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Jiminey Crycket

Jiminey Crycket

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Greets all. I promised Walt I'd introduce myself to the gang here. But after lurking, I really didn't find much that kinda lighted my fire to do so. I tried to leave the forum but discovered alas, you can't ever leave, you can just not participate. Makes me wonder how many dead profiles there are. So I peek in every once in a while. I'm a 60 something fellow who spends most of my time playing sax in the various musical group in the northwest. I do some contracting work writing on the side. Wonder how many retirees continue to work on the side just for the fraternity with coworkers?

Cheers,
Jim
 

Jiminey Crycket said:
Greets all. I promised Walt I'd introduce myself to the gang here. But after lurking, I really didn't find much that kinda lighted my fire to do so. I tried to leave the forum but discovered alas, you can't ever leave, you can just not participate. Makes me wonder how many dead profiles there are. So I peek in every once in a while. I'm a 60 something fellow who spends most of my time playing sax in the various musical group in the northwest. I do some contracting work writing on the side. Wonder how many retirees continue to work on the side just for the fraternity with coworkers?

Cheers,
Jim
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You were right. Its "Blood in blood out". You may not like some of the titles, but the fun is beneath the titles. Be careful, remember "The Grudge". Just have a good time as long as you can.
 

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Lon said:
I forgot to mention John Coltrane & Gerry Mulligan WHAT SOUNDS!!!
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I loved to hear some Jazz once in a while. Sometimes it was the most beautiful music there ever was. I listened for each instrument to come out and shine. I admired Jazz musicians very much. I think Jazz rivaled classical music in the ways it could tell a story.
 
Uncontrolable said:
I loved to hear some Jazz once in a while. Sometimes it was the most beautiful music there ever was. I listened for each instrument to come out and shine. I admired Jazz musicians very much. I think Jazz rivaled classical music in the ways it could tell a story.
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Jazz is a music from another time. Every try to make a living as a musician?
 
Jiminey Crycket said:
Jazz is a music from another time. Every try to make a living as a musician?
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Well.. I always knew I should keep my day job, but weekends they where another story.

Just watched a documentary, I Called Him Morgan. It centered on the relationship between the great trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife, Helen Morgan, who shot him to death, in a Lower East Side jazz club in New York. I didn't know much about Lee Morgan. It was interesting for me and I'm glad I watched it.
 
Jiminey Crycket said:
Jazz is a music from another time. Every try to make a living as a musician?
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Sometimes, in Jazz, the wrong note might work fine. If the music did not have enough soul it may not sound good at all.'
Who had some of the earl soul and best sounds? Armstrong, Bennie Goodman, Harry James, Harpo Marx. Cab Calloway. Lena Horne, Judy Garland, Big Bands, and all those black geniuses I don't even know about who were the first.

Harpo Marx and perhaps all of the Marx brothers, seemed to have musical sessions in their movies where black artists were featured. Dancers, singers and some jazz. Harpo played blues and jazz on his harp. The Marx Bros. were good musicians. Harpo had the soul.
We do not pay enough homage to black musicians. God, I am really rambling. You get my point and I am a very poor historian with some topics.
 
HazyDavey said:
Well.. I always knew I should keep my day job, but weekends they where another story.

Just watched a documentary, I Called Him Morgan. It centered on the relationship between the great trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife, Helen Morgan, who shot him to death, in a Lower East Side jazz club in New York. I didn't know much about Lee Morgan. It was interesting for me and I'm glad I watched it.
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Yes, there were many stories like that. "Frankie and Johnnie". I love Louie Armstrong and listening to him sing often makes me cry. I grew up in the 50's and 60's. What I had was rock n roll. It was in the late 50' and early 60's that they were televising musicals on TV. As a kid I often thought they were boring, but I rarely turned the channel. I discovered I liked the music and stories together. l
liked watching Judy Garland, an absolute dish, with Mickey Rooney. They were always attempting to put together a music show at the end of their movie which would somehow save everyone's life. Judy could sing jazz.

Here I go again. Just saying.
 
Jiminey Crycket said:
Hmm ... some music types here. Started the Musicians group in case there is interest.
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Jiminey. You would not believe what a poor musical historian I am. It is just that I remember how, as an adult, I started collecting
Musicals. Not only was Judy a dish, but she, at 15 years old could interpret a song like no one else. Louis Armstrong was in Hello Dolly. He had one song with "Yentle", can,t remember her name. He stole that scene because he oozed charisma and soul. There are those with a spirit so bright you cannot look away. Marilyn Monroe was like that. John Wayne, though I did not agree with his politics, was like that. Ya! Hah! Just did my Wayne impression. I would join your group in a hot second, but only to listen to the comments of those who really know something.
 
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