keegiam

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Jazz for aficionados
@mahgister It's a nearly impossible task to express the emotions of music via the written word, but you just did the best job I've ever seen - and I'm no spring chicken.  Well done, sir. 
Blues for Aficionados
Roots music?  Check this out.  Mali's playing sounds very much like Junior Kimbrough.  Amy thoughts?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pytTF3mzaI 
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Junior Wells - "Little Red Rooster"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5C0uD2BuEc 
Blues for Aficionados
Junior Wells - "Come on in This House"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX-7MPrJQfM 
Blues for Aficionados
@bdp24 We're out here and we appreciate your contributions. Rok is in steamroller mode, and that's cool.  He's on his stated mission.But when you talk about Muscle Shoals, Parchman Farm, Jimmie Vaughan, Mose Allison and Rudy Van Gelder in one po... 
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BTW, did you all notice McLaughlin saying he was playing a Gibson Hummingbird back then?  Who'd a thunk it? 
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@pjw81563 Thanks so much for the McLaughlin interview ("soliloquy?").  In our world, this is priceless history.  It's refreshing to learn that Miles was spellbound by another musician somewhere along the line.Maybe I need to dig deeper into Miles ... 
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@frogman Just fabulous.  I don't believe in pearly gates, but, in the fantasy world where they exist, I'd prefer to be greeted by Oscar Peterson. 
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Quote from Pat Metheny (in the link provided by Frogman): "i like to play with people who love to play whatever they want to play"That's really the gist of it, isn't it?  Virtuosity is rarely attained, but, when it is, shouldn't we all just relax... 
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Lest we forget joy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_V3mg_7xlE 
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Lest we forget the fundamental pain: St. James Infirmaryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiDnAA3DoW4 
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"My Little Cello."  Lovely little tune from Oscar Pettiford.  I still get confused - the OP turned me on to OP (Pettiford), but I already knew the #1 OP (Peterson).  That said...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGuIbbsMsTI 
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@pjw81563 Thanks, I wasn't aware of the trio's effort and will check it out.  Gotta say - I've been listening to Metheny for 40+ years, and there's always been a contingent that feels he's not really a jazz player.  BS.  Yes, he's done new age-fla... 
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Keith Jarrett Trio - "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Live in Tokyo, 1993)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENrRAIzlL1A 
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Burton, Corea, Metheny, Haynes, Holland - "Question and Answer"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6epTSAq0s4&list=OLAK5uy_ms-PRDnEUGK1o3ncDcURd0MrMKQRGvJ6A