Forum Organissimo

I stream a lot of my music via Airplay to the AppleTV in my living room. I'm considering getting the new Sonos Beam Ultra soundbar coming out next week. Does anyone who streams their stuff on their TV setup have a really good soundbar you'd recommend? https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/beam-ultra

I've been absolutely OBSESSED recently with Blue Mitchell's take on the tune "I'll close my eyes". As a trumpet player it's one of my favorite tunes, and I've transcribed the whole solo. The phrases he plays are so easy on the ear yet complex and everything about his playing is amazing! The only problem is I've literally listened to this track a few hundred times in the past few months. Does anyone know of some similar tracks to dig into that scratch that same melodic bebop itch? I'd love to hear some new stuff.

Is anyone else having an issue where you have to continually sign in even though you click the box 'keep me signed in'? Trying to see if this is just me or more widespread.

the company has bought millions of books, sliced off their bindings, scanned the pages, and shredded the originals https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-companies-destroying-books-what-will-this-mean-for-art-1234798445/

I'd be interested to know what you consider to be the most impressive (or maybe just historic) examples of jazz musicians playing as lead on records of classical music repertoire in a classical setting (i.e. not the AEC throwing in a Monteverdi piece or Ornette Coleman quoting Stravinsky; and not Jacques Loussier type classical jazzed up). Some obvious examples would be: Keith Jarrett on ECM (various examples here); and Wynton Marsalis' Haydn, Hummel, L. Mozart: Trumpet Concertos from 1983.

Recent interview:

A closer inspection of the lineup reveals a lot more. Amina Claudine Myers will appear on organ and piano with a trio of Jerome Harris and Reggie Nicholson. William Parker appears in five concerts: With Mayan Space Station, Seraphic Light, black Cherry, Heart Trio and Raining on the Moon. Vijay Iyer appears in three concerts, including a quartet with Adam O'Farrill, Linda Oh and Tyshawn Sorey and a jazz/Indian classical fusion project with sarod and tabla. Bill Frisell appears in two concerts and plays live music with two Buster Keaton films. A string quartet performs Julius Hemphill compositions. Melvin Gibbs appears in four concerts, including Zigzag Power Trio with Vernon Reid. SML returns.

I think it is his compositions and arrangements. Although a few of them sound pretty familiar. He really would have done better to release 1/10 of the material and to have spent more time on it.

Junior Mance: Live at the Top - 1968 Wilbur Little (b) Rudy Collins (dm) David "Fathead" Newman (fl) & David Newman Guest

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