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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.
It is a sweet looking guitar in good shape though. Maybe it was someone from here and they will do a NGD. I am curious what it sounds like. I'm guessing it sounds really good.
Do you also play/sing it together already? Asking because I have a hard time imagining that accompanying a singer in jazz is fundamentally different from accompanying a singer in almost any other...
I don't think any one particular flavor of Telecaster is necessarily superior for jazz given the vast expanse of sonic terrain that is the genre. Take most any Tele, roll off the tone knob and...
Seeking Advice for PA Speaker Voiced For Jazz...
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