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     Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.152.134 |
Joel - I have a confession to make - after forcing you to think of some jazz I should try out, and having you think through a haze of sunday morning-after-the-winning-an-award-celebratory-night-before, I got home and couldn't then find the list you gave me. I do recall the following:- Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (which I already have on vinyl no less) plus possibly Sketches of Spain? Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus John Coltrane - Giant Steps, My Favourite Things. Not sure if there were any others; I'd be very grateful if you could let me know if more spring to mind. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.108.12.25 |
Also Coltrane's A Love Supreme and Rollins' Tenor Madness (the title track being a fantastic duet with Coltrane). Enjoy. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.152.134 |
Thanks Joel - much appreciated. | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 86.29.97.22 |
John Travis gave me some jazz CDs to try out, I'll have to add these ones as well. | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.21.233.199 |
I'd add Miles Davis' "Birth of the Cool" and - well, almost anything by Miles, really. I even like "Bitches' Brew" which has been reviled by many afficionados. I'm currently learning to play "Four", i.e. the improvisation/soloing part which is mildly difficult. The theme took me a couple of days and I can now play it by heart. Coltrane's "Giant Steps" is downright horrible to play, because of the many tonal shifts requiring a different scale every couple of seconds. Apparently in pro circles the piece is used to gauge a musician's profinciency. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.152.134 |
Typical - I've now found that envelope! | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 77.86.114.169 |
Tt! That bloody envelope, eh? Self sealing? Yep, it's always the self sealing. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.152.134 |
...plus it's always those ones with the little cellophane window... | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 77.86.114.169 |
Yeah. Too lazy to write the address twice! They are the envelopes of the lazy! |