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  1. Name a favorite Max Roach recording

    in Recommendations

    Posted · Edited by Uncle Skid

    Everything he did with Clifford Brown and Sonny Rollins.

    :tup

    I'm a (very) amateur drummer, and I've been attempting to transcribe parts of "Pent-Up House" and "Jordu".

    Max's drumming on those two tunes alone are enough for a lifetime of study.

    When I have someone who is serious about wanting to get into listening to jazz, the first thing I do for them is play "Effi" from 'Members' and tell them to concentrate on how the drums play off the bass pulse and everything else plays off the drums.

    I am totally unfamiliar with that record... I assume you're referring to "members, don't get weary" on Atlantic?

    (edited to add: nevermind... I see my question was already answered on the first page! :blush2:)

  10. Vandermark Five - Alchemia

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    I bought this box set shortly after listening to the "Rodcast" -- great stuff, no regrets. I was a little apprehensive that 12 CDs would be too much, but there really is quite a lot of variety, including on the repeated tunes.

    The packaging and booklet are first rate, somewhat similar to Mosaic sets.

    I also became a Rempis fan as a result of this set, but I'd also add that Tim Daisy does some great work here as well. And I really can't leave out Bishop and Kessler either -- that's the real strength of this music, very much a group effort.

  15. Roku, anyone?

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by Uncle Skid

    I very seldom have streaming issues. My internet connection is the standard Comcast cable; I think it's roughly 6Mbps.

    Roku appears to be buffering ahead quite a bit (as expected), and also has a "quality" indicator. Most of the time, ours is at highest quality, but I have seen it dial down automatically. Apparently, they deal with low bandwidth issues by reducing quality as needed.

    Comcast has a 250GB monthly cap now, after which you start getting whacked with extra charges or warnings that they'll close your account if the level of usage persists. I'd be interested to know how much bandwidth the Roku consumes, as one of the big concerns about the bandwidth cap is that it's going to be quite easy for those who stream decent-quality video on a regular basis to hit the cap.

    250GB is a huge amount of data, even when streaming video is involved.

    This article estimates it would take 8 hours a day/7 days a week of (non-HD) streaming to hit Comcast's cap.

    Of course, that doesn't mean that Comcast's 250GB cap is reasonable. I'm paying for "unlimited" bandwidth, dammit! <_<

  16. Roku, anyone?

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by Uncle Skid

    I very seldom have streaming issues. My internet connection is the standard Comcast cable; I think it's roughly 6Mbps.

    Roku appears to be buffering ahead quite a bit (as expected), and also has a "quality" indicator. Most of the time, ours is at highest quality, but I have seen it dial down automatically. Apparently, they deal with low bandwidth issues by reducing quality as needed.

  18. What music did you buy today?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    Sonny Rollins - Complete RCA Victor Box Set (used)

    Looks like listening to Sonny and Hawk with Chuck paid some rewards - a good thing.

    Yes!

    And the stuff with Don Cherry was also a revelation -- I didn't know that they had played together. Other than "The Bridge", this is all new to me. Looking forward to digging in!

  22. Who Had a Jon Gnagy Drawing Set As a Kid?

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Don't even mention those two in the same sentence. My introduction to Kinkade is a bad memory. About 15 year ago I was hospitalized with pneumonia and when I was well enough to stay awake for more than a 5 minute stretch I noticed these Kinkade prints on the walls. I had my wife take them down and turn them facing the wall. I had never heard of Kinkade but he made me nauseous.

    Gnagy's work doesn't resemble Kinkade's. In the exaple you posted they both use the "S" shaped road, but that's a venerable artistic convention having nothing to do with style.

    I guess I should have posted a couple of ;) ;) (winky dinks?? :huh:)... I was (mostly) kidding around. Artistic conventions or not, I do see some (superficial) similarities.

    Sorry to bring back a bad memory!

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