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thumper 08-Mar-22, 19:09	Music www.youtube.com Playing the impossible on guitar.
pawntificator 21-Apr-22, 01:23	www.youtube.com Right at the 55 second mark she makes a small error and smiles to herself as she picks it back up and carries on. Each individual riff is impressive, but the full six minutes seems like an impossible feat.
thumper 06-May-22, 11:02	www.youtube.com Lee Greenwood
thumper 28-May-22, 13:46	www.bing.com Jimmy Cliff - 'John Crow' Lyrics The eagle find him place in darkness Fisherman find him place by the sea Light up with that in Kingston town Mi bredren know you a come home without me Ev'ry road have a bend, ev'ry wicked have an end What your hands commit I know your body mus' feel In this wicked, wicked war your time has come You don't live right you will have no more fun Jancro a go nyam your supper soon, boy Jancro a go lead the children astray Jancro a go meet the retribution Justice has finally find it's way Still, oh yes, you know that your time has come You don't do right you gonna dead tonight So now a go take you down the road to doom The jancro a go nyam all your supper soon Jancro a go nyam your supper soon, boy Jancro a go lead the children astray Jancro a go meet the retribution Justice has finally find a way Are you worried, says the wolf in sheep's clothing Try to lead the children astray But don't we know (?) a who fe frighten Take my hands I will show you the way Jancro... Jancro
stalhandske 30-Sep-22, 21:17	The Song of my Heart This song was composed by Jean Sibelius to lyrics by the Finnish poet Aleksis Kivi. It is usually (and best in my opinion) performed by a male choir. You will find the orginal lyrics below the youtube window (click 'show more'), followed by the English translation. 'Tuonela' is the Hades (the underworld) in the Finnish Kalevala mythology. The song is about the death of a young child, and Sibelius composed the song when his youngest daughter Kirsti died of typhoid fever at an age of 2 years. www.youtube.com
pawntificator 01-Oct-22, 00:44	This can't reach the aching heights of a choir. But it's music. www.youtube.com
pawntificator 01-Oct-22, 00:48	Lyrics: I will go through this life And never know who I am or why I'm here Or what I'm doing, or what I'm doing But that's okay, its what we do Everyday, everywhere, all around the world Uh-huh I know my name Take the word of everything I've ever learned Like my father and my father's father It's the way we've always done it And the way we always will Uh-huh Making it up, making it all up I mean, what else can we do? Making it up, making it all up That's the only way to get through Cause life is hard, but life's alright Cause I'm here with you tonight Mmhmm, yeah yeah And Jesus gonna welcome me into heaven When I get there The day that I die I can say for sure that I'll be able As well as I am able to look him in the eye And say "hey, well I did what I could with what I was given" But surely it isn't much, it's just made to do this living and I lived it up And I've been forgiving myself ever since Making it up, making it all up I mean, what else can we do? Just making it up, making it all up Now I know this shit ain't cool Cause life is hard, but life's alright Cause I'm here with you tonight And that's alright, that's alright And there's more to life, more than what you see But if it's true that life's a dream, I wanna keep dreaming Dreaming here with you I'm alright, I'm alright And maybe so are you Yeah I'm alright, I'm alright And maybe so are you Maybe so are you Maybe so are you Maybe so are you Maybe so are you Maybe so are you Maybe so are you Maybe so are you Maybe so are you Maybe
victoriasas 15-Jan-23, 17:15	I heard this song for the first time in probably a decade today when I was flipping through radio stations in my car trying to find the Vikings’ game. Great tune with great lyrics and maybe the only hit by the musicians who wrote and played it. If they had another hit, I’m not aware of it. I never even heard of the songwriter and group that performed this song before today. “It Never Rains in Southern California” By Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood youtu.be Lyrics: Got on board a westbound 747 Didn't think before deciding what to do Oh, that talk of opportunities, TV breaks and movies Rang true, sure rang true Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California But girl, don't they warn ya? It pours, man, it pours Out of work, I'm out of my head Out of self respect, I'm out of bread I'm underloved, I'm underfed I wanna go home It never rains in California But girl, don't they warn ya? It pours, man, it pours Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it? Had offers but don't know which one to take Please don't tell 'em how you found me Don't tell 'em how you found me Gimme a break, give me a break Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California But girl, don't they warn ya? It pours, man, it pours
thumper 15-Jan-23, 17:23	I haven't heard that one in a while. Brings back memories.
victoriasas 15-Jan-23, 17:34	Yeah, I think it came out in 1972 and reached #5 on the U.S. Billboard charts. Great tune. Funny how I heard it just by chance today. One thing I appreciate about grocery stores and supermarkets is they usually broadcast from a radio station that plays great tunes from the 1970s to 1990s. You don’t hear much music from before or after then, at least not in the places I go.
thumper 15-Jan-23, 17:40	Here's my favorite jazz flautist, Moe Koffman. www.youtube.com
victoriasas 15-Jan-23, 17:56	That’s a great tune; thanks for posting it. Haven’t heard that instrument often. The closest I can think of is the clarinet, and this is a good tune from the Tatum Group Masterpieces featuring Art Tatum on piano, Buddy De Franco on clarinet, Red Callender on bass and Bill Douglass on drums. “You’re Mine You” youtu.be I like Tatum’s accompaniment on this tune and think it was De Franco who said playing with Tatum was like chasing a train. In an interview, De Franco said he was once so mesmerized by watching Tatum’s hands during one of Tatum’s solos that he forgot to start playing again when the solo was over. De Franco also said in that interview (I’ll try to find it and post it; it was a great documentary) that musicians like Tatum and Charlie Parker were a total unit - whatever they thought flowed through their fingers instantaneously.
victoriasas 15-Jan-23, 23:07	“Beyond the Blue Horizon” I first heard this song when watching “Rain Man,” a great movie from the ‘80s starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman, but can’t find the clip where it was played. But this is (imo) a good video of it. youtu.be
victoriasas 16-Jan-23, 13:28	Great documentary on Art Tatum, regarded by many musicians as the greatest pianist who ever lived. Tatum died in 1956. Buddy De Franco, a clarinetist who played with Tatum, explains beginning at 18:50 why the general public didn’t like Tatum’s playing. The documentary itself is 28:31. youtu.be
victoriasas 17-Jan-23, 00:02	Rain Man clip featuring “Beyond the Blue Horizon” Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) learns in a telephone call that his luxury car business is on the verge of going under. youtu.be
victoriasas 18-Jan-23, 20:09	Once in a While Great tune from the Tatum Group Masterpieces, with Art Tatum on piano, Buddy De Franco on clarinet, Red Callender on bass and Bill Douglass on drums. youtu.be I love the part of Art’s solo from 3:18 to 3:30.
victoriasas 20-Jan-23, 07:47	Have You Met Miss Jones? There are two versions of this song on the Tatum Group Masterpieces album featuring Art Tatum on piano, Ben Webster on tenor sax, Red Callender on bass and Bill Douglass on drums. I like this version a little better because of Art’s introduction, which is about 1:53. youtu.be but the other version is great too youtu.be
victoriasas 03-Feb-23, 22:14	Good tune from the ‘70s - Dreams by Fleetwood Mac youtu.be
victoriasas 04-Feb-23, 15:14	I Hadn’t Anyone Till You From the Tatum Solo Masterpieces youtu.be Great tune, beautifully played BTW, the second commenter under the video picked a strange song to complain about “showoff technique tendencies, and unrelated flourishes.” I don’t think this song has any of that - just the opposite. And he mixes up Ray Charles and Fats Waller.
victoriasas 04-Feb-23, 15:44	I stand corrected. Both Fats Waller *and* Ray Charles considered Tatum to be a god. <<His first goal was to stand equal with Nat "King" Cole. "The reason I emulated him, he was more into what I wanted to do than Art Tatum. Now Art was God on the piano as far as I was concerned. But Nat sang and accompanied himself," recalls Charles.>> www.washingtonpost.com I obviously wouldn’t go that far, but I think Art Tatum had a tremendous God-given talent which he worked hard to develop to its full potential.
victoriasas 07-Feb-23, 06:30	More Than You Know Great tune. Here Art Tatum plays it with Red Callender on bass and Jo Jones on drums: youtu.be But the version with Art Tatum on piano, Lionel Hampton on vibes and Buddy Rich on drums is also good: youtu.be And Michelle Pfeiffer sang it really well in “The Fabulous Baker Boys,” a movie from the late ‘80s: youtu.be
victoriasas 07-Feb-23, 09:23	Another great scene from “The Fabulous Baker Boys” - Michelle Pfeiffer sings “Ten Cents a Dance” after slipping up in the introduction: youtu.be
victoriasas 20-Feb-23, 00:01	Heard this the other day… This song’s so old, it was played on oldies’ stations in the ‘90s youtu.be
victoriasas 21-Feb-23, 07:20	That’s All Live at Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark; July 6, 1979 Stephane Grappelli - violin Oscar Peterson - piano Joe Pass - guitar Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass Mickey Roker - drums Before I started listening to Art Tatum, this was one of my favorite songs. Very pretty tune and Oscar Peterson’s solo from 2:08 to 3:49 is amazing. youtu.be
softaire 21-Feb-23, 08:15	Being the shameless name-dropper that I am, I'll give a shout-out to my cousin Jim who was a member of the Joe Pass Trio and has played bass with a large number of other music celebrities. Most of my uncles, aunts, and father were musicians (Grandpa was the school music teacher). www.wikiwand.com
stalhandske 21-Feb-23, 08:17	OK, that's quite wonderful! Please, now listen to this. Grappelli , Marc Fossett and Niels-Henning Oersted Pedersen esecially to Oersted-Pedersen's solo starting at about 3:15! He is one of my absolute favourite jazz musicians. He handles the bass as if it were a guitar! www.youtube.com
victoriasas 21-Feb-23, 15:35	@Softaire That’s impressive as heck. Your cousin sounds like a very accomplished bassist to play with Joe Pass. I was never really into guitar players, but Joe Pass was my brother’s favorite guitarist, followed by Barney Kessel. I don’t think Joe Pass ever played with Art Tatum (probably too many years separated them,) but I know Barney Kessel did. I remember one of my brother’s prized recordings was from Joe Pass, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis playing “It’s the Talk of the Town” on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He recorded it onto a VHS tape back in the late 70s or early 80s. But my sister was mad at him one day and recorded over it. Thanks for sharing that info on your very accomplished cousin!
victoriasas 21-Feb-23, 16:01	@Stalhandske That was very nice. Thanks for sharing that. I also liked the uptempo “Them There Eyes” that followed “You are the Sunshine of My Life.” Those are two tunes I don’t really know, though, so it was hard for me to follow the melody. Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen was obviously a virtuoso on his instrument. The only other bass players I was familiar with growing up were Ray Brown (who played with Oscar Peterson) and Red Callender (who played with Art Tatum.) Oscar Peterson wrote an article about NHØP in Jazz Times after hearing of his death: jazztimes.com This is a good uptempo tune from the same album as “That’s All.” Makin’ Whoopee Live at Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark; July 6, 1979 Stephane Grappelli - violin Oscar Peterson - piano Joe Pass - guitar Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass Mickey Roker - drums youtu.be
victoriasas 21-Feb-23, 21:42	Hey all… I tried to find that clip of the “Great Guitars” playing “It’s the Talk of the Town” on the Tonight Show back in the late ‘70s or early 80s but couldn’t. However, I did find a clip of them playing “It’s the Talk of the Town” at a different venue - and it sounds nearly as good as I remember the Tonight Show performance. And this clip I found was posted to YouTube only two weeks ago. But I got one of the players wrong - the “Great Guitars” was comprised of Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd (not Joe Pass.) “It’s the Talk of the Town” is a great tune and easy to like on a first listen. The main melody starts at 0:12 after a short intro by Barney Kessel. In this clip, the guitarists are, from left to right, Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel. Enjoy! youtu.be
stalhandske 21-Feb-23, 21:47	Vic <Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen was obviously a virtuoso on his instrument. The only other bass players I was familiar with growing up were Ray Brown (who played with Oscar Peterson) and Red Callender (who played with Art Tatum.) > Yes!! I know of course the legandary Ray Brown..... Now, this is therefore something dedicated to YOU! www.youtube.com
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