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That explains why you never responded to my PM. I sent you a PM during the sign-up phase of my BFT to see if you would like a copy. People haven't been responding to my PMs much over the past 6 months, so I was beginning to wonder if it wasn't working! Tom, if you would like a copy of .:.BFT, let me know! I'll be happy to send you one. Something to listen to while you burn away!

I've never had a hot alarm clock. Just fyi. I wouldn't be too surprised if mine was hot though. I bought it for $2.50 off a guy selling rock 'n roll photo magnets and various designer handbags.

Great cover Noj. Count me in as a fan of your work. Hey, are you guys going to be selling match books? That is one fly matchbook cover.

I live in an area where there is a 30% chance of rain every day during the summer. It doesn't usually rain everyday, but there's always that chance. Thunderstorms bloom up on the doppler out of nowhere. Usually not in my backyard however. In the Virgin Islands, a storm will pass through every day pretty much without fail from April through Hurricane season, probably year 'round, I don't know. Forecast: chance of thunderstorms 100%. Easy.

01 Burnin’! How High The Moon. I’m not sure who the players are, but I have a feeling they were having a good time. Sounds like the drummer is having a little bit of fun with the tune, but not letting it get out of hand! Good opener! 02 WTF? A bunch of friends and my (now)wife and I went down to see Phish for NYE 1999/2000. ABC had arranged to have a live feed from Big Cypress during their montage of large NYE celebrations around the world. Before they went live at Big Cypress, the band announced that this was going to occur and they would like for everyone to chant “cheesecake” throughout the entire thing. Just as WTF as this track… who is the other voice? Hoppy the Frog? Mitch Hedberg reference. 03 This sounds like Cachao. The only reason I know is that my brother plays bass in a salsa band called Bio Ritmo and he is constantly turning me onto more Cuban, Puerto Rican, Brazilian bands. Cachao was early on, and Vint turned me on to Cachaito! 04 I’m liking this, despite the electric bass. The guitar sounds so small, which is kind of cool in a way. Firey gruffness. Who is that? Nice trombone solo, then it really turns out! That is not an alto I don’t think. What the? A second electric bassist and we’d have ourselves a real good time! 05 I don’t get it. The whole thing was sort of odd, beginning with the laugh track. The group never really seems to gel. Some weird intonation from the saxophone. 06 This I like! The Man I Love. This is earlier than the majority of my jazz collection, so any exposure like this is much needed. What a trumpet! I’m liking the fuzz-tone guitar and the simplistic bop lines he is playing. He is relentless. This is great stuff. 07 Here we go, two bassists! It’s a party! This is actually really nice, and unlike anything I actually own, but the type of shit I really turn up in the car when I hear it on the radio. Alright, I’ve probably only ever heard anything like this on the radio like once, but I’m certain I turned it up. Syrupy like Bojangles sweet tea and the early-70s soul/r&b station that let me have it. It would be a long shot for me to guess who this is, but the lead sort of sounds like Gene Ammons. I’ve never heard him play with this type of band though… 08 Somewhere along the line, something changed. These days, it seems like a session with a vocalist on it becomes a solely vocalist session. A lot of the older recordings sound so fantastic because of the great horn players. I’d guess this is late-sixties because of the way the tenor plays some of its lines, and I’m not positive, but I would guess Archie Shepp? I dig this concept. Where did it go wrong? Obligatto. 09 Boy is this band stacked! 10 11 Hi-Fly. What a great tune. Unmistakeable vibrato and tone of Lionel Hampton! Wow. I had to go back to that one a few times. He’s so much fun to listen to. 12 13 Far out! Someone’s in the mood. I can’t tell if those are bells or a music box or a celeste or what. The voice sounds oddly familiar too. No idea though… as usual. 14 Mountain Oysters? Gross. I’ll take cheesecake. 15 Finish it off with a late night organ groove. This is hitting really nice right now. Sometimes this stuff is a little too light, but that touch is doing it. 16 17 Didn't want to miss the bus. I missed a couple of tracks, but I'm going to get back around to them this weekend. And Disc 2!

What do you know about the people in that house? Meth lab? Explosives lab? Something highly flammable I'm guessing. Damn! So are you in the basement like the officer said?

Hit me with music! Brutalize me with music now! I'm on a roll man. Fred Anderson and Robert Barry today on the way to a friend's house. We're building a porch onto the back of his house. That first track is so nice. Some really amazing moments there. I'm thinking I should start posting in the recommendations forum!

He seems to have an encyclopoedic knowledge of jazz drumming. I had the opportunity to speak to he and William Parker for a few minutes after a performance in Boston last year. Alvin Fielder's roots run deep. He was great. We discussed a few rudiments books as well. He is an inspiring figure for sure. Is he under-recorded, or am I just missing the boat?

Thanks guys. Man, everytime I see Alvin Fielder's name in a lineup I get excited. That man can play!

So low you can't get under it...

Yes it do. Hits me where I visit too.

It had been one of those days. I needed some healing, bad. Up in a hotel room getting hit over the head by Bean Bags. Good gawd help me! This is what I needed, bad. Sometimes hearing music for the first time at just the right moment just can’t be beat. Claude have mercy. Bells wouldn’t have done it, but it did yesterday. Not like this though. I was hoping Ayler would wash over me, which was wrong. There was some doubt in my mind, otherwise hope wouldn’t have come into play. Ayler demands everything, and I was giving some to hope. That don’t work. That just don’t work. And I knew it before I hit play. I wasn’t ready for Ayler, but I wanted to be. I wanted that cleansing. Bean Bags has become an instant personal favorite. Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, and Kenny Burrell with Tommy Flannagan, Eddie Jones, and Connie Kay playing in a very open and bluesy feel. It knocked me out before the first chorus of the first tune was over. The pure ‘jazz’ of it all takes that weight off my shoulders, that yoke off my back, and gently helps my head lift out of the cloud. I hope everyone has had an experience like this recently, or does again soon. There ain’t nothin’ like music.

I'm really looking forward to this show David. I've been finding out over the past year that Teddy Charles was a great part of a scene that I did not even know existed. A lot of this music is really connecting with me. Thanks for the heads up!

A friend of mine gave me Lines Burnt in Light a few years back. This was my first exposure to Evan Parker. I was blown away. I still cannot imagine owning more than one solo disc. There is so much to absorb! I love the phrase 'sonic illusion.' Very fitting, especially for Lines Burnt in Light. Great stuff when I'm in the mood. Maybe someday I will check out more Evan Parker based on this thread.

Out in the Afternoon was my introduction to Rahsaan, immediately, immediately, as in got in the car, went back to the store for more, followed by Rip Rig and Panic/Please Don't You Cry Now Beautiful Edith. I still think that these two are the most essential recordings in his legacy. I have a decent line of RRK discs on my shelf, but these are the two that I usually go to. Rip Rig and Panic was an album that I then dubbed onto cassette to listen to in the car. For years it was one of three cassettes that I had in that car, and I never got tired of that music. Jaki Byard Richard Davis Elvin Jones and Rahsaan. Wow. I wish there was more. I'm still hoping for a decent price on the box. I remember dave9199 getting a pretty good price a year or so ago. I'd love to have that thing!

Man, I picked this up last weekend and it is TOO DAMN HOT! Thanks for the recommendation! I've been looking for a copy since this thread first started. Great disc.

I haven't been able to get into Guillermo E. Brown much at all. Lack of subtleties. I can hear certain criticisms with LaRoca as well, but the playing I've heard has a certain tuffness that feels real and unforced.

The compact disc logo always ruins the composition. I'll be listening to this disc again very soon! I haven't participated in an AOTW in a while. It's about time I listen to this one again. Thanks! re: liner notes My copy doesn't have any. Instead, there's a crossword puzzle that is extremely difficult and, in my opinion, overly obscure. I haven't gotten a single clue!

Better late, and incomplete, than never! I loved this disc and can't wait to read the answers. 01 Whoa! What an intro. I really like how it settled into forceful ensemble free blowing. Swarming! It almost sounds like an orchestra tuning before a concert, but all moving in the same direction. This piece ended up sounding like something entirely different than I had expected. Great trombone solo. I can't guess who this band is, but it sounds top notch. 02 This has a festival sound. I like these bright march-style tunes. A nice rhythm. I count 6/8. The band sounds large and fiery. There is a lot of lateral movement beneath the trumpet solo. This is a nice theme. Straight forward call and response interspersed with the flute solo. I liked it. 03 Sort of reminds me of the Evan Parker solo recording that I have heard, Lines Burnt in Light, but not as impressive. This might be Evan Parker at an earlier stage. I don't know. I'm thinking not. 04 Great duet. Nice clarinet playing and the drummer is no slouch. I really don't know anyone so far. 05 Wow. This guy's really got it. What an amazing intro. Gorgeous. My guess is this is not an American band. This is fantastic. Brilliant traps solo with marimba vamp! I'm into this. I'm way into this. 06 Another wow. I like the phasing arrangement behind such a powerful voice. This is really beautiful music. Damn she has a range! 07 I'm batting zero and loving the hell out of it. Great music John. One bad ass drummer. Are you f'ing kidding me? That was an intro?! I'm out. I'm just going to read the answers at this point. Great disc all the way through!!!

Nice photos! I can't wait to hear the recording! Looking forward to the disc as well!

That is great! Congratulations!

This is a different documentary.

This is the key, folks. I have over a dozen PC's at work and two at home. Once I turn them on, they are never turned off except for cleaning (another key) and vacations. Turning a PC on and off produces much more stress on the machine than just leaving it on. You do have to reboot now and then to set things straight. ← This makes sense to me, and I do my best not to turn the PC's off, but what about laptops?

John, I just moved about 900 miles with my wife. It is amazing how much we've accumulated in such little time. Boxes and boxes of music. The movers were a total nightmare, but we're here now and everything is going well. That is all behind us now. It is always fun moving into a new home. Best of luck!

PM re: Jack Wilson, Lonnie Liston Smith, Valdo Williams.