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Tom Waits - Small Change - The big print giveth and the small print taketh away
Laura Nyro - Eli And The 13th Confession - no one knows the blues like lonely women do
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It - click click, click click cli… -
Thanks mommio, checked out the jazz threads and they were interesting. Appreciate it.
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How long have you been at eMu?
February 2006, but like many others I didn't pay any attention to the message board until all the problems began. But it soon became obvious to me that
there was a lot of knowledge there (and here) and tha… -
Some don't have anything to do with them - but the vast majority do. And I have taken a look , and I see a few (not quite a few) music threads, some of which I have participated in if I felt I had something useful to say. But if this is what the Gol…
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The ironic thing is that not only have Ray23 and Wanderer dominated the emusic board, but you have allowed them to dominate this board too. This is by far the most active thread on this board. I thought this board was to avoid all that nonsense and …
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This is my favorite late period Coltrane album. I actually find it more accessible in many ways than most late-period Coltrane. In any case, the playing is superb, and this is a great find at that price.
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I find that I hear things differently at different ages and that that keeps the music fresh for me. Like re-reading a favorite book every few years, I get different
things out of it each time. I'm sure there are things I just overdid and could… -
Gave my daughter a subscription a few years ago also and she has been lovin' it. Big indie fan had the 90 download for $20 plan, and she loved impressing her friends with her vast ipod indie collection. She loves the new Sony stuff for some bands s…
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# jonahpwll - checked out the wikipedia entry on Nu-Jazz. Very informative. Thanks for calling my attention to this category of jazz. Turns out - I'm a big Nu-Jazz fan and never knew it. Wiki cites the label Thirsty Ear (from whence I stole my scree…
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My first exposure was by the radio. FM radio was in it's early days - there wasn't any programming or playlists, the dj's simply played whatever they felt like playing. Even on "rock" stations you might hear anything.
It was not uncommon to he… -
I'm going to go with Brilliant Corners, with Sonny Rollins, even though it will cost you 12 credits.
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Ok, I'll bite. But only to list my musical facts:
1. I used to play the turntable, then learned how to play the cd player, but now just play the computer (to which I have some kick-ass speakers attached, I might add).
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Katrina, I hope the cassette version of Underground included the original liner notes. They are a very funny "explanation" of the objects on the cover and of Monk's participation in WWII. Almost as good as the cover itself.
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# TimMason - Steely Dan's version of East St. Louis Toodle-Oo is one of my favorite tunes by the band. If you have never heard their appearance on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz show, where they spend an hour talking about and playing jazz, it's wel…
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Ok, so it seems like we have a very open minded group but one which is generally not jazz focused (I would say I'm about 92% jazz 4% Grateful Dead and 4%
rock, blues, folk, reggae - no classical, no indie). I'm the kind of jazz fan that when a… -
I have to stop posting things with "I remember..." in them, I sound like some senile old codger, going on and on about the golden past.
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# Katrina & # Bad Thoughts
You're right. The very best way to learn about jazz is to attend live shows. There isn't any substitute for that.
But if you can't get to live shows, a mentor is very nice, and the combination is even bette… -
What's with the 70s cutoff, though?
I worked in retail records at the time and remember it very well Record companies placed a lot of pressure on jazz acts to sell records in the quantities that rock acts were selling. Young fans were ignorin… -
No doubt the very best way to learn jazz is through a knowledgeable mentor. I was extremely lucky. In Philly there was a record store called Third Street Jazz.
The owner was Jerry Gordon, who went on to found Evidence Records. His right hand m… -
# Bad Thoughts - I was very wary of making lists myself, mainly because I didn't want to make a fool of myself (which I expect to do with almost every post).
But it was fun in the end and did get a nice little discussion started that I hope ma… -
For me good in this context means the same as good in any other context, such as good food or good movies. Something I like, something that communicates to me in some way, or even something I can enjoy from a technical point of view - any or all of …
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Well the critics have always been down on the Columbia Monk albums, but I really think the whole period is overdue for reevaluation. I listen to that period
of Monk differently than earlier Monk, its more about the interplay between Monk and R… -
"Beware Thelonious Monk on Columbia. Compared to his output on Riverside and Bluenote it's second-rate"
I used to believe this also but have come over the years to change my mind. In particular, I find that "Underground" and Straight, No Chase…