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    Newbie to the Genre-Any Recommendations?

    I applaud your interest in jazz, particularly at your age. I wouldn't necessarily get hung up on instrumentation or tempo, as that can confine your understanding and appreciation of a genre that is now 100+ years old. In order to really 'get' jazz circa 2006, you have to understand where it came...
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    Favorite Trumpet Players

    Yeah, Clifford. Fats Navarro Booker Little (!!!) Clark Terry Joe Newman Blue Mitchell Freddie Hubbard, prior to his 'accident'. Lee Morgan Woody Shaw Diz Pops Chet Baker (!!!) Miles, in the fifties.
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    The Sanctified!!! nature of disco - pay attention

    With all due respect, weird post. It's Maurice GIBB, BTW, if you you feel compelled to pray for him. But there's really no point in prayng for the dead, is there?
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    Can a Christian Lose Their Salvation?

    If the assurance of salvation rests on the capriciousness of human behavior, we have very little to hope for indeed. And assertions here that a true Chrisitian would be incapable of 'this or that' are simply naive. Anyone here think Satan isn't working overtime to cause believers to fall? Why...
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    what makes a hymn a hymn?

    I have often wondered what kind of contemporary Christian songs we would be enjoying today if people like Cole Porter, Fats Waller, Gershwin, etc. had been Christians. Those folks really knew how to write great music. Hello Brother Rick, Yes, your hypothetical poses fascinating...
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    Perverts, Nazis, and Heretics

    God doesn't seem to show favoritism when doling out talent. That was hard for me to contend with when I was coming up. God-fearing UncleFud would spend hours in the woodshed, and godless savant 'x' would walk in and hand me my behind, without breaking a sweat. I was encouraged by a composition...
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    Roy Buchanan

    Oh, yeah. Opened for him once at the Cabooze in Minneapolis. While he was playing, I was in the green room, and, well, nabbed the butt of the cigar he had been smoking as a souvenir. Still have it, many years later.
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    Because of Who you are

    Check out Bishop Paul S. Morton's version of it. Stunning!
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    what makes a hymn a hymn?

    I'm not certain I can answer the question, but let's take a look at some common characteristics found in hymns: -They are harmonized in traditional SATB harmony, thus eliminating the necessity of even keyboard accompaniment for performance (provided the congregation can sight sing.) The...
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    Who wrote that hymn

    The lyrics to our beloved "Amazing Grace", were written by former slave trader and inventive blasphemer, John Newton. The melody is said to be a tavern tune. As was the case with Luther's "A Mighty Fortress."
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    Greetings Saints...

    Hello everyone, and thank you for allowing me on board. After a long haul and fall in the world, that still, small voice beckoned me back home. Now, to the Lord's work. Blessings to y'all.