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I don't think most musicians (especially those with the natural talent of an Oscar Peterson) think that way at all. I think he squeezes a lot of notes into his playing partly because of the Tatum influence, and partly because that's what sounds good/right to his ear. I think that may be a little simplistic/overstated, and unfair. I mean, consider the Tatum influence. If you think Tatum was "easy to understand", then I'll be among the first to shake your hand. Again, I'm a bit uncomfortable with this line of thinking. Saying that O.P. was not spacey or strident... well duh (sorry). So O.P. was a straight-ahead player, and didn't see fit to work hard at evolving or altering his style. How many other jazz musicians (most of whom did not have O.P.'s "commercial success") can you say that about? A lot, obviously. 40 years of the same approach. Yes, thousands of artists are like that. So what? Forgive me if I'm mis-interpreting your comments, but it always irks me a bit when people suggest (or infer) that all jazz artists should be thinking progressively and/or evolving their style. To that, I say nonsense. It may be more the exception than the rule. Not everybody can or should be a pioneer or a visionary or a chameleon or... etc. By the way, I suspect that a real die-hard Oscar Peterson fan might disagree that Oscar "pumped out the same stuff, the same way" for 40 years. A lot of this kind of analysis requires that you be a die-hard fan to really make any such comments with any real authority. Jazz-ers...? You mean artists/players, or are you referring to fans/enthusiasts in general? It seems like it's the latter, and (sorry again) that would be the quintessential "duh". I mean, few jazz artists were more prolific or popular than Oscar. It's fine indeed, and no apologies necessary.

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Thanks. Never saw this other thread: Crazy.

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Thanks for posting that link. The whole Pennebaker film is linked there, and I found it interesting and enjoyable. The only thing that still puzzles me is why the rhythm section was not credited in the film, and that nobody in any of the linked articles and discussions seems to mention who was on piano and bass (was that George Duvivier?). The drummer was a studio player named Gary Chester, which was mentioned in the comments.

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As Dan said, copy the image address (url), and paste it into the box that pops up when you click on this icon: To copy the address using a Mac, hold down the "control" key, click and hold, and select either "Copy image URL" (that's easiest, if the option is available), or "Open image in new tab (or new window)" from the menu. When you open an image in a new tab or new window, you can then copy the url from the browser address bar in that tab or window.

The references to "another source", "downloading", and ".jpg address" make is sound like you're talking about a photo you found online. Is that the case?

Its worse than you even suspected! I discovered this morning that I actually transferred these at 33 RPM. I'm not sure which was stupider, not noticing which toggle position is right for singles or the fact that I should have noticed that the recording is pretty short on the 45, so how come I got a 3 minute plus side on each? Sorry Dan, but this is an even more appropriate situation for this than the recent one...

I think of Fest as more of an acoustic piano guy (and a very, very good one who goes back to the early 60's bossa/jazz era, btw). On the recordings where he used electric piano, I think there was less of a 70's type fusion feel. The one to look for might be "Brazilian Dorian Dream", which is one of the few Fest albums I haven't heard. http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=x4w3jbgsb9 Bev, hopefully you can find those Santos albums... very solid, iirc.

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Sort of like Elvis?

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I'm actually "at peace" right now with the losses I incurred, and not very anxious about trying to look for cheaper solutions, so I'm just talking for talking's sake here, but when I looked at that link, I wondered if that procedure would even work on a drive that's really dead (not just merely dead, but really most sincerely dead). I recall trying to boot up from a CD (forget the name of it now, but it was suggested by my son's friend), and... no dice.

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Yeah, the problem with a lot of the geek/whizzes (besides the problem with anybody's whizzes...) is that a lot of them think they know more than they do (or have otehr people who think they know more than they do). You gotta screen your referrals, if you know what I mean. The guy we use is a CompSci major at UTD, so he's both intuitive and trained. He's with this stuff like I was with music when I was his age, just naturally attracted to it, new what he knew, knew what he didn't know (but knew several layers of where to go to find it out), the type of guy who's not happy without some kind of problem to solve, you know the type. I'd like to think that he's "one of a kind", but ya' know, I've met about 4 or 5 of his friends/fellow students, and they're all like him. The thing about computers (and everything, really, these days), is that pretty much all the answers are out there online somewhere, you just have to know where to go (and be able to "speak the language"). It's not like our generation, where repair work in general was kind of a closed circle of people who knew the details, and if you wanted to get to it, you either had to become one, marry into the family, or else get them drunk to spill their secrets. I mean, I've seen this young man exhaust all his known solutions to a problem, get on his laptop, check out a discussion forum ran by his professors(!) and come back with a fix. Eating a sandwich the whole time! I really do think it is as straightforward as just calling the nearest geek/whiz. Just maybe not the nearest, if you know what I mean. There really are no "secrets" or "mysteries" in this day and age when it comes to repair. But,as always, there are huge variances in personal character/work ethic, and that's where it gets sticky! I can only call it a "gut feeling", but something tells me that the level of risk (of failure, whether that means losing some or all of the data in question) is pretty high when it comes to recovering data from a hard drive that has suffered a complete failure. Otherwise, as I suggested above, one would expect to see far more people attempting to make some cash providing this service on a localized level (and I live IN Silicon Valley, for crying out loud). As it is, there seem to be relatively few professional options scattered about, and a lot of people seem to be shipping their drives around the country for service. I'd love to be wrong about this, of course, and I know things can change quickly (I haven't really researched any of this since January, fwiw). Backing up is definitely a wise thing to do. I was too lazy and stupid to accomplish that before it was too late, as I was over-confident about the condition of our machine at the time. We now have an external drive with the new Mac, and are using "Time Machine" to automate the process. And yes, flash sticks are wonderful. I use them quite a bit to transfer files from the new Mac to the old one (we decided we needed two computers, and had the old iMac refurbished with a new h.d.).

I haven't heard them for awhile, but Moacir Santos did a few albums in the 70's for Blue Note (Maestro; Saudade; Carnival Of The Spirits) that you might want to check out.