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Buster Williams/Bennie Maupin

I think Facing You would be a favorite for me too, but I'll take Cecil or Mischa when it comes to solo outings.

Gotta check the frequent flyers for this one!

Yeah, Common Mama!

No doubt funky! His work with Miles! BUT, we all know his attitude about that side of his playing! Too bad really. I have to say that I still L-O-V-E the Fender Rhodes, but Jarrett is not the first person I reach for when it comes to that - mellow or funky.

After "Facing You" and the Bremen/Lausanne concerts, my mom bought this for me back in high-school days. It seemed to complete the triad, but I got real tired of him afterwards - it seemed to go downhill from there. It became "fashionable" to own this recording - kinda like having John Klemmer's "Touch" LP. After that sonic organ mess that came out a couple of years later, I was expecting him to start oozing over any keyboard-based instrument he could (or couldn't) handle. Got yerself a harmonium? A hurdy-gurdy? A clavichord? (Alas, the clavinet was too funky for him tho). Well, Keith would be knockin' on yer door soon! In '78, when the maintenance man at my apartment complex broke into my apartment and stole my turntable (among other things), I was blessed that "Hymns/Spheres" was still on it.

I know the feeling. The coupon was the only reason I went yesterday.

After that 5 Disc Bluebird set, I'm wondering if I should get this Rounder collection...hmmm...

Oh, man Dan. Don't get bummed about 40! Forty is that great time when you have that perfect combination of young at heart without a great abundance of naiveté. (tho, you still need some... ) Most of the people that I've grown up respecting did their best work after they had 40 years to formulate them. Yeah, we had some great musicians who did great work before dying at an early age, but I can't help but think what Trane, for instance, might've accomplished if he continued his growth long after 40. Or Brownie, etc... Forty, in many ways, is a great time to start from zero using the ideas that you've formed up to that time. I think that when you hit 50, that's the time to reassess what you've done the previous 10 and see how you feel about how your life's going. Forty was a great "cleansing" time for me. I was actually looking forward to it and have made the most of my forties creatively ever since. Forty's the best! (50 is second best - )

I'm with vibes on this - If I'm gonna use these coupons, I have to find something or a place better than what I've already seen. The boxsets are locked up behind a window - can't touch them - can't see the prices on many of them...sheesh... It's funny that the 30% coupon says "void if copied" The 25% one adds "Any other use constitutes fraud" if you go beyond one per day. What? Will you get stopped by the "Border(s) Patrol"?

The very same! Xmas three months early!

Yes, the one on Royal... You mean the one in Plano is the one closer to your house? Actually, I like to sneak-a-peek at Tower's ridiculous prices and then buy online. There's a Barnes & Noble in Richardson that's only 3 years old and it's going out of business in October!

Thanks guys for this ongoing series of savings!. Used mine today to get Simon Ford's book on the S. I. Two things tho: 1) At the bottom of my receipt, I got another "coupon" for 25% off(?!) Have you guys looked closely at your receipts after you use your coupon? (or was it just our local store?) and 2) I haven't been in a Borders for many months, but a few weeks ago the local one here in Dallas drastically cut back on their music stock. They took away two dividing walls and opened it wide to include the book area too and the CD stock was slashed by, I'd say, about half. An area that used to feature lots of classical is now filled with DVDs and the jazz is down to levels that you'd find at some place like Target. So, I'm thinkin' "hmmm, plenty of discount coupons, and reduced stock....hmmm... is the end near"? anyone notice this about their local Borders?

OH! 40! Yes, this is good! Life really begins now - don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

Hope you had a cool B-Day!

is this a threat?

This is the album with Bartz' Libra isn't it? Man, there was a time when I couldn't get enough of that NTU Troop sound...and with Cowell and Tolliver and especially Bey, well... Whew! I just wonder whether it'll have the same effect today? Anyone remember "Alkabulan - Land of the Blacks?" Used to know ever word and note of that 2-LP Strata East - especially every flubbed note! Didn't matter tho' cause the spirit was written in the groove (in both ways!)

A very nice (and knowledgeable) French fellow named Francis Falceto is responsible for that wonderful series! Volume 20 is officially coming out tomorrow. I requested that he do a special volume on Ethiopian keyboardists - and there are plenty of fine performers to fill at least one CD - but that remains to be seen. The last time we spoke, he said that the series was planned for only 20 volumes, but this has been quite a while ago, so I hope that the series has become more popular than he's expected and more will follow. His devotion to this music that didn't rise above "underground" status because of the ongoing war during the 70's is quite gratifying. I will add: You should check out the Dengue Fever recording too (that was used on that Broken Flowers soundtrack).

A big THANKS! to Soul Stream for letting us know about this concert! (If only I had received my Crusaders box 2 days earlier!)

Nah, I think "tranemonk" beat me to it this time and he has a lower number (if that really means anything). Been out of the house all morning and it was on the doorstep when I got home. Also, I was gonna mention that it's so new that it wasn't even listed in the CDDB. I have to put the titles in myself.

Vanilla/yogurt flavored Cheerios!

Glad you like the photos. They're a bit of a last minute drop with no clean-up done, so sorry about a few blurry ones. It would've been nice to get a clearer shot of Anthony and Carl, but these things happen in the excitement of the moment. Went to the second show.The first was too "last minute." It took place in a huge banquet room that could've held 800 persons easily. Unfortunately, the turnout was a lot less at about 150 - estimating on the high side. Free show. Did a good job on the sound, even tho this type of thing seemed a bit new to the sound guy. Funny vibe throughout the evening: basically a lot of happy Buddhists associated with their organization who were a bit too overjoyed at times - standing ovations at every turn, ambitious screaming during solos, clapping at the wrong times and even a couple of attempts at clapping with the music. Anyway, if you could divorce yourself from those activities, you could hear some damn fine music. I'm not too good at describing these things so I'll keep it simple. It began with the Hawkins/Monk tune, I Mean You with good tenor soloing from Maupin as well as others (pretty much everyone took solos during each song). A nice segue into an expressive beginning by Buster Williams to the Porter tune, All Of You which found it's way to double-time with excellent brushwork by Carl Allen. Lengthy introduction to the band members by Buster who told some stories about his and Bennie's early days in the Hancock Sextet and how Bennie was the only vegetarian in the band in those days, etc... Next piece was written by Bennie and played on that favorite bass clarinet we all know (and some of us love) called Message To Prez dedicated, of course, to LY. It began with him doing a 3 minute, rather snakey, solo before the other's entered and gave us a nice medium-tempo tune that went into a kind of halting tropicalisimo feel. Again, fine solos with everyone getting to stretch out some. Last piece featured Bennie on soprano on a piece written by Buster called After the Ninth Wave - a ballad that was to represent a person's strong spirit. Pretty much a gentle closer to the evening. Became impressed enough with Anthony Wonsey to try checking out some of the stuff he does. Always open to suggestions of course. Carl Allen started out less challenging than I would've liked, but I grew to enjoy his simplicity as the concert went on. The concert lasted about 40 minutes. There were some time constraints, I'm sure...classy place loans out a room on a Saturday night, etc, so they had to get the musicians on and off and then have a speech by our District State Senator, Royce West (about 15 minutes). All in all, a good early evening - about 5 to 7PM - good music and got to talk some with Maupin and shake hands with the other guys. That's about it!

Ladies and Germs! I present to you: The Buster Williams Quartet: Bennie Maupin, Anthony Wonsey, Buster Williams, and Carl Allen Buster Williams Quartet They're in chronological order. First few were during set-up, mic check, etc. Just click on thumbnails in the row on the bottom. hope you enjoy! Rod

It may not work for what you're wanting to do. There're many reasons and ways to record sound to DVD, and, like Kevin said, if you're wanting to follow what the earlier poster was advocating, then you'll have to keep the quantity of songs much lower. I transfer for various reasons and nearly 100% of the time it is not to listen to them on a DVD player, but the computer. I'm always working with sound samples for new works that I'm creating and I archive them by the hundreds on DVD. Another reason: if you have, for example, a series of recordings that you'd like to keep on one disc for easier listening access - like the complete Mosaic Selects - you can burn the nearly 700 songs onto a single-sided DVD. Also, Roxio Toast offers a way to make a "DVD music album" which you can play on your DVD player. It not only plays the music, but shows the song titles and cover art on your TV screen. Goes over big here during Xmas get-togethers because I've created a 2 disc set of 720 "holiday" songs (42 hours worth) that you just pop in the DVD player - it looks like a cable radio station playing. It is one of the very few times that I've made a sound disc for the DVD player. So, if you're interested in super-high quality (beyond the capability of ears), then you're gonna have to keep your quantity low(er).