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Re-visiting this recent release. Joel Ross “Gospel Music” Blue Note cd   700×700 66.4 KB   Joel Ross – vibraphone, celeste, mellotron, glockenspiel, drums Maria Grand – tenor saxophone Josh Johnson – alto saxophone Jeremy Corren – piano Kanoa Mendenhall – bass Jeremy Dutton – drums Guests: Laura Bibbs – vocals Ekep Nkwelle – vocals Andy Louis – vocals, guitar Geoff Gallante – piano Brandee Younger – harp Austin White – electronics

The early days of the Internet were newsgroups, not message boards. Text was all you wanted on your screen when using a 28.8 kbps modem. Downloading a single picture could take about 5 minutes.  

Bird is one case where also having the alternates makes a lot of sense.  Bird makes different takes sound very different.   I also enjoy very much hearing Bird do successive takes of the same track in a row.  For example, it is extremely rewarding to move with Bird as he spontaneously composes  Bird of Paradise through three takes starting with All the Things You Are.  

I'd that the album is pretty good for an inhouse production of a super market, to be sold next to dairy and vegetables... And I wouldn't blame them too much for the overselling in the title - it's not like there were other Ben Webster album on offer there ... In fact, I kind of like the idea of coupling Webster with a somewhat larger group of excellent, more modern players, it's a nice change of pace from many of his later albums