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Well put; I don't think you'll find too many of us rushing to defend support for the two mentioned...um...'artists'. I guess it's a positive thing, then, that I honestly have no clue who either of them are.

More well-covered than Cab's ass (see Chuck's post above).

This incident was well-covered in DeVeaux's Birth of Bebop book.

It's a bummer you couldn't do something more comprehensive, Allen. :rsmile:

Perfect. Thanks a lot everyone! I'll definitely order one.

How's the booklet, if there is one? I'm particularly interested not just because of the music but also because of the history of the Mingus/Roach label.

Larry, It's on my list - see the Brownsville section, first CD. You're right, it's essential. re-read Larry's post.

I had the exact same thought this morning.

What would be better to play as background music for sexy time with the 30 virgins by whom he'll be greeted in heaven?

Yeah - great stuff. I'm itching to hear some Cedar on my deck. Must get hold of Vol 2 of this one. I just played both volumes earlier this week. Cedar is in the air! I actually wasn't that keen on these at first, but they've grown on me.

These look really nice, and would (will) suit me fine. Thanks for bringing them up. Hi Paps, Shortly after this post a year ago, I found a Japanese King pressing of both the trio and quintet together on 1 LP. It sounds amazing. I'd stopped looking for the Riker's album, and I haven't been buying in a while, but I'll seek that one out again. -Jay

You know, saying that in Argentina could get you killed. (I'm not kidding.) it's an urban "folk" style (like rembetika!) that came into being before jazz, and it's got a very complex history. Whether you see/hear that or not is another thing entirely. Yeah. Regardless of what I personally think about this, having lived in AR, that's all I've been thinking reading this thread, haha. It's absolute blasphemy there, far worse than poo-pooing Maradona, but maybe not quite on a level with hating on Borges. I think it's fair to compare Astor Piazzolla to Charlie Parker for the profound effect each had on his respective genre. People just need to be less American-exceptionalist to appreciate that--not meant as a jab. Stanley Crouch likes a lot of music that I like.

I was at the Wed. 8pm show. I wrote about it in another thread. I think Hutcherson's health must have had something to do with the dissapointment. That's just speculation, but my date was a doctor, and she was convinced he was suffering from emphysema. Unlike these guys, though, I still thoroughly enjoyed the show. I liked Cables' solo as an introduction, and I liked the duet with Hutcherson after that. I wasn't dying to see Haden anyway. And he played fine too. People need to chill out.

All the other Bobby Hutcherson threads I could find were about his specific albums, not about the man, himself. I saw him last night with Charlie Haden and George Cables. The show was great, although I would have liked if they'd strayed a bit more from the standards. Anyway, I was really concerned about Hutcherson. He had a lot of trouble breathing, maybe from Emphysema or really bad Asthma. I don't know. He had to leave the stage a couple times, and when time came for an encore, instead of playing, they just came out and bowed again. It definitely seemed like it was due to his health concerns. That was the early show after two previous nights, so maybe it all just took a toll. I can't believe they played another set. He performed really well of course with great energy when he was on stage, but it definitely had me concerned. Maybe this is innappropriate gossip, and I don't mean to cause major alarm, but as a community that loves him, I thought people would care to know. The good news is that George Cables seemed healthy as a horse! They all played beautifully.

What the fuck? That's horrible. I'm offended.

And as for me on this topic, I'm keeping my Liberty pressing.

Can you explain more about what this is? Boy this brings me back full circle, especially since I haven't been posting here much recently. Here's my first topic ever on the forum about it. They're still doing it is the short answer. It's an even smaller organization now.

Randy Weston--Bantu (Roulette)

Hi Allen. Thanks again for following up! I got your e-mail also, and I'll be in touch.

I like his writing. His political views are his own affair. I read Ralph Ampersad's (sp?) bio, which was excellent. In it, he describes a scene during the hight of athe black power movement where Ellison was getting an award or something, anyway a public gathering, and a militant came up and really trashed him. Called him an Uncle Tom. Then the guy, according to the story, took off into the night on a Harley or something. Ellison was very upset according to the bio (who wouldn't be) and was about in tears repeating 'I'm not an Uncle Tom'. I only know his writing and won't defend or detract, but will say he was only a man with human frailties like us all, and also anyone with that good a mind and the soul and imagination to write Invisible Man must've come to his positions after a lot of thought, soul-searching and also in reaction to personal experience---also like us all. Yeah, Invisible Man is still my favorite book. It's Arnold Rampersad. I read the bio too. It's great. It got me really excited for the upcoming release of the full manuscript of Ellison's second novel that Adam Bradley and John Callahan have been working on. Is that what they were calling 'Juneteenth'? Well, sort of. It's the second novel he worked so hard on for the last 40 years of his life. A portion of it was released as Juneteenth, but a MUCH more comprehensive issue of the entire manuscript will be out soon. I really enjoyed the article on it: The Invisible Manuscript

I like his writing. His political views are his own affair. I read Ralph Ampersad's (sp?) bio, which was excellent. In it, he describes a scene during the hight of athe black power movement where Ellison was getting an award or something, anyway a public gathering, and a militant came up and really trashed him. Called him an Uncle Tom. Then the guy, according to the story, took off into the night on a Harley or something. Ellison was very upset according to the bio (who wouldn't be) and was about in tears repeating 'I'm not an Uncle Tom'. I only know his writing and won't defend or detract, but will say he was only a man with human frailties like us all, and also anyone with that good a mind and the soul and imagination to write Invisible Man must've come to his positions after a lot of thought, soul-searching and also in reaction to personal experience---also like us all. Yeah, Invisible Man is still my favorite book. It's Arnold Rampersad. I read the bio too. It's great. It got me really excited for the upcoming release of the full manuscript of Ellison's second novel that Adam Bradley and John Callahan have been working on.

Allen, I sent you an e-mail about this. Please get back to me when you get a chance.

I'm not sure how many of us have igoogle homepages, but I have found it very useful. It lets you have your e-mail inbox, various news sources, the weather, etc. all on one page. I was curious if it would be possible to create an igoogle gadget to add to my igoogle homepage that would list the new posts on this forum. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here is a link.

Forgetting for a minute what a nightmare putting a retroactive * in the record book would create... I still don't think you can do it because apparently he just tested positive this season only. You can't do that ...if you could prove evey player on the team was doing roids maybe. in 07 i don't think Lowell, Ellsbury , pedroia, papelbon , Schill, Beckett, were doing roids. and even if you do Roids doesn't mean you will win Championships ....A-Rod, Giambi ..... It wasn't roids anyway. I bet it was weed! "Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was OK to give me," link Now I blame Ahnold for re-opening the debate. I wonder if Manny got a Medical Marijuana card in his name, citing stress at work? Yeah that's what I'm saying.

Forgetting for a minute what a nightmare putting a retroactive * in the record book would create... I still don't think you can do it because apparently he just tested positive this season only. You can't do that ...if you could prove evey player on the team was doing roids maybe. in 07 i don't think Lowell, Ellsbury , pedroia, papelbon , Schill, Beckett, were doing roids. and even if you do Roids doesn't mean you will win Championships ....A-Rod, Giambi ..... It wasn't roids anyway. I bet it was weed! "Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was OK to give me," link Now I blame Ahnold for re-opening the debate.