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    Quote Originally Posted by The Man From Nantucket View Post
    WTF haha
    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilly
    You've done yourself a huge favor developmentally by mustering the balls to do something really fucking scary... in about the most vulnerable situation possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Park View Post
    we should get beer or something and talk about jazz & dorkiness IN DEPTH
    If I'm ever on the east coast, I'm not a music student so I'm still training in depth for a few months pretty intensively without really much else going on besides a few gigs with a salsa band and my day job, I have a good friend in rl that plays the sax/flute so we may travel through the east coast at some time, he's a bit further ahead than me because he majored in music in college and I quit for a while.

    Yea lmao I don't know about that piano player but I like that song a lot when chick plays it on the album "My Spanish Fantasy".

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    Lol here's another

    You're on the east coast right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Man From Nantucket View Post
    Yea lmao I don't know about that piano player
    Performance lameness: 7/10
    Level of dorkiness: 8.5/10
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    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Man From Nantucket View Post
    You're on the east coast right?
    Kinda.
    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

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    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilly
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    So I realize this isn't "contemporary" jazz (pardon me!), but I enjoyed this thread and wanted to jump in. This is the type of jazz that I aspire to learn.

    I've been working on this one lately. I'm a big fan of Gershwin and always loved this piece. @Park - just as Freddie Hubbard's Naturally song does for you, this song puts me at ease.


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    I really want to learn this song, but I'm going to let it sit for a while, I'm currently working on bop and reading a lot of the parker book. I've been trying to find the clifford brown version... but its not on youtube!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Man From Nantucket View Post


    I really want to learn this song, but I'm going to let it sit for a while, I'm currently working on bop and reading a lot of the parker book.
    That's a classic. Also:



    Quote Originally Posted by The Man From Nantucket View Post
    I've been trying to find the clifford brown version... but its not on youtube!!!!
    You won't find it on anything... Benny Golson wrote it in memory of Clifford Brown.
    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

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    Red Clay
    Here's That Rainy Day
    SkyDive
    Straight Life
    Hub-Tones
    Little Sunflower
    Body and Soul
    Up Jumped Spring
    Etc...

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    You won't find it on anything... Benny Golson wrote it in memory of Clifford Brown.
    Yea I know I was attempting to be clever and trying to be subtle about it. He died in a car accident at the age of 25, was a really good trumpet player. That's why I think its an essential standard for a trumpet player to carry on the legacy etc...

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    Quote Originally Posted by applejacks View Post
    So I realize this isn't "contemporary" jazz (pardon me!), but I enjoyed this thread and wanted to jump in. This is the type of jazz that I aspire to learn.
    No matter. Feel free to post anything you want.

    Quote Originally Posted by applejacks View Post
    I've been working on this one lately. I'm a big fan of Gershwin and always loved this piece.
    I used to play Gershwin as a kid... "Someone To Watch Over Me" was my dad's favorite.
    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilly
    You've done yourself a huge favor developmentally by mustering the balls to do something really fucking scary... in about the most vulnerable situation possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Man From Nantucket View Post
    He died in a car accident at the age of 25, was a really good trumpet player.
    Shit, I didn't know that. 25? Oh man, no comment.

    Quote Originally Posted by The Man From Nantucket View Post
    That's why I think its an essential standard for a trumpet player to carry on the legacy etc...
    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilly
    You've done yourself a huge favor developmentally by mustering the balls to do something really fucking scary... in about the most vulnerable situation possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Man From Nantucket View Post
    Red Clay
    Here's That Rainy Day
    SkyDive
    Straight Life
    Hub-Tones
    Little Sunflower
    Body and Soul
    Up Jumped Spring
    Etc...
    Probably a little rarer...



    And of course I'd choose the tune Benson guest stars on...
    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

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    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilly
    You've done yourself a huge favor developmentally by mustering the balls to do something really fucking scary... in about the most vulnerable situation possible.

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    Great early GB tune.

    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilly
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    I want this song/album to be played at my funeral.

    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilly
    You've done yourself a huge favor developmentally by mustering the balls to do something really fucking scary... in about the most vulnerable situation possible.

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    You already know I like her (since you suggested her to me), but I am officially in love with her now. My current favorite:



    I am clueless when it comes to jazz, but this is so fun to listen to, especially the instrumental part (even though I love her voice to death, too). And the end is just so cute.
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    Here's a track I quite like:


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    Excellent selection, Kim. I like the tune and the solos.

    And no, jazz isn't for everyone. I'm glad you find it fun to listen to.

    Thanks for the contribution, Narc.
    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

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    Here's another great and classy mainstream jazz singer I just thought of. One of my favorite tunes by her. Timeless beauty.

    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilly
    You've done yourself a huge favor developmentally by mustering the balls to do something really fucking scary... in about the most vulnerable situation possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Park View Post
    Here's another great and classy mainstream jazz singer I just thought of. One of my favorite tunes by her. Timeless beauty.
    Not available in my country...

    But this one makes me think of my favorite city and its jazz (and heat) for some reason :

    “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kim View Post
    Not available in my country...


    My thoughts, exactly.
    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilly
    You've done yourself a huge favor developmentally by mustering the balls to do something really fucking scary... in about the most vulnerable situation possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Park View Post

    My thoughts, exactly.
    Won't get an argument out of me.

    Last edited by Kim; 11-01-2013 at 06:23 PM. Reason: wrong link
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    I am not a huge fan of Diana Krall (her voice does not do much for me), but I love this one. Especially 0:22-1:00 and 3:54-4:30. And the video is so well put together.

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    I'm not a fan of that old jivy style you could barely call jazz, but I like Diana Krall.





    She's Canadian, btw.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Park View Post
    She's Canadian, btw.
    I didn't know that. I heard of Diana Panton (another Canadian) on CBC the other day. I find this incredibly charming (in a similar way as Viktoria Tolstoy):



    Or this one. She has such a sweet voice:

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    Better yet:

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    This made my day today. Personally, I can appreciate jazz so much more when I can watch the musicians perform (more so than with other genres that I can just play in the background).

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    Jose James is a dick.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kim View Post
    Personally, I can appreciate jazz so much more when I can watch the musicians perform (more so than with other genres that I can just play in the background).
    Why do you think that is?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kim View Post
    Better yet:

    That's actually Samba de Verão, a Brazilian bossa nova.



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    Gabriela Anders OMFG <333333333333



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    Quote Originally Posted by Park View Post
    Jose James is a dick.
    How so?

    Why do you think that is?
    I am not sure. I have some ideas. I will get back to you on that.


    That's actually Samba de Verão, a Brazilian bossa nova.
    This is the kind of stuff that might just get me through a Canadian winter.

    Gabriela Anders OMFG <333333333333
    Seriously sexy. I like this one a lot:



    Her voice and the ones I mention above just make me swoon. Maybe that is why I do not much care for Diana Krall - her voice just does not have this warm and fuzzy and sweet and summery effect on me. I can get butterflies and goosebumps listening to Viktoria Tolstoy or Diana Panton (or Gabriela Anders, for that matter, who is playing while I am typing this).
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    And finally for today, I love this version of Embraceable You.

    “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
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    Well Krall is LSE 6 sp/sx, and Anders is IEI 4 sx/sp. Different musical styles, too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Park View Post
    Well Krall is LSE 6 sp/sx, and Anders is IEI 4 sx/sp.
    And Viktoria Tolstoy?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kim View Post
    And Viktoria Tolstoy?
    No clue.
    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilly
    You've done yourself a huge favor developmentally by mustering the balls to do something really fucking scary... in about the most vulnerable situation possible.

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    Just found out that George Duke (the guy who produced Gabriela Anders' albums) has passed away... oh man... RIP George, and thank you for everything.

    Quote Originally Posted by George Duke
    We take tangible and intangible elements from the known world and combine them with elements from the spiritual world in order to reach deeper levels of understanding between the two. We spin undeveloped yarn of ideas into reality - it is the ultimate act of creating something from nothing in this world. In short, we are the storytellers and conduits of possibilities. The best of us are those that weave deeper levels of yarn thus giving the fabric more depth. That doesn't necessarily mean that more complexity is better for many times the simplest fabric conveys the strongest meaning. The important thing is intent, message, execution and honesty of design and in that I have always tried to hold my stead. Thus my musical fabric is diverse with multiple levels. That is the way of life and definitely the way I roll, so enjoy the ride … as Cannon used to say - "”Ahoom”
    Aside from all the great music, I used to really enjoy his podcasts, too.
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    Last edited by Park; 11-09-2014 at 10:14 AM.
    “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilly
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    It is like you appreciate something and at the same time you know you are clueless and would appreciate it a lot more if you knew more about, but never get around to digging in more (until you meet someone who can tell you more and show you more).

    That being said, I cannot tell you why this is one of my favorites, but it is just really really nice:

    “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
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