Mora's Modern Rhythmists versus Barbara Morrison
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dean mora music is full of emotion?Kyle wrote:comeon now greg, that is an unfair statement to make. just listen to some of mora's stuff, itis just as alive and full of emotion as barbara's is. IMO you comment should have contained the discalimer that it is a "different" emotion. or maybe that barbara adds more emotion than artists in her vein of music. ????Greg Avakian wrote: but to me Barbera's music is more alive, filled with feeling and emotion.
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Yeah... I was just listening to the samples, and thinking how much the singing reminded me of that Stanley Crouch chunk on Ken Burns Jazz makin fun of how people sang before Louis Armstrong..Kyle wrote:warning, his new CD is "different" intentional, but just not like the other ones. i find it more traditional than the others. still kick ass, but not the same
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Emotion does not come through all that much on Mora's albums, and I think this is mainly because they are sitting in a studio. Barbara's primary album (with the dancers) is all LIVE with an excited audience to feed off of. However, if you listen "Night Ride" off the 2nd release, you can get a better sense of what emotion MMR's can have. Get them all into a tiny club where they are smack in front of your face and you'll feel it as well (ala Derby.)
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I agree that Dean Mora definitely lacks emotion in the studio. The band is tight, but maybe a little too tight. As in... they could definitely loosen up a little.
I'd like to hear them live and I know that their fans rave about them.
I only have Barbera on her own CDs and on the Johnny Otis CD. The problem with the Otis CD is the redic reverb. She doesn't need it at all.
I'd like to hear them live and I know that their fans rave about them.
I only have Barbera on her own CDs and on the Johnny Otis CD. The problem with the Otis CD is the redic reverb. She doesn't need it at all.
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Dude, what are you talking about?CafeSavoy wrote:except miles and trane and diz and ...GemZombie wrote: I like all Jazz,
I love Miles. I said I don't dig bebop that much... which translates that I don't go ga-ga over it like I do other Jazz sub-genre's.
Also, to take my quote in context.... I have very specific sub-genre's that I find dancable... much of Morrison isn't my dance thing.
must be tough having to determining the sub-genre of song before knowing whether you can dance to it.GemZombie wrote:Dude, what are you talking about?CafeSavoy wrote:except miles and trane and diz and ...GemZombie wrote: I like all Jazz,
I love Miles. I said I don't dig bebop that much... which translates that I don't go ga-ga over it like I do other Jazz sub-genre's.
Also, to take my quote in context.... I have very specific sub-genre's that I find dancable... much of Morrison isn't my dance thing.
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Guess when I look back on it, it does sound that way. It's not so. Thanks ever-so-much for pointing that out for me, it's spiffy of you to do so.CafeSavoy wrote: must be tough having to determining the sub-genre of song before knowing whether you can dance to it.
When discussing, I can analyze like anyone else. When listening/dancing, I know what I like and what I don't, and what makes me want to dance, and what doesn't. It has nothing to do with time/era/style... just what I feel.