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Originally Posted by s_k
I've tried getting into Peterson but it somehow doesn't work for me. I like the style, but the music seems so predictable. In the same way Dixieland or Big Band Jazz is predictable, you know what I mean? I guess it's not my kind of jazz.
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I think it's something we see a lot in jazz, and most music that can be deemed classic, that the once original idiom gets filtered through what its influenced and we end up with musical cliche. It happens a lot, especially with jazz. I happen to like Peterson for his simplicity and predictability, but I can definitely understand it being something not so desirable in your case
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Originally Posted by s_k
Something that is'nt too well-known but definitely is my kind of jazz, is Kenny Dorham's album "Quiet Kenny".
This is perhaps the best Jazz album I've ever encountered.
The youtube version (and, has to be said, the CD version) sound awful. It probably doesn't come over the way I want it to. But please get this record people  |
One of my favorite jazz albums. Your appreciation of it is not lost on me. Let's keep its greatness our little secret.
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