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If you want to play along with the outstanding music of Ennio Marricone, here is your chance courtesy of the great Andrea Giufreddi.

@pss reminds me or “We don’t need no education....”

Ira Sullivan, a fantastic Jazz multi-instrumentalist died on September 21 at age 89. A year and one half ago I saw him him play Trumpet, Flugelhorn, as well as every variety of Saxophone and flute known to man during a performance in Florida. He was a great musician and a nice individual. He was very approachable.
Below is a link to an article from the Chicago Tribune reporting his death and summarizing his career. Also there are two videos below, the first featuring Ira Sullivan on Soprano Saxophone and the second on Flugelhorn.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/howard-reich/ct-ent-ira-sullivan-obituary-0924-20200923-odjefa2owzegrflmtz2obedelu-story.html

@georgeb

Not what the string of posts is about but perhaps interesting to to those reading the discussion:

Here is the latest from “The East Coast Tiny Big Band”. We consist of two lonely musicians living on the East Coast 1,300 miles apart. There is also a guest appearance of a vocalist with perfect pitch.
This should not be confused with “The East Little Big Band”, which is the parent organization of “The East Coast Tiny Big Band”. In contrast, the parent organization has 3-4 musicians at any given time. It has previously has been featured under the heading of Trumpet Board Remote performances.

@ButchA
Fast forward 50 years to 2019:

The fifteen “best” Miles Davis qutes can be hound in this article:

https://americansongwriter.com/the-15-best-miles-davis-quotes/

The quotes listed are :

1. “I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”
2. “Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.”

3. “Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.”

4. “Do not fear mistakes. There are none.”

5. “For me, music and life are all about style.”

6. “A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.”

7. “I’ll play it first and tell you what it is later.

8. “When I’m playing, I’m never through. It’s unfinished. I like to find a place to leave for someone else to finish it. That’s where the high comes in.”

9. “I have to change. It’s like a curse.”

10. “I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.”

11. “Space music would be really something… but they don’t have no gravity up there. You couldn’t have no downbeat!”

12. “When you do anything too long, you either wear it out or lose interest.”

13. “Prince got some Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix and Sly in him, also, even Little Richard. He’s a mixture of all those guys and Duke Ellington.”

14. “Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist.”

15. “If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!”

Los Angeles

On the Amazon streaming service today, I had the good fortune to find and watch a 2015 “biopic” movie, “Born To Be Blue”, concerning Chet Baker’s life and focusing on his recovery and return to playing following his extensive facial injuries. I thought it was a great movie and featured trumpet playing by an outstanding Canadian Trumpet Player, Kevin Turcotte. Ethan Hawke plays Chet Baker and sings.
Here is a trailer as well a sample of Kevin Turcotte’s channeling of Chet Baker. In the movie he also plays in the style of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.

A great biographical sketch of Miles Davis came out in “Road and Track” Magazine. It is well worth reading!

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a42745697/miles-davis-was-a-secret-car-enthusiast-superhero/

@Dr-Mark said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

@SSmith1226
Are those American Crocodiles?

Australian Crocodiles in a Port Douglas Wildlife Habitat.
Below are Crocodiles and Kangaroos in Cairns.

This is the best I could do. Don’t try this at home! “Yeah, That’s the ticket”.
Well, actually, even turning the playback speed to 25%, it would be very difficult so rather than recreate the wheel, I will submit these.

Tupractice- The new miracle drug for struggling musicians:

Youtube Video

You think that plastic musical instruments are a relatively recent innovation? Think again.
Seventy years ago, jazz great Charlie Parker played a plastic saxophone at what many call the greatest jazz concert ever. A new deluxe reissue of that recording is out now featuring Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. To hear more about this classic performance click on the below NPR link.

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/03/1222600948/charlie-parker-on-plastic-sax-is-one-reason-to-hear-concerts-reissued-recordings

Below is a demonstration of this instrument.

Youtube Video