BillF

Moran was a magnificent American artist, who incidentally was born in Bolton, about ten miles from here. I think this is the Portland Moran: Bolton Art Gallery has some of his paintings and I saw more at this magnificent exhibition at Tate Britain a few years ago:

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Honk Mostly?

Now listening. Some great bop emerging from my speakers!

Well, Cheltenham is that sort of place! Certainly won't be any celebrations at the Wigan Jazz Festival, if the 2,000 Manchester City Council sackings and the rapturous reception of Bruce Adams' George Bush jokes at a previous festival are anything to go by! Incidentally, I'm quite hopeful that wedding day will also be strikes and demos day.

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"Disguised" is the word! I thought the Amazon sample had been mis-labeled, as the tempo was very slow and I couldn't pick up a hint of "Donna Lee" or "Indiana" melody or changes. Still, there's no rule saying you can't do this and previous Parker tributes, such as Red Rodney's Then and Now, have re-interpreted the material in the light of current jazz developments. But I should reserve judgement until I've heard more than 30 second samples.

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The opposite can also be true. I'm no art expert (my interest does not go much beyond reacting to classical LP covers and the links with the history of the time the paintings come from), but I recall seeing the Impressionist paintings in Paris in the very early 80s before they moved into the big railway station and being stunned by Van Gogh and Renoir. With the latter it was the way he portrayed the play of light on leaves so perfectly. Bill. Hope you don't mind me asking but did your day job used to involve art? I seem to recall you mentioning something about lecturing. Apologies if I've dreamed that. Yes, Bev. Art history was a lecturing subject.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jan/16/gauguin-tate-modern-crowds

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I think you mean "spelled correctly". No doubt you know this, but both are correct. I read that the irregular forms, "spelt", "burnt", etc., still current in the UK along with "burned", "spelled", etc., are now being ousted by the latter in the US.

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Just bought this one, which I recall hearing and really liking. At £3.75 (used) I don't think I can go wrong:

Really like that stuff! Always meaning to buy a Longhair album, but can never decide which one.

or maybe a "phaux-renassiance man". Where does that leave Charlie Parsnip?

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Agreed! But there was some great jazz today. Highlights for me were Clifford Brown with a Gigi Gryce orchestra, "Brown Skins"; Mark Murphy scatting to "Boplicity" under the title of "Bebop Live" and Joe Lovano's "Central Park West".

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A good Columbia Monk IMHO

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