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    RIP Milford Graves

    Them's some hard blues being written lately. RIP. Milford Graves: the pioneering drummer whose naturalistic rhythms freed up jazz [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
    Post by: vilshofen, Feb 14, 2021 in forum: Miscellaneous [DB]
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    RIP Chick

    Yikes 23 Grammy awards. Worth a look at the Guardian's obits: Chick Corea, Grammy-winning jazz musician, dies at 79 Chick Corea: a fearless...
    Post by: vilshofen, Feb 12, 2021 in forum: Miscellaneous [DB]
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    Music for reading

    Gorn maybe try the Bartok, Schoenberg, Elliot Carter, Roger Sessions string quartets. Or Stravinsky, on a loop: [MEDIA] If them's too hardcore,...
    Post by: vilshofen, Feb 8, 2021 in forum: Miscellaneous [BG]
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    So What If I Stole from Claude Debussy?

    Well, the very first notes of the 3rd and 4th measures of Pagodes (from Estampes) recall the beginning of Re: Person. And sister to "stealing" is...
    Post by: vilshofen, Jan 15, 2021 in forum: Jazz Technique [DB]
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    What is your favorite BALLAD to play?

    Ach! So many . . . Another great TB thread. [MEDIA]
    Post by: vilshofen, Jan 13, 2021 in forum: Recordings [BG]
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    Request Phrygian, Middle Eastern flavoured bass grooves

    Starjag try this little morsel - more of a thump than a groove, but a song so far up the DNA of Algerians (Moroccans, too) they can sing it at...
    Post by: vilshofen, Jan 5, 2021 in forum: Tablature and Notation [BG]
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    RIP Eugene Wright the last of the Dave Brubeck quartet dies aged 97

    Huw I posted the same Guardian link on the DB side, inadvertently. This is sad news but still, 97 . . . RIP. [MEDIA]
    Post by: vilshofen, Jan 3, 2021 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    RIP Eugene Wright

    Yikes 30 albums together! RIP. Eugene Wright, bassist with classic Dave Brubeck Quartet, dies aged 97 Figures he could mambo. [MEDIA]
    Post by: vilshofen, Jan 3, 2021 in forum: Bassists [DB]
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    RIP Stanley Cowell

    The Times weighs in (possible paywall): Stanley Cowell, Jazz Pianist With a Wide Range, Dies at 79
    Post by: vilshofen, Dec 21, 2020 in forum: Miscellaneous [DB]
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    RIP Stanley Cowell

    Honk if you've got the vinyl!
    Post by: vilshofen, Dec 20, 2020 in forum: Miscellaneous [DB]
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    Ron Mathewson RIP

    Normally don't post entire albums, but . . . RIP. This is Mathewson, Tony Oaxley, Gordon Beck, Kenny Wheeler, Stan Stanzmann. [MEDIA]
    Post by: vilshofen, Dec 19, 2020 in forum: Bassists [DB]
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    RIP Stanley Cowell

    I had a go at downloading Maimoun (Arabic "fortunate, blessed"), the first track from Illusion Suite - (it's not on YouTube):
    Post by: vilshofen, Dec 19, 2020 in forum: Miscellaneous [DB]
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    RIP Stanley Cowell

    Bobby look for Illusion Suite (ECM, 1973) with Stanley Clarke & Jimmy Hopps - my favorite. It gets posted on YT every so often, and then taken...
    Post by: vilshofen, Dec 19, 2020 in forum: Miscellaneous [DB]

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