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  1. Death of the iPod (Everyone's buying vinyl)

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    Why are people having so much trouble getting my simple point? All I mean to say is if people aren't talking live to other people that's not interacting to me. Yes, listening to the same podcast puts people in a group of sorts. Until they meet and talk about it over a beer or something that's not a real 'community' to me.

    No thanks on the boom boxes. There's a guy in my 'hood who rides through the streets on a bike blasting Latin music. Amusing up to a point, but...  

     

  3. Death of the iPod (Everyone's buying vinyl)

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    6 hours ago, Scott Dolan said:

    All I'm saying is that podcasts are incredibly popular. So there's more people listening to them than just me. I'm sure the majority of people of people are listening to music, but probably not as many as you think. 

    My point was that they're still disconnected from everyone and everything else, no matter what they're listening to. That's what troubles me...

  7. Death of the iPod (Everyone's buying vinyl)

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    4 hours ago, A Lark Ascending said:

      Having no music for a while makes the opening of the sets more special. Especially maddening when the musicians are on stage ready for the off and whoever is in charge of the tape isn't paying attention.  

    Good point. It's distracting to musicians as well. Musicians need some quiet time before the set to focus and get ready to give our all. Sometimes that entails not even hearing music in one's own head for a brief moment, let alone hearing it externally...

  8. Death of the iPod (Everyone's buying vinyl)

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    I mean John Cage thought that all sounds are music.

    It's become downright deplorable. When you get on a subway train here, no one is reading anymore. Everyone is either lost in earbudland or playing with a device. Sure, they are useful tools, but I honestly fear for the future of human communication and self-betterment...

  9. Death of the iPod (Everyone's buying vinyl)

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    On 19/08/2016 at 11:07 PM, A Lark Ascending said:

     

     

      ...But if you like to have music (or need to because of limited time at home) while out of the house it is a wonderful addition. 

    Maybe I'm a hard case, but I also don't want to be like the other 'sheeple' walking around with earbuds in and practically crashing into you because they are lost in their private reveries. 

    I have enough music in my life on jobs and at home, working on it or listening. When I'm outside I really cherish the opportunity to see what's going on and interact with other people if possible, so I try to keep my ears open and unemcumbered. The modern world is way too atomized...

  11. What are your favorite jazz bossa nova albums?

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    5 hours ago, six string said:

     

    I'm a huge fan of Coleman Hawkins but Desafinado is my least favorite of his entire ouevre.  There is an almost constant clavé beat throughout the album that ruins it for me.  It may have been an attempt at unifying the sound but it fails imho.  Admittedly many labels tried to take advantage of the wave created by Getz/Joao Gilberto but they weren't all successful imo.

     

    Barry Galbraith was on that date, and he laughingly told me that 'no one knew their ass from a hole in the ground' trying to play that music. I guess, as you say, it was was another attempt by a record company to have their jazz artists cash in on the Bossa Nova craze.

    As I remember it, though, it was pretty good...

    Also, FWIW, I've worked with a terrific and unique drummer originally from Rio, Vanderlei Pereira . He plays guitar, too (I think it's against the law to be Brasilian and not play guitar). One time we met for coffee I had my guitar, and I asked him to straighten me out out on how to play the basic bossa comp---because I'm just a dumb Yankee. He did... 

  12. What are your favorite jazz bossa nova albums?

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    5 hours ago, six string said:

     

    I'm a huge fan of Coleman Hawkins but Desafinado is my least favorite of his entire ouevre.  There is an almost constant clavé beat throughout the album that ruins it for me.  It may have been an attempt at unifying the sound but it fails imho.  Admittedly many labels tried to take advantage of the wave created by Getz/Joao Gilberto but they weren't all successful imo.

     

    Barry Galbraith was on that date, and he laughingly told me that 'no one knew their ass from a hole in the ground' trying to play that music. I guess, as you say, it was was another attempt by a record company to have their jazz artists cash in on the Bossa Nova craze.

    As I remember it, though, it was pretty good...

  20. "Rhythm" Changes

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    On 22/08/2016 at 7:14 PM, The Jazz Aficionado said:

      However, it should be noted that “Rhythm changes” evolved into a chord progression that was not exactly Gershwin’s. As was often the case with other compositions, jazz musicians streamlined the progression, reducing it to a simpler, more improv-friendly harmonic framework.

     

    Nobody plays Gershwin's tag. I think I heard Barry Harris do it once, with his singers, but only at the very end...

  23. Toots Thielemans 1922-2016

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    4 hours ago, mikeweil said:

    As spectacular as his harmonica playing was, I like his guitar even more. What was the tune on a Quincy Jones LP where he whistled along to his guitar? Still have it in my inner ear ...

    R.I.P. 

    Yeah, he was a musical and soulful guitarist with a good sound. Didn't play or need to play a whole lot of notes. I heard him play The Mooche on guitar, after he had the stroke. He nailed it. Good stuff..

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