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Brian's Buried Saxophones. Already with the subliminal sonic details.

I think Columbia issued similar material?

"It climbs hills like a Matchless", uhm no - a Matchless climbs hills like that Matchless G80 TCS, North American market only variant

Reuben looks less than thrilled in that pic

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I also get listening ideas from organissimo threads. Sometimes somebody mentions a Mosaic set and I look at it and think hey that looks interesting let me check it out - and discover that I own it! Oops. I love having all this music.

The liner notes state that it is radio broadcast material from 1937 and seems to be remotely recorded live with an audience. A mixture of the big band and small group. Charlie Christian is only on one small group track. The sound is surprisingly good.

thanks for these recollections... I did not realize he had Parkinson's. it is always sad when we lose a board member. Guy was many things to this community, that's for sure. And his positivity and enthusiasm underscored it all.

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That must have been a special show to see in person!

Thursday in SF!

I never listened to any of these albums until recently. I knew about Barbieri from Porcupine Tree, and have had a couple David Sylvian albums for a long time. Karn was certainly a revelation. A shame he's not with us anymore.

Although to some extent this is not totally unexpected, I am deeply saddened by the news of the passing of brownie, for many years one of the most knowledgeable, respected and generous members of this board, and who I considered a good friend. I used to interact with Guy quite a lot in the past, both on and off organissimo, exchanging info and minutiae on our favorite musicians (he was also a fan of Tete Montoliu) and hard-to-find recordings. I visited him twice at his home while in Paris. He and his wife were among the nicest persons I have ever met. I had the chance to see and wander through his invaluable LP and CD collection (at some point he sold his vinyls). And, like in Flurin’s case, Guy also guided me through second-hand jazz CD shops in Paris. Last time I was in contact with him was during the pandemic; he had been diagnosed with Parkinson and already had some difficulties for typing. As I could follow by his scarcer posts on the board, the disease evolved unfavourably. The world is a colder place without him and I will truly miss him. However, wherever he might be, I am pretty sure he will be enjoying some Lester Young, John Coltrane or Clifford Brown, while smoking a good cigar and tasting a cup of and old vintage Armagnac. Tete was “el Gran Señor de Catalonia”; Guy was “le plus grand gentleman de Paris”.

Shirley Scott is a good jazz organist, but I especially like her piano playing.

That song was a hit in England by Manfred Mann in '68, immediately after The Mighty Quinn.

I don't have a strategy. I travel through my collection and listen to what leaps out at me, and I work on the new arrivals stack. I'm retired, I love the sound of my system, I no longer drink or smoke to dull my senses and I get three to four or more hours in a day when there isn't a hell week like the last two have been for the two of us. I know I have a huge holdings and I should be more worried about that. But I don't wonder "do I need" this or that or all of this or that. It's not about need, except the need to explore and learn about the music.

It usually takes me more time than ever to listen to a new record because I'll play it days at a time and multiple times a day, more if I like it, less if I despise it. But I like to know that when I'm done with something it's because I know it to a degree to put it away for however long, months, years decades, eternities, whatever. I've still got buttloads to get to though.

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But Lon, you're even worse than me when it comes to how much music we have... how do you determine what to play next? Do you play something you just bought or something you haven't heard in a while? Do you go for a box or a single disc? Do you go for a Mosaic regularly? Myself, at least lately, I've been reading the "What Are You Listening To Now" thread and thinking, "I haven't played that in a while" at the same time dropping in some (still) unheard new CDs. It's weird that I still have unheard CDs when I bought some of them months or even years ago. Come to think of it, I am still unsure if I ever l listened to the entire Stitt Roulette Mosaic... so much Stitt wailing on standards is a lot to sit through.

r.i.p. guy "brownie"

There ya go! As good as the first-releawd takes. Mostly just balance issues ( like this one) and raggy heads that got them shelved It's a most worthy addition imo From The Threepenny Opera, that's it! But there's one notable party not yet named...

Also track 4 on Black Forrest