RIP Wayne Shorter: Jazz Great Passes at 89

  • Thread starter Thread starter BWV
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Rip
BWV
Messages
1,581
Reaction score
1,933
Died today at 89, one of the Jazz greats







 
Reply
  • Like
  • Care
  • Informative
Likes nsaspook, Astronuc, TeethWhitener and 2 others
Science news on Phys.org
NPR had a nice summary of Shorter.


I found his music and that of Weather Report in the 1970s.
 
Reply
  • Like
  • Informative
Likes nsaspook, BillTre and BWV

Thread 'Songs that pay homage to deceased artists, no covers'

There is a neighboring thread Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better? https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/cover-songs-versus-the-original-track-which-ones-are-better.1050205/ which is an endless subject and as colorful are the posts there. I came across a Buddy Holly cover by Eva Cassidy only to find out that the Buddy Holly song was already a Paul Anka cover. Anyway, both artists who had covered the song have passed far too early in their lives. That gave me the...
View full post »

Thread 'Why is the plural for moose not meese?'

The piece came-up from the "Lame Jokes" section of the forum. Someobody carried a step from one of the posts and I became curious and tried a brief web search. A web page gives some justification of sorts why we can use goose(s)-geese(p), but not moose(s)-meese(p). Look for the part of the page headed with "Why isn't "meese" the correct plural?" https://languagetool.org/insights/post/plural-of-moose/
View full post »

Similar threads

Music RIP Phil Lesh (84), Influential bassist & co-founder of Grateful Dead
Replies
1
Views
2K
Music RIP Terry Hall: Remembering the Specials' Impact on British Music
Replies
1
Views
2K
RIP Ahmad Jamal (92), cool jazz pianist/keyboardist
Replies
1
Views
997
What Was Chick Corea's Impact on Jazz Music?
Replies
4
Views
977
RIP Robert Redford (89)
Replies
13
Views
204
RIP Maggie Smith (89) - British Actress
Replies
5
Views
856
Barbara Walters Passes Away at 93
Replies
1
Views
1K
RIP Max Von Sydow: A Great Swedish Actor Passes Away
Replies
2
Views
2K
Lingusitics The Tragic Fate of Baltic Finnish Languages
Replies
10
Views
2K
RIP Nobel Laureate Philip Warren Anderson
Replies
4
Views
1K

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top