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BFrank

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  1. I got the box last week. Haven't had time to spend time with it yet, though
  2. Just my small collection of Mosaic titles, but a lifetime of great music inside. Thanks, Michael!
  3. I like Miles at the Blackhawk, and also the large Plugged Nickel set. I would also add Lee Morgan's Complete Lighthouse box. This isn't jazz (exactly), but Jimi's "Songs For Groovy Children" (The Fillmore East Concerts) is an exceptional set that far exceeds all the other versions that have been released to date.
  4. Saw him last year at Big Ears performing with Tar Baby. He can still blow!
  5. Didn't have any personal relationship with him, but I always highly respected him for his dedication to the music. A giant loss for the jazz world
  6. Yes, that's correct. Messthetics are bass/drums from Fugazi plus Anthony Pirog on guitar. It's an interesting combination of progressive loud rock and jazz. Not for everybody, but I like it. Saw them at Big Ears, too. Very high energy.
  7. Chrome didn't log in correctly on my Windows laptop today either. It was there, but none of my links signed in as usual. After I rebooted, everything was fine.
  8. Honestly, I haven't listened to all the disks that much. There are some tracks with a sax player that don't work well. But like any group of live tracks, some are better than others. Let's just say the original album wasn't wrong. But I like the idea of hearing complete shows, as opposed to a 'best of' from multiple shows. The most successful so far is Jimi Hendrix, "Songs For Groovy Children" (The Fillmore East Concerts). A real tour de force!
  9. Saw Laubrock with Myra Melford's Fire and Water super group (also Mary Halvorson, Tomeka Reid and Leslie Mok) at Big Ears. What a great performance!
  10. Saw him last month with the Messthetics. A totally different experience.
  11. Large Irving Penn retrospective at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco. Excellent show if you happen to be in town
  12. It's very sad. He was scheduled to perform on Sunday at a great oceanside venue down the coast (from SF), and I was thinking of going.
  13. I don't often listen to fusion any more but this new album is very good. And the lineup is quality. G. Calvin Weston - Drums Vernon Reid - Guitar Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Bass
  14. That piece was written by Ashely Kahn who participated in some panel discussions and was spotted at a number of shows throughout the weekend.
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