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Their official website indicates that they're "under the direction" of Marshall Allen, who's certainly been with the Arkestra a long time. http://www.elrarecords.com/1-index.html The music played on the website sounds more conventional than I would have expected.

The Sun Ra Arkestra will perform as part of Chattanooga's Nightfall series, a free concert program sponsored by the city's downtown partnership. Though I've never really been able to get into Sun Ra, I'll definitely be attending; live jazz is such a rarity in these parts, and it's free, after all. But I'm wondering what to expect out of the band - that is, what they're up to lately in a live setting. Any help? One thing I expect is that the regular Nightfall concert crowd will experience a collective WTF?! moment. I'm pretty sure most have no idea what's coming their way.

Why are you yelling at us?

My dear wife bought me a CD Player for my birthday in 1986, and two CDs to go with it: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense I remember very clearly being astonished at the sound quality. I still own both discs.

I'd agree that Red Clay, Straight Life, and First Light, are all certainly worth a listen. I haven't heard the others.

Ugh. I'm guessing that, so far, the posters in this thread don't have young daughters. Best just leave it alone, y'know?

Mine is... <--- "Blues for Allah" - Grateful Dead cover design (by Phillip Garris)

Precisely, Paul. Well said.

An alternative is to try using Rain-X (the glass treatment stuff): A friend told me about this years ago, and it's actually saved some scratched CDs for me. Just follow the instructions, as if you were rain proofing your windshield. Not kidding.

What kind of group is he working with? What tunes did he perform? Where did you see him?

Yup. I kinda dig the suit, though.

So maybe that Fillmore box isn't so limited after all? I hope?

eh. Give me the next in the Batman Begins sequence.

ain't nothin'. nope. see? we can get this done in no time.

ain't nothin'. nope.

Jim explained it here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...nounce&f=2&id=3

I'm gonna pass, though not from any sense of righteous indignation. I just have no desire to see the film.

I can understand what you mean, but find there's a lot of dry wit in the recordings I mentioned above. "Monk's Rec Room," "It's a Corrugated World," and "Einstein's Red/Blue Universe," from The Red Quartets, have it, for sure. Abstract, yes, but always full of possibilities, and often playful ones.

Does anybody have her latest, Like Silver, Like Song (2005)? It was released via Artist Share, and comes in some interesting configurations (pricey, too). What do you think?

I've been digging this uniquely gifted soprano saxophinist/composer lately, especially on: Art and Aviation (1992) Nearness (1995) The Red Quartets (1999) Sometimes the Magic (2001) Chasing Paint (2003) I find the latter three especially absorbing. The Red Quartets and Chasing Paint feature the same quartet, with Fred Hersch (piano) Mark Dresser (bass) and Bobby Previte (drums). Sometimes the Magic features pianist Vincent Bourgeyx instead of Hersch. But the first two are way more than worthwhile too, with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and bassist Rufus Reid. (Fred Hersch and Bobby Previte also appear on Nearness.) Bloom's compositions are abstract, creative, and involving. Her use of "live electronics" (whatever that means) are subtle, and provide some useful colorations. This is great stuff, I think, on a par with much of the ECM aesthetic, or the wonderfully original Jazz Composers Collective material coming from Ben Allison, Frank Kimbrough, Matt Wilson, Ted Nash, and Ron Horton (who appears on Bloom's Art and Aviation). What do you all think of Bloom's work?

If anyone's interested, 80+ albums from this series are available for download at eMusic.com...

Well, good. I actually like Wright's stuff a lot - just never ran across that one.

Yes - somebody in the older thread (linked in the first post of this one) commented on the sound of the "room" in which this album was recorded, as if the mics weren't quite right, and I can understand that. And the album does have it's own sound, for sure.

Don't know the story, but damn, man - are you okay? This sounds like a call for help if I've ever heard one.