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  • Re: Jazz

    From Martin Ridgley@1:153/831 to Stephen Jones on Wed Jul 12 13:28:04 2000
    Stephen Jones wrote to Martin Ridgley <=-

    I'm kind of lukewarm about most jazz, but in about '73 I picked
    up an album by The Modern Jazz Quartet called "In Memorium".
    I don't know what the memorial was, but it sure was cool.
    I can't think of an adjective that better describes the sound.
    Even my mom likes it! ;=)

    Hehe... yeah I'm a big fan of the MJQ. "In Memoriam" is almost
    classical in nature. 'Cool' is a good word to describe it.
    Personally, I think it's a little too cool - it lacks spark - but
    it's a very easy album to listen to.
    The title piece was written by John Lewis for his piano teacher
    who had passed away about a year previously. It could however, have
    been in memoriam to the Modern Jazz Quartet themselves, since it was
    their last studio recording before breaking up.

    Martin
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  • From Stephen Jones@1:218/704.7 to MIKE ROSS on Sat Jul 15 04:18:17 2000
    MIKE ROSS wrote in a message to Stephen Jones:

    I have one used as soundtrack in a French movie of the late 50's
    called "No Sun in Venice". My favorite cut was the long crescendo
    triangle roll on the track "Cortege". This one is a great tweeter
    test!

    I missed that one. Another sound track that might appeal to surf guitar fans is
    a short about '60s skateboarding called "Skaterdater".


    Stephen

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  • From Stephen Jones@1:218/704.7 to Martin Ridgley on Sat Jul 15 04:25:29 2000
    Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Stephen Jones:

    Hehe... yeah I'm a big fan of the MJQ. "In Memoriam" is almost classical in nature. 'Cool' is a good word to describe it.
    Personally, I think it's a little too cool - it lacks spark - but
    it's a very easy album to listen to.

    I see where you might look at it from that way. I do like that little bass and hand clapping thing, though.

    The title piece was written by John Lewis for his piano teacher
    who had passed away about a year previously. It could however,
    have been in memoriam to the Modern Jazz Quartet themselves, since
    it was their last studio recording before breaking up.

    I'd just heard the name, but hadn't heard any that I could remember. One evening in the 70's our local FM hippie station played it and I loved it.



    Stephen

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