Traditional knives and records

Listening to the south african piano of Abdullah Ibrahim, because his beautiful melodies ease my mind.
He does some great (jazz) story telling over his music too ("for john coltrane" from his desert flowers album,"knysna blue",...).

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matfox said:
That's a pretty cool cover!
I knew Roland Kirk was amazing and could play three saxophones together. :eek:
Seems like he also used to carry a pocket knife at the same time...:D:thumbsup:
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I saw him several times, he was hemiplegic but I wish I play as he did. He always used a lot of instruments, including whistles, tubes etc. He had a great sense of humor! He is still one of my faves.
Low light for the picture. :)
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Astonishing, even more if he was hemiplegic...!
Lucky you, as you've seen him live! I just looked in wikipedia and found out he died when I was one year. Also unfortunately my parents weren't jazz heads, so I had no chance to see him on stage.:(;)
Nice tune posted from youtube, I only knew "goodbye pork pie hat" from "Mingus Ah Um" so far.:thumbsup: You also play soprano, alto and tenor, or just one of these?:cool:
A nice Ancient (TC) one too.:)
 
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matfox said:
Astonishing, even more if he was hemiplegic...!
Lucky you, as you've seen him live! I just looked in wikipedia and found out he died when I was one year. Also unfortunately my parents weren't jazz heads, so I had no chance to see him on stage.:(;)
Nice tune posted from youtube, I only knew "goodbye pork pie hat" from "Mingus Ah Um" so far.:thumbsup: You also play soprano, alto and tenor, or just one of these?:cool:
A nice Ancient (TC) one too.:)
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Thank you! I play flute, he also did that expertly. For bizarre reasons it seems he had more successes in Europe and many shows were recorded but unfortunately not filmed. After his stroke he did not move much (he was also blind) but seeing and hearing him standing in front of his band was a real show! The national radio sits in a building with many concert halls, saw him twice there and also in a smaller club downtown. He recorded a lot and I'm sure he deserves listening to his tunes. :)
 
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Jolipapa said:
Thank you! I play flute, he also did that expertly. For bizarre reasons it seems he had more successes in Europe and many shows were recorded but unfortunately not filmed. After his stroke he did not move much (he was also blind) but seeing and hearing him standing in front of his band was a real show! The national radio sits in a building with many concert halls, saw him twice there and also in a smaller club downtown. He recorded a lot and I'm sure he deserves listening to his tunes. :)
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Speaking of the flute, I attended a performance by Jean Pierre Rampal in San Antonio about 35 years ago. Wonderful! But I don't think I have any of his recordings at present.
 
I love ABBA. I was in an antique mall the other day, where ABBA was playing on an oldies station. ABBA doesn't belong on an oldies station, I thought, but of course they do.
 
This must be my wife's LP; I've never listened to it. I had to use Wikipedia to come up with some Hall & Oates hits. While doing that, I learned that they're actually in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. :eek: I sure don't know much about music post-1976 or thenabouts!
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Prester John said:
Speaking of the flute, I attended a performance by Jean Pierre Rampal in San Antonio about 35 years ago. Wonderful! But I don't think I have any of his recordings at present.
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Rampal remains a master! Never seen him playing -nor have any record- but it is often present in France-Musique radio programs. He had several gold flutes, I'd be happy with just one! ;)
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Another giant of flute :
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scrteened porch said:
I love ABBA. I was in an antique mall the other day, where ABBA was playing on an oldies station. ABBA doesn't belong on an oldies station, I thought, but of course they do.
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I liked Abba for parties in juke joints. It's amazing to see that Swede pop has been moved to drawers by Korean pop... Sic Transit... :rolleyes:
5K Qs said:
This must be my wife's LP; I've never listened to it. I had to use Wikipedia to come up with some Hall & Oates hits. While doing that, I learned that they're actually in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. :eek: I sure don't know much about music post-1976 or thenabouts!
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They did not cross the ocean. Any link with the Quakers? :D:D:D

matfox matfox : please don't take what I say for granted. I must be biased...;)
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Jolipapa said:
Rampal remains a master! Never seen him playing -nor have any record- but it is often present in France-Musique radio programs. He had several gold flutes, I'd be happy with just one! ;)
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I liked Abba for parties in juke joints. It's amazing to see that Swede pop has been moved to drawers by Korean pop... Sic Transit... :rolleyes:

They did not cross the ocean. Any link with the Quakers? :D:D:D

matfox matfox : please don't take what I say for granted. I must be biased...;)
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Maybe a gold flute sounds better than silver, but you wouldn't have such a nice patina.;)
And yes, it looks you like you are biased a little... great collection of Kirk vinyls.:):thumbsup:

I like the photo of Eric Dolphy, great musician too. But if I think of him I always remeber the story a friend told me. Miles Davis should have said, sometimes when he listens to Eric it sounds like someone stood on his feet.:D Guess it was meant also as a joke, because Miles knew the overtone "screaming" was just one of Eric's different stylistic devices.

Somehow my records of the Breton traditional singer Erik Marchand stood beside the ones of Abdullah Ibrahim...
From what I read he was born in Paris, but his family came from Brittany. Guess it's a language of its own and as hard to understand for french as for english speakers?
If I rememer correctly, the first song of this album was played at the wedding party of my wife and me... Nice dancing tune (if you like this kind of music).

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matfox said:
Maybe a gold flute sounds better than silver, but you wouldn't have such a nice patina.;)
And yes, it looks you like Roland Kirk a lot.:) Great collection of vinyls.:thumbsup:

I like the photo of Eric Dolphy, great musician too. But if I think of him I always remeber the story a friend told me. Miles Davis should have said, sometimes when he listens to Eric it sounds like someone stood on his feet.:D Guess it was meant also as a joke, because Miles knew the overtone "screaming" was just one of Eric's different stylistic devices.

Somehow my records of the Breton traditional singer Erik Marchand stood beside the ones of Abdullah Ibrahim...
From what I read he was born in Paris, but his family came from Brittany. Guess it's a language of its own and as hard to understand for french as for english speakers?
If I rememer correctly, the first song of this album was played at the wedding party of my wife and me... Nice dancing tune (if you like this kind of music).

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What a handsome TC! I hope they soon make a batch again, with a spear, maybe? 15 are among y favorite knives, TCs among the favorites of favorites. (side note : Now Charlie you're aware if needed! :D:D:D)
It's clear that the best sounding flutes are in silver. Mine is an average one dating of the 70s, for an average (or less) player dating of the 50s!
Amazingly, I know better Dollar Brand (as Abdullah Ibrahim was born) than EM, as leader or in a band.
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That's the magic of music, always someting new to discover.
Miles Davis followed a way, Hancock or Don Cherry (with much lesser talent for the last who btw played with Dollar Brand) did later. They can play anything with above average talent because they are so gifted. The problem is that imho they ended doing anything for easy money. A friend stated, an MD "failure" remains way over the average. OK, but life is so short and I have too many things to listen that I don't care at failures. ED never deceived me even if I did not get it the first time, he never lowered his standards. :)
 
Jolipapa said:
What a handsome TC! I hope they soon make a batch again, with a spear, maybe? 15 are among y favorite knives, TCs among the favorites of favorites. (side note : Now Charlie you're aware if needed! :D:D:D)
It's clear that the best sounding flutes are in silver. Mine is an average one dating of the 70s, for an average (or less) player dating of the 50s!
Amazingly, I know better Dollar Brand (as Abdullah Ibrahim was born) than EM, as leader or in a band.
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That's the magic of music, always someting new to discover.
Miles Davis followed a way, Hancock or Don Cherry (with much lesser talent for the last who btw played with Dollar Brand) did later. They can play anything with above average talent because they are so gifted. The problem is that imho they ended doing anything for easy money. A friend stated, an MD "failure" remains way over the average. OK, but life is so short and I have too many things to listen that I don't care at failures. ED never deceived me even if I did not get it the first time, he never lowered his standards. :)
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Thanks. A new spear point TC would be awesome. The last ones were 2013?
I need to check out Dollar Brand, another beautiful cover and interesting pocket knife.
Thank you for all that jazz talk!:):thumbsup: Have a good sunday everyone.
 
matfox said:
Thanks. A new spear point TC would be awesome. The last ones were 2013?
I need to check out Dollar Brand, another beautiful cover and interesting pocket knife.
Thank you for all that jazz talk!:):thumbsup: Have a good sunday everyone.
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I'd love any new TC, especially a spear.:thumbsup:
Abdullah Ibrahim = Dollar Brand ;)
 
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Gary my Dad has every CCR album on vinyl as far as I know. I've never heard a CCR song that wasn't good, and most are beyond great. Along side Waylon Jennings,Willie,Hank Sr. And Jr. Marty Robbins, Charlie Daniels and Charlie Pride, was The Eagles,CCR,Bob Seger,Doobie Bros,3 Dog Night,Marshall Tucker, Led Zeppelin and on and on. Then I got into the blues through my Brother in laws Stevie Ray Vaughn tapes through which I also found Albert King, then I found Buddy Guy and so forth. Now I search pandora and YouTube looking for acts that have that old school vibe, thats where the real talent is found nowadays.
 
5K Qs said:
Thanks for continuing to amaze me! :thumbsup::D:D:thumbsup:
I was starting to work on hints that I could give, but it's hard to give good hints that don't give everything away in the era of Google. :rolleyes: My recollection is that opening cuts of several albums are spoken poetry, so I was going to see if that could spark memories for anyone.
Here's a pic of the entire album cover, and a link to a Moody Blues hit from their earliest, pre-concept-album days that I really enjoy.
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OK, except Night in white satin, never heard anything else from them. In that kind of mood I listened to Soft Machine, Procol Harum or King Crimson but was mainly Brit blues and R&R.
 
Misplaced Hillbilly said:
Gary my Dad has every CCR album on vinyl as far as I know. I've never heard a CCR song that wasn't good, and most are beyond great. Along side Waylon Jennings,Willie,Hank Sr. And Jr. Marty Robbins, Charlie Daniels and Charlie Pride, was The Eagles,CCR,Bob Seger,Doobie Bros,3 Dog Night,Marshall Tucker, Led Zeppelin and on and on. Then I got into the blues through my Brother in laws Stevie Ray Vaughn tapes through which I also found Albert King, then I found Buddy Guy and so forth. Now I search pandora and YouTube looking for acts that have that old school vibe, thats where the real talent is found nowadays.
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You're dropping some pretty talented musical names IMHO, David! ;):thumbsup::cool: I probably started from the R&R and R&B end and added the classic country later. Never did develop a taste for most jazz, though. :(

Jolipapa said:
OK, except Night in white satin, never heard anything else from them. In that kind of mood I listened to Soft Machine, Procol Harum or King Crimson but was mainly Brit blues and R&R.
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I liked some Moody Blues songs, but their albums seemed kind of pretentious to me. Some of my favorite compositions of theirs were Nights in White Satin, Tuesday Afternoon, Ride My See-Saw, and Question. The last two are up-tempo and make me feel good (even if the lyrics may not be very happy).

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