markice91 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wow

gromoglas77 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Bravo!!!!!

webkinzunited (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Add &fmt=18 to the URL to watch in High Quality with Stereo sound...

tubehead17 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

simply beautiful!

razeontherock (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Sorry, but how come no one used the word "elegant?" If we're going to say anything at all, that just needs to be said ...

pinky0926 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well said mwljazzguitar. Speed is easy, and often destroys or overshadows any sensibility towards dynamic, or tone, or lyricism. Basie had a way of saying a whole lot more with 2 or 3 notes than any hack could with 2 or 3 thousand - he knew exactly what to leave out. Not to say that Oscar is a hack of course, far from it. It's easy to spot the pretenders like "wizardfingers" when all they judge musicianship on is speed.

mwljazzguitar (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Being a professional jazz musician... I think I'm educated enough to say that it is actually harder to play with a good feel at this tempo than it is to play with a good feel at 300 beats per minute. And Oscar and Basie do it extremely well, if I say so myself. Don't be such a dick.

pianojazzman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What a Pleasure to listen... They sure must be jammin' right now in Jazz Heaven!!

primandude (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Like a hot jacuzzi on a winters day...

DanielsDen18 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

At first I'm like, man, this is an unattainable height-I'll never be where they are. Then I just listen and it doesn't matter-such true pleasure. They were masters.