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Like many 'big name' band leaders in the USA Ellington and Basie kept on going until long after their 'use-by date'. In particular, I had the impression that most of Ellington's bandsmen had been playing for so long that they had died but were too tired to lie down. They looked and played like th...

Boiling Trofie Pasta for 18 minutes ? Surely Saint Delia is mistaken ? You'll end up with 'soup' and no Pasta.

This recording is immortal. It'll be played forever. Wonderful Latin-American rhythms. Super-sexy, beautiful singers. Brasil Lives !

Gracinha Leporace is THE VOICE of romantic Latin-American jazz. Great music as usual from Sergio Mendes. Thank you Giacaterino for uploading this video. My compliments to you as a great musician...from one electric jazz bass player to another.

Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66 and successor groups are wonderful. Great Latin-American jazz. Gracinha Leporace and Lani Hall are superb (and sexy) singers. Terrific music. Great musicians. Thanks for posting this video.

I must apologise to my Brazilian friends but I do not speak Brazilian/Portuguese.

I've been a huge fan of Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66 since the 1960s. I consider the duets of Gracinha Leporace and Lani Hall to be absolutely wonderful. But , for me, the voice of Gracinha is THE VOICE of Latin-Amer...

I'll never forget the tragedy at Aberfan. My thoughts are with the parents, relatives and friends of all those who were lost at the school on that terrible day.

I've not forgotten the resistance that the Labour government put up to avoid taking responsibility for financing the memorial.

Neath Boy.

Hey, folks, if you're ready to get really excited about a wonderful female trumpeter then look no further (and look up) Canad's Ingrid Jensen. She'll blow you right out of your socks.

If you really wish to see a truly magnificent female trumpeter playing modern music - not the music of the dead - then look up Ingrid Jensen. She'll bow your socks off.

Great sounding stuff, lads. One of my favourite melodies of all time. Thanks for posting this. Keep on blowin' !

This is superb jazz composition and arranging. Superlative stuff from the delicious Maria. She clearly has been favourably influenced by the genius British big band jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Kenny Wheeler in her use of a 'wordless voice' as an additional backing musical instrument.

@mush1955

Shw mae, Mush 1955.

I know exactly what you mean. A Neath no-good-boyo, I lived and worked in Helsingborg, Sweden for 3 years in the 1980s. Usually went over The Oresund to Copenhagen by car ferry most weekends. I too noticed the (mostly) surprised looks on Swedish and Danish womens' ...

High above Montecatini Terme is its 'little sister' village Montecatini Alto, accesible by an old, rickety funicular railway. Great fun to ride up to Montecatini Alto where there is a range of nice restaurants, shops and a very old church and castle. Well worth the visit.

Does 'Delayed Singing' mean singing Rubato-like ?

@tipsin

Absolutely correct, Tipsin old mate !

Mulligan's piano-less quartet was something else, wasn't it ?

Have you viewed " Tudo e Jazz - Maria Schneider (parte 12) " featuring the staggeringly talented flugelhornist Ingrid Jensen ? What great 'chops' she has. My personal favourite recording o...

Well played, fellah. You make a some nice Jaco-like sounds. Keep up your terrific bass playing.

I'm Spartacus' father. I can assure you that muti7777 and gasgas270 were not fathered by me. They are imposters !

On the other hand, Oliver Jones is the real deal. Excellent stuff from him and the U.K.'s Spike Heatley.

Very impressive. These guys know how to strut their stuff. Oliver Jones blew me right out of my socks ! How underated can a modern jazz pianist be, eh ?

My heart belongs to Lucca. One of the most wonderful places on Earth. My favourite italian city. Such great ancient history and yet a modern shopping centre. Fantastic restaurants and gelateria. And, what awe inspiring churches, including the San Frediano (complete with 700+ years' old mummified ...

Charlie sings a beautiful version of the haunting song "Wayfaring Stranger" on the C.D. "The Best of Quartet West". He has a surprisingly good singing voice and this track of his is a real eye-opening tear-jerker.

Shw mae, folks. Thanks for this nostalgic trip around the happy hunting ground of my youth. I left in 1960. Born there. My roots are there. Couldn't live there again, though.

Excellente !

A couple of rough tarts who don't have any self esteem.

What a bloody idiot. I'm glad I got out of Skewen. What a dump.