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Jazzcat

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  1. I have to go along with Bill Cosby. People of all ages and backgrounds can relate to his material.
  2. Did either "The Devil's Advocate" or "Ghost Story" make the rankings? I think the latter was Fred Astaire's last movie and was very creepy throughout.
  3. Sweet & Lowdown When Harry Met Sally The Seahawk The Damned The Wizard of Oz How the West Was Won The early Bond movies Breakfast at Tiffany's The Pink Panther/A Shot in the Dark
  4. Speaking of Bernard Hermann Pirates of the Carribean was fairly lame but the soundtrack was reminicsent of the stuff he did for the old time swashbucklers.
  5. Yes, I saw that too. Missed some of it but I saw a few things I had never seen before as you mentioned. I for one would have put the Exorcist scene at # 1. I went to see that with my wife who was still girlfriend at the time and that was the scene when she said "let's go now!". I didn't fight her on that and it gave me the willys for a long time afterwords. Jaws opening was scary but the scene when the head floats out of the sunken boat was a real shocker.
  6. Yes, I was wondering if there were any of us "grey-hairs" around who would mention Topsy. I completely agree with you on Dino. He was way overlooked. Here's another drum feature tune for you folks. Paul Simon's 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. The drummer was the inimatable Steve Gadd who played on hundreds of tracks for various artists including Carly Simon, Steely Dan, and Chick Corea to name a few.
  7. What songs have drum features or solos that stand out to you? I guess some obvious ones are Wipeout by the Surfaris and Let There Be Drums by Sandy Nelson. One of my favorite drum breaks is in Jack & Diane by John/Johnny Cougar Mellencamp. The drummer was Kenny Aranoff.
  8. A slight twist on the "Best" theme if your considering influential guitarists I would have to give the nod to Django Reinhardt who probably did the most to introduce the guitar as a solo instrument and not just for chord accompaniment. The other artist would have to be Les Paul for his inventiveness not only with developing the electric guitar but also multi-track recording. Without Les guys like Hendrix and Clapton may have ended up as clarinet players!
  9. I flat out made fun of and hated the Tijuana Brass for years but a couple months back I heard one of their songs on the radio and found myself not only tapping my toes but humming along with it. A couple days later went out and bought a greatest hits cd. Of course most of us teenage boys had the Whipcream album and it didn't matter if you liked the music or not! A classic cover.
  10. Jim Peterik the vocalist from The Ides of March and writer of the song "Vehicle" (I'm a friendly stranger in the black sedan...) does a song in his current act called "One Hit Wonders" that is hysterical. It lists tons on OHW groups including his own Ides.
  11. Can't remember the dates but two of the earliest uses of "mother" as half a word and very clearly spoken was on Jefferson Airplane's Volunteers and MC5 Kick Out the Jams.
  12. This thread drew me out of lurking mode and into the forum so here goes. I've been a jazzer all my life and there's just too much great jazz to say something as simple as Diana Krall or Miles Davis. It would be like somebody replying Beatles to a question about rock. My suggestion is this; even though it was bashed by some jazz purists go to the library and get the DVD of the PBS series called "Jazz" by Ken Burns. It starts out with the pioneers like Armstrong and Beiderbecke goes through the swing era of Goodman, Ellington,Basie, etc. into bop like Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and then post bop modernists. It kind of leaves off at the fusion era and of course there is a lot of great music since then but that should give you some good ideas of what appeals to you. If you're looking for artists who are currently making waves let us know and I can hip you to some of that stuff.
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