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  1. Jazz may appear academicized  because there are very few venues that supported Jazz over the past 50 years, a d one of the main venues has been college and university music programs,  just as blues and folk music has survived the ever changing musical market place by playing on the campuses of  colleges and universities since the 1960s rebirth of those two forms of American music as an art form. 

    Some large cities still provide venues for jazz artist to present their work, to the public, but very few will, no matter their virtuosity earn a living,. Therefore,  to achieve tenure as a professor of music is one of the best venues for Jazz artist to provide for a family.  

  2. I'm so glad you folks enjoyed this,  Joe Pass was simply one of a kind.  We all loved Chet and his fluidity,  Ellis, and Green and Smith, and many other jazz greats,  and there are way too many to mention,  all played awesome and are inspirational,  thank God we lived in an age where their work could be recorded for generations to come to enjoy. 

    But Joe Pass was on another level.  This piece shows me, that melody is what it is all about.  Go fast, go slow, but never lose sight of the melody.  

    Pass and Pedersen were a dou made in heaven!

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  3. 15 hours ago, Murph said:

     

    I was just jazzin' anyhow. She's an incredible musician. We all know that.

    Mason is a gifted singer and has a bright future as well. Perhaps the future won't all be ALL techno garbage and filth.

    Ditto that.   Bluegrass and classical music  are the last refuge for unadulterated music.  Even the "Nashville " sound is using voice synthes, .  

  4. 17 hours ago, billroy said:

    This is the first time I've seen her just finger picking, usually flatpicking the bejeezus out of it - loved this, and love her even more for it, damn she's good.

    I agree,  I've been following her for a few years,  she just  keeps getting better,  and she has really started to branch out into other styles and techniques.   

  5. 2 hours ago, Murph said:

    Yea, but she ain't no Mason Ramsey....

    I thought about posting a smart  come back, lime,  "Mason  might not be Mason after his voice changes "  but I decided to do like Molly, and take the high road...

    She has had to overcome many obstacles to be Molly,  let's just enjoy that.

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  6. If I remember correctly on the first American tour of the Experience Jimi said the first thing he wanted to do when in NYC was to jam with Buchanan who was at the time playing in a club in New Jersey,  he said he had always been a fan.  

    There is also the story,  I'm not sure how true, that Hendrix went to guitar stores frequently while touring and would purchase a bunch of Strats and would then go to clubs to jam with working musicians,  then would give the guitar to guitarist as he left the club.  

    He was a rather shy introvert when not on stage. When he arrived in London he stayed with Mitch Mitchell's family and slept on the couch,  Mrs. Mitchell always said he was a very nice, polite and generous young man,  always drawing and writing lyrics.   It is true that his songs were written with illustrations drawn in hand with colored markers. 

  7. If I remember correctly on the first American tour of the Experience Jimi said the first thing he wanted to do when in NYC was to jam with Buchanan who was at the time playing in a club in New Jersey,  he said he had always been a fan.  

    There is also the story,  I'm not sure how true, that Hendrix went to guitar stores frequently while touring and would purchase a bunch of Strats and would then go to clubs to jam with working musicians,  then would give the guitar to guitarist as he left the club.  

    He was a rather shy introvert when not on stage. When he arrived in London he stayed with Mitch Mitchell's family and slept on the couch,  Mrs. Mitchell always said he was a very nice, polite and generous young man,  always drawing and writing lyrics.   It is true that his songs were written with illustrations drawn in hand with colored markers. 

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