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| Jazz for aficionados acman That Abdullah Ibrahim is not bad at all. I will research him a bit more when I have time. | |
| Jazz for aficionados RE Charlie Rouse.Another fine tenor player I have neglected to buy any albums with him as a leader along with George Coleman.I have been searching through Coleman's catalog and found quite a few. Even some newer dates up to 2019.Thanks Alek for th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Might be noise to some, but beautiful to other ears.Written and recorded in this century. In my opinion that is a "Tight Band" playing some really good music. I have ordered a copy.Thanks ghosthouse for posting that. | |
| Jazz for aficionados This seems like quintessential Monk to me. Japan, 1963. 38 mins. keegiam That is a great Monk video (Japan) Thanks for posting that. | |
| Jazz for aficionados O10 The 4 disc box set titled "The Complete Jazz Lab Sessions" released in 2013 currently sells for astronomical prices. I only have the first volume on CD. Its strange they sell the 1st 3 volumes individually but I cannot seem to find a "volume 4... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Many more recordings now on my list. This forum is priceless. keegiam I agree since I found JFA about 4 years ago I discovered so many jazz music I was not aware of.See my post to rok above. Another one I just bought! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Duke Ellington -- THE BLANTON-WEBSTER BAND rok I just ordered that 3 CD set from Discogs. Thanks for posting that. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thank you very much Pjw for presenting the many different phases of "Donald Byrd" Where do you fit this one in? O10 that is a great album that I have in my Byrd collection. All star cast of musicians on that including Pepper Adam's who collabor... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Anyone who has heard Dexter live understands why all he had to do was “be himself” in an acting role. Frogman I agree with everything you wrote on this post. I have the relatively new Dexter Gordon book titled "Sophisticated Giant the Life and ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Yesterday, the birthday of one of the great tenor players and a personal favorite was overlooked. George Coleman has a very distinctive voice and is one of the most lyrical of tenor players. Very modern tone, but with few if any “Coltranisms”; s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Good posts and commentary, pjw. Couldn’t agree more on Byrd as a composerGood Morning frogman. And, as I pointed out, he wrote "Tanya" for Dexter Gordon’s "One Flight Up" session which, IMHO, is one of the best Hard Bop compositions ever. Byrd wit... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The great late trumpeter Donald Byrd wrote the song "Tanya" and, IMHO. never gets his due accolades as a composer. When he set out to record a funk/jazz session in 1971 he penned two of the funkiest songs of all time titled "The Emperor" and "The ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Dexter Gordon: "Tanya"Good morning keegiam"Tanya" is not only my favorite Dexter Gordon song its one of my favorite all time jazz songs as well. My "One Flight Up" CD is high up on my top 50 jazz discs in my collection.LTD’s long improvised solo o... | |
| Jazz for aficionados So I went back to the last week of May 2016 through the first week of June 2016 and the bickering back then was even worse then it is now. Actually way worse.. Jazz for aficionados | Audiogon Discussion Forum It seems some things never change bu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O10 I'm at your service.Chico Hamilton's "Man From Two Worlds" is a very good album and "Forest Flower" is my favorite song on it.A few months ago I picked up a 3 CD set titled "Chico Hamilton and Eric Dolphy the Complete Studio Recordings" and I ... |