Frogman, and Rok have also inquired why I thought something was just ok that they considered special; maybe I'm too honest. But when they asked that question, the jazz was very good, it just sounded "stereotypical" to me, that's ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ghosthouse, I've been listening to jazz for my entire life, and I'm an old man; you shouldn't expect something "new" that grabs you, will grab me.I've heard the best jazz musicians from the 50's up until it changed and became more abstract in rece... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "I remember a critic saying Coltrane sounded like a big man in a small box, when he played with Miles."Acman, that's quite a quote, and it fits so well; Coltrane really expanded after he left Miles.The discussion Frogman and me are having pertains... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I wondered into this, and couldn't quit looking and listening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNbATOp4fbkThat Jackie Mac is just too much, and that chick is tearing up some drums; I just can't quit looking and listening. It's almost imp... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "To thine own ears be true", quote the great philosopher Orpheus. You don't have to be a philosopher or musician to know what you like and don't like. If JC decided to communicate with the angels when he was nearing his last breath, that was his... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, I remember the first time I heard "Speak Low" by Sonny Clark. I was on a date in a night club when I heard this music emanating from the jukebox. It had been one of my favorite tunes for some time, but I never heard it played so well. At ... | |
| RVG RIP There's a short story in one of my encyclopedias titled "Waiting For Dizzy" involving Art Farmer, Phil Woods, and Benny Golson, waiting for Dizzy, at Rudy Van Gelders studio, by Gene Lees.Everyone who had ever recorded there knew Rudy's quirks, an... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, a comparison to those two is even farther apart than apples and oranges. I was making an attempt to illustrate the word "drama" as I used it to describe music. That was a flop; evidently I need another word that I have yet to find.I ins... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I think we should continue to honor Bobby Hutcherson, and Toots Thieleman by playing there music. That could prove to be beneficial to our collections, plus quite enjoyable.One of the CD's I have is "Skyline": Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone, marimb... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ghosthouse, I must be using the wrong word. The purpose of language is to communicate; if a word means one thing to you and another to me in regard to music, we need to find another word.The piece that didn't hook you is one of my absolute favorit... |