"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:

"DK" wrote in message
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HK wrote:

This morning, for example, Eisboch thought it not possible for me to
review a YouTube video he referenced in the time I allocated for it,
which I suppose means he doesn't know how YouTube works. For reasons
that have nothing to do with me, my internet connection apparently is
about 10 times faster than his. That means I can "get" a YouTube video
much faster than he can, and skim right through it without it breaking
up or pixelating.


Bull****.




It is bull****. Regardless of his super-duper cable download speeds,
the fact is that YouTube streams the video files, allowing us mere
mortals with normal Internet speeds to enjoy the presentation.

The performance section of the "Tribute" involves at least half of the
time to watch the video in real time. So Super Harry was able to watch a
mere segment of a 7 plus minute long performance, then jump back to
rec.boats and declare his authoritative opinion of it's quality compared
to the original performance.

What a guy.

Professionals in the field hold Monaco in very high opinion in terms of
his interpretation and ability to emulate the Jimmy Smith style of B3
organ playing. Some say Monaco has to hold back.

I don't think Harry knows who Monaco or Smith is, let alone his ability
to compare their capabilities.


Eisboch


Nice try. The reality is, I downloaded the video from youtube, watched
about 30 seconds of the schmaltzy beginning, then fast-fowarded to the
middle and then the end. I probably watched two minutes in total, enough
to determine the guy was damned good, but not Jimmy Smith. Just an
imitator.

Let's put it into simpler terms. Jimmy Smith played as Jimmy Smith; Monaco
played as an imitator of Smith. Wynton Marsalis has a CD out in which he
imitates many famous jazz trumpeters. I saw him interviewed about that CD
many years ago. He was imitating the earlier great trumpeters (Armstrong,
Miles Davis, and a couple of others), but as good as he is, he said he
could never equal any of them playing their style, because each of their
styles was unique, just as when he is playing *his* style, he is
incomparable.

Well, I'm sure your hero Monaco is terrific when he's playing in his
style, but when he is playing in Smith's style, he's not Smith...he's just
imitating him.

You righties are quite the trip...if someone intrudes onto what you feel
is your turf, you all go bat****. That's true of you, and to a much
greater degree, of Tom.

Entertaining, but predictable.




"Us righties" ? What the hell does the playing style or competence of a
B3 Hammond player have to do with politics?

Sorry Harry. I'll pit my knowledge of the Hammond B3, the artists who
perform on a Hammond B3 and their relative competence against your knowledge
any day.

Go ahead. Make my day.

Eisboch