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From: Julian on 20 Oct 2005 00:53 On 19 Oct 2005 20:43:56 -0700, davemil1(a)cs.com wrote: >Hi Julian: > >Thanks much for your long reply. I've read it thoroughly and >understand your thoughts > >I just finished playing a jazz festival in Medford, OR where I heard >two young and lovely ladies from the Seattle area (I think) sitting in >with one of the groups. One played trumpet and one clarinet. They >play with a group called Mighty Aphrodite. Have you heard of them? I haven't. >There remain quite a few jazz stations (mostly all public radio) and >apparently you have a good one in your area. We have several but all >are mostly populated with psuedo DJ's who think it all began with the >Bop era. Rarely, if ever, do they play anything by such masters as >George Shearing, Shelley Manne, Dave Pell, Oscar Peterson, Erroll >Garner, Jim Hall, George VanEps, Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, Andre >Previn, Paul Desmond, Basie, Goodman, Dorsey, let alone the giants >Armstrong, Waller, Tatum, and countless others. You might want to check out KPLU.org. Many of these artists can be heard there but not much big band or vintage stuff except on Sunday afternoon. They do feature a lot of decent piano players and singers. I first heard Gene Harris there. I think it was the only time I ever called the station. I had to know who that guy was immediately! Cheers, Julian
From: davemil1 on 20 Oct 2005 10:04 Hi Julian: Gene Harris should have been on my list. I have two late and excellently recorded Concord LP's he's on - The Gene Harris All-Star Big Band and The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio. If you don't have them, let me know and I'll make you a couple of CD's. Regards, Dave
From: Vahis on 20 Oct 2005 10:31 DC wrote: > Jay Kadis wrote: > >> Jazz isn't dead, it's just stunned. > > > And it smells funny. I was just listening to my Mothers when I accidentally answered a crossposting from here. That was about guitar not having the status in music today as it used to. That was said by Frank Zappa, just as "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny" Sometimes I have these periods when I start listening to Zappa. After a few days I can not tolerate much any other music because everyhing sounds so poor, poorly composed and performed. Then I need some good jazz music to overcome. It always helps, and I'm able to go on listening to different kinds of music. Lotsa blues and stuff. So I think jazz really is not dead, it will never die. -- Vahis
From: RD Jones on 21 Oct 2005 02:36
Vahis wrote: > I was just listening to my Mothers when I accidentally answered a > crossposting from here. That was about guitar not having the status in > music today as it used to. That was said by Frank Zappa, just as "Jazz > is not dead, it just smells funny" > > Sometimes I have these periods when I start listening to Zappa. After a > few days I can not tolerate much any other music because everyhing > sounds so poor, poorly composed and performed. > > Then I need some good jazz music to overcome. It always helps, and I'm > able to go on listening to different kinds of music. Lotsa blues and stuff. Then there's always Zappa's "Jazz from Hell" rd |