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The other thing that you could consider is to save your money and put some effort into writing some of these labels that love to re-introduce older limited-edition vinyl and point them in that direction. You could mention, for example, how much money these pieces are fetching and other bits of enticing info and maybe something may develop in that direction - maybe a release in 2020, for instance, could happen. Even if the master tapes can't be found, an extremely clean (or audibly adjusted) copy may be used to produce a final product that's "good enough." Also, I'd say that these are good days for re-introducing the kind of spiritual jazz recording that this is - or the era that it represented. It was a great time musically for when I got this at either Rose or Hegewisch Records as a kid and the interest is pretty high with a certain group of music lovers these days.

I have this, but it's in my iTunes and I couldn't tell you where it's at now in my collection even if I did want to sell it. It shows up online though now and then.

Thanks for this. Saw this in the Irish Times earlier this week. His podcasts are wonderful. It was easy to pretend that he was the closest thing to what Joyce would've sounded and acted like in these modern times.

Would've been there if, both, I had remembered (sorry I missed the Cage even tho I may have heard it done better live a few times before), and secondly, if they had really played what the ads were touting: "Music From 2001: A Space Odyssey" (even in the same typeface of the original film poster!) I turned to Sharon the other night and said, "How can this be? No Ligeti, no Khatchaturian, no Johann Strauss? What is this "2001: ..." BS? Ninety seconds from a 2 and a half hour film?" - which was followed by "... uh, huh .. .yes, honey ..." A bit surprised that the DSO attempted any Martinů - I would think that they would've said, "that's what we have "Voices of Change" for..." (with our very own classmate, percussionist Deborah Mashburn, whom I mentioned to you when you were here last). The baton flip sounded memorable - just a bit pricey.

Well, I just signed into my account and this is an example of what is shown:

I don't see the streaming option - just a red box in the corner that says "Download for" followed by a price.

Not as long as the 18 hour Satie I attended in Chicago, but still...

Thanks for the Feldman update. Would be nice to experience the S. Q. #2 again, but my sweetheart would be with me on this trip. Though she's very open to most everything, I think the rather long time that you have to devote to this would be pretty uncomfortable for her. (of course, she could spend the time exploring the city... )

Madrid - A Ghost Town Reborn Things to Do in Madrid

Well, I'm not in the Sudan! (Dallas, TX) {Braxton is where he wants to be}

February 23 and almost 90° (32°C for you Celsiusts and 305°K for you Braxtonites)

The small town where I have my radio show, Silver City, New Mexico, has a population of only about 10,000, but it has 30 art galleries. Last year's blues fest there had Taj Mahal and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Good to see these small communities doing things like this. That July 29-30 weekend above looks like a tempting time to work in a Santa Fe to Silver trip! Thanks for the heads-up!

For a reception/dinner, some people may want a nuance that's not usually readily available from a guy who may be unable to "read" the room. One restaurant that I had been providing music for was kind of in limbo for a while when it came to new ownership and the new woman decided that she could provide her own tunes: consisting of either "The Carpenters: Their Greatest Hits" or just turning the radio dial to our local classical station. The young, "hip" crowd left in droves. At another place, the new owner decided to just turn on the local dance/hip-hop station - one of those where even the announcer is Auto-Tuned? - and she'd have it on really loud! This restaurant was originally known for it's rather peaceful nature - healthy vegan food done in Chinese style? You could imagine what happened then!

It depended on the various situations, but it usually resulted in them asking me to provide music for them - either in full or partial - after word got out or after I had offered something. For example: at one place I had been providing music to their customers for so many years (over a dozen), that I eventually ended up bringing in my 400-disc changer. I've even had situations where I would arrive for lunch and would be given a business card or some other form of contact that was left by a previous diner because they liked what they were hearing. There was a time when I was providing music for at least 5 restaurants at one time. I even did this on some overseas trips. Streaming services are the thing now, so...

Recently, I rented a car. Bringing along a collection of 10 discs with random tracks, I was all ready ... until I realised that there was no CD player to be found (?!) Luckily, I had my wife's old iPod Touch with tunes that I had put on there years ago for her enjoyment. When I returned the car, the young girl who was at the check-in heard my story. She had this look of "CD player? Why would you expect an old relic like that?" I still have both a built-in 6-disc changer and a cassette player in the car. There's also the option of using an iPod, but I have to use one of those cassettes that plugs into the Pod. ...and making those CDs for favorite restaurants, that's going by the wayside too. Change! The first CD I can remember getting - in 1984: The first one my wife got in 1988:

I'm glad that this is one of those pay-for-the-fest situations instead of paying for individual concerts, because after finally getting a chance to see the schedule (they just provided it in the past few days), there's all kinds of concert-overlap going on for some of these events. I had to create a mock-up of what I may do: 7 concerts over the 4 days (leaving some wiggle-room) with 3 must-see ones (Bley, MEV and Zooid), but I may only be able to see the Bley large ensemble and not the trio. sigh... too many good choices and a "problem" that's not really a problem.

Sad. We have our own little space here for Miffy.

I'm kind of the same way about Gidon Kremer. I was in love with the '70s version of Schnittke's Concerto Grosso #1 with Grindenko on Melodiya in the early '80s, but by the early '90s, it seemed that he was showing up on all kinds of recordings that gave me the impression that he was becoming, at best, sloppy and, at worst, grandstanding and celebrity-like - almost Eugene Fodor-ish in slick presentation. Still, he brought Schnittke out of the shadows.

Thank you! Actually, we are on track to celebrating our 30th year after (re)meeting with some time spent in Denmark later this year.

How strange - the Wikipedia list I linked to is considerably more up-to-date than the ECM reviews link. I'm wondering who is doing the reviews one?

Here's a more organized list. The ones with "NS" are new series.

How does the bassist spell his last name?

It's pretty much Valentine's Day here all the time. We often see something that we think the other may want and go ahead and get it as a gift. But today is also our wedding anniversary (22 years - been together 30) and the rain has sidelined some plans that we had, but that's OK: we'll get to it tomorrow or next.

Makes me think that it's The Fatback Band's She's My Shining Star. Did it sound almost like Maze's Joy & Pain? There's also Precinct who did a tune with a near-falsetto called Shining Star back in the mid-80's.