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Amilisom
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Jazz Band class in high school. But it wasn't just that in itself, mostly when we arranged combos one trimester and I realized how fun playing in a combo can be. The freedom of improvisation and communication. My friend did a really interesting arrangement of Freddy Freeloader that involved switching the feel from swing to latin to funk, which was recorded and I put on youtube, despite how much we sucked
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Kazuhiro
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^ At least I wait for an opportunity to see it. |
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Amilisom
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km6JVqpc85Y&feature=share&list=UUnMDBu3GIm317SHbaUa6T1A
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"Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been a statue set up in honor of a critic."
-Jean Sibelius |
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Kazuhiro
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The real intention does not know how I felt the performance that you went for. However, you put it in Youtube surely. I have not heard the arrangement that soaked "Freddy Freeloader" with variety. In Latin rhythm and swing in funk. Even as for the flexibility of the tempo.
Please do not think that the performance is bad. I enjoyed your performance really enough.
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bytor2112
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Me to, although I am still happy with my prog. But it used to be that if I wasn't in the mood for Prog and it's many subgenres, I just wouldn't listen to music. But now Jazz can fill that gap for me, I'll never not have to listen to music again!
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Polymorphia
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My dad is a jazz educator and saxophonist. My brothers are finishing up their jazz degrees. Of course, with such a family, I was already introduced to jazz. My appreciation of it came in surges, with each surge appreciating it more than I did before.
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js
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Where does your Dad teach?
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Polymorphia
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University of Southern Mississippi
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js
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Ha, you guys are close by, I'm in Memphis. Is South Miss in Jackson?
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Polymorphia
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Hattiesburg
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js
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I've been through there many times, often as the turn off towards Mobile, stopped at a Mexican restaurant not long ago.
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Polymorphia
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Which restaurant? Qdoba? Caliente Grill?
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js
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Don't remember now, they were playing some high speed techno-cumbia on the juke box, I was surprised to hear that in the south, it sounded more like something you'd hear on the west coast.
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Polymorphia
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Maybe Caliente? Don't remember if they have a jukebox or not, but they're locally owned, on campus, and lots of hipsters work there, so the music choice is more likely to be unusual for the area. Do you play? Maybe you've encountered a few family friends or perhaps some family members.
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js
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I play out almost every weekend in the Memphis and North Miss area, as well as the casinos in North Miss., its just local bar band music, RnB, funk, blues or rock depending on the band.
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A French orchestra video in Youtube, I enjoyed it hundreds times, every time new joy,
Then started deep digging Jazz, now here, which I suppose give new dimension to my lust
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EntertheLemming
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The first jazz record I ever heard that really connected with me (a hitherto inveterate Prog Rock and Post Punk fan) was a Best of Jimmy Smith compilation. It ain't that hard to unearth the attraction eg. Hammond organ being de rigueur in 70's prog, bop vocabulary assuaged by Blues inflections plus funky drums and Lalo Schifrin horn charts that require a change of clothing in the listener. However, at many parties circa 1990 when I lived in London, the mention of Jimmy Smith was met with the rebarbative refrain that 'it's only blues' as though this invalidated the spirit of the music.
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js
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One of my first jazz records was a Jimmy Smith best of, I have several of those now, still like them.
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FromArmstrongtoZappa
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From what I can remember, my father played the Ramsey Lewis trio in the 60's. As a teen, I liked Earth Wind & Fire, who in the early days played improvised music. That makes sense because Maurice White was the drummer for a while in the Ramsey Lewis trio. I bought the Crusaders Street Life album and saw them at Carnagie Hall in 1980. I guess these were my early influences to jazz.
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ShlinkLincoln
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My brother gave me Chet Baker's "Chet" as a gift almost 10 years ago and I have slowly been adding to my Jazz collection since. In that time I've discovered the classics, Miles, Monk, Montgomery, Adderly, etc.
But lateley I'm really wanting to get deeper into Jazz so found this site. Any good books on best Jazz albums out there? My search of amazon did not reveal the "must have" jazz album book.
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