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jimmy rainey trio w/ sonny clark on Xanadu- 1954 recordings


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almost got it but i got a philly cheesteack instead but should i go back and get it they had a few copies of it-- not on lp, on CD! ive never even seen a xanadu cd before (with the exception of the one w/ olivia newton john)- anyways is this good. whats jimmy rainey like. is itlike jimmy hall. would i like it. it is standards i like standards but can you chaps give me a good recoommendation on this, u guys know your stuff, right?

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ps all the xandu lps i have ive really really really liked but i have a feeling they are all reissues from various labels-- this one kenny dorham memorial album i have-- im pretty sure its his TIME western themed lp--- im not pos. on that but i think it is-- the bean one i have is from jazz tone and ihave no idea where the live art pepper dates were before...but they are the greatest ever

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whats jimmy rainey like.

Jimmy Raney (note correct spelling) is a master. This is a beautiful CD that was made coming off a tour so the group was tight. Jimmy, Sonny, Red Mitchell and co. play beautifully. Gosta Theselius on tenor, new to me, is added for a few things. Jimmy was a wonderful composer also and is well-represented here by his "Invention". Sonny's trio feature is Once in a While.

In other words, yes. Grab this.

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okok ill pick one up next time im in the area. i just felt bad beacuse i have 40 billion jazz cds and i thought why the hell should i buy a cd thats just a guitar trio when i can listen to like 70 trillion record like that i already have- but ill get it next time i can

Not a guitar trio. It's called Together! Jimmy Raney and Sonny Clark (plus Red Mitchell and Bobby White/ above-mentioned tenor and another drummer on two tracks).

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its all trio- then add a sax player for the last 2 cuts

guitar + piano + bass + drums = trio :crazy:

You probably (maybe of all people here) would know this one: A psychotic says' 2+2=8'. A neurotic says '2+2=4. And I CAN'T STAND IT!! ' :crazy::crazy:

So, you admit to being neurotic? :cool:

'How to Give Too Much Information on the Internet', by Hugo First

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its all trio- then add a sax player for the last 2 cuts

guitar + piano + bass + drums = trio :crazy:

You probably (maybe of all people here) would know this one: A psychotic says' 2+2=8'. A neurotic says '2+2=4. And I CAN'T STAND IT!! ' :crazy::crazy:

So, you admit to being neurotic? :cool:

'How to Give Too Much Information on the Internet', by Hugo First

Is an admission of "psychotic" next?

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Getting back to the original theme it really amazes me how there's so much music, often great or near-great, that is practically being given away---and few want it. So many new releases for close to $20 I wouldn't bother with because I know they're over-hyped and smell a rat immediately. But it's my gain, I figure.

I just bought this beautiful Warren Vache with the Scottish (string) Ensemble CD (Don't Look Back, Arbor), a real off-the-beaten track labor of love for Vache, the string players, arrangers (the great) Bill Finegan, James Chirillo, and Alan Barnes. Price? $6 and change on amazon.com. James (a terrific veteran guitarist and great writer and one of my close buddies) played it for me in his home and there was no way I was not going to not own something so special and beautiful. To my personal delight it was to be had for a song plus postage. To my great consternation art on this level is going at bargain basement prices. I guess that's always the way it's been, though. Van Gogh, it is said, never sold a painting in his life.

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Besides the Clark/Raney "Together", a handful of other Xanadu discs have been showing up, in quantity, at low prices on eBay and Amazon Marketplace (maybe also at the source the OP referred to?). I noticed Dolo Coker "California Hard" and Dexter Gordon "True Blue".

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