My favorite drummer as of late, in a mainstream setting with legendary Hank Jones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yPn_FaEFQ
(and unlike hyperbolical Kim over here, I tend to use words like "favorite" for their intended meaning)
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My favorite drummer as of late, in a mainstream setting with legendary Hank Jones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yPn_FaEFQ
(and unlike hyperbolical Kim over here, I tend to use words like "favorite" for their intended meaning)
Hey I recently picked up a keyboard! A yahama p70, its a little old, but relatively good condition for a starting keyboard. I've been practicing comping on different tunes, its helped me really hear the progressions and understanding 7/3 leading and stuff, as well as modern progressions and theory. I've been working out of the real book; I've focused on body and soul and up jumped spring. I'm a big fan of hubbard as we've already mentioned. I've also worked on "here's that rainy day".
Thanks for the referral in your previous post. I need to post something of me playing, but right now I'm kind of sucking, I got my range so high that my low end started to get thin and plasticy and superficial sounding, so I've had to rework my embouchure to build out more tone quality in the lower register. I also changed my embouchure a few months ago to the "no pressure" technique, and now instead of jamming the mouthpiece into my face I have to push out and grip the mouthpiece with my lips. It requires a lot of support from the core. I'm still playing in the salsa band but its been hard to practice, I had a neighbor slash my tires for practicing lead trumpet in the apartment. It was within the legal times but I guess he didn't like hearing me lip up 8va and then do a maj3 trill. I moved apartments though, so I'm no longer in a hostile situation =p.
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Originally Posted by The Man From Nantucket
Cool. Have fun with the P70. I played it at my high school graduation; here's a pic. It's an okay keyboard. Better than most of it's competitors (at the time).
Interestingly enough, I prefer the sound and touch of older yamahas to the new ones.
Yea since keyboard isn't my main instrument I figured I'd go for a used one, so the older ones were on the market. I've been very pleased with the touch and sound. It's very nice to be able to play harmonically for a change. Nice picture as well.Quote:
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Maybe you could have gotten the P90 or P120 for a few more bucks. Anyways, I'm thinking of salting away some bread for this baby.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Man From Nantucket
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIDjfQGUkw4
This Brazilian singer/band keeps surprising me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WlniXQ21gA
Really nice album. Exquisite vocalist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ehJrSqTPL8
This probably isn't contemporary enough but man do I love Pharoah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii63fKLTSuU
Oh my, what a sexy groove.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMxQ7JasBtU
You know there could be an entire topic dedicated to what jazz is. I remember miles talking about jazz and dizzy about bebop. They said it wasn't really called that at the time, it was just the social music of that time, but later analysts decided to affix these labels to the music.Quote:
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Generally when I think of jazz I think of a string of evolution of certain social venaculars in music (standards), as well as improvisation and freedom of expression, and finally the introduction of changes.
But even these superficial labels of genres don't capture the essence of musical expression but are labels applied after the fact to organize like things with like things.
Heard this a moment ago on KCSM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi7fChhtZY4
Sweet.
Never cared much for Casandra Wilson's stuff, but this is pretty cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yulR7RHBkoo
Smooth and silky, old school 90's. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRYER18Uodk
Great thread, Park, my brother. I feel there's one thing missing, though...
Hmm.. what is it?
...
Oh yeah, some Kenny G.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nw_LfwtQiY
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^ That's very pretty, Park. I'm not extremely familiar with the New York Voices. The lead singer's voice has a pleasant sound to it. I'll have to check out the rest of the album now, too.
It reminds me of Dori Caymmi, one of my favorite composers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW0NNfBsGJU
Jazzmeia :love:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZwAlXOf01k