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| Art Blakey experts please ... ? "A Night At Birdland" is Art Blakey's most famous album with "old school" fans. It includes Pee Wee Marquette's famous introduction which is remembered by all "old school" fans. Pee Wee was a little guy with a big voice, he was Birdland's emcee.Th... | |
| Who was the best jazz guitarist ever? Alexatpos, this is one of my favorites by Kenny Burrell, I'm sure you have that album.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP0flneNfaQ | |
| Art Blakey experts please ... ? Jazzcourier, your user name is most appropriate. | |
| Art Blakey experts please ... ? 45's are the ultimate. Nothing can capture "nuance" like a 45; for those who can afford them, that's the way to go. LP's are close, but this ain't horseshoes. | |
| Who was the best jazz guitarist ever? Alexatpos, while I like many great guitarist a lot; Grant Green was my favorite, or have I said that before. | |
| Art Blakey experts please ... ? I claim to be an Art Blakey expert. Since I have many LP's and CD's, I won't list them all; I would rather give others the pleasure.Not only is Blakey "King of the drums", he is also the king of "Hard bop". There are more famous musicians who play... | |
| Best REEL TO REEL blank tape? Herman my friend, go to reel to reel on this forum and be enlightened. All things are foreign until you have experienced them. | |
| Best REEL TO REEL blank tape? Dramapsycho, you are a man after my own heart. Reel to reel is superior to everything. With my 2 track Technics, the speakers even get bigger.Once you record that vinyl, it will sound better on playback than it did when you recorded it. Find "Reel... | |
| Best REEL TO REEL blank tape? Quantegy 456 reel to reel with black backing is what I bought last, it's good. They will also tell you how to convert the bias instructions in your manual to their tape. | |
| All Amps Sound the Same.... Not all people hear well; when you combine those people with ones who don't listen well, and add folks who don't care about music; we are out numbered. Their "graphanolas" are just some kind of background noise. | |
| I Pick up a Radio Station when I am playing record Someone has an over powered station near you. Call the FCC and report it. I bought a radio and threatened the guy when that happened to me. He was coming in on the tapedeck as well. | |
| Top 10 Jazz recordings ever I posted on the wrong thread. I would agree with most of the others. | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? I'm late to this one. They are all good before you marry them. In re to preamps, "I don't think so". | |
| The Evolution of Modern Jazz Here is something that's really different. This is Tuatara "Saturday Night Church"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KohpTKEKGmA | |
| Female Jazz Singers...new person/new releases... While most of the vocalists mentioned are fantastic, only a few are new; Norah Jones is a vocalist that is both. Here are two selections by Norah.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKEuOO0lQPchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=mHff55AeEAQ |