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I hate when people write negative things about someone after they pass without them being able to refute what is said.The worst was Stan Kenton's daugther making accusations after he was gone.
I guess in your haste, you didn't see that I also posted "I mean outside of who could be in their bands, what clubs they could play in and other aspects of employment". "Their gigs" would relate...
Don't buy the Barney Kessel book, it's written by his bitter wife and reflects her attitude. I read it and got rid of it.
I never fully understood why Ice MFin' T would play cops in TV series. When you really challenge the system (and that is not a matter of colour of skin) you end up in political asylum in Moscow or...
Sounds good, Lawson.... and I'm glad you didn't transpose it to a minor key. ;) By the way, are we allowed to play these arrangements slowly and then speed them up a la Les Paul? :pirate:
From Brad Mehldau's album 'Jacob's Ladder', one of three cuts based on "Cogs in Cogs" from Gentle Giant's "The Power and the Glory" (with Becca Stevens): ...
From Brad Mehldau's album 'Jacob's Ladder', his interpretation of "Starship Trooper" from "The Yes Album" (with Cécile McLorin Salvant): ...
I'm not blaming the musicians for society, that's backwards, they were born into the same problematic society as everyone else. When you said "Did they invite black musicians over to jam." I...
It is very interesting to listen to interviews with white musicians who were touring the South of the USA in the fourties and fifties with their mixed bands. Most were accepting the facts, e.g. their...
Of course that is white privilege in a nutshell. But are you blaming the majority of white jazz musicians of the era for that? E.g. that white guy shouldn't waltz right into Harlem since a...
I am part of a trio (sometimes quartet when our bassist is in town) that performs mostly at senior living facilities, and an occasional porchfest or arts & crafts fair. We consist of an excellent...
"jazz" is in the players fingers talent and attitude..the equipment is secondary
I've been wondering about the Johnny Smith book. Glad to hear it's good.
Seeking Advice for PA Speaker Voiced For Jazz...
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