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Here at my estate on Monteverdi I attempted a Liszt of classical composers but had to go Bach because I couldn't get a Handel on it.

"Why Don't You Love Me?" - Beyoncé

And two more, Stan Getz

I'm thoroughly repentant (and ducking for cover)

A lot of people dis pentatonics, but every human musical culture on earth independently discovered the pentatonic scale. One of the oldest instruments ever found was a thigh bone of a band drilled out to play a pentatonic scale. The reason is physics and I don't remember exactly the formula, but the sound waves are all divisible to that of the tonic (or something like that) so that they are more or less natural harmonics of the root. I learned that many decades ago, so if someone can correct or elaborate on that it's appreciated. Even bop players like Charlie Parker played predominantly in the pentatonic scale, varying off for tension, and coming back to resolve the tension. The great Motown sax player Junior Walker played only 5 notes, but he knew where and how to play them. You can play for yourself, you can play for other musicians, or you can play for the general public. If you are good enough, you'll get the audience you asked for. I play for the people, the people understand pentatonics, so I play a lot of pentatonics, drift off for tension, and return to resolve the tension. What I play is a cooperation, even a dialog between myself and the audience. And remember, the objective to playing music is to have fun. That's why they call it PLAYing music. Notes

Listening to power tools as my neighbors get ready for the approaching hurricane. I've got everything but the last minute preparations completed.

Hurricane Isaias looks like it's going to hit us I'll likely be AWOL for a a day or more. Being in a sparsely populated part of town, we are the last to get our power restored if it goes out. (As if COVID wasn't enough)

Definitely!

What did the missing one say???

Disco Duck - Rick Dees

Sometimes playing slowly is more challenging than playing fast. There are so many things to consider for each note, dynamics, vibrato, intonation (or intentional pitch deviations), ornaments, phrasing, articulation, and so on. Often I listen to singers to get expression on my sax or wind synth because it sustains with breath. One example of slow and expressive is this one: or on sax the great Stan Getz:

Depends on how much time I have, and how much UTube is buffering on my slow Internet connection. I've discovered a lot of music I never would have given a try before, some of it very good and delightful, some of it not my proverbial cup of tea, some in-between, but always interesting. Often what I list I'm listening at home on my stereo (I have over 6,000 CDs and hundreds of LPs) and sometimes the post is a different version. Again, it depends on how my DSL is acting or acting up today. Right now I'm listening to the guy I consider the world's all-time greatest jazz singer, Mark Murphy and an album from the 1970s that doesn't have a bad or even mediocre cut on it. Everything is superb.

Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk

"***** Machine" - James Brown (Your video is better Wibbles)

I couldn't get the UTube to play. Wants to buffer endlessly. My ISP or whatever has occasional problems like that. :( But that won't stop me from voicing my opinion (for whatever that's worth). There are two facets to music, the technical and artistic. Both shredders on the guitar and jazz bebop players on keyboard, string, and wind instruments have accomplished the technical. Without the artistic, they are just a lot of empty notes IMHO. Then there is the rare soul who can take a lot of notes, add dynamics, negative space, melody and a lot of expressive nuances and make great music out of rapid-fire notes. That makes the music a joy. Whether you play slow or fast, what matters is whether it is empty notes or expressive music. That's my story and I'm sticking to it :D Notes

I missed it the first time around as I had my entire King Crimson album on my stereo, so after your kind words Pragi, I went back to listen and I think both you and Bill for the eargasm. Notes

Symphony #1 - Aram Khachaturian He's a lot more than that overplayed Sabre Dance

The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson I've always liked this one.

My friend David had his ID stolen... Now he's just Dav

El Pussycat - Mongo Santamaria

How about Beethoven's 5th symphony mixed with Perez Prado's Mambo #5? ( NOT the Lou Bega non-mambo abortion of Perez's #5 ).

Not practicing safe sax.

"Am I Wrong" - Keb' Mo'