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  5. Ennio Morricone (1928 - 2020)

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    I fully understand your reaction and reasoning. :tup😆

    Although the Bruce interviews were less than scintillating, the footage of him taking the stage in a massive stadium to "Once upon a time in the West" music while spectators held up colored placards was pretty impressive cinematically.

  6. Ennio Morricone (1928 - 2020)

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    1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:

    Please tell me that the interviewees do not include any members of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, namely Sting, Bono, Elvis C, and Bruce.  Few things inspire me to change the channel as quickly as those four.  

    Unfortunately Bruce gets quite a few talking head segments, one of the turnoffs (I've been almost oblivious to BS, but he comes off here as obnoxious). Apparently in his football stadium shows he uses Morricone music as a backdrop when he goes onstage, and a big clip of that gets shown too.

    I don't recall any of the other three, checked on IMDB and they're not shown. FYI, you can check the list of IMDB credits here.

    The three interviewees I could've done without are Bruce, Oliver Stone (though he told a relevant anecdote) and Quentin Tarantino (though he would've been difficult to omit since Morricone scored one of his films).

  9. Ennio Morricone (1928 - 2020)

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    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    I enjoyed it. Recommended.

    2:36 running time but held my interest. Only minor quibbles: 1. Lots of brief "talking head" interviews, some of which may be annoying; 2. If you don't speak Italian (I don't), some of the interview subtitles run over black/white film and are difficult to make out.

    [Added] The film had a lot of footage of Morricone playing chess. I didn't know he was an enthusiast (or perhaps had forgotten, because I regularly read the site linked to below), so dug up this story about Morricone and chess.

  13. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

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    New arrivals:

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    Scott (Hutch Fan): Based on one at-home listen, a very strong recording by this lineup of the Yamashita Trio. Definitely worth a listen...as with some other things (e.g. '70s live Rahsaan or '80s live Ra) one might ask "Do I need more of this stuff?", but I'm happy to have it. Liner notes all Japanese so I don't know details, but despite the cover image it was recorded in a studio.

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    This is very good and definitely recommended unless you're allergic to electric piano.

  15. What music did you buy today?

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    15 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

    T.D. - I'd love to hear your impressions of these -- particularly the Yamashita Trio -- after you've had a while to absorb them.

    If I can remember, I'll post something when it arrives.

    All three of the tunes are on Youtube (though seemingly not the whole album continuously), so I was able to audition the whole thing once I got the DG arrival notice. 

    Here's a Youtube link for the first selection. Once I started playing that, the algorithm displayed the next track in the right column, etc.

     

  17. What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

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    7 hours ago, soulpope said:

    Seems to be rather new .... looks interesting ....

    [Suzuki KdF]

    New release that got significant praise and I enjoy . I auditioned the whole thing on Youtube, liked approach and sound quality so ordered. But I haven't heard many KdF recordings, or Bach harpsichord recordings in general, so can't meaningfully rate it vs. the many alternatives.

  24. Why no Horace Silver Blue Note box?

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    29 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:

    https://www.discogs.com/master/431899-Horace-Silver-Live-At-Newport-58

     

    Good point. I forgot about that one but relied on the Blue Note website. 🤣

    https://store.bluenote.com/products/horace-silver-doin-the-thing-lp-blue-note-classic-vinyl-edition

    “We’d like for you all to help us get in the groove, let your hair down, and come on and get in the music with us,” says Horace Silver in the spoken introduction to Doin’ The Thing, the only live album the great pianist made during his remarkable 3-decade tenure on Blue Note Records.

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