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- Wed Aug 13, 2003 9:05 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: CDR = time bomb?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15238
Just a couple of weeks ago I pulled a CD-R I haven't touched in years out of its plastic sleeve--- and part of the top layer just peeled right off! This was an earlier CD-R with no protective coating on top. I wouldn't expect this to happen with anything made in the last few years. Surprisingly, the...
- Fri Aug 01, 2003 7:30 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What's the Best Duke Ellington *Book*
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7852
THE DUKE ELLINGTON READER!!!! columbia university press. not a bio, it's a collection of articles. and it's AWESOME. articles of all kinds from magazines of the time. there's one great one that follows him on a tour and he tells stories on the train. and musicological stuff. all kinds of articles. ...
- Mon Jul 21, 2003 6:22 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Songs that inspire other songs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13789
- Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:09 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Who's Left?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 30986
I did a little research on the famous Great Day in Harlem Picture. According to allmusic, those are still alive: Emmett Berry Johnny Griffin Chubby Jackson Hank Jones (a bit of a stretch) A bit of a stretch that he's still alive? http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:zL1C-fzWPmQC:www.cox-internet.c...
- Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:01 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Benny Carter, Rest In Peace
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18173
Thanks! Elegy in Blue is a nice concept. And I'll definitely have to check out the O.P. album, I didn't know they recorded together... Looks like it wasn't the first time . It appears that most of his early 50's material is out of print, and I really like the album I mentioned above, from '57... Tim...
- Tue Jul 15, 2003 6:34 am
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: The best. request. ever.
- Replies: 159
- Views: 108688
- Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:58 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Benny Carter, Rest In Peace
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18173
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f654/f65434bre2p.jpg My favorite Benny Carter album is Jazz Giant . I play How Can You Lose off of it often, great song. The Chron. Classics albums are also great. I have a couple later albums by him, but they don't stand out as much as the earlier one...
- Mon Jul 14, 2003 6:44 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Benny Carter, Rest In Peace
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18173
- Mon Jul 14, 2003 6:42 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: If you could bring only ONE Ellington CD...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 21365
Hmmm...Guess no one here likes Ellington... Ha ha ha! I only didn't respond because it's an impossible question. Maybe if I was allowed to make my own mix CD, of all his different musical styles through the years, I'd be somewhat content. But there isn't any one CD I know of that has everything I w...
- Tue Jul 08, 2003 2:07 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: harlem.org - A Great Day in Harlem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11292
- Mon Jul 07, 2003 6:55 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Remastered Duke Ellington
- Replies: 59
- Views: 39084
does anyone have this set and/or heard the quality of the recordings on it? its a german import http://www.geocities.com/topmusic_2/ebay/1686851.jpg Yeah I got that a few months ago. While this set is virtually complete up to about 1945, the sound quality is definitely less than stellar. I already ...
- Thu Jun 26, 2003 7:22 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: harlem.org - A Great Day in Harlem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11292
I rented that video once, A Great Day in Harlem. It was pretty sweet, there were lots of little anecdotes told about some jazz greats. Gives you a bit of insight into the perosonality of many Harlem musicians. A few weeks ago at the George Eastman House here in Rochester, the director, Jean Bach, m...
- Wed Jun 25, 2003 6:50 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Remastered Duke Ellington
- Replies: 59
- Views: 39084
Does anyone have this set? Yup, I just got that a couple of months ago. I decided to finally get it after losing both of my copies of Recollections of the Big Band Era . The remainder of this set is at least interesting to hear, with a few good tracks for dancing. I'll have to relisten for specific...
- Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:27 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Playing "Original" lo-fi music on modern sound sys
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15199
- Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:20 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Immediate recognition/instumentalists
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23026
For a slightly different take on this subject, apparently Downbeat and Metronome used to do Blindfold Tests with musicians, seeing if they could identify other musicians by ear alone. Here's a link to a great one with Harry Carney and Russell Procope of Duke's band . Some great quotes from it for th...