mikeweil

Yes, but knowing such things somewhat spoils it for me. Some part of this egomaniac behaviour always remains in the music.

Totally unexpected. R.I.P.

The Getz estate wants to protect the image of Getz as a supreme jazz artist, ignoring his dark sides. Blaming another musician, and a great one as Roy Haynes, on the failure of a session, is unbearable, IMO.

A friend of mine uses it in edible form to find relief from neuropathy in his feet. It is the only medication that helps, and his doctors approve. Cannabis has a long tradition in medical treatment. You always have to consider individual responses and multiple effects.

I love these solos ever since I heard one of them on a Folkways anthology on African & Afro-American Drums way back in 1972. I was so glad when the CD finally was issued. https://www.discogs.com/release/3091405-Baby-Dodds-The-Laneville-Union-Brass-Band-The-Lapsey-Band-Talking-And-Drum-Solos-1946-Country-Brass-

William Blake!

Yes!!! They could add the MGM sides, too.

I consider myself a serious jazz aficionado, and depending on my mood, there are times when I cannot endure too much "noodling". It is like playing and thinking, "do i really need that many notes?" It is part of jazz, playing licks over the chord changes or whatever. The point is whether it makes sense to the player, or to the listener, are you experimenting - that band certainly did - and so on. I think it comes down to saying you do not like or get something without making negative comments. Talking about music or anything without judging. It is hard, I know. "Noodling" can be such a negative term, unless you use quotation marks.

Well, yes, but - isn't this a jazz forum, and isn't jazz some kind of music? 😎

I couldn't, although I think I know what it is. I think of much jazz in the same way, rather often. You need a special attitude in your listening, depends on your mood as well as listening experience.

Thanks for the reminder. Very good for a Sunday morning. Always nice to hear Heath and Kay with somebdy else.

The term "orchestra" has changed a lot over the centuries, and only when musicology created standard terms in the late 19th century became associated with large ensembles as we are now used to. Originally it could determine any size ensemble. Some still use it that way. Standard sizes and instrumentation are a rather new invention, and before 1900 were defined by practical circumstances rather than musical requirements. Studying early music history taught me such things. Wikipedia is not of much help here.

Michael Ranta was Germany's leading expert as well as importer of Asian percussion - I will forever regret not buying a terrific sounding China cymbal which I tried at his stand on the Frankfurt music fair. His instruments were first class.

https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/r/renotte-pièces-de-clavecin More for harpsichord specualists like me, I guess. But the second suite here is rather charming music. Renotte was from Liège in Belgium, and his music shows more modern Italian and German influence than French. He who likes Haendel's suites will probably have a taste for this.