in defence of the piano
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pattycakes_
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No NY State of Mind?
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sadmanbarty
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there's a certain muscular majesty that only the piano can tap into. mccoy tyner's whole style is based on it.
bassbeyondreason
Chtonic Fatigue Syndrome
bassbeyondreason
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nah mccoy is good. we had this discussion the other week. feels like the ocean rushing over you.
im not anti. otherwise I wouldn't have started this thread. i just have standards.
the thing is i am incontrovertible proof of incel philosophy being untrue. girls like me cos i have standards but none of them date me cos it's easier to date someone who has eyesight. so attractiveness is a myth. otherwise I'd be the hugh hefner of north london no problem.
pattycakes_
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starting out on my cosmic jazz quest beginning of the 2ks a mate introduced me to electric miles which blew my head off, first as a drummer and 2nd because it made sense of so much beat based music i'd been listening to up until then. yesternow was the track. can still remember sitting in his office in covent garden listening to all 18mins of it waiting for it to kick in, but loving how it just wouldn't. staying on that groove. that live loop. instant convert. within weeks, all over the place, alice coltrane, archie shepp, yusef lateef, roland kirk and of course pharoah. alice got me good because of the hindustani trip i was on at the time but when i heard greeting to saud everything changed. no other piece of music says what it says so sweetly, so concisely, so rightly. it's sublime. saw him at the jazz cafe and even at his advanced age he still possessed that same unfiltered spirit. bought a ticket for the next night and went again. still a fave gig ever.
anyway, where were we? oh yeah, pianos
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Trillhouse
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pattycakes_
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my ivory tickling hero is always gonna be herbie
he takes all shades from bop to modern thru funk and fusion, and gracefully glides in and around them like a seasoned figure skater. i think it's his funky sense of rhythm blended with the complexity that really does it for me. i can understand how he might not be edgy enough for some who like to be pushed out that bit further, but a bit like george duke, part of the art is the ability to make the complex have mass appeal. not that he can't go out when he wants to.
he takes all shades from bop to modern thru funk and fusion, and gracefully glides in and around them like a seasoned figure skater. i think it's his funky sense of rhythm blended with the complexity that really does it for me. i can understand how he might not be edgy enough for some who like to be pushed out that bit further, but a bit like george duke, part of the art is the ability to make the complex have mass appeal. not that he can't go out when he wants to.
pattycakes_
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spot the sample
Trillhouse
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even Ethiopian Nuns love the pianist.